INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre 2017

NAME:
3rd YEAR
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2 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE WORDS IN THE BOX. There are three extra
5 x 0.2 =1 mark
words.

looking after so give up when well-known looking for pick up well-paid

A woman who fell into a fountain while she was shopping is becoming an international hit on YouTube. A video of her
went online last Friday, and since then 1.8 million people have watched it. The woman was 1) _______________
bargains in a 2) _________________ shopping mall in Nottingham, UK. She was walking along the mall while texting
at the same time, 3) _______________ she wasn’t looking where she was going. Security cameras filmed her
4) _______________ she fell into a fountain. Fortunately, the water wasn’t very deep. Although she couldn’t finish
sending her text message, she didn’t 5) _______________ shopping.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- Las Grutas is the most _____ beach I’ve ever seen. a) magnificent b) fine c) clean

2- I’m reading a novel _____ Stieg Larsson. a) of b) by c) from

3- Landline telephones _____ by mobile phones. a) will replace b) will be replaced c) might replace

4- Fay has lived here _____ ten months. a) during b) until c) for

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
number from B in the box. There are two extra phrases in column B.

A B B
a I get fed up 1 I’ll live in a house in the suburbs.
b If I didn’t work in the city centre, 2 which I’d love to buy.
c I’m looking forward 3 to do the housework every day.
d This is the flat 4 to relaxing in front of the telly.
5 with being at home all day.
6 I’d probably be more relaxed.

EXCHANGES Match a line from A with a line from B to make short exchanges.
Write the corresponding number from B in the box. There are two extra phrases in B. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

A B B
a Remember to give Sally my regards. 1 Yes, please.
b That film was so scary! 2 Don’t mention it.
c Would you like to hold? 3 I don’t really feel like going to the cinema.
d I’m so grateful for all your help. 4 I know. I hate the sight of blood.
5 I tried that, but he’s not answering.
6 Will do.

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COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple
5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
or Continuous, the Present or Past Perfect, ‘Be going to’ or the Simple Future.

1- Greg: You look so concentrated. _______________________________________________? (you/do)

Stephen: I’m studying Algebra. I have a mid-term test tomorrow.

2- Martin: My grandma was very special to me.

Rita: Was she? __________________________________________ like? (she / be)
Martin: Affectionate, generous, but most of all, very funny.

3- Bill: You’re one of the oldest employees in the firm.

______________________________________________ for this company? (you / work)
Tom: Since 1980.

4- Tom: ________________________________________ when I called you last night? (you/do)

Rick: Playing video games.

5- Tourists: We arrived in Buenos Aires this morning.

Hotel receptionist: ____________________________________________________? (you / stay)
Tourists: For about 10 days.

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT Ms. ADAMS WITH THE CORRECT TENSE
OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple or 10 x 0.2=2 marks
Continuous, the Present or Past Perfect, the ‘Going to’ or the Simple Future.

Charlotte Adams is a novelist. She 1) (write) ______________________ stories ever since she 2) (be) __________ a
young girl. She 3) (get) _____________ her first job for a magazine when she was only sixteen years old. One day,
while she 4) (edit) ___________________ an article, she 5) (come) ____________ up with a brilliant idea for a book.
After she 6) (speak) _________________ to a bank manager, she got a loan and 7) (give) ______________ up her job
as a journalist. Although Charlotte’s boss was sad to see her leave, he knew it was the right thing for her to do. From
then on, Charlotte’s career has got better and better and she 8) (now make) ______________________ lots of money.
Next month she 9) (launch) ______________________ the third book in her latest saga called Moonlight. She
10) (already publish) ____________________________ her novels in more than 30 countries and her fans include
famous film stars and singers.

READING. Read this text and then complete tasks A and B 8 x 0.25=2 marks

Iceland is in the North Atlantic Ocean. The capital city, Reykjavik, is the most northern capital city in the world. It is
only three hours by plane from London and almost six hours from New York. Iceland is an island and eleven per cent of
it is covered by ice. However, it isn’t only famous for ice. In fact, lots of people call it the ‘Land of Fire and Ice’. The
country has 200 volcanoes and 20 of them are active. There are also many waterfalls and hot pools.
People in Iceland speak Icelandic and it’s more than a thousand years old. It hasn’t changed much, although modern
Icelandic has new vocabulary. People don’t have to pay for school and students learn Danish and English as foreign
languages. Surnames or family names aren’t used in Iceland. People use their father’s first name as a surname. The
telephone book lists people by their first name. If more than one person has the same name, a person’s job might be
listed.
There are plenty of activities in Iceland. The national sport is handball and it’s very popular with children, who also
enjoy swimming. In June and July there are 24 hours of sunlight and this is good for visitors who can enjoy midnight
golf. They can play all day or night and then go swimming in one of the hot pools. Another big attraction for tourists is
whale watching.

Task A : Circle T for True and F for False

1 The article is about the history of Iceland. T F

2 There are two hundred active volcanoes on the island. T F
3 School in Iceland is free. T F
4 Names and jobs are listed in the telephone book. T F
5 It’s never dark in June and July. T F

Task B:What do the words in bold refer to?

6 it
7 who
8 this

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WRITING 10 marks

Use 90 to 120 words to write a DESCRIPTION of your hometown.

Use this plan and include linking words to join your sentences.

Paragraph 1:
 Where is it?
 What was it like in the past?

Paragraph 2:
 What is the place like now?
 What are the people like?
 Does anyone famous come from your hometown?

Paragraph 3:
 What are the best things about it?
 Is there anything that you don’t like about it?

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COMPLETE TEXT: 1-looking for 2-well-known 3-so 4-when 5-give up
CIRCLE: 1-a 2-b 3-b 4-c
MATCH: a-5 b-6 c-4 d-2
EXCHANGES: a-6 b-4 c-1 d-2
QUESTIONS: 1-What are you doing 2-What was she 3-How long have you worked / been working 4-What were you doing 5-How
long are you going to stay / staying
TENSES: 1-has been writing / has written 2-was 3-got 4-was editing 5-came 6-spoke / had spoken 7-gave
8-is now making 9-is launching / is going to launch 10-has already published
READING: TASK A: 1-F 2-F 3-T 4-F 5-T TASK B: 6-Iceland 7-children 8-the fact that there are 24 hours of sunlight in June and
July.

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