PRUEBA DIAGNOSTICO-GINA FLOREZ- ADMINISTRACIÓN DE EMPRESAS-

401M
ENGLISH AREA-
ENTRANCE EXAM – LEVEL IV

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (20 MARKS)

1.   Complete the question.
What would you do if there were an earthquake?

 were   
 would be   
 could be   

2.   Which sentence is NOT correct?

 She’d go out more if she would have more free time.   

 If we lived in that house, we could get a dog.   
 If I were you, I’d discuss the situation with my boss.   

3.   Complete the sentence.

If I had more money, I would buy    that television.

 will buy   
 would buy   
 bought   

4.   Which sentence is NOT true of the second conditional?

 It describes an imaginary situation.   

 It describes what will happen in the future.    
 You can use it for daydreaming and wishing.   

5.   Which reply is correct?

‘Could you help me fix the car?’

 I would if I’d know how to do it.   

 If I had time, I’d.   
 I would if I knew how.   

6.   be

If he WERE    more careful, he wouldn’t keep breaking things.

7.   go
I   WOULD GO  to the wedding if I wasn’t so busy.
8.   have

He would be more successful if he   HAD   a bit more business sense.

9.   speak

If she  SPOKE    English better, she’d be able to get a really good job.
10.   be able to

If we had more staff, we   WOULD BE ABLE TO  take on more projects.

11.   Complete the sentence.
If the weather  had been better, we could’ve gone to the beach.

  would have been    

  had been    
  hadn’t been    

12. I lost Jennifer’s number so I couldn’t call her.

  If I hadn’t lost Jennifer’s number, I could’ve called her.    

  If I had lost Jennifer’s number, I could’ve called her.    
  If I hadn’t lost Jennifer’s number, I couldn’t have called her.   

13.   Which words go in the spaces?

If I had had time, I would have visited him.

 would have had / would have   

 would have / had   
 had had / would have   

14.   Complete the sentence.

I might have bought the table if...

 it had been a bit smaller.   

 it would be a bit smaller.   
 it may have been a bit smaller.  

15.   Report this sentence correctly.

‘I can swim really fast.’

 He said me that he could swim really fast.   

 He told that he could swim really fast.   
 He said that he could swim really fast.   
16.   Report this sentence correctly.
‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

  He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.    

  He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.    
  He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.   

17 Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’

Five days later you say...

 Tom said he was going to London the following day.   

 Tom said he is going to London the following day.   
 Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.   

18.   Which sentence is NOT correct?

 Lisa said she didn’t have a map.   

 Karen said she was going to be late.   
 James said he will help me.

19.   Which words complete the sentence?

Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy that day.

  that day    
  the following day    
 previous day    
 

The Wild Life (12 marks)

Long before the arrival of Europeans on the Canadian prairie (the wide grasslands of what is
now called Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), the First Nations people lived in a harmonious
relationship with their natural surroundings. Every item of their culture, from sewing needles to
homes was obtained from nature. Their homes were called teepees and were like large tents
made from the skins of deer. These people - tribes with names like the Blackfoot, the Peigan
and the Blood people - were nomadic, which means that they travelled from place to place
following the animals they hunted or the growth of the berries and fruits on the bushes and
trees.

They had horses, although horses came to North America after escaping from the Spanish
explorers who brought them here to explore the areas around Mexico and Texas. Boys and girls
were both expert riders. They did not use saddles or reins or stirrups; they rode "bareback".
Their clothes were made from deer skins and buffalo skins and decorated with the parts of
other animals - tails from squirrels and gophers, quills from porcupines and the delicate bones
of birds.

These children of nature did not ever have to go to school. They did not have to study to get
into a prestigious college, nor did they have to worry about finding a job after graduation. This
does not mean their life was easy. The winters were very long and very cold and there were
sometimes wars between tribes. There were also the very great dangers involved in the buffalo
hunt. Warriors rode at top speed (with no saddle) beside the huge buffalo shooting arrows to
bring them down. The chances of a buffalo turning suddenly or of falling off the horse were
very great. We must remember that there were also no hospitals in those days.

Even so, the young people of the tribes must have enjoyed a very pleasant lifestyle: fishing and
gathering berries in summer, hunting in the forests in the early morning, dancing around the
fire at night and listening to the old people tell stories and legends from long ago.

1. Riding "bareback" means riding without any equipment on the horse.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False

2. First Nations people never killed deer.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False

3. First Nations people had no enemies.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False

4. Mathematics was not a priority for the kind of life they led.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False

5. The First Nations people did not develop a written language.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False
6. People were rarely killed while hunting buffalo.

A.   ?    True

B.   ?    False

THE RING AND THE FISH (8 MARKS)

Thomas and Inger, who live in Sweden, are the happiest

couple in the world. Two years ago, they were on a boat a
few kilometers from the beach. Thomas asked Inger to
marry him and he gave her a gold ring. He wanted to put
the ring on Inger’s finger, but he dropped it and it fell into
the sea. They were sure the ring was lost forever.
That is, until last week, when Mr Carlsson visited them. He has a fish shop and he
found the ring in a large fish which he was cutting up for one of his customers.
The fish thought the ring was something to eat! Mr Carlsson knew that the ring
belonged to Thomas and Inger because inside the ring there were some words.
They were, ‘To Inger, All my love, Thomas’. And so Mr Carlsson gave the ring
back to them.
Inger now has two rings. When they lost the first one, Thomas bought Inger
another one. But they think the one the fish ate is the best one.

7. Thomas asked Inger to marry him when they were on a

boat.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

8. Thomas put the gold ring on Inger’s finger.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

9 They returned from their boat trip without the ring.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

10 Mr Carlsson often visited Thomas and Inger.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
LISTENING COMPREHENSION AUDIO 1 (10 marks)

1. I don't understand very much about computers.

    Stephen

    Janice

2. I want a computer that we can use in the lounge.

    Stephen

    Janice

3. We need to make a decision today.

    Stephen

    Janice

4. Computer terminology confuses me.

    Stephen

    Janice

5. We don't need a printer.

    Stephen

    Janice

AUDIO 2

1. Jackie was surprised that David had problems placing his order.

    true

    false
    don't know

2. David needs to order the software for his office.

    true

    false

    don't know

3. Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online.

    true

    false

    don't know

4. The Mac version is more expensive than the Windows version.

    true

    false

    don't know

5. Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not very good quality.

    true

    false

    don't know