INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE – EXÁMENES 2023

NAME:
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TIME: 2 hours A B PART 2
A B FINAL MARK MOD
SET

PART A

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

1- It was more of a high-pitched/feel-good event to motivate employees than a serious business conference.

2- Could we pay off the loan in one lump sum/instalment when she finishes her degree?

3- They live in a tasteful but unimposing/jaw-dropping four-bedroom house.

4- The company consistently outnumbers/outsells all other European designers.

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT “TWO MISSING WALKERS” WITH THE CORRECT TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS
10 x 0.30 = 3 marks
IN BRACKETS

Two walkers were reported to 1) (go missing) __________ near the summit of Snowdon yesterday, the highest peak in Wales. John Watkins, aged 21, and Melanie McBryan, 19, 2) (not re-

turn) __________ by nightfall, leading the police to believe that perhaps they 3) (force)__________ to spend the night on top of some mountain. Weather conditions, when the pair set off

yesterday morning, were fairly good. By the afternoon, however, it had got much worse. Thick clouds rapidly 4) (spread)__________ over the region and there was a sharp drop in temperat-

ure. Blizzards began in the evening, with a great deal of snow falling above 500 metres. Friends of the two walkers are still surprised that they 5) (not hear) __________ from either of them

yet. They think their mobile phones might have become unusable for some reason. Melanie's friend, Janet Richards, believes Melanie 6) (call)__________ her to say they were alright if her

phone 7) (work) __________ properly. Joe Hill, a friend of John’s, admits he is worried, but insists they have a lot of experience walking in the mountains of Wales. Mountain rescue teams,

which 8) (look) _________ for the couple since early this morning, say they 9) (probably walk) _________ in circles right now, especially as neither of them is used to hiking in winter. The

hope is, though, that they 10) (find) __________ safe before long, especially as the weather is forecast to clear up within the next few hours.

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

1-
She’s been very________ since her husband went into hospital. a) in and out b) up and down c) on and off

2-
I’m afraid he’s getting hooked ________ painkillers. a) to b) about c) on

3- At the moment, the law on compensation is a bit of a _____

a) dark b) grey c) red
area.

4-
I love to stroll around the bazaars and ________the atmosphere. a) soak up b) suck in c) set off

5- When I got that email asking for my password, I should have smelled a ________.
a) fish b) rat c) mouse
____

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

1- Ann bears a striking resemblance to Julia Roberts. (REMINDS)

2- I’ll do what you say as long as the police are not informed. (PROVIDED)

3- Don’t worry about these minor details at such an important time. (POINT)

4- I spent an hour watering the garden. It started raining a few minutes after I’d finished. (NEEDN’T)

Boredom is the cause of much of her unhappiness. (DUE)

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6- My sister doesn’t like cooking. She was given a blender for her birthday. (WHO)

7- I am in this situation because I didn’t listen to my lawyers. (IF)

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

A Better or a Worse World?

If your view of the world comes from watching the news and reading newspapers, you could be forgiven for lying awake at night worrying about the future. Apparently, rising violence and population rates

mean humans are both killing each other in ever larger numbers and being born at rates the world's resources can't sustain. 1- ______People in low-income countries live in poverty while the West gets richer.
Depressing, isn't it? But do the statistics support our negative world view or is the world actually improving?

Let's take global population first. It's around 7 billion now, in line with figures predicted by the UN in 1958. By the year 2100, the same experts predict it will be around 11 billion. But did you know that 11 bil-
lion is probably as high as that number will get? The rate of increase will slow down in the second half of this century thanks to falling birth rates today.

In the last two centuries, improvements in technology and health meant fewer children died young, fuelling rapid population growth. But with the wider availability of contraception in the 1960s, the global aver-
age number of babies per woman has declined from six babies per woman to as low as two.

2-_______ And while it's still true that only 20 per cent of the world takes about 74 per cent of the world's income, 60 per cent of the world now falls into a middle-income group, with 11.6 per cent – the smal-
lest amount of people in history – still living in conditions of extreme poverty. As poverty goes down, life expectancy goes up, birth rates go down because parents can expect their existing children to survive,

and the global population stabilises.

3- _______ Although deaths are nine times more likely to be a result of violent crime than political conflict, the global murder rate fell slightly, from 8 per 100,000 people in 2000 to about 5.3 in 2015.

Of course, none of this means the world is perfect. Also, we still face huge problems of our own making, particularly environmental ones like global warming, and wealth and natural resources need to be dis-
tributed more fairly. But not all the news is bad news, whatever the TV and newspapers might say.

Task A: Match sentences A-E to the gaps 1-3 in the text. There is one sentence you do not need to use.
A- As for news stories that make us think the world is an increasingly violent place, there is cause
for optimism too.

B- Even for civilians, though, the statistics are not at all bad.

C- The biggest factor in child mortality is poverty.

D- To make matters worse, all the wealth is concentrated on a handful of people in the world's

richest countries.

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

1- Increase, make stronger.

2- The quality of being able to be used

or obtained.

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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 topic: ‘Has teleworking really improved our lives?’
B- Imagine that you stayed at a hotel for your wedding anniversary but had a very bad experience. Write a LETTER OF COMPLAINT to the manager of the hotel explaining

why you were dissatisfied and what you would like them to do about the situation. Your letter should include the following points:

• the dates between which you stayed at the hotel

• details of the bad experience you had with the cleaning service

• details of your complaints about the room you stayed in

• what you would like the hotel to do about it

ADV LANG Part 2

TWO EL: 1- feel-good 2- lump sum 3- unimposing 4- outsells
TENSES: 1- have gone missing 2- had not returned 3- had been/were forced 4- spread 5- have not heard 6- would have called 7- had been working 8- have been
looking 9- are probably walking 10- will be found
CIRCLE: 1b 2c 3b 4a 5b
REWRITE: 1- Ann reminds me of Julia Roberts. 2- I’ll do what you say provided the police are not informed. 3- There’s no point worrying about these unimportant

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details… 4- I needn’t have watered the garden. 5- Much of her unhappiness is due to boredom. 6- My sister, who doesn’t like cooking, was given a blender… 7- If I
had listened to my lawyers, I wouldn’t be in this situation.
READING: Task A: 1D 2C 3A Extra B Task B: 1- fuelling 2- availability

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