INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-

Diciembre 2016

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4th YEAR

MOD 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 W 1- Use money to buy unnecessary things.

2 O 2- People who watch a sports event.
3 R 3- A film with an exciting story, especially one about crime.
4 D 4- Cooked inside an oven.(e.g. a cake)
5 S 5- A person who likes giving orders to other people.

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

1 _____ the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. a) Because b) Although c) As soon as

2 I’ve been feeling ill _____ I got up . a) until b) when c) since

3 My mother doesn’t let us _____ the computer on weekdays. a) use b) to use c) using

4 I’ve cut _____ fatty foods completely to lose weight. a) off b) out c) down

5 It’s not a good time to invest _____ the property market. a) in b) on c) at

EXCHANGES Match a line from A with a line from B to make short exchanges. Write
4 x 0.2 = 0.8 mark
the corresponding number from B in the box. There are two extra phrases in B.

A B B
a I saw Taylor Swift at the supermarket today! 1 Not at all.
b How come you are up so late? 2 Yes, thanks.
c Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary? 3 You’re kidding!
d Shall we go window shopping? 4 Never mind.
5 I’d love to.
6 I’m not sleepy.

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

1- ‘I didn’t think of the consequences’ Susan said to me. (TOLD)

2- The marketing team finished the project sooner than expected. (WAS)

3- Grace gives her children everything, that’s why they behave badly. (IF)

4- I’m almost sure he isn’t a yoga instructor. He always looks so stressed out! (CAN’T)

5- Tom will be here at 10. I’ll tell him then. (WHEN)

6- We stayed at the Grand Royal hotel. Julie recommended it to us. (WHICH)

7- When I was younger I never read newspapers. (USE)

8- ‘Why do you always wear black, Mary?’ Rachel said. (ASKED)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH A CELL PHONE

WITH THE CORRECT TENSE OR VOICE OF THE VERBS IN 10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
BRACKETS

When Carol 1) (call) ______________ me last night, I 2) (watch) ______________________ my favourite

show on television. I 3) (have) ___________________ a very tiring day so I just wanted to relax in front of
the telly. Carol said she 4) (try) _________________ to contact me all day. At that moment I realised that I
5) (not use) _____________________ my mobile at all that day. As a matter of fact, I 6) (not know)
___________________ where it was! The truth is I wasn’t surprised…In the last few years I
7) (lose) __________________ lots of mobile phones. And the funny thing is that I 8) (always find)
____________________ them again in the strangest places! Last year I 9) (find) ____________ one of my
long-lost phones in the garden shed inside a tool box! I know I will probably have to buy a new one
tomorrow. But this time I 10) (be) __________________ more careful!

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

Three criminal cases

A
A 14-year old boy whose favourite pastime was hacking into the confidential computer records of banks and
government organisations was finally caught by the police last week. However, rather than receive a prison
sentence or fine, the child-criminal has now been offered a job with a software developer specialising in anti-
virus programs. The company that made the offer said the boy was very efficient, but one government
minister commented that this kind of offer set a bad example for other youngsters thinking of breaking into
systems. The software company defended its decision saying that the boy has shown real initiative.

B
Do you often think that your town may benefit from more green spaces? If your answer is ‘yes’, then you
might be surprised to hear about the local council in the English town of Blakenthorpe, which is currently
trying to arrest people for ‘planting flowers’. It all began when flowers and plants started appearing at road
sides and areas around the city. The town council has accused ‘Green Vandals’ of doing some ‘midnight
gardening’. One person said, ‘These so-called law-breakers are just doing the job that our local council should
be doing. I wish them the best of luck’.

C
Many criminals are probably ready to deal with alarms or maybe one or two large dogs at the front door but a
thief in Osaka, Japan, had a surprise when he broke into a house where 15 sumo wrestlers were staying the
night. Shiro Morioka, 42, was in the process of looking for something to steal when suddenly the lights went
on. He was horrified to find a group of massive athletes. The police came soon afterwards. He ran to them
and was really happy when they took him away to the safety of a police cell.

Task A : Match the headings to the paragraphs

1 Is it a crime or not?

2 Take me to prison!

3 A ‘special’ teenager.

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

4 The local authorities at Blakenthorpe take good care of the city’s green areas. T F

5 One criminal benefited from the crime. T F

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WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 110 to 140 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice.

A- Write a STORY. Begin like this:

‘Everybody was waiting. I felt nervous. In a few minutes, I was going to sing in public for the first time…’

B- You are studying abroad in Bath, England. Write a LETTER to a friend describing the university you are
attending and saying what you like most and what you like least about studying there. Also, mention the
friends you’ve made and what you’ve done/seen in Bath.

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WORDS: 1- waste 2-spectators 3- thriller 4- baked 5- bossy
CIRCLE: 1-b 2-c 3-a 4-b 5-a
EXCHANGES: a-3 b-6 c-1 d-5
REWRITE: 1- Susan told me she hadn’t thought of the consequences. 2- The project was finished sooner
than expected. 3- If Grace didn’t spoil her children, they wouldn’t behave badly. 4- He can’t be a yoga
instructor. 5- I’ll tell Tom when he is/comes here (at 10). 6- We stayed at the Grand Royal hotel, which
Julie recommended to us. 7- I didn’t use to read newspapers when I was younger. 8- Rachel asked Mary
why she always wore black.
TENSES: 1-called 2-was watching 3-had had 4-had been trying 5-hadn’t used 6-didn’t know 7-have
lost 8-always find 9-found 10-am going to/will be.
READING: TASK A 1-B 2-C 3-A TASK B 4-F (These so-called law-breakers are just doing the
job that our local council should be doing.) 5-T

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