A diplomatic spat has broken out between China and the USA over the USA's treatment of Huawei. The USA has accused Huawei of criminal wrongdoing including bank fraud and theft of trade secrets. China is furious over the USA's treatment of Huawei and accuses the USA of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses. China urges the USA to stop its unreasonable crackdown on Chinese companies and will defend the legitimate rights of Chinese companies.
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English reading comprehension and grammar in use exercises
A diplomatic spat has broken out between China and the USA over the USA's treatment of Huawei. The USA has accused Huawei of criminal wrongdoing including bank fraud and theft of trade secrets. China is furious over the USA's treatment of Huawei and accuses the USA of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses. China urges the USA to stop its unreasonable crackdown on Chinese companies and will defend the legitimate rights of Chinese companies.
A diplomatic spat has broken out between China and the USA over the USA's treatment of Huawei. The USA has accused Huawei of criminal wrongdoing including bank fraud and theft of trade secrets. China is furious over the USA's treatment of Huawei and accuses the USA of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses. China urges the USA to stop its unreasonable crackdown on Chinese companies and will defend the legitimate rights of Chinese companies.
(Bachillerato L.O.G.S.E.) June 2019 A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: Inglés Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given. No se permite el uso de diccionario ni de ningún otro 1. Argument material didáctico. 2. Blamed Las preguntas deberán ser respondidas en Inglés. 3. angry Duración de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos. Esta hoja no se entrega. 4. protect C. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) HUAWEI 1. Write one word from the text that has the same diphthong sound as "China" /aI/. (Underline the part of the word which contains the diphthong) (0.25) A new diplomatic spat has broken out between China and the USA 2. Write one word from the text that has the same sound as “fraud” /ɔː/ (0.25) over the USA's treatment of China's technology giant Huawei. The USA 3. Which of the following words has the same vowel sound as "spat" /æ /? has accused Huawei of criminal wrongdoing. It has charged the company 1. A 2. has, 3. China (0.25) with a litany of crimes, including bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and theft of trade secrets. The director of the 4. Is the "-n--" pronounced /n / or / ŋ / in "bank"? (0.25) FBI explained the charges at a press conference. He told reporters: "The charges [disclosed] today are the result of years of investigative work conducted by the FBI and our law enforcement partners. [These] charges III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer) expose Huawei's brazen and persistent actions to exploit American Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given. companies and financial institutions and to threaten the free and fair global marketplace." 1. Sheila is 1.55 m tall. Her brother is 1.70 m tall. Sheila is... 2. Despite the cold weather, we went to the Even if… China is furious over the USA's treatment of Huawei. It has accused countryside. the USA of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses. A spokesman from China's 3. The hairdresser cut my hair yesterday morning. I… Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, said in a statement on Tuesday: "For some time now, the United States has deployed its state power to smear 4. This is the man. His dog bit my brother in the park. This is the man… and crack down on targeted Chinese companies in an attempt to kill their normal and legal business operations." He added: "We strongly urge the 5. I didn’t go to the gym yesterday because my foot If… US to stop its unreasonable crackdown on Chinese companies, including hurt. Huawei, and treat Chinese companies objectively and fairly." He warned 6. The teacher told: ‘Don’t talk now and hand your The teacher… that: "China will firmly safeguard the legitimate and proper rights of papers in at the end of this class.’ Chinese companies." IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS) Write a composition of between 125 words on the following topic. QUESTIONS I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer) What technology giant do you like most? Why? Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your . answer. NO marks are given for only true or false. 1. China and the USA are in a diplomatic spat over the company Huawei. 2. The USA has accused Huawei of wine fraud. 3. China asked the USA to stop its reasonable crackdown. 4. The article said China would defend its property rights. Pruebas de Acceso a Estudios Universitarios III. LEXICON / PHONETICS (2 POINTS): (Bachillerato L.O.G.S.E.) June 2019 IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: Inglés A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) No se permite el uso de diccionario ni de Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given. ningún otro material didáctico. 5. Argument spat Las preguntas deberán ser respondidas en 6. Blamed accused Inglés. 7. Angry furious Duración de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos. 8. Protect safeguard Esta hoja no se entrega. C. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) 1. Write one word from the text that has the same diphthong sound as "China" /aI/. HUAWEI (Underline the part of the word which contains the diphthong) (0.25) Giant, crimes, wire, United, director, FBI, financial, time, rights A new diplomatic spat has broken out between China and the USA over 2. Write one word from the text that has the same sound as “fraud” /ɔː/ (0.25) the USA's treatment of China's technology giant Huawei. The USA has Defraud, reports, reporters, law, enforcement, for, warned accused Huawei of criminal wrongdoing. It has charged the company with a 3. Which of the following words has the same vowel sound as "spat" /æ /? litany of crimes, including bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the 1. A 2. has, 3. China (0.25) United States, and theft of trade secrets. The director of the FBI explained the 4. Is the "-n--" pronounced /n / or / ŋ / in "bank"? (0.25) charges at a press conference. He told reporters: "The charges [disclosed] today are the result of years of investigative work conducted by the FBI and our law enforcement partners. [These] charges expose Huawei's brazen and III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer) persistent actions to exploit American companies and financial institutions Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given. and to threaten the free and fair global marketplace." 1. Sheila is 1.55 m tall. Her brother is 1.70 m tall. Sheila is shorter than her China is furious over the USA's treatment of Huawei. It has accused the brother. USA of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses. A spokesman from China's 2. Despite the cold weather, we went to the countryside. Even if the weather was cold, Foreign Ministry, Geng Shuang, said in a statement on Tuesday: "For some we went to the countryside. time now, the United States has deployed its state power to smear and crack 3. The hairdresser cut my hair yesterday morning. I had my hair cut yesterday down on targeted Chinese companies in an attempt to kill their normal and morning. legal business operations." He added: "We strongly urge the US to stop its 4. This is the man. His dog bit my brother in the park. This is the man whose dog bit unreasonable crackdown on Chinese companies, including Huawei, and my brother in the park. treat Chinese companies objectively and fairly." He warned that: "China will firmly safeguard the legitimate and proper rights of Chinese companies." 5. I didn’t go to the gym yesterday because my foot hurt. If my foot hadn’t hurt, I would have gone to the gym yesterday 6. The teacher told: ‘Don’t talk now and hand your papers The teacher ordered not to talk QUESTIONS in at the end of this class.’ then and to hand our papers in I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each at the end of that class. correct answer) Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. NO marks are given for only true or false. IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS) 1. China and the USA are in a diplomatic spat over the company Write a composition of between 125 words on the following topic. Huawei. True 2. The USA has accused Huawei of wine fraud. False What technology giant do you like most? Why? 3. China asked the USA to stop its reasonable crackdown. False . 4. The article said China would defend its property rights. False