INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre 2017

NAME:
5TH. YEAR
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TIME: 2 hours
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A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

1 E 1-capable of using the language easily and accurately.

2 S 2- feeling surprised or upset.
3 S 3-person who writes novels.
4 A 4- the crime of setting fire to a building or other property.
5 Y 5-break into a building to steal things.

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

1- I’ll be polite to him _____ he is polite to me. a) unless b) provided c) even if

2- Alex is very good_____ repairing the car. a) at b) on c) in

3- My car, _____ I only bought two months ago, has broken down. a) when b) which c) that

4- Don’t worry, you’ll get used to _____ long distances soon. a) travelled b) travel c) travelling

5- If the police arrest you, they must _____ you with a crime. a) charge b) accuse c) acquit

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION. Choose a suitable expression. There are three 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
extra ones. Write the letter in the blank.

Jack and Peter are talking about a film.

A: Why don’t B: Do you
we P: Jack, have you seen the latest film directed by Simon
think so? Burns ?

J: Yes, I saw it yesterday evening. It was marvellous. The

best film I’ve ever seen.

P: Oh! 1) ____.
C: Such as?
D: How J: Oh, yes, absolutely. Much better than the other ones.
come?
P: As you’re a fan of Burns, everything he does is perfect for
you.

J: 2) ____. His job as a director was excellent, and the cast

F: No, that’s not
was superb. The special effects were amazing!
E: What if what I meant.
P: Really?

J: Would you like to see it? 3) ____ go to the theatre this

evening? I’d love to see it again.
G: As long as you don’t
mind. P: OK. 4) ____

J: Not at all. I’ll pick you up at 8.

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REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them 8 x 0.4 = 3.2 marks

1- Francis Ford Coppola made the Godfather films. He’s a very well-known director. (WHO)

2- He told me I could use his computer but I had to be careful with it. (AS LONG AS)

3- My brother never arrives on time so I get angry. (IF)

4- I’m sure Peter will win the tennis competition. (BOUND TO)

5- Although the weather was good, we stayed indoors. (DESPITE)

6- ‘I won’t phone him,’ Mandy said. (REFUSED)

7- Jack’s parents didn’t allow him to play outside his house. (LET)

8- The workers were on strike because they were paid very little. (IF)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT ANNA ANDERSON WITH THE CORRECT 10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

There are stories which 1) (fascinate) __________________________the public for centuries. Not knowing what really
happened makes people interested in 2) (find out) _______________________the truth. Here is one of them.
Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed for more than sixty years, right up to her death in 1984, that she was Grand
Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, has been proved 3) (be) ____________________ a fraud.
Anastasia 4) (kill) _______________ on 17 July 1918 by communist revolutionaries in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Although
many of Mrs. Anderson’s friends were ready 5) (believe) _________________ her story, forensic scientists who carried
out genetic tests on her say that she was in fact a woman of Polish-German descent, who 6) (disappear)
___________________ in Berlin in 1920, around the same time that Anna Anderson first appeared. After the collapse
of communism in the Soviet Union, the locations of the bodies of the Tsar, Tsarina, and some of their children
7) (reveal) _______________ and multiple laboratories in different countries 8) (confirm) ________________ their
identity through DNA testing.
There is still no trace of Crown Prince Alexis or his sister Anastasia. Researchers 9) (offer) __________________ no
solution to the mystery so far. They hope they 10) (find) __________________ some sort of clue in the near future.

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

500,000 LANGUAGES HAVE DISAPPEARED

A About half a million languages have existed since the first humans appeared 200,000 years
ago. However, many of these languages have simply disappeared over the centuries. Linguists
estimate that there are 7,000 languages in the world today but many of them are under threat of
disappearing completely.
B Only about 20 of these languages are recognised by people in general. The vast majority of the
remaining languages are spoken by small tribes. One example is Papua New Guinea where
you can find over 800 languages. You can find a new language spoken every three or four
kilometres. One explanation for this is that these small groups grow their own food and
survive independently. They use language to mark out their territories and to distinguish
themselves from other groups.
C It is interesting to consider why some languages survive while others die out. It is not just a
matter of how difficult the language is to learn. English, for example, is well known for its
difficult spelling and pronunciation. However, the survival of a language depends on how
successful the society that uses it is.
D There are no languages superior to others. There are just lucky languages, and the luckiest of
them all is English. The most commonly spoken language is Mandarin, followed by Spanish
and then Hindi. English is the fourth most commonly spoken language, and yet it has become
the leading international means of communication
E The loss of a language leads to a loss of traditions and culture as well. Just as hundreds of
thousands of languages have died out, so many more will follow until we are left with just a
few. English is most people’s second language across the entire world, so English will
probably be one of them, despite the fact that it is difficult to learn.

Task A Which paragraph in the article states the following ideas?

1 Languages are all of equal importance but some are more widely spoken than others.

2 Most people are not aware of the variety of languages existing.

3 Most languages currently spoken in our world are going to disappear.

Task B Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank line/s below.

4 The reason why some languages disappear is related to their difficulty. T F

5 Small remote tribes have their own languages for a question of identity. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice.

A. Many petrol stations have been removed from the city to build skyscrapers where they used to stand.
Write a LETTER TO THE EDITOR of your local newspaper expressing your view about
this.

B. Write an ESSAY mentioning the pros and cons of riding a bike in B.A.

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WRITE: 1-fluent 2-shocked 3-novelist 4-arson 5-burglary
CIRCLE: 1-b 2-a 3-b 4-c 5-a
CONVERSATION: 1-B 2-F 3-A 4-G
REWRITE: 1-Francis Ford Coppola, who made the Godfather films, is a very well-known director. 2- I could use his computer
as long as I was careful with it .3- If my brother arrived on time/ didn’t arrive late, I wouldn’t get angry.
4- Peter is bound to win the tennis competition. 5- We stayed indoors despite the good weather. 6-Mandy refused to phone him.
7- Jack’s parents didn’t let him play outside. 8- If the workers had been paid more, they wouldn’t have been on strike.
TENSES: 1-have fascinated 2-finding out 3-to be 4-was killed 5-to believe 6-(had) disappeared 7-were revealed 8-
confirmed 9-have offered 10- will be.
READING: Task A: 1-D 2-B 3-A Task B 4-F (The survival of a language depends on how successful the society that
uses it is. English is the clearest example.) 5-T

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