INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE – EXÁMENES 2022

NAME: ADV LAN PART 2

MOD TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

TWO-ELEMENT CHOICE Underline the correct option. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- The view from the hotel room is overrated / breathtaking even if the room is smaller than expected.

2- The ground-breaking/ high-pitched research conducted by the scientists helped to save millions of lives.

3- We must cut through the red tape/ red herring.

4- Ben’s such a dark dog/ horse. I had no idea he’d won a scholarship to Harvard.

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT A DISAPPOINTING SITUATION WITH 10 x 0.30 = 3 marks

THE CORRECT TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

One fine morning a man 1) (fish)__________ in a river. The sun was shining and the man was sitting on the

river bank. Everything was quiet and peaceful. Looking at him, you 2) (think)__________ he had fallen

asleep. Far from that! He knew well that the biggest fish 3) (catch) ________________ when you stop

moving, even breathing. The man 4) (wait) ____________________ patiently for several hours when

suddenly he felt something 5) (pull)______________ on the fishing line. He stood up quickly and began to

take it in. He 6) (just lift) ___________________ the huge fish he had caught out of the water when there was

a loud splash and it fell back into the river. At first the man did not know what had happened. Then he looked

carefully at his fishing line. It had snapped. It 7) (not break) _______________ if he 8) (leave) ____________

an extra length of line when reeling in his catch. The poor man was so disappointed that he packed away all

his things and went home. It 9) (not happen) __________________ again, he was sure of that. He was not

one to make the same mistake twice. ‘By the end of the week’, he thought, ‘I 10 (catch)

__________________________the largest fish in that river’.

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 5 x 0.3 = 1.5 marks

1- He’s as blind as a________. a) bird b) bat c) fish

2- The whole plan worked like _________. a) a flash b) a dream c) gold

3- I’m fed up _________ cleaning up after you all the time. a) with b) about c) of

4- I’ll give you instructions _________ you follow them to the letter. a) unless b) providing c) supposing

5- He eats like a horse and yet he’s as thin as a _________. a) post b) sheet c) rake

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them.
7 x 0.5 = 3.5 marks

1- I only touched up my lipstick! (ALL)

2- The present chairman is going to retire in three months’ time. (DUE)

3- Don’t take it out on your wife. That won’t help. (POINT)

4- Carol arrived late for her job interview. She didn’t have a chance of being selected anyway. (EVEN IF)

5- We had to take the oath before giving evidence in court. (WERE)

6- I’m going to paint the kitchen blue even if you don’t agree with me. (WHETHER)

7- Why didn’t you tell me you didn’t like the wine? (OUGHT)

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READING. Read this article and do Tasks A and B. 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

Many of the major UK supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of various

unethical acts over the past decade. They have wasted tonnes of food, they have underpaid their

suppliers and they have contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its

impact on our environment. 1-____. In response to growing consumer backlash against the huge

amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have

signed up to a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse,

recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take some

responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one

major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand

products by 2023. 2-___. However, most supermarkets operate under a veil of secrecy when asked

for exact figures of food wastage, and without more transparency it is hard to come up with a

systematic approach to avoiding waste and to redistributing surplus food. There is no doubt that we

still have a long way to go in reducing food waste and plastic waste. 3-____. Perhaps the major

supermarkets might take inspiration from these smaller grocers and gradually move towards a more

sustainable future for us all.

Task A: Match sentences A-D to gaps 1-3 in the text. There is one sentence you do not need to use.

In response to criticisms over food waste, some supermarkets are donating some of extra food.
A

But supermarkets and grocers are starting to sit up and take notice.
B
So this hardly seems to be solving the problem.
C
Some smaller companies are now taking matters into their own hands and offering consumers a
D greener, more environmentally friendly option.

Task B: Find the words or phrases in the article which mean:

1 A strong, negative reaction to something.

2 A serious or formal promise.

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 180 to 240 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice.

A- Write a DISCURSIVE ESSAY on the following: ‘Homeschooling is a major disadvantage for students.

B- You stayed at Wallace Hotel in Dublin last week but you were deeply disappointed. Write a FORMAL
EMAIL OF COMPLAINT to the hotel mentioning all the problems you had and asking for some
action from the hotel. (dark and noisy room, king size bed was too small, cable TV out of order,
limited breakfast hours, manager never on the premises)

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TWO EL: 1- breathtaking 2- ground-breaking 3- red tape 4- dark horse
CIRCLE: 1b - 2b - 3a - 4b - 5c
TENSES: 1- was fishing 2- would have thought 3- are caught 4- had been waiting 5-pulling 6- had just
lifted 7- wouldn’t have broken 8- had left 9- wouldn’t happen 10- will have caught.
REWRITE: 1- All I did was touch up my lipstick! 2- The present chairman is due to retire in three
months’ time. 3- There’s no point taking it out on your wife. 4- Even if Carol had arrived on time, she
wouldn’t have been selected for the job. 5- We were made to take the oath before giving evidence in
court. 6- I’m going to paint the kitchen blue whether you agree with me or not. 7- You ought to have
told me you didn’t like the wine.
READING: Task A: 1 B - 2 A - 3 D Extra letter C Task B: 1- backlash 2- pledge

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TWO EL: 1- lay 2- breathtaking 3- ground-breaking 4- red tape 5- dark horse
CIRCLE: 1b - 2b - 3a - 4b - 5c
TENSES: 1- was fishing 2- would have thought 3- are caught 4- had been waiting 5-pulling 6- had just
lifted 7- wouldn’t have broken 8- had left 9- wouldn’t happen 10- will have caught.
REWRITE: 1- She’s got two cats, neither of which use/uses the litter box/She’s got two cats. Neither of
them use/uses the litter box. 2- All I did was touch up my lipstick! 3- The present chairman is due to
retire in three months’ time. 4- There’s no point taking it out on your wife. 5- Even if Carol had arrived
on time, she wouldn’t have been selected for the job. 6- We were made to take the oath before giving
evidence in court. 7- I’m going to paint the kitchen blue whether you agree with me or not. 8- You
ought to have told me you didn’t like the wine.
READING: Task A: 1 E - 2 B - 3 A - 4 D Extra letter C Task B: 1- backlash 2- pledge

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