Instituto Superior del Profesorado de Inglés N° 1 “Estela Guinle de Cervera”

LANGUAGE III - PW # 8 USE OF ENGLISH

NAME: _____________________________________

A) ​Read the following text and decide which answer (​A​, ​B​, ​C​ or ​D​) best fits each gap.

C​ ities are places of extremes. The very wealthy and the very poor often live as near neighbours, with walls,

visible or invisible, in (1) ___. The gradual recovery of many city centres around the world has pushed up
property prices far (2) ___ expectations, making them unaffordable to all (3) ___ a lucky few. Their density,
night life, busy streets and original spaces make them highly attractive to some, but unsuitable or unattainable
to others.
City centres often sit cheek by jowl with some of the poorest and increasingly abandoned inner-city
neighbourhoods. People who cannot (4) ___, or do not want, luxury city centre apartments, warehouses or
canalside flats often reject the inner neighbourhoods that ring city centres and prefer to leapfrog to the
quieter, safer, greener (5) ___.
But as land becomes scarcer and smaller households multiply, the poorer inner areas of successful cities are
becoming increasingly attractive. These large, (6) ___ areas hold the key to affordable housing. ‘Urban
pioneers’ need to be encouraged to (7) ___ advantage of this situation, thereby helping to reclaim and restore
these neighbourhoods to their (8) ___ vibrancy. After all, they are often only minutes on foot from successful
and flourishing centres.
To overcome the long legacy of social exclusion, cities must also hold on to rich and poor residents (9) ___.
The two groups need each other. They both want good homes in a pleasant, safe environment; they both want
good schools for their children. The rich pay in, and gain, (10) ___ the poor - and both benefit.

1 A between B space C turn D place

2 A from B away C beyond D ahead

3 A those B then C but D besides

4 A cost B gain C borrow D afford

5 A suburbs B villages C outskirts D slums

6 A run-down B upturn C worn-out D well-off

7 A make B take C have D play

8 A former B previous C last D latest

9 A the same B alike C equal D similar

10 A together B unlike C alongside D despite

B) ​For questions 1​ -10​, read the text below. Use the word given between brackets to form a word that fits in the
space.

Starting School

In a child’s earliest years, learning takes place within the reassuring confines of the home, where (0)
​ (achieve) are greeted when the child starts to attend school.
_​achievements_

Two children who start school together may have had a similar (1) upbringing (bring) and be equally
intelligent, but the way they deal with the new learning environment is often (2) ​strikingly ​(strike) different.
One will thrive in the (3) ​formalities ​ (formal) of the classroom, while the other will struggle to keep up.

At school, the teachers are besieged by the (4) ​urgent (urgency) needs of a large number of children
clamouring for their attention, and the frequent (5) ​crowding ​(crowd) of classrooms means that the noise level
is high. Despite this, a child is expected to concentrate on what is being said, and his (6) ​abilities (able) to hear
or understand may pass unnoticed or be (7) ​disregarded​ (regard) by the teacher.

The nature of the school activities will probably differ from what the child is used to at home, and may seem
(8) ​meaningless (mean) to him. In addition, it is no longer possible for a child to stop what he is doing when (9)
boredom (bore) sets in. Having to sit still and concentrate is a (10) ​requirement (require) many children’s home
lives may not have prepared them for.