Centro de Idiomas & Tecnologías

Secretaría de Cultura y Extensión Universitaria

U.T.N. – Facultad Regional Rosario

ENGLISH EXAM LEVEL IV – MID TERM 2023

Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________________

FOUR INTERNET FIRSTS

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U.T.N. – Facultad Regional Rosario

1. Are these statements T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false ones.

a. ‘Archie’ was developed by three students in Canada.

b. Justin Hall created the word ‘blog’.
c. The very first virus was written in 1971.
d. The first social networking site appeared in the 2000s.
e. Social networking sites are used for business only.

2. Last month, Randy Conrads, the creator of Classmates.com, was interviewed by the
New York Times.

Interviewer: _________________________________________________________________?
Randy: Well, believe it or not, when I created Classmates.com, I was having a party in my
basement!
Interviewer: Wow! ____________________________________________________________?
Randy: Actually, I decided to create this social networking site because one of my guests
wanted to reconnect with an old girlfriend.
Interviewer: _________________________________________________________________?
Randy: My site was launched in December 1995, just a few months after I created it.
Interviewer: _________________________________________________________________?
Randy: Facebook? Mmm, I think it’s the most complete and popular social network. Everyone
is on Facebook!
Interviewer: How many people __________________________________________________?
Randy: Um, I guess more that 750 million people use Facebook nowadays. It’s so popular!

3. READ AND COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB

A bad day at work
I 1._______________ (never/forget) that day. It started out as just an
ordinary day at work. I never expected that within a few hours I would
be in great danger.
I 2.______________ (be) a river guide for 10 years, taking people down
the Zambezi River. One evening, when I was 27, the sun
3._______________ (set) and we were reaching the end of the tour when
something 4._______________ (knock) into the boat.
5._______________ (think) it was the other boat, I turned round
6._______________ (push) it away, when suddenly everything went dark.
I was stuck inside something. I managed to free one hand and felt
around – my hand 7._______________ (touch) a hippo’s nose. It was only
then that I 8._______________ (realize) I was underwater, my upper
body actually in the hippo’s mouth! I tried 9._______________ (move)
as much as I could, and when he opened his mouth, I 10._______________
(manage) to swim away. But seconds later, he struck again, pulling me
under the water. I remember 11._______________ (look) up at the
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surface of the water, and wondering which of us 12._______________

(can) hold his breath the longest.
Suddenly the hippo released me. By chance, a medical team was nearby
and they 13._______________ (help) me to reach a hospital. Meanwhile,
the hippo quietly disappeared.
I believe, though, that I met him one more time. Two years later I
14._______________ (travel) down the Zambezi River again.
15._______________ (be) there obviously reminded me of that day. Then,
just as we 16. _______________ (go) past the same place in the river,
a huge hippo suddenly appeared.
I screamed so loudly that he went back under the water and was never
seen again. I 17._______________ (be) sure I recognized the same
hippo, still just as angry.
What 18._______________ (you/do) if you saw a hippo coming towards
you?

1. MULTIPLE CHOICE. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

When I started my job two years ago I used to love it. The truth is that I have a
very high salary and the office is very close to home, but the problem is that
1.__________ the day I started I 2.__________ very few free weekends and I
always work until very late in the evening. I often 3.__________ cancel plans
with friends because of work or I miss family celebrations, and I'm usually very
tired and stressed. I'm not sure I 4.__________ keep doing this. I don't sleep
enough, and I don't eat 5.__________, because I don't have enough
time 6.__________.
Apart from that, sport 7.__________ very important in my life. I like being fit,
and doing sport is the way I have to feel well and reduce stress. However,
nowadays I don't have any time to exercise. With all these bad habits, I feel that
I 8.__________ my health at risk.
I really need some advice. What would you do if you 9.__________ me?
10.__________ salary is 11.__________ high, and if I want, I 12.__________
to work, but I feel horrible; I don't have a social life and I don't have a healthy
life. Two years ago, before 13. __________ this job, I was much fitter and very
happy. Now I am 28 and I have a lot of money in my bank account, but nothing
else. The problem is that the jobs that are offered in the area where I live don't
pay much, and I'm afraid of making a decision which I might regret. So, what do
you think? 14. __________ I quit my job?
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1. a- since b- for c- when

2. a- had b- have c- have had
3. a- should b- will c- have to
4. a- can b- have to c- must
5. a- unhealthy b- healthily c- healthy
6. a- to cook b- cooking c- cook
7. a- always was b- always is c- has always been
8. a- am putting b- put c- will put
9. a- were b- was c- are
10. a- me b- I c- my
11. a- a bit b- really c- not very
12. a- walk b- can walk c- walked
13. a- take b- taking c- to take
14. a- do b- should c- will

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