ENGLISH AREA- UDEC

ENTRANCE EXAM – LEVEL V

NAME: JAVIER ESNEIDER DONCEL RUBIO

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

 WHICH WORD CANNOT BE USED IN THE SPACE?

1. We ____ have won the game if we’d played a little better.

might  
would
can 

1.
2. The match was cancelled ____ the rain.

Because
Due to
Because of

3. Which sentence is correct:

We may going to a concert next week.  

We may got to a concert next week
We may to go to a concert next week   
   

 WHICH WORD(S) BEST FIT(S) IN THE SPACE?

4. We ____ either eat at a pub, or at a restaurant. What would you like to do?

Must
Could
Don´t have to
5. Do ____ of you have any money I can borrow?

Neither
Both
Either

6. Marianne ___ late. She’s stuck in traffic.

will arriving
will be arriving
will be arrive

7. The equipment ___ delivered tomorrow afternoon.

Will
Will be
Will been

8. I met all my friends at Mark´s party because he ______ so many people.

Invited

Had invited

9. After Susan ha read the email, she _______ very worried.

Had felt

Felt

10. I knew nothing about the movie because nobody ________ me about it.

Had told

told

11. When I got home, the children had already ___ to bed.

going
went
gone
REPORT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES CORRECTLY.

12. ‘I can swim really fast.’

He told that he could swim really fast.   

He said that he could swim really fast.

He said me that he could swim really fast.

13. He told them, "Don't tell me such nonsense!"

He told to they not to tell him such nonsense.

He told them not to tell him such nonsense.

He told to them to to tell him such nonsense.

14. Dereck told me, "I will meet him at the station next morning."

Dereck told me she would meet him at the station the following morning.

Dereck has told me she meets him at the station next morning.

Dereck told she would meet him at the station in the morning.

15. His mother asked him, "Why are your clothes so dirty?"

His mother asked to he why his clothes were so dirty.

His mother asked him why his clothes were so dirty.

“Why are your clothes so dirty?” was told to him

WHICH IS THE RIGHT OPTION TO TRANSFER ORIGINAL SENTENCES TO PASSIVE VOICE:

16. Both India and China produce tea

Tea is produced for both.

Tea is produced by both India and China.
India and China has produced tea.
17. Everyone in the office uses the computer.

The computer is used by everyone in the office.

The computer will be used by everyone.

The computer was always used in the office by everyone.

18. The Prime Minister will make a statement shortly.

A statement was made shortly by the Prime Minister.

A statement will be made shortly by the Prime Minister.

A statement will be done by the Prime Minister.

19. A group of armed robbers attacked the bank.

The bank was attacked by a group of armed robbers.

The bank will be attacked by a group of armed robbers.

A group of armed robbers were attacked in the bank.

20. Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"

Robert told me that Tim was leaving on Friday.

Robert asked me if on Friday was leaving Tim.

Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.

READING COMPREHENSION (18 points)

Three physicists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for changing the way the world is lit_1_.
Isamu Aukasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura were _2__ by the
committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to share the $1.1 million prize.

The __3__ created the first blue LED lights that now light up everything from our homes to our mobile
phones. LED lights save on energy, can last as much as 100 times as long __4__ standard bulbs and
are environmentally-friendly because they __5__ contain mercury.
The professors made the first blue LEDs in the early 1990s. Red and green versions had been
around for years, but it was only the __6__ of the blue LED that allowed white lights to be created.
These white lights now __7__ our world.

The first Nobel prizes were awarded __8__ 1901 to honor achievements in science, literature and
peace in accordance with the will of dynamite inventor and business tycoon Alfred Nobel. Albert
Einstein, Niels Bohr and Marie Curie are all __9__ winners of the prize.

Now choose the correct missing words to complete the text:

Missing word 1 is:

in
on
up

Missing word 2 is:

Chosen
Choose
Choice

Missing word 3 is:

Thrice
Trio
Triple

Missing word 4 is:

At
As
Of

Missing word 5 is:

Don´t
Didn´t
Doesn´t

Missing word 6 is:

Invention
Invent
Invented

Missing word 7 is:

Illumination
Illuminate
illuminates

Missing word 8 is:

At
In
On

Missing word 9 is:

Past
History
before

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (12 points, 2 each one)

1st Audio:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS BETTER EXPRESS HOW THE SPEAKER FEELS ABOUT
HIS JOB:

a. Enthusiastic

b. Successful

c. Healthy

WHAT ACTIVITY IS PART OF HER ROUTINE AFTER LEAVING OFFICE?

a. Watch some movies at TV

b. Going to the gym

c. Practicing a sport

WHY DOES THE SPEAKER PREFER GOING BED EARLY?

a. Because she must get up early

b. She does not like reading until midnight

c. To be ready to go to the gym before going to the office.

2nd Audio:

WHY DOES THE SPEAKER WANT TO IMAGINE SOME ALTERATIONS IN HER REALITY?

a. To be a famous chef.

b. To learn more than six languages.

c. In order to know what could result.

WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE IF SHE TRAVELS THE WORLD MORE THAN ONCE?

a. She would become a famous chef in his native city.

b. She would taste a lof of different typical food.

 c. She would study how to cook different typical food.

ACCORDING TO THE AUDIO, THE METHOD USED FOR THE SPEAKER TO STATE SOME

HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS IS:

a. To mix reality with her imaginary world and verify what could happen.

b. To analyse reality from a different view.

c. To mix hypotheses and discover different real situations.