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English Exam Date: ______________

Name: ___________________________________________ Level: 2º BACHILLERATO

Instrucciones:    a) Duración: 1 hora

                          b) La puntuación de cada pregunta esta indicada en las mismas
Part A. Reading Comprehension (4 points)

Teenagers and Internet addiction

Today's teenagers are a generation for whom the line between online and real world
interaction is practically non-existent. The apotheosis of this is Myspace.com, which began as
a social networking site, but which now is ‘a nightclub open 24 hours a day, seven days a
week’. Myspace currently receives more daily visits than Google and Amazon. The site has
40 million members worldwide, each using their personal page to email and post bulletins,
blogs and photos of themselves. It is precisely that creation of identity which has made it such
a teen sensation.
It's like a voluntary Big Brother. For millions of teenagers, the Internet is like a drug. And the
madness of the Internet and of adolescent hormones can be an especially potent combination.
On one occasion, fourteen-year-old Kara met 18-year-old David on Myspace. The
relationship, which began as a friendship, intensified on the site. When her parents, who
opposed the relationship, tried to cut off her online access to him, her parents were shot dead
by the boy.
The Internet fuels fantasy. You can be an Internet warrior, an Internet seductress. Kids are
using these sites to act out fantasy. On the Internet, you are allowed the chance to be the best.
Besides, lonely, unpopular or troubled teenagers get online and play the roles they want to be.
It doesn't matter if anyone is actually reading their postings or not: it just feels good to let it
all out, and see it archived forever.

I. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the
information in the text (1,5 points)

a. Why being a teenager and using Internet is such a potent combination?

b. Why were Kara’s parents murdered?
c. Why does the Internet fuel fantasy?

II. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Identify the part of the text that
supports your answer by copying the exact words on the answer sheet. (1.5 points)

a. Teenagers are obsessed with getting their postings read by other teens.
b. Internet postings at Myspace are eventually eliminated by the company.
c. Nowadays young people don’t see the difference between their real life and their virtual life.

III. Find a synonym for each of the four words below from these six options: (1 point)
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a. actually:
b. chance:
c. potent:
d. madness:

Part B. Use of English (4 points)

IV. Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or the past simple (1 point)

a. Janet ______________________ (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
b. I would love to visit Prague sometime. Unfortunately, I____________________ (be/never)
there.
c. Peter ____________________ (play) Tennis for five years when he
____________________(be) at school.
d. When Jack was at school, he ____________________(learn) to play the saxophone. He
_______________________ (play) it ever since.
e. Maria lives in Boston. Before she _______________________ (move) here, she
_______________________(live) in Seattle for 3 years.
f. Peter _______________________( (go) to Paris last year. That means that he
_______________________ (be) to Paris 3 times!

VI. Write sentences using the past simple and the past perfect (2 points)

a. I / not recognise / Jennifer / she/ completely/ change/ her / appearance / because

________________________________________________________________________________

b. Nick / not arrive/ at the café / on time / his motorbike / break down /because/
________________________________________________________________________________

c. Tom / feel / self-conscious / he / just / make / an embarrassing mistake / because

________________________________________________________________________________

d. Marta / feel / guilty / she / not be/ in contact with his parents/ for a long time / because
________________________________________________________________________________

e. I / not get / the CD / I / go / to the shop / they / already / sell out / by the time
________________________________________________________________________________
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VII. Make coherent sentences using the past perfect continuous and the past simple (1 point)

a. Tom / play/ a game / for five minutes/ his computer / stop / working / when
________________________________________________________________________________
b. Her parents / get / home / Amy / talk / on the phone / for a long time / by the time.
________________________________________________________________________________
c. The police / search / the apartment / for hours / they / find / new evidences / before
________________________________________________________________________________
d. Liz / read / her book / for 10 minutes / the lights / go out / when
________________________________________________________________________________
e. Her friends / arrive / Clare / cook / for over an hour / by the time
________________________________________________________________________________

Part C. Production. Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of 80-
120 words approximately (2 points)

a. What do you think of Internet? Is it really so addictive?

b. Do you think Internet is harmful for teenagers? Should their access to Internet be controlled?
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ANSWERS

Part A. Reading Comprehension (4 points)

I. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the
information in the text (1,5 points)

d. Teenagers are in a difficult age. They haven’t created their identity yet and they find in this
virtual world a way to built up and express this identity.
e. Because they wanted to stop Kara having any online contact with her boyfriend Davis, a 18
years old boy she had met on the net.
f. Internet is a world of fantasy where you can pretend to be whoever you want.

II. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Identify the part of the text that
supports your answer by copying the exact words on the answer sheet. (1.5 points)

d. Teenagers are obsessed with getting their postings read by other teens.
e. Internet postings at Myspace are eventually eliminated by the company.
f. Nowadays young people don’t see the difference between their real life and their virtual life.

III. Find a synonym for each of the four words below from these six options: (1 point)

e. In fact
f. opportunity
g. powerful
h. craziness

Part B. Use of English (4 points)

IV. Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or the past simple (1 point)

g. worked
h. have never worked
i. played / was
j. learned / has played
k. moved / lived
l. went / has been
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VI. Write sentences using the past simple and the past perfect (2 points)

a. I didn’t recognise Jennifer because she had completely changed her appearance
b. Nick didn’t arrive at the café on time because his motorbike had broken down
c. Tom felt self-conscious because he had just made an embarrassing mistake
d. Marta felt guilty because she had not been in contact with his parents for a long time
e. I didn’t get the CD. By the time I went to the shop they had already been sold out

VII. Make coherent sentences using the past perfect continuous and the past simple (1 point)

f. Tom had been playing for five minutes when his computer stopped working
g. By the time her parents got home Amy had been talking on the phone for a long time
h. The police had been searching the apartment for hours before they found new evidences
i. Liz had been reading her book for 10 minutes when the lights went out
j. By the time her friends arrived Clare had been cooking for over an hour
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1r Exercici Llengua estrangera II: ANGLÈS Comuna 90 minuts
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