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SIMULACRO DE PARCIAL - LENGUA INGLESA

SECCIÓN: Gramática

1. Fill in the blanks with the suitable tense of the verbs in brackets. Important: you
should pretend that this piece of news has appeared in today's newspaper.
(16x2=32)

JetSMART kicks off pricea war as itb enters

Argentina’s low cost market
CEO Estuardo Ortiz says ‘flight for a peso’ promotion is sign Chilean firm intends to shake
up competition.

February, 15th, 2019JetSMART airlines 1)___is now entering___(now/enter) the competition

in Argentina’s lowcost air travel market with a host of new routes and prices that 2)___have
attracted____(attract) the attention of customers.

The Chilean firm officially 3)___launched_____(launch) in the country with a bold promotion
last Tuesday, offering up to 5,000 tickets for any of its 12 round-trip domesticc flights for
practically nothing: 1 peso per passenger, with fees included.

JetSMART 4) ___sold___(sell) 54,735 low-cost flights in its first 24 hours of online sales, the
company reported last Wednesday. Flight prices outside the promotion 5)__start___(start) at
299 pesos, executives confirmed. Beginning next April, new JetSMART 6)__will
connect___(connect) passengers from Buenos Aires to Mendoza, Córdoba, Neuquén,
Bariloche, Iguazú, Salta and Tucumán. At a press conference on Tuesday, JetSMART CEO
Estuardo Ortiz said the company was committed to extending accessible flights across the
continent.

“JetSMART 7)__was___ (be) born in 2017 with a clear vision: to establish an airline that offers
low prices to all of South America,” Ortiz said. “It’s an extensive continent, and a great majority
of its people 8)___are____ (be) in the middle class. High prices 9)___have been___(be)
prohibitive to travel for decades, butd this situation 10) __is going to change___(change) next
April because our prices are affordable.”

COMPETITION

Fellow airlines like Flybondi and Norwegian 11) ___have rolled out___(roll out) low-cost flight
options since price floor restrictions on round-trip flights were eliminated last August for tickets
purchased 30 days in advance. Traditional players like Aerolíneas Argentinas and Latam 12)
___have came up____(come up with) their own promotions and economy options to adapt to
the new competition too.

Transport Ministry Resolution 5/2019 13) ___has already granted___(already/grant) the

company 261 routes for both domestic and international service.
While the airline will be operating solelye in Buenos Aires for now, new routes 14)___will open
up___(open up) in the coming months. Connections between Córdoba and Salta and Córdoba
and Neuquén routes 15) ____will begin____(begin) operating in April, followed by9 Mendoza
and Neuquén in May. Flights connecting Bariloche with Córdoba and Mendoza will be up and
running in June, airlines representatives added10.

Ortiz says that low-cost flights 16) ___will spread___(spread) soon to new destinations
across the continent too, including Chile and Brazil.
Adapted from:

http://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/jetsmart-kicks-off-price-war-as-it-enters-argentinas-low-cost-market.ph
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2. Read the text again and identify the part of speech in italics. (7x2=14)

a. Prices: noun working as an adjective

b. It: personal pronoun (subject)
c. Domestic: adjective
d. But: coordinating conjunction
e. Solely: adverb
f. By: preposition
g. Added: past participle

3. Write a coherent and meaningful sentence for each word given below. Use
the word as it is instructed. Each sentence must have at least 8 words.
(total 54)

1. difficult (predicative use) (5)

Making promises is easy, but doing what you promised is more difficult.

2. paper (uncountable noun) (5)

We have decided to upload all the material to Google Drive so as not to use paper.

3. seem (as a linking verb) (5)

Your decision to leave your wife seems unreasonable to me.

4. Either (as a pronoun) (5)

Would you like to drink coke or juice? Either is ok.

5. Well (as an adverb in the comparative degree: superiority) (5)

She is singing better and better because she has an excellent coach.

6. A great number of (as a quantifier) (5)

A common feature in developing-country economies is the great number of

businesses operating outside the law.

7. work (as an intransitive verb/an action that started in the past and continues up
 to the present) (6)

I have worked in this company since I finished university.

8. annoying (superlative degree: superiority) (6)

The most annoying mistake you have made in your life is asking your mother to move
in.

9. open (as a ditransitive verb/on the spot decision) (6)

(Juan sees a girl who is carrying a lot of bags. She is about to enter a building).
Juan: I’ll open the door for you.

10. give (as a ditransitive verb/an action that was in progress when another action
happened) (6)

I was giving money to my daughter when a man pushed me and took it.

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FACULTAD DE LENGUAS
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SECCIÓN: Lengua

Read about this very strange hotel, then work on the exercises.

The Hotel of the Famous

What would your life be like if you were Albert Einstein. What clothes would be in
your wardrobe if you were Marilyn Monroe? Or Madonna?

Well now you can discover the answer to all these questions and many more at the
Fame Hotel in California. Ten miles outside Los Angeles, the Fame Hotel promises
to answer the question "What if?" When you check into the hotel, you choose a
room. Each room has a name. There's Clint Eastwood on the second floor and Elvis
Presley on the third floor. In total, the Fame Hotel has 32 rooms, most of which are
named after stars of Hollywood or music. But there are also famous writers (Mark
Twain and Agatha Christie) and even some scientists and sports stars, such as Mike
Tyson.

When you enter the room, you enter the life of that person. There are pictures
everywhere. The owner of the hotel has tried to fill the room with objects, clothes,
even food that he thinks the stars would have liked. Marilyn Monroe's wardrobe is
full of beautiful white dresses, Albert Einstein doesn't have any socks in his
 wardrobe because the real Einstein never wore them! If you choose Mike Tyson's
room, you'll be able to practice boxing in one corner of the room. And there's even a
skipping rope too!

I spoke to one guest staying in the Elvis Presley room. "I love this hotel," he said to
me. "I wanted to know 'What would Elvis Presley eat for breakfast?' and now I
know". That guest eats pancakes and strawberry ice cream every morning, just as
Elvis liked to do. On the next table, the Einstein room's guest is eating cabbage
soup!

The company plans to open another Fame Hotel in New York next year and there
are plans to expand into Europe too. I look forward to staying in the Winston
Churchill suite in London!

A. Answer True (T) or False (F) and correct False statements. (8x2=16)

1) You can meet famous people in the hotel. F - You can learn about famous people
lives
2) Some famous people have stayed at the hotel. F - The hotel tries to make regular
people see how famous artists’ lives were.
3) The Fame Hotel is near Hollywood. T
4) Guests are able to choose which room they stay in. T
5) Each room has a celebrity's signature on the door. F - It doesn’t have a signature, it
has famous people’s objects, clothes and food.
6) The hotel's owner has tried to make the wardrobe authentic. T
7) Each guest eats something different in the hotel restaurant. T
8) There is also a Fame Hotel in London. F - There are plans to expand in Europe

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B. Make questions to these answers (5x3=15)

1. What are you thinking?
The answers to all these questions.
2. How far is it from the school to my house?
Ten miles.
3. Where is the library?
On the third floor.
4. How many rooms does the hotel have?
32 rooms.
5. Does the vaccine hurt?
No, it doesn’t.

VOCABULARY

Replace the words underlined in each sentence with a word from the list. (10x1=10)
camp-site book hostel accommodation double hitch-hike a fortnight guest-house
vacancy porter
1. I stayed in France for two weeks last year. a fortnight
2. It’s difficult to find anywhere to stay in this town in summer. accommodation
3. We were short of money so we decided to get lifts in other people’s
bars. hitch-hike
4. I’d like a room for the night please. A room for two people. double
5. The place where we stayed wasn’t a hotel but a private house where you pay to stay
and have meals. guest-house
6. I’d like to reserve three single rooms for next week, please. book
7. It was raining, and we couldn’t find a place to put our tents. camp-site
8. I’d like a room for the night please. Do you have a free one? vacancy
9. The school has its own place for students to stay. hostel
10. We gave a tip to the person who carried our bags in the hotel. porter

Write grammatical and meaningful sentences. Use the words provided.(5x4=20)

a) to be prone to

__I've always been prone to headaches._____________________________

b) B & B

_____My husband and I booked a room at a B&B for the weekend_______

c) strenuous

____His doctor advised him not to do any strenuous exercise.___________

d) megadraw

_____The star's concert was a mega draw to the festival because of her

new single.______

e) cash-sapping

____Having children is a great joy but also cash sapping.____________________

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WRITING
You have just returned from your holidays in an exotic place. Write an email to a friend
telling him/her about your experience there. Include the following information (150
words) -a description of the place you have been to -a brief narration of something
extraordinary you did during your holidays.

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SECCIÓN: Fonética

1. You will hear each sentence twice. Circle the

word you hear. (15)

a- I´ve lost my pills/ bills.

b- I think there is something wrong with my niece/

knees.

c- He took the wrong/ long way.

d- The price of peas/ peace is huge.

e- They are watching/ washing the fastest car in the

world.

f- I found my cart/ card.

g- That hat/ hut is really expensive!

h- I need a pen/ pan fast!

i- She owns a farm/ firm in the South.

j- The cock/ cork is in the kitchen

k- Look! That`s a nice peach/ beach

l- Her house is full of pins/ bins.

m- That pie/ tie is so expensive!

n- That´s a tidy/ tiny room.

o- The crowd cheered/ jeered last night at the theater.