Prueba de nivel: Inglés ‐ Nivel Intermedio II (B12)

PARTE 1: Competencia Léxico‐Gramatical

1. My brother up at seven but not any more.

a) used to get
b) usually gets
c) was used to get
d) I don’t know

2. Tom loves chocolate but his doctor has advised him to eat some only twice week.

a) ‐‐‐ / a
b) ‐‐‐ / the
c) the / a
d) I don’t know

3. “Where are the saw and the hammer?”

“Who knows? They be in the basement.”

a) may
b) need
c) ought
d) I don’t know

4. I have decided to exercise every day and eat healthy food I can lose weight.

a) for that
b) in order to
c) so that
d) I don’t know

5. Did your son phone when he arrived Italy?

a) at
b) in
c) to
d) I don’t know

6. The president was annoyed because ten people left the room his welcome speech.

a) during
b) for
c) since
d) I don’t know

7. If you don’t hurry, we are going to the train to London.

a) be late
b) lose
c) miss
d) I don’t know

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8. She can’t walk very well because she has got a terrible in her left leg.

a) harm
b) hurt
c) pain
d) I don’t know

9. The weather was rainy that we had to stay at home.

a) so
b) such
c) too
d) I don’t know

10. Tom is young this jacket. He looks ridiculous.

a) enough / to wear
b) too / for to wear
c) too / to wear
d) I don’t know

11. Drivers often complain that there is parking space in the city because of road works.

a) few
b) less
c) lots
d) I don’t know

12. She gets up early in the morning and comes back home late at night, completely after a
hard workday.

a) exhausted
b) stressing
c) wealthy
d) I don’t know

13. We really liked that house but it was too expensive for us. So, finally, we decided that not buying
it was the most thing to do.

a) selfish
b) sensible
c) sensitive
d) I don’t know

14. “I’d like to know .”

“Well, he’s quite shy but when you get to know him, he’s very nice.”

a) how Peter is like

b) what Peter is like
c) what Peter looks like
d) I don’t know

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15. If I you were waiting for me, I much earlier.

a) knew / would come

b) had known / would come
c) had known / would have come
d) I don’t know

16. When you travel to France, you take your passport. Your identity card is enough.

a) don’t have to
b) mustn’t
c) oughtn’t
d) I don’t know

17. My boyfriend, car has just broken down, is waiting for me at the petrol station.

a) which
b) whom
c) whose
d) I don’t know

18. You’ll just have to learn all those expressions by .

a) heart
b) memory
c) mind
d) I don’t know

19. Please do not to contact our office in case of any difficulty.

a) delay
b) deny
c) hesitate
d) I don’t know

20. Keep the if you think you may need to change that shirt.

a) note
b) receipt
c) recipe
d) I don’t know

21. She is always hugging and kissing her friends; she’s a very girl.

a) affectionate
b) charming
c) moody
d) I don’t know

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22. All for the job must fill in the correct form.

a) applicants
b) employees
c) employers
d) I don’t know

23. I clearly remember him the keys back when he asked me to.

a) giving
b) to give
c) to have given
d) I don’t know

24. When I think about it I regret so nasty to John when we both were at school, but I
couldn’t help it then.

a) be
b) being
c) to be
d) I don’t know

25. There is no point for that job; they are not going to hire me no matter how hard I try.

a) for applying
b) in applying
c) to apply
d) I don’t know

26. He was a millionaire but he all his money to poor people.

a) gave away
b) gave in
c) gave up
d) I don’t know

27. Food that isn’t cooked is .

a) crude
b) rare
c) raw
d) I don’t know

28. This ring isn’t a lot of money, but I love it!

a) afford
b) cost
c) worth
d) I don’t know

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29. My parents have just finished paying the on their house.

a) credit
b) grant
c) mortgage
d) I don’t know

30. her little experience, Sarah finally got the job.

a) Although
b) Despite
c) However
d) I don’t know

PARTE 2: Comprensión Escrita

VULNERABLE TENANTS TARGETED BY 'CUCKOOS'

Criminal gangs are targeting isolated individuals living in housing association and council
accommodation by becoming their friends and using their homes to deal drugs.

There are many rewards for "cuckooing". The gangs are able to operate from an unobtrusive flat out
of sight of the police and use it to deal and manufacture drugs in a safe environment. Once the gangs
are using the properties for criminal enterprises, their inhabitants are terrified of going to the police
for fear they will be suspected of drug‐dealing, which would cause their expulsion.

"They are predatory people," said Tony Waters, the manager of a hostel run by the homelessness
charity Thames Reach. "If you're a granny living on your own you won't get cuckooed, because you'll
have friends to support you. But if you're vulnerable, say you're ex‐homeless, you'll be clocked
straight away. These gangs are very se‐lective."

The rise of cuckooing is a response to the closure of crack‐smoking hideaways by local authorities.
This coincided with a push to accommodate thousands of homeless in flats run by housing
associations. The gangs often use drugs as a strategy, but sometimes it is simply friendship that
opens the door. "Most victims are lonely and have nothing to do with their time," said Mike Nicholas
from Thames Reach.

Pete was placed in a flat by his local council after leaving rehabilitation for alco‐holism. The two men
two flats down seemed friendly, one of them offering Pete his crack pipe. "I thought they were all
right at first," Pete said. "I'd been in rehab, so I didn't know anyone. At least it was someone to talk
to." The men would treat Pete's flat as their own, using it to smoke crack and deposit their bikes.
Then they started beating Pete. He was in constant fear of them entering his flat to take drugs when
he was des‐perately trying to stay off alcohol. One night he was alone, he decided to flee. "I left
everything I had there: TV, DVD player, mobile phone," he said. Pete was somewhat lucky: he could
get out quickly. But having lost his flat he is back in a hostel, drinking super‐strength lager and
struggling to turn his life around.

Adapted from The Observer, Jamie Doward, Sunday 3 October 2010.

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31. The victims live in…

a) associated hostels.
b) social housing.
c) their own flats.
d) I don’t know

32. The gangs use their victims’ flats to…

a) do drugs and business under cover.

b) hide from the police and other gangs.
c) keep stolen goods.
d) I don’t know

33. The victims…

a) are afraid to say they were homeless.

b) are often suspected of drug dealing.
c) don’t usually tell anything to the authorities.
d) I don’t know

34. In order to become their victims’ friends, the criminals…

a) help them fight their addictions.

b) offer them accommodation.
c) offer them drugs.
d) I don’t know

35. Pete…

a) hasn’t started drinking again.

b) is having trouble with alcohol again.
c) is on hard drugs now.
d) I don't know

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