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- EXAM 1 -
QUESTION 1:

1.1. READ TEXT A AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:

1.1.1. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according
to the text. Copy that part (and ONLY that part) of the text which justifies your
answer.

a) Wolf Cukier had been checking solar eclipses. F “He had been examining
satellite images marked by members of the public where the brightness of a star
seemed to temporarily lower.”

b) Scientists saw clearly from the very start that Wolf Cukier had found a new
planet. T “over the coming days his more experienced colleagues grew in
confidence that Mr Cukier was right – he had found a planet.”

c) TOI 1338 travels around Saturn. F “the planet travels in a circumbinary orbit,
around two stars”

d) Planetary systems with two stars are common. “This happens about once every
95 days”

e) It is more common to make this type of discoveries with the eye than with a
computer. T “Experts have since explained that discoveries like this one are easier
to make by sight rather than through utilising computers.”

f) Mr Cukier already has the qualifications he needs to become an astronomer. F

“vMr Cukier needs to finish his last year at high school first.”

1.1.2. Find a word or phrase that means the same in text A.

a) programme to provide practical experience > internship.

b) beyond > a step further

c) discovery > find.

d) composition > timing.

e) profession > career.

1.2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

1.2.1. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as
the first one. You must use the word or expression in italics.
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a) We only found out about his house because Claire showed us the advertisement
for it.

If Claire hadn’t shown us the advertisement for the house, we wouldn’t have found
out it.

b) I arrived at 6.00 pm. He left at 5:30 pm.

By the time I arrived, he had left.

c) In addition to coffee, I usually drink tea.

As well as I drink coffee, I usually drink tea.

d) Peter is my best friend. I met him at school.

Peter, who I met at school, is my best friend.

e) Mr Cukier discovered the new planet while doing an internship.

Mr Cukier discovered the new planet when he was doing an intership.

1.2.2. Pronunciation

a) Which of these -ed forms are pronounced as /t/? Recovered, shocked, wished,
surprised, lived.

b) In which of these words are the underlined letters pronounced differently?

Piled, excitement, glitter, bite

c) Write the word which does not contain the sound /ɔ:/ as in all. Resources,
courageous, caught, bored.

d) Which TWO of these words have two syllables? Pigeon, important, snow,
spectacle, ecstatic, lizard.

QUESTION 2:

1.1. READ TEXT B AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

2.1.1. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according
to the text. Copy that part (and ONLY that part) of the text which justifies your
answer.

a) During the last year, the video-sharing app TikTok has been criticised for its
presumed bad practice. T “TikTok has been getting a lot of attention over the past
year – and not necessarily for good reasons.”
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b) Some viral videos in TikTok promote dangerous behaviours. T “Dangerous viral

challenges are nothing new, but a couple of new ones have been circulating on
TikTok in recent weeks — and kids are getting hurt”

c) Feroza Aziz’s shared video was intended to show teens how to make up. F
“Feroza Aziz, a 17-year-old girl from New Jersey, posted a human rights protest
video disguised as a makeup tutorial.”

d) For a time, TikTok censored content that included fat people. T “TikTok was
hiding content from disabled, LGBTQ and overweight creators.”

e) TikTok is now fighting bullying. T “t TikTok has now abandoned that policy in
favour of a new approach, which includes reporting and blocking bullies.”

f) TikTok has introduced new measures to avoid the harassment of under-18s. T

“It has recently announced a new feature called ‘family safety mode’, which allows
parents to link to their teens’ accounts in order to control their screen time, limit
direct messaging and restrict some content.”

1.3. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to the words
and definitions given here.

a) ability to produce original ideas > creativity.

b) regulations > concerns.

c) declared > disguised.

d) person who speaks for a group >spokesperson.

e) financial penalty > fine.

2.2. WRITE A COMPOSITION ANSWERING THIS QUESTION: What are the pros and
cons of doing an internship? Approximately 120 words)

Doing an internship is a very good experience; at this moment, many jobs require
“previous experience” to work there, but when you just finished your studies,
having experiences is complicated.
Internships are a good form to let students know how a determined profession is,
while they acquire experiences in that field. It also helps teenagers to do something
more than play video games, surfing the net, etc., because most of these programs
are during the summer. It also has a bad part: it takes a long time to get used to this
job, and when you are used to it, it just have finished.
In conclusion, for me it is a very good idea doing internships, because it gives
students experience working on what they love.
QUESTION 3:

3.1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

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3.1.1. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as
the first one. You must use the word or expression in italics.

a) She is such a good tennis player that she wins all her matches.

She plays tennis as good as she wins all her matches.

b) Our telephone bill must be paid before Friday.

We have to pay our telephone bill before Friday.

c) He wins all the matches and he also scores all the goals.

In addition to win all the matches, he also scores all the goals.

d) I didn’t see the film when it was on at the cinema and now I regret it.

If only I had seen the film when it was on at the cinema.

e) TikTok said the information saved on the app is secure.

The information saved on the app is secure according to Tik Tok.

3.1.2. Pronunciation

a) Which TWO of these -ed forms are pronounced as /ɪd/? Punished, claimed,
washed, added, moved, missed, grieved, offended

b) Which of these words contains the sound /ʧ/ as in church? Crash, education,
reach, shark, crash

c) Write the word which does not contain the sound /ɔ:/ as in all. Resources,
courageous, caught, bored.

d) In which of these words are the underlined letters pronounced differently?

That, although, those, cathedral

3.2 WRITE A FORMAL LETTER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS

(Approximately 120 words)

A cosmetics company tests its products on animals. /A local supermarket chain

throws away unsold food instead of giving it to charities for homeless people. /A
sports clothes manufacturer uses child labour in its factories.

Dear Sir/Madam
I am writing to you to complain about the misuse of food that is not sold in your
supermarkets.
Although you may have your reason, for me this is not what you should do with
this food. For me, this food could be donated to charities, because in this manner, a
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lot of people that need food could have more facilities. This food is not going to be
sold to anyone else, it is going to rot.
While I am sure that one letter is unlikely to change your way of thinking about
this, I am sure that many people think.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future and I hope that you will
consider your policy of wating food.
Yours faithfully,
Carla

- EXAM 2 -
QUESTION 1:

1.1. READ TEXT A AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

1.1.1. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according
to the text. Copy that part (and ONLY that part) of the text which justifies your
answer.

a) Hugh O’Donnell didn’t have all his fingers. T “where an eight-toed rebel Irish
lord was buried after his final, fatal mission 418 years ago.”

b) Hugh O’Donnell formed part of the Tudor English forces. F “Red Hugh O’Donnell,
who escaped captivity and led a rebellion that almost expelled the Tudor English
forces from Ireland,”

c) They have been looking for O’Donnell’s tomb for a long time. F “Efforts to locate
the Chapel of Wonders began last year.”

d) When O’Donnell died, the Spanish king lived nearby. T “By the time O’Donnell
died in the nearby village of Simancas, Valladolid was serving as the seat of the
court of Philip III “.

e) The search involves digital resources. T “Using records, digital technology and
the only surviving plan of the monastery,”.

f) O’Donnell was from the north of Ireland. T “O’Donnell was born in 1572 in what
is today County Donegal, a north-west corner of Ireland”.

1.1.2. Find a word or phrase that means the same in text A.

a) under > beneath.

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b) confinement > captivity.

c) excavation > dig.

d) rebellion, confrontation > defiance.

e) invasion > encroachment.

1.2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

1.2.1. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as
the first one. You must use the word or expression in italics.

a) I started climbing four years ago.

I have been climbing for four years.

b) It is possible that they will be replaced by robots.

They may be replaced by robots.

c) The card did not arrive in time because Sally forgot to post it.

If Sally hadn’t forgotten to post the card, it would have arrived in time.

d) “I have always wanted to know where O’Donnell is buried,” the Irish tourist
said.

The Irish tourist said that he had always wanted to know where O’Donnell was
buried.

e) Hugh O’Donnell was an Irish man. People compared Hugh O’Donnell to William
Wallace.

Hugh O’Donnell was an Irish man that people compared with William Wallace.

1.2.2. Pronunciation

a) Which TWO of these words contain the sound /aɪ/ as in “my”: pilot, seas, table,
finish, hair, heir, eye, scale?

b) Which one of these words contains the sound /s/ as in “checks”: lives, always,
teaches, sleeps?

c) Which one of these words contains the sound / ʊ / as in “cook”: school, moon,
put, soup?

d) Write the word whose underlined letters are pronounced differently from the
rest: clock, dog, shop, sport.

QUESTION 2:
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1.1. READ TEXT B AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

2.1.1. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according
to the text. Copy that part (and ONLY that part) of the text which justifies your
answer.

a) Drone ships won’t exist before 2100. F “Remote-controlled “drone ships” will be
sailing the seas without crews on board by the end of the decade”.

b) Drone ships may never become a fact because of technological issues. F

“Mr.Levander said the individual technologies for drone ships now exist, but it is a
matter of bringing them together,.”

c) Future drone ships will have no need of any human intervention. F “Sensors
such as radar, lasers and computer programs will allow the ships to pilot
themselves, with shore-based captains taking over if there is a problem or for
complex procedures,”.

d) One of the problems drone ships have to overcome have to do with regulations.
T “, overcoming legal obstacles and testing the remote control vessels”.

e) The first drone ships will have people on them. T “although the sailors will be on
board at first to oversee pilot projects.”

f) Not many people want to take jobs as sailors nowadays. T “drone ships are
expected to help overcome the staffing shortages in the marine sector, with people
increasingly reluctant to take on careers that mean months away from home”

1.3. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to the words
and definitions given here.

a) distant > remote-controlled.

b) economical > cheaper.

c) barriers, hurdles > obstacles.

d) supervise> control.

e) hesitant, uneager > reluctant.

2.2. WRITE A COMPOSITION ANSWERING THIS QUESTION: Do you think robots

and drones will take over jobs in the future? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of this? (Approximately 120 words)

Robots are our future,… and our present. It is undeniable the influence that these
machines are having in our world and this can be positive or not.
On one hand, it can be positive, because robots are going to be useful in more
physical jobs, like transporting, and this means that we are going to suffer a lot less
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with our job, but this also means that a lot of people are going to be unemployed.
The other negative point is that this means we are going to need more studies for
working.
In my opinion, robots and drones are not going to take over all of our jobs, simply
the less creatives and this will help us to have a better lifestyle.

QUESTION 3.

3.1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

3.1.1. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as
the first one. You must use the word or expression in italics.

a) “An aeroplane crashed into the sea here two years ago”, the reporter said.

The reporter said that that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea two years before.

b) Although my parents don’t have much money, they are very generous.

Despite the fact that my parents don’t have much money, they are very generous.

c) A local artist is organizing the exhibition of paintings.

The exhibition of paintings was organized by a local artist.

d) It’s compulsory to have a license in order to pilot a drone.

You have to have a license to pilot a drone.

e) The drone ship had a problem and the captain had to go there.

If the drone ship hadn’t had a problem, the captain wouldn’t have to go there.

3.1.2. Pronunciation

a) Which TWO of these words contains the sound / ŋ/ as in “ring”: fifteen, interest,
friend, sing, fang, thin, ban, gone.

b) Write the word in which the “-ed” ending is pronounced /ɪd/: liked, loved,
visited, dropped.

c) Which word doesn’t have the stress on the last syllable: deserve, hotel,
kangaroo, insect?

d) In which word is the underlined letter (“e”) pronounced differently: dress, bed,
send, me?

3.2 WRITE A COMPOSITION ANSWERING THIS QUESTION: Would you like to be a

space tourist? (Approximately 120 words)
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Traveling for one day to space sounds crazy, but this is nowadays a reality. It is
very expensive, but it is not science-fiction. I would like to try it.
We all have dreamt about being an astronaut, and seeing the Earth from the
outside, or just seeing this perspective not only thanks to photos; it sounds
amazing. I have always been curious about exploring the world, so it could be great
to know other places, like space. It is true that I may get dizzy with the travel, but I
bet it would pay off.
For me, being a space tourist is a fantastic idea that may sounds mad, but lots of
people would like to experience. It will be pricey, but the dream of a lot of us.