ARMY POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

Distance Education Mode PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

SEMESTER: September 2012 - January 2013 HAND-IN ACTIVITY: ONE.
CYCLE FOUR / LEVELS: VII-VIII

Please, do not change or modify the format of this Hand-in Activity in any form.

Score: ____/80 Grade: ____/20

Name: Ricardo P. Villafuerte Carrillo Date: 22/10/2012

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I. LISTENING SECTION (10 points)

Reference: Go to your Student’s Book CD-ROM / Audio CD, R5.2 – Unit 5. Then do
the following activity:

A. Listen to two friends Emma and Diane. Underline the topics they talk about.

a. Emma’s daughter e. A TV documentary

b. Emma’s husband’s job f. Someone’s birthday
c. Emma’s family’s holiday g. Travel arrangements
d. The Eden Project h. Parking problems

B. Listen again. Fill in the gaps in these sentences with two words.

Ex. She’s been working really hard and I think she’s going to pass them all.

6. We’re staying in a small hotel in Padstow for a week.

7. Oh, I’m sure he’ll have a great time.

8. No, don’t worry, I’ll take a day off.

9. Actually, we’ll be driving through your village so we can pick you up on the way.

10. Just think, this time next week we’ll be walking around the Eden Project together!
 II. VOCABULARY SECTION (10 points)

A. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the phrases with get.

get away with get round to get cross get through get lost

11. Do you often get lost or do you have a good sense of direction?

12. Did you ever get away with being naughty when you were a child?

13. When was the last time you tried to phone somebody and couldn’t get through for

a long time?

14. Does it take you a long time to get cross answering your emails or do you do it

straight away?

15. Would you get round to with your friend if she was extremely late?

B. Fill in the gaps with words related to geographical features.

16. Iceland is covered by several large glaciers

17. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the world’s largest active volcano

18. The Sahara is a very large, dry desert stretching across several countries.

19. Singapore is famous for the Jurong Bird Park, an artificial jungle with thousands of

different tropical trees and birds. Inside there is the world’s largest man-made

20. waterfall, where water drops 30 metres into a large pool.

III. GRAMMAR SECTION (20 points)

A. Underline the correct option (Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous)

Mum: Hi Bella, this is Mum! How are you? How has the weekend been?

Bella:
Hi Mum! I’m fine, thanks. The weekend
busy than relaxing, actually. Let’s see…
23
the car – glad I got that done. And
pair of shoes for the wedding.
21
has been / has been being more
22
I’ve washed / I’ve been washing
I’ve bought / I’ve been buying. A new

Mum: Did you have any trouble finding some?

Bella: 24
No, it was fine. Oh yeah, and I’ve cleaned / I’ve been cleaning the kitchen
– but that needs another day’s work, I can tell you.

Mum: Right.

Bella: 25
Oops, just a minute!… Sorry, that was Anita. She’s come / She has been
coming round for coffee.
Mum:
Oh yes?

26
Bella: Yeah, we have talked / have been talking about the holidays.

Mum: Any special plans?

Bella: 27
Well, we haven’t decided/ haven’t been deciding yet, really. Too many
nice places to go, I suppose! What about you?

Mum: 28
Me? I’ve talked / I’ve been talking to your father about that for over a
month! All he wants to do is go fishing.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets: gerund or
infinitive.

29. After ten years in business, he went to become (become) a government advisor.
30. The computer crashed, but the presenter went on talking (talk) as if nothing had
happened.
31. We’ll be away for six weeks, so I hope you remembered to cancel (cancel) the
newspapers!
32. Now, sir. Do you remember seeing (see) anything unusual last night?
33. We had stopped to have (have) dinner, and the car was stolen while we were in the
restaurant.
34. The film was so sad we couldn’t stop crying (cry) all the way through it?

C. Complete these second or third conditional sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.

35. If he hadn’t felt sick at the office, he would not have gone (go) home early.
36. If I found (find) a mobile phone, I’d take it to the lost property office.
37. If he hadn’t invited her to dinner, they would not have started (start) going out
together.
38. If he had had (have ) enough money, he would buy a new car..
39. If he had not talked (talk) to her, he wouldn’t have realized it was a female burglar.
40. If he hadn’t gone home early, he would have run into(run into) a burglar in a mask.
 1. Uluru – or Ayers Rock in its colonial name – is a spectacular rock
formation in central Australia. It lies in the middle of a flat desert area,
rising to a height of about 320 m. It was not discovered by Europeans
until the 1870s, although archaeologists believe the area has been
inhabited for as long as 10,000n years. (It is widely believed by modern
anthropologists that aborigines have the oldest continuous culture of any
people on earth.) The local aborigines told the Europeans that Uluru was
the home of Tjukurpa, the Dreamtime, but aboriginal beliefs were beyond
IV. READING SECTION (20 points)
the reach of the newcomers.
The Rock quickly became a tourist attraction because of its uniqueness
Read and follow
and thethe explanations.
changing colours of its red sandstone. In 1958 it was declared
part of a national Park and 1995 ownership and management of the Park
were returned to the local aboriginal community, the Anangu. The
Australian government initially agreed to prohibit people from climbing
Uluru, which is held by aborigines to be a sacred place. But the
government broke its promise, and made free access to the Rock a
condition for returning its management to the Anangu. This has produced
distress in the aboriginal community. To understand why, we need to
consider the cultural beliefs.
2. What the Anangu believe is that under Uluru there is an empty space,
which is the home of Tjukurpa, the Dreamtime. This is the time when the
ancestor spirits appeared out of the land. They gathered food, searched
for water, made fires and fought each other just as the aborigines have
always done. But they left the energy in all the places they inhabited.
When these spirits had finished their work on the earth, they changed
back into different forms, such as hills and rivers, plants and animal,
where their energy is still alive today. A good example of these beliefs
isIn the Dreamtime, a tribe of earth spirits invited to other tribes to an
important feast. On the way there, the guest tribes encountered the Lizard
Women, and decided to spend time with instead. The fact that the guests
did not appear for the feast was taking by the host tribe as an offence, and
led to a great battle in which many tribesmen died. Stained red by the
blood from the battle, Uluru rose from the earth in memory of so much
suffering.
3. This story illustrated the sacred nature of the relation between the
aborigines and their environment. Add to that the fact that the social
organization in clans depends on how many sacred sites they control, and
we can perhaps better understand the feelings of the Anangu for the
Uluru Rock.
A. 41. Read the text. Choose the best title for part 1.

a. ___ The Geology of Uluru.

b. ✓ The History of Uluru.
c. ___ The Climate of Uluru.

B. Read part 1 again. Write true, false or doesn’t say.

42. Uluru is an aboriginal name. true
43. Europeans arrived in the area in the early 19th century. false
44. The Europeans aborigines got on well together. false
45. The first Europeans did not understand aboriginal culture. true
46. The Anangu are responsible for managing the Park. true
47. Visitors are not allowed to climb the Rock. false
48. Most tourists visit the site by organized coach trips. doesn’t say
49. The Anangu are upset about access arrangements. true
50. The Australian government allowed people from climbing Uluru. true
51. The National Park was the most wonderful place at that time. doesn’t say

C. Match parts 2 - 4 with the descriptions 52 – 54

52. 3 The importance of these places today.
53. 2 The significance of the Dreamtime.
54. 1 The origins of Uluru.

D. Complete the sentences with a highlighted word from the text. There are four
extra words you do not need.
55. Three tribes were involved in the battle at Uluru.
56. Uluru commemorates the suffering of the people who died in the battle.
57. Early cultures gathered their food from the countryside.
58. The views from the top are absolutely spectacular.
59. If you take Rocks from Uluru, local people may take offence.
60. In the Dreamtime, spirits travelled over the earth.
V. WRITING SECTION (20 points)

Write a story and starts it with this phrase: “When I woke up, I discovered that the
bus had stopped in the middle of the countryside and there was nobody else on board”.
Your story should be 140 words long.

Take into account the following hints:

 Write a title.
 Divide your story in three paragraphs:
Introduction
Body paragraph
Conclusion
 Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary according to your level.
 Check spelling when you have finished.
When I woke up, I discovered that the bus had stopped in the middle of the countryside
and there was nobody else on board. I thought that soon people would arrive and for I
decided to go up me to the bus and to wait. After two hours a youth ascended and he
told me that the bus won't move of there because the owner had left it one week ago
and nobody knows known about him.

I got quickly off the bus and walk toward a gas station, there I asked about the owner
of the bus and they told me that he had suicide but nobody knows the reason. That city
was not as normal as those that had visited. All the inhabitants were seen solitary
nobody shared anything with anybody. Let us stay two days but in the hotel of the town
and then return to my house.

That city doesn't please myself a lot so it was the only time that visited it, I have
traveled for other sides knowing interesting places.