INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre 2016 (Nº1)

NAME:
1st Year
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1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE BOXES. There are two extra words. 10 x 0.1 = 1 mark

UNCOUNTABLE SPORTS VEGETABLES

NOUNS   

carrots tea book

hockey tomatoes golf
sugar egg milk
tennis

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
number from B in the box. There is one extra phrase in column B.

A B B
a There isn´t 1 sailing in summer.
b I don´t 2 any tea mugs in the kitchen?
c Are there 3 some boys over there.
d John goes 4 like History.
5 anything in the fridge.

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUES WITH THE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS. There is

4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
one extra expression in each box.

At the restaurant
Waiter :1) ________________________________  Anything to drink?
Customer: Yes, please .Two cheese hamburgers.  Here you are
Waiter: 2)________________________________  Are you ready to order?
Customer: Two ginger lemonades .Thank you

At a clothes´ shop

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Madam: This coat is perfect. 3) ____________________  Can I try it on?
Assistant: £50, madam  What size do you want?
Madam: 4)___________________________  How much is it?
Assistant: Of course, madam.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c. TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- She was born _____July 5th. a) in b) at c) on

2- It rained yesterday _____ we stayed in the house. a) so b) because c) from
3- Their grandmother gave _____ beautiful presents. a) they b) them c) him
4- _____ houses over there are very expensive. a) This b)That c) Those

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT BECKY WITH THE CORRECT TENSE OF

10 x 0.2 =2 marks
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past

Becky Wells is a journalist. She 1) (live) ___________ in London and she 2) (write) ____________ about
culture and traditions. She 3) (not look) ________________ for information in libraries and books. She
4) (like) ____________ to be present at the ceremonies and celebrations. Last year she 5) (celebrate)
________________ the New Year three times. On December 31 st, she 6) (have) ___________ a big party with
her family in England. In February, she 7) (stay) ____________ with her friend Lee in London at the Chinese
New Year. Lee´s parents 8) (paint) ____________ their doors red. In November, her Indian friend Anisha
9) (invite) _____________ her to the festival of Diwali, where she 10) (watch) ___________traditional Indian
dancing and brilliant fireworks.

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THIS CONVERSATION Use the Simple

5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
Present or the Simple Past

At the office
John: 1)____________________________ on holiday last summer? (you / go)
George: Yes, I did. I went to” El Calafate”.
John: 2) __________________________nice? (the trip /be)
George: Yes, wonderful. I went with my wife and kids.
John: 3) __________________________ many people? (there/ be)
George: Yes, especially at the Perito Moreno Glacier.
John: 4) What __________________________ like there in winter ? (the weather/ be)
George: Terribly cold. But the people there like it.
John: 5) ___________________________cold weather and snow? (they / like)
George: Yes, they do.

READING. Read this text and circle T for true or F for false 5 x 0.4 = 2 marks

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As a young man, Jack O´Neil worked for a big company, but he always went to the beach in his free time. He loved surfing, but the
Californian ocean was cold. Jack wanted to find a way to stay warm in the water and he started to make protective clothing for cold
water, or surfing suits, also called wetsuits. In 1952 he stopped working for the company and opened the first Surf Shop. He sold
surfboards and wetsuits. Jack demonstrated his wetsuits at boat exhibitions. He took his three young children with him. They wore
wetsuits and sat in a bath of ice. When people asked: ‘What´s a wetsuit?’ Jack pointed to his children. O´Neil is a family-run
company.
Jack lost his eye in a surfing accident, but he still surfs today

1. The text is about the inventor of wetsuits for surfing. T F

2. Jack worked as a surfer when he was young. T F
3. He participated in exhibitions to show his wetsuits. T F
4. Jack went to the exhibitions with his three children. T F
5. The children sat in a bath of ice with their wetsuits on. T F

PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Use 60 to 90 words to write an e-mail to a friend of yours about your last holidays.
You are English. Use the information in the box

Paragraph 1 Where Argentina

When last July
Transport by plane London /Buenos Aires
Cities Buenos Aires Mar del Plata Iguazú
Paragraph 2 How long Two weeks
Weather Bs Aires Mar del Plata /cold wet Iguazú sunny
Accommodation Hostels: cheap clean nice people
Paragraph 3 Food asado, mate, sea food
Souvenirs T-shirts, leather key-rings
Return to London Exhausted very happy beautiful cities

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CATEGORY: 1-sugar-tea-milk 2-hockey-tennis-golf 3-carrots-tomatoes E-egg-book
MATCH: a-5 b-4 c-2 d- 1
DIALOGUES: 1-Are you ready to order? 2- Anything to drink? 3-How much is it ? 4) Can I try it on ?
CIRCLE: 1-c 2-a 3-b 4-c
TENSES: 1-lives 2-writes 3-doesn´t look 4-likes 5-celebrated 6- had 7-stayed 8- painted 9-invited 10-watched
QUESTIONS: 1- Did you go 2-Was the trip 3- Were there 4-is the weather 5- Do they like
READING : 1-T 2-F 3-T 4-T 5-T

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