FINAL EXAM – UPPER INTERMEDIATE 3 – MONDAY TO THURSDAY

VIEWPOINT 1 / Teacher Dilcia Delgado Luna

NAME: josue cayotopa bocanegra__ DATE:___26/03/20____ SCORE:

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LISTENING
Your brain on drugs: Alcohol (youtube)
1.What are neurotransmitters?
Glutamate and gaba
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2.what kind of neurotransmitter is Glutamate, and what is its function?
Excitatory
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3.what kind of neurotransmitter is Gaba, and what is its function?
Inhibitory
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4.What is the process that goes on in your brain so that you start feeling the symptoms of
alcohol?
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VOCABULARY
Circle the correct word

1. The Hotel tries to supply/cater for all ages by providing a wide variety of activities which
guests can choose from.
2. I love lighting a fire in the fireplace as it always creates such a comfortable/cosy
atmosphere
3. Jenny and I have absolutely nothing in common/ordinary and tha is why we don’t get on
very well with each other.
4. The internet provides us with a limitless offer/supply of information
5. Make sure you wear onvenient/comfortable shoes when you go hiking tomorrow.

Complete the table by filling in the adjectives deriving from the words given, then use some of
the words to complete the sentences.

Verbs/nouns Adjectives
attract attractive
dissapoint disappointing
access accessible
season
extend extensable
boom booming

The company plans to________________________ their range of beauty products in the next year
I always stay at a hotel where I can have __ accessible ,…..to the Internet in my room

Alex was____ disappointing ____ by his exam results as he failed most of his subjects

Mary wore a very __ attractive ____ to her birthday party

Their business is ___ booming _____ because they own the only beauty salon in
Town

GRAMMAR

Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets

I would like to know how to play violin but unfortunately I don’t (wish)

I wish I want to know how to play violin but unfortunately I don’t

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Jnae is not rich but the way she acts makes people believe that she is (As if)

she acts as if she was rich

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Jack’mother keeps criticizing him because he never studies for his exams (time)

Jack’mother keeps criticizing him because he never give time for his exams
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I would prefer my brother to help me with my homework (would rather)

I would rather my brother to help me with my homework
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I regret the fact that I didn’t take the time to study for the exam (if only)

If only I had studied for my exam

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Too bad I am not taller (Wish)

I wish to be taller
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Comlete the sentences with the correct form of the verb

1. If I___had know_______(know) how difficult the test would be, I _would have studied_ (study)
harder

2. I wish I ____completed___(complete) the project on time. I _wouldn’t have lost____ (not/lose)

marks for handing it in later.

3. I would rather you ______leaved______ (leave) now

4. If only I ____would have spoken________ (speak)to my brother like that last nigh. I made him
angry.
 5. If I ____were_____(BE) you, I ____would pay____ (Pay) more attention in class

6. I would rather you ____no to have counted___(not/tell) about my family situation

7. If I __don’t have____(have) the money, I ________can’t buy_________________ another car, but right
now I can’t afford it

8. I wish ____i went______ (go) skating more often with my friends

Rewrite the sentences using the 3rd conditional or Unreal past

1. I didn’t know that my brother had an important meeting in the afternoon so I took the car.

If I had known that my brother had a very important meeting I would not have taken the car
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2. My mother didn’t tell me that she would be home late, so I didn’t cook dinner

If my mother had told me that I would be late, I would have prepared dinner
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3. I regret not having applied for the Job sooner

If I had applied for the job earlier I would not have regretted
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4. It was a mistake to sell my new computer

I wish I had not sold my computer

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5. I didn’t Know that my sister was going through a tough situation so I didn’t help

If I had known that my sister was going through a difficult situation, I would have helped

Make causative sentences out of the following statements

1. Jane has been teaching me Spanish

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2.Arly is cutting Jenn’y ‘s hair

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3. John repaired my father’s car

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4. Mary is helping Liz with th homework
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Reading

We're asking the wrong questions about conservation

When looking at the best way to protect wildlife from the growing climate change crisis, conservation
scientists usually ignore the most significant impact on fauna and flora: the changes that global warming
causes in the behaviour of humans and resultant effects on the living world and natural processes. Those
effects are already causing many of the climate-related ecological changes that we are seeing across the
globe.
For example, the opening up of the Arctic for oil and gas because of sea-ice reduction directly impacts polar
biodiversity. Expansion of agricultural activities due to changes in rainfall in the mountains of Africa's
Albertine Rift and the valleys of the Congo Basin now put gorilla habitat at risk there.
Elsewhere, the construction of ineffective seawalls in Papua New Guinea to slow down the impact of sea-
level rise has caused the complete destruction of some of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world.
Increasing temperatures across the Tibetan plateau also contribute to a change in the balance between
indigenous herders and wildlife.
The list is endless but it is not all negative. For example, in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala,
efforts by local communities to control a growing number of wildfire incidents are having a positive impact
on vulnerable populations of threatened species like jaguar.
However, some people could say that in their work on climate change, conservation scientists have
forgotten a basic concept of our field: that conservation is fundamentally about people.
A look at the literature shows that in 2013, more than 6,500 papers related to climate change have been
published in conservation journals. The majority of them examine how and where future changes in
temperature and rainfall can make species more vulnerable.
It’s true that direct threats to species are often less difficult to identify, quantify and predict, but indirect
threats can often be much more significant and permanent. This is also true with climate change. For
example, the risk for a national park to become the best place to grow food can be the most relevant threat
to species there.
The wrong direction of conservation science in terms of climate change is not because of not enough data
or no time to do relevant research. It is more basic than that. We're asking the wrong questions.
Understanding the ecology of species and possible responses to climate change is helpful, but understanding
how humans are going to be affected by climate and what impact this will cause on those species is much
more important.
As a conservationist who has spent his career looking at climate change impacts, I have stopped worrying
about how species are going to respond and begun focusing on how human adaptations will affect those
species. It is clear to me that this is what our immediate priority should be.
Failure to predict human adaptations to climate change brings us to a future of emergency responses that
are completely inadequate to the needs for this century. With greater attention to this subject, we can focus
on conservation resources and work more effectively and efficiently with what many of us believe to be the
greatest global challenge of our time.

Read the article, and do the activities below:

a) Using your own words, explain the meaning of the title.
It refers to the low viability that we have in terms of the projection of the change that we must face
against the climate change
b) The author presents two points of view. Which are they? Explain in your own words.

the good and the bad that we do to improve climate change, as for the good it refers to the adequate
preservation of some natural reserves, as for the bad it refers to human development _

c) How does the author defend his point of view? Mention at least one argument that he uses for this
purpose.

The wrong direction of conservation science in terms of climate change is not because of not enough data
or no time to do relevant research. It is more basic than that. We're asking the wrong questions

d) What is the situation of wildlife protection in our country? Explain.

Peru has 1/3 of its territory protected by the government, although the way it protects natural reserves is
very deficient.

WRITING

Write a text about the dangers of having a high technology in a non-developed country like ours. (150
words)

The adoption of technology by developing countries has had profound effects on their economies, such as
reducing the national costs of production, establishing standards for quality, and allowing individuals to
communication from a distance. Unfortunately, the current process remains one of adaptation, rather than
innovation. In addition, the need for technologies appropriate to the capabilities of a developing country's
poor has only recently been recognized. One major challenge to the diffusion of technology in low-income
nations that persists is its uneven distribution and penetration within the country.

The rapid spread of technology fueled by the Internet has led to positive cultural changes in developing
countries. Easier, faster communication has contributed to the rise of democracy, as well as the alleviation of
poverty. Globalization can also increase cultural awareness and promote diversity. However, the diffusion of
technology must be carefully controlled to prevent negative cultural consequences. Developing countries risk
losing their cultural identities and assimilating themselves into an increasingly westernized world.