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INTRODUCTORIO
TEMA: PRESENT SIMPLE OF BE

PASSAGE 1 D) Charlie
A E) Mariah
Jane: Excuse me. Are they free?
Rachel: Yes, please sit down. 4. Which of the following statements its false
Jane: Thanks. A) They are on Holidays
Joe: I’m Joe. B) Some people live in United Kingdom
Jane: And I’m Jane. We’re from Texas. C) Some people live in USA
Charlie: We’re English. I’m Charlie. D) All of them speak English
Rachel: And I’m Rachel. Nice to meet you. E) They are working there

B PASSAGE 2
Jane: Where are you from in the UK? 5. Choose true (T) or false (F) for each
Charlie: We’re from London. statement related to the following report
Joe: London’s a great city! Are you on holiday? Good morning, I am Susan Myers, I am a
Rachel: Yes, we are. Are you on holiday, too? reporter at Central News and today I am
Jane: No, we aren’t. We’re on business. making a report on immigrants, today´s
guests
1. Where is Jane form? are two immigrants from China, they are Jane
A) She is from USA Lee, and Peter Lee, they are students at the
B) She is from Canada Community College, she is 19 years old and
C) She is from UK he
D) She is from South America is 20. They are students but they are not
E) She is from Europe workers. They live in an apartment
downtown.
2. Where are Rachel and Charlie from? Susan: Are you happy in America?
A) They are from USA Jane: Yes, we are, we enjoy living here.
B) They are from Canada Susan: Jane, is your real name Yang Lee?
C) They are from UK Jane: No, it’s not, it is Dai-xia, and it means
D) They are from South America summer.
E) They are from Europe Susan: Thank you very much.
They are two Chinese people living the
3. Which of the women lives in the UK? American Dream, this is Susan Myers
A) Jane reporting from the Community College, and
B) Rachel tomorrow we will have more guests in “living
C) Joe in America”, see you then!

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6. I. Susan Myers is a teacher at Central News. PASSAGE 3

II. They are from Vietnam. On the day of my first piano recital, I became
III. They live in downtown. more and more nervous. To help me calm down,
IV. Jane is 25 years old. my piano teacher told me to place several
V. Peter is a student at Harvard cabbages in the room where I practised. I was so
A) FFTTF eager to get over my nerves that I was willing to
B) FFFTF try anything. For the next few hours, I played to
C) FFTFT an audience of cabbages. When the time of the
D) FFTFF recital finally arrived, I was still terribly nervous.
E) TFTFF My hands felt like ice. When I finally walked
across the stage, I looked out into the dark
7. It _______ a good day to do the laundry. It is audience. I could not see anyone! All those
raining people out there could just as easily have been
A) does cabbages! As I sat down to play, my hands
B) Am relaxed. Before I knew it, I had played all my
C) Is not pieces without a mistake. For the first time, the
D) Isnt’ cabbage heads applauded!
E) Does not
11. On the day of the recital, the music teacher
8. Marie and You _______ 22 years old. ____________________ .
________ so Young. A) advised the writer to put cabbages in the
A) Is – She is room where he practised and play for
B) Are – They are them
C) Is – They are B) warned the writer not to look at the
D) Are – You are audience
E) Is – He is C) had no patience with the writer because
he was nervous too
9. Sofia is a doctor but I __________ a doctor. D) felt nearly as nervous about the recital as
A) Am the writer did
B) Am not E) couldn’t think of a way of helping the
C) Are writer to stay calm
D) Don’t know
E) Don’t be 12. The writer stopped feeling nervous
________________.
10. .............. you from Perú? Yes, I ................. A) because he had practised a great deal
A) Are - is B) when the audience began to applaud
B) Are - am C) before he walked onto the stage
C) Am – am D) as soon as the concert was over
D) Am – are E) when he found he couldn't see the
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13. In the passage, it is explained that D) Am

______________. E) Does
A) the writer was always nervous on the day
of a concert 16. Find the six mistakes in the text and choose
B) the writer played to some cabbages the alternative with the correct answers.
because there was no real audience Hello! My name is Carlos. I am from Perú. I
C) the writer finally began to relax just have 17 years old and I am a student at
before he began his recital CepreUNI, I want to be a civil engineer. My
D) the room was so cold the writer's hands father is an electronic engineer and my
felt like ice mother is a nurse. My father has 45 years old
E) the writer always practised in a room and my mother is 42. We live in the Los
where there were cabbages Olivos, in Lima. Our house are a small flat but
it is new and modern. My grandparents live
14. My shorts ______ Brown. ____________ with us. They are retired. My best friend is
White. Pedro, he is a student at Cepre-UNI he wants
A) Is – It isn’t to be a systems engineer. He have 17 years
B) Are – they are old. His parents is lawyers. They live in near
C) Are – they aren’t Plaza Norte. Their house is very big and it has
D) Isn’t – It is got a big garden. We is always together after
E) Are – they classes.
A) am - is - is – is – are – are
15. ___________ that your pencil? B) am - has - is – is – are – are
A) Do C) am - are - is – is – are – are
B) Are D) am - is - is – is – are – is
C) Is E) am - is - is – has – are – are

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HOMEWORK
Passage 1
Televisions show sounds and pictures. They get
data from cables, discs, or over-the-air signals.
They turn this data into sounds and images.
People watch news and shows on them. You
probably call them TVs.
John Baird made the first TV in 1925. It had one
color. It could only show 30 lines. This was just
enough room for a face. It didn't work well, but
it was a start.
The first TV station was set up in 1928. It was in
New York. Few people had TVs. The broadcasts
were not meant to be watched. They showed a
Felix the Cat doll for two hours a day. The doll
spun around on a record player. They were
experimenting. It took many years to get it right.
By the end of the 1930s, TVs were working well.
America got its first taste at the 1939 World's
Fair. This was one of the biggest events ever.
There were 200 small, black and white TVs set up
around the fair. The U.S. President gave a speech
over the TVs. The TVs were only five inches big
but the people loved it.
They wanted TVs. But World War II was going on
during this time. Factories were busy making
guns and bombs. When the war was over, TV
spread across the country.
By 1948 there were 4
big TV networks in
America. They aired
their shows from 8 to
11 each night. Local
shows were aired at
other times. Most of
the time, nothing
was shown at all. TV
was not "always on"
like it is now.
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Color TVs came out in 1953. They cost too much
money for most. Also, shows were aired in black
and white. By 1965, color TVs were cheaper. TV
stations started airing shows in color. People had
to switch if they wanted to see the shows.
Now most TVs are high-def. This means that they
have many lines on them. This makes the image
clear. TVs have come a long way since Baird's 30
line set. High-def TVs have 1080 lines. There are
state of the art sets called 4K TVs. These TVs have
3,840 lines. Some people watch TV in 3D. I
wonder what they will come up with next. Smell-
o-vision anyone?
1. When did color TVs come out?
A) 1925 B) 1953
C) 1939 D) 1965
2. Which was not true about the first TV?
A) It could only show one color.
B) It only had 30 lines.
C) It did not have sound.
D) It did not work well.
3. Why did the first TV station only show Felix
the Cat for two hours a day?
A) They were running tests.
B) Felix the Cat was really popular.
C) Felix the Cat had been a big radio star.
D) Felix the Cat was the only show that they
had.
4. Which of these events slowed the spread of
TVs?
A) The World's Fair of 1939
B) The Civil War
C) The election of the U.S. President.
D) World War II
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5. What is the author's main purpose in writing
this?
A) He is trying to explain how a TV works.
B) He is telling readers how TVs became
popular.
C) He is describing the history of the TV.
D) He is trying to get people to watch more
TV.
Passage 2
The Palisade is more upmarket. Here you will find
fashion boutiques, jewellers, antiques and
furniture. There are also two banks and a post
office located along The Palisade.
The Showground is the entertainment centre of
the mall. On the ground floor, there is a food
court where you’ll find cuisine from around the
world, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai and
Italian food. There is a large arena where events
will take place through the year. There is also an
eight-screen cinema, a night club and a bowling
alley.
And if that is not enough, we are offering you a
voucher which will give you £10 off any purchase
over £40 that you make in the Merriwether Mall
between 10th and 16th September. You can’t
afford to miss it!

6. Where is the best place in the mall to buy an

Gatesbridge’s new Merriwether Mall is opening
this September. With an area of 320,000 square expensive necklace?
metres, the Merriweather Mall will be the A) Main Street
biggest mall in the south west. It’s located close B) Market Square
to the motorway, has its own bus station and C) Bohemia
2000 car parking spaces, so it is convenient for D) The Palisade
everyone. E) The Showground
The mall has five areas, all under cover. The
largest, Main Street, is a shopping area on three 7. Where is the best place in the mall to buy
floors. Here, you’ll find all the major chain stores some bacon?
and department stores. You can buy fashion A) Main Street
items and all the famous brand names. There is B) Market Square
also a large chemist. C) Bohemia
Situated on two levels, the market square is
D) The Palisade
where you can find traditional market stalls. On
E) The Showground
the lower floor, there are food stalls, including a
butcher’s, baker’s, a fishmonger’s, greengrocer’s
and delicatessen. On the upper floor, you will 8. buy some Nike trainers?
find stalls selling hardware and haberdashery. A) Main Street
Bohemia is at the rear of the mall. Here, you’ll B) Market Square
find quirky, independent shops selling everything C) Bohemia
from second hand music and books to clothes D) The Palisade
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9. buy a used CD? 11. buy some Nike trainers?

A) Main Street A) Main Street
B) Market Square B) Market Square
C) Bohemia C) Bohemia
D) The Palisade D) The Palisade
E) The Showground E) The Showground

10. have a meal?

A) Main Street
B) Market Square
C) Bohemia CLAVES
D) The Palisade 1. B 5. C 9. C
2. C 6. B 10. E
E) The Showground 3. A 7. D 11. A
4. D 8. A

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