INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa –Noviembre-Diciembre 2020

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A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

1 L 1-soft material which some scarves are made of.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 5 x 0.3 = 1.5 marks

1- I have a _____ black striped jacket. a) beautiful b) French c) velvet

2- Joe is not usually punctual. He is _____ to arrive on time today. a) likely b) unlikely c) probably

3- Red looks good on you. It really _____ you. a) matches b) fits c) suits

4- The plane _____ on time. a) took off b) got off c) picked up

5- We couldn’t go camping _____ the heavy rain. a) because b) because of c) in spite of

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

A B B
a German cars are the best. 1 So have I.
b I haven’t seen Paul today. 2 I’m not sure about that.
c Jackie has accepted my proposal 3 Why is that?
d John can speak five languages. 4 I have.
5 Wow!
6 Can he?

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them 8 x 0.4 = 3.2 marks

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1- I didn’t know you were a vegetarian, that’s why I cooked chicken for dinner. (IF)

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 2- Meg works very hard so her boss has a very high opinion of her. (IF)

3- Does Sean like pizza? (DO YOU KNOW)

4- If you don’t explain the situation to her, she’ll get angry. (UNLESS)

5- If you walk more, you’ll get fitter. (THE…. THE…..)

6- Jack is really stressed these days. As a result, he can’t sleep well at night. (SO …. THAT)

7- Ricardo Darin has been given many awards. His films are famous all over the world. (WHOSE)

8- I might be late tonight. Don’t wait for me. (IN CASE)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT A NEIGHBOUR WITH THE CORRECT 10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
TENSE OR VOICE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Ask hundreds of people what they 1) (plan) _______________ to do on 16 thAugust next year, or the year after and

there 2) (be) ____________ only one answer. Provided of course that the people you ask belong to the Elvis Presley

Fan Club. Although Elvis, who 3) (know) ______________ as the King of Rock and Roll, died nearly two decades

ago, his fans 4) (meet) _______________ every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show

respect and pay tribute to the singer they love so much. Even today Elvis 5) (consider) _____________ the most

popular rock and roll star. Jean Thomas, a fan from Catford in South East London, 6) (be) ___________________ to

Graceland, the house where Elvis 7) (suffer) _________________ his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years.

‘The first time I borrowed the money from my mum, as I 8) (not begin) _______________ working. But two years

ago I got married and since then I 9) (work) _______________ in my husband’s garage. We are thinking of spending

two or three months in the USA next year. I’m sure this time next year I 10) (visit) _______________ some of the

places where Elvis performed, like Las Vegas for example.’

READING: Read this article and do tasks A and B 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

Alexander Fleming was born on a farm in Scotland in 1881. When he was 13 he went to live with
his brother, who was a doctor in London. For 5 years he worked as a clerk in a shipping office, but
he didn´t stop studying. In1902 he qualified for entrance to a university. An uncle left him a little
money, and that made it possible for Fleming to become a student at the medical school of St. Mary
´s hospital.

One of the famous doctors who taught the students at that time was Sir Almroth Wright, a
bacteriologist. Thousands of people owed their lives directly to his work, especially his
development of inoculation against typhoid fever. During the First World War, Fleming worked as

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 an army doctor in France. He saw large numbers of soldiers die of their wounds because the wounds
made it possible for bacteria to work and multiply so quickly that the blood could not deal with
them. After that war Fleming specialised in bacteriology, and in 1924 he became the professor of
bacteriology at St Mary´s hospital. He continued the research looking for substances which would
directly attack harmful bacteria without doing any harm to the body themselves.

In 1928 he was studying the bacteria which caused a painful skin disease. But one day the
microscope showed him something else: he seemed to have discovered a powerful antibiotic. For
years he continued his experiments. He found that the substance was indeed a powerful antibiotic.
He called it penicillin and he showed that it did not harm the body.

It was not until 1940 that biochemists were able to find a way of producing penicillin as a powder
with an unchanging character. Penicillin has saved lives and prevented suffering all over the world.

Task A Complete the phrases 1 to 3 with the corresponding ending a to e according to the text. There are two
extra endings.

B B
1 Fleming was able to study medicine a cost a lot of money.

2 His laboratory work b didn’t have a negative effect on the body.

3 He proved that penicillin c made it possible for him discover penicillin.

d because he got a scholarship.

e thanks to some money that he had inherited.

Task B Find words in the text that mean:

4 grow in number (verb)

5 not altered (adjective)

PART B

WRITING 10 marks

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 Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice.

A- Write an ESSAY about the advantages and disadvantages of working with your parents.

B- Write an INFORMAL EMAIL to a friend in Oxford that you haven’t been in touch with for a long
time. Include information about your new job, your family and partner and let him/her know that
you are planning to visit Oxford in two months. Ask him/her to recommend a hotel and whether
he/she will be able to show you around the city.

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WRITE: 1-silk 2- throw up 3-runway 4-plain 5-gate
CIRCLE: 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-a 5-b
EXCHANGES: a-2 b-4 c-5 d-6
REWRITE: 1-If I had known you were a vegetarian, I wouldn’t have cooked chicken 2-If she didn’t work hard,
her boss wouldn’t have a high opinion of her. 3-Do you know if Sean likes pizza? 4-Unless you explain the
situation to her, she’ll get angry. 5-The more you walk, the fitter you’ll get. 6-Jack is so stressed these days that
he can’t sleep well at night. 7-Ricardo Darin, whose films are famous all over the world, has been given many
awards. 8-Don’t wait for me in case I’m late.
TENSES: 1-are planning 2-will be 3-was/is known 4-have met 5-is considered 6-has been 7-suffered 8- hadn’t
begun 9-have been working 10-will be visiting
READING: Task A 1-e 2-c 3-b Task B 4-multiply 5-unchanging

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