COLEGIO LINCOLN A-473

Language Test – Units 5 and 6

Course: 3rd year “A” Date: 13/07/2020
Name: Sara Munhoz Braun Total Mark: ___/62

Please, follow these instructions before starting: Do this test in this document and send it back to me as an
attachment in “private”. Photos are not allowed and are not going to be corrected.

A) Read the article and the sentences. Six sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from
sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to
use. ___/12
A Now they were known as the twins again, this time on a global scale.
B James shares this view.
C But even their closest friends can´t tell them apart.
D “Not especially,” they say.
E Even when it came to casting them, there seems to have been a temptation to see them as one unit.
F They seem to have fallen into acting by accident, rather than it being a burning passion.
G They admit it is something they have to battle against.
1- F 2-A 3-E 4- G 5- D 6- B

B) Complete sentence 1-8 with the correct future form of the verbs in brackets. ___/8

1- I am meeting (meet) Jo outside the cinema at six – we arranged it this morning.

2- The plane leaves (leave) at six, so I am going to (get) a taxi to the airport at four probably.
3- That sounds like the postman; I will check (check) if he´s left any posts for you.
4- I´m not sure who´ll win the gold medal; it will be (be) Magnus this year.
5- That new stadium is almost built – it is definitely going to be finished (definitely/finish) before I move
into town next month.
6- I expect that the banks will be raising (raise) interest rates soon – that´s what the papers say.
7- We´ll have dinner when Joe arrives (arrive).
8- As soon as the programmed ends (end), I’m going to bed.

C) Underline the correct word to complete the sentences. ___/6

1- It took me ages to get through/over that virus but I´m better now.
2- Eating a lot of fresh vegetables and cheese is/are good for you.
3- There are/is a lot of advice in the internet about eating a healthy diet.
4- It´s important to eat a diet high/rich in vitamins.
5- We´ve got little/a little cheese left. Can you go to the shops for me?
6- If he thinks he can get into/away with cheating me, he's very much mistaken.

D) Multiple-choice cloze: For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)
best fits each gap. ____/8

DO MEN REALLY COOK BETTER THAN WOMEN?

Are women better cooks than men because they have a natural love for food and don´t show (0) B
_off_? Or are men better because they (1) A take cooking more seriously? Maybe it has (2) B something
to do with ability – women may be more instinctive, have a better (3) C sense of smell and a greater
understanding of food. (4)D however, there are other things to take into account when considering
cooking as a career.
Restaurants kitchens are a man´s world, because men can carry heavy pans and often work longer
hours. Yet, (5) C despite the fact that the work is physical and stressful, women are calmer in the
kitchen, and often have a different attitude; they cook to show they care about others. As one said, “(6)
C naturally I´d love to run my own restaurant, but I’d (7) C rather teach people to be good home cooks. I
know it´s controversial, but believe a woman´s (8) B job is cooking at home.”

E) Open cloze: For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.
Use only one word in each gap. ___/8

A GOOD SHOW? REALLY?

I love going to the theatre but I am often disappointed (0) _by_ the show itself, which fails to live (1) up
to my expectations. So what´s the best way to (2) find out whether a particular production is worth
seeing? Some people read the critical reviews, but (3) how far can they be trusted? There are always
glowing tributes outside theatres promising a “thrilling” evening, or a “sensational” show, but many
theatre managers choose these advertising quotations (4) with great care. This is because they want to
(5) give theatre-goers the impression that the reviews were (6) more positive than they might have
been. One musical was advertised with the words “the songs remind you of how fabulous the bands
were”, but more negative comments were left (7) too. So maybe what we have to do (8) is read the
reviews carefully, but then trust our own judgment about whether we should pay good money to go and
see the show.
F) For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form a word that fits the gap in the same line. ____/8

LOSE YOUR BOTTLE!

There have been many food fads over the years driven by (0) _snobbery_ or supermarket advertising
campaigns. But promoting bottled water is probably the most (1) ridiculous (RIDICULE) of all. Although
they have cheap, clean cold water on tap, many people choose instead to pay vast sums for water (2)
allegedly (ALLEGE) taken from Hawaiian springs or Icelandic glaciers, which is then shipped thousands of
miles in tiny plastic bottles to supermarket shelves. Apart from the (3) ecological (ECOLOGY) damage
that all those journeys must do to the planet, I wonder how many of the advertised health benefits (4)
actually_ (ACTUAL) remain after the water has been standing in those plastic bottles for months before
a (5) customer (CUSTOM) goes into a shop and buys it. (6) surely (SURE) it would be better if, instead of
being drawn into this trend that many might regard as (7) immoral (MORAL) as well as stupid, we simply
aimed at providing clean (8) drinkable (DRINK) water for everyone?

G) For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words, including the word given. ___/12

1- They are organizing a neighborhood watch scheme. ORGANISED

A neighborhood watch scheme is being organized.
2- I hate ironing so I just leave it and never find the time to do it. GET
I hate ironing so I just leave it and never get the time to do it.
3- A very kind friend took us home after the party. TAKEN
After the party, we were taken home by a very kind friend.
4- The police assume that the arrested man has killed three people. ASSUMED
The arrested man is assumed to have killed three people.
5- Nearly all the shops in this town are expensive. HARDLY
There are hardly any cheap shops in this town.
6- The tourist office has estimated that over 10,000 visitors watch the feast. ESTIMATED
It is estimated that over 10,000 visitors watch the feast.