3° sección: Practica para el examen

Questions 1 – 6: Read the following email and choose the correct phrases to complete
the message.
Hi Ale,
How are you? Fine, I hope.

writes invite
v v
(1) I am writing to you from Houston, Texas. (2) My invites
v v
aunt is writing invited
v v
have writing am inviting
v v

my family to visit her for the vacations. (3) We arrive a week ago.
v
am arriving
v
was arriving
v
arrived
v

have eat
(4) Yesterday we v a barbecue in the garden and we (5) v
had ate
v v
was having was eating
v v
were having have eaten
v v
You send
v
Send
v
hotdogs and corn on the cob. It was great! (6) You send me an email as soon
v
You sent
as possible to tell me all your news. v

Regards,
Juan

Questions 7 – 11: Choose the correct phrases to complete the following text.

Many years for

(7) v Alexander Fleming a microbiologist from Scotland
Many years now
v
Much years ago
v
Many years ago
v
(8) (9) He penicillin.
become famous. discover.
v v
becomes famous. discovered.
v v
became famous. is discover.
v v
has became famous. was discover.
v v

This was the first antibiotic and it (10) call a “miracle drug” because it
v
called
v
is call
v
was called
v

few diseases.
can cure (11) v
much diseases.
v
lots disease.
v
many diseases.
v

Questions 12 – 19: Read the following email and choose the correct phrases to complete
the message.
Hi John,
excited with
Really, I am (12) v your visit next month. When you arrive to the
excited about
v
exciting with
v
exciting about
v

are waiting. pick you up,

v v
will wait. picking you up,
bus station, my father and I (13) v After (14) v
will waiting. pick you for,
v v
will be waiting. picking you for,
v v

going to go
we can go for a tour of the city center. The next day, we are all (15) v
go to go
v
will going to go
v
are go to go
v

Do you like will to be fun.

camping by the lake. (16) v camping? I am sure it (17) v
Like you, go to be fun.
v v
Will you liked is go to be fun.
v v
Might you likes will be fun.
v v
 would you like to do
v
What (18) do you like to do next when we return to my house?
v
should you like to do
v
would you likes to do
v

inform.
Please write to me soon to (19) v
know me.
v
let me know.
v
tell.
v

Questions 20 – 26: Choose the correct phrases to complete the following text.

old primitive
v v
Turtles are among (20) oldest and (21) primitivist
v v
the most old the most primitive
v v
the oldest the most primitivist
v v

many
reptiles on the planet. They live all around the world in almost (22) v type
much
v
every
v
most
v

many they’re
v v
of climate. They spend (23) much of (24) there lives in water.
v v
every they are
v v
most their
v v

often
They (25) v leave the ocean, except to lay eggs in the sand. The
never
v
someteimes
v
always
v
problems is that (26) many people like to eat turtle eggs which
v
much
v
every
v
most
v

them
makes (27) v an endangered species.
they
v
their
v
they’re
v

Questions 28 –34: Choose the correct phrases to complete the following newspaper
article.

Since 2 days they believe

(28) v the police stopped a driver because (29) v
For 2 days they believed
v v
2 days ago they have believed
v v
In 2 days they had believed
v v

was stole.
v
that the car he was driving (30) is stolen. However, when they checked
v
have stolen.
v
had been stolen.
v

wrong.
v
their records, they saw it was a (31) mistake.
v
error.
v
fault.
v

apoligized to
v embrassed.
apologized for v
v embarassing.
The policemen (32) v
apologize with the driver. They were (33) v
worry.
apologized at v
v frightened.
v

drive.
The driver was allowed to (34) v
drive out.
v
drive away.
v
drive to.
v
Questions 35 – 42: Choose the correct phrases to complete the following text.

worry.
v
Climate change is very (35) worried. Human activity is the main cause of
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worrying.
v
worring.
v

as
climate change (36) v as people burn fossil fuels and convert
so
v
for.
v
worring.
v

which is
v
what is
land from forests to agriculture. This creates carbon dioxide (37) v
which are
v
what are
v

a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases make the earth warmer, just as a greenhouse is

warm raise
v v
(38) warmer its surrounding. The rise (39) in the
v v
warmest than rose
v v
warmer than rosing
v v

v
grater
earth’s temperature causes (40) gratest precipitation and winds, with
v
greater
v
greatest
v

long-term changes in the weather. Here in Mexico people (41) v

are already feeling
is already feeling
v
is already feel
v
are already feel
v
the effects of climate change. There are already stronger winds and hurricanes.

v
ought
We (42) to all work together to try to halt climate change.
have
v
shall
v
must
v