INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – MARZO 2016

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4th YEAR

MOD TIME: 2 hours

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A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

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

1 A 1. The meat of a young sheep.

2 R 2. A large vehicle for carrying goods.
3 E 3. The person who applies the rules in a sport such as football.
4 N 4. The joints that bend in the middle of your legs.
5 A 5. An outdoor area in a house.

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

1 I _____ some money from my parents last month. a) saved b) invested c) borrowed

2 He apologised _____ being late. a) to b) by c) for

3 Mara lives _____ the outskirts of Madrid. a) in b) at c) on

4 I’ll give you a call _____ I arrive. a) while b) since c) as soon as

5 Can you _____ at the station tomorrow? a) put me up b) bring me up c) pick me up

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 I’ve just been given a pay rise! 1 Not at all.
b Would you mind giving her a lift home? 2 Of course. I’ll start the car.
c I’m playing tennis. Why don’t you join me? 3 Sure. Here you are.
d Can you pass me the wine, please? 4 No way, man! I hate wine.
5 That’s great news!
6 No, thanks. I’m too tired.

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

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 1- ‘Ruben, what are you going to do next Saturday?’ Mabel said. (ASKED)

2- I never played football in River when I was a kid. (USE)

3- My boss has just fired me. (BEEN)

4- I don’t play basketball because I’m not tall enough. (IF)

5- ‘James went to the party alone.’ Sue said to me. (TOLD)

6- I could sing very well when I was five years old. (ABLE)

7- I’m sure this isn’t Pablo’s house. (CAN’T)

8- BMWs are very expensive cars. They have become the most fashionable cars in the world. (WHICH)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT MARIE TUSSAUD  WITH THE

10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
CORRECT TENSE OR VOICE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

  Marie Tussaud  1) (be born) ____________ in Strasbourg in 1765. By the time she was fifteen, she
2) (already learn) ______________________ how to make wax models of people. In 1802 she 3) (move)
_______________ to England, touring round the country with her exhibition of wax figures. Finally, she
settled down in London. Madame Tussaud's 4) (be) __________________ one of the city's most popular
exhibitions ever since.  The museum 5) (change) ___________________ all the time. While there
6) (be)______________ some historic figures that do not change, others come and go. The most popular
figures in the exhibition 7) (always be) __________________ royalty and stars. Princess Diana has been
the overall favourite for several years, and other popular figures include Tony Blair, David Beckham, Brad
Pitt and Elvis Presley, to mention just a few of them.  Lots of photos 8) (use) __________________ in order
to obtain a perfect likeness. What happened to yesterday's famous people? Well, they
9) (take)__________________ out of the collection, and their heads stored for a while. Then, if it is clear that
no one 10) (want) __________________ to see them again, they are melted down and re-used for another
person!

   

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

Learning English

Nowadays, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is not easy to find the most

appropriate method. Is it better to study in Britain or to take a course in your own country?

The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the

time you are in the country. A_______. Another advantage is that you have to speak the language in class if

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 you are with other people. If you do an English course in your own country, it is quite common to use your

mother tongue in class and thus the learning process is slower.

On the other hand, there are also advantages of staying at home to study. B_______. What is more, it is a lot

cheaper than going to Britain. However, it is unlikely to achieve the same results. But if you have a good

teacher, it is possible to learn in a more accurate way than in Britain.

To sum up, I reckon that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in

the UK. C________. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities: to

speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the classroom.

Task A: Insert sentences 1 to 3 in the right blank and complete the boxes with A, B or C

1 You do not need to make big changes to your life.

Unfortunately, this is not the case for most people, so taking a course might be the only
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viable option.
3 You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go.

Task B Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank line/s below.

4 Learning English in a language school in your country might take more time. T F

5 It is never possible to learn better in a language school than in Britain. T F

PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 110 to 140 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the
letter corresponding to your choice.

A) You bought a 42ʺ TV set online a month ago. They agreed to deliver it in 10 days. You received it
yesterday, a month later than arranged, you got a 32ʺ set and the remote control was missing. Write a
LETTER OF COMPLAINT to the shop where you bought it.

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 B) Write a STORY beginning: ‘It was the most important day of my life, and it was getting late.’

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WORDS: 1-lamb 2-lorry 3-referee 4-knees 5-patio
CIRCLE: 1-c 2-c 3-c 4-c 5-c
EXCHANGES: a-5 b-1 c-6 d-3
REWRITE: 1-Mabel asked Ruben what he was going to do the following Saturday. 2-I didn’t use to
play football in River when I was a kid. 3-I have been fired. 4-If I was/were taller/tall enough, I would
play basketball. 5-Sue told me (that) James had gone to the party alone. 6-I was able to sing very well
when I was five years old. 7-This can’t be Pablo’s house. 8-BMWs, which have become the most
fashionable cars in the world, are very expensive./ BMWs, which are very expensive, have become the
most fashionable cars in the world.

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TENSES: 1-was born 2-had already learned/learnt 3-moved 4-has been 5-changes/is changing 6-are
7-have always been 8-are used 9-were taken 10-will want/wants
READING: TASK A : 1-B 2-C 3-A TASK B 4. True. 5. False: If you have a good teacher, it is
possible to learn in a more accurate way than being in Britain

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