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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH HAND-IN ACTIVITY: ONE.

CYCLE FOUR / LEVELS: VII-VIII

Please, do not change or modify the format of this Hand-in Activity in any form.

Score: ____/80

Grade:

____/20

Name: Vernica Nathaly Mosquera Artieda Support Centre: 50

Date: 21/10/2012 ID Banner: L00328760

I. LISTENING SECTION

(10 points)

Reference: Go to your Students Book CD-ROM / Audio CD, R5.2 Unit 5. Then do the following activity: A. Listen to two friends Emma and Diane. Underline the topics they talk about. a. Emmas daughter b. Emmas husbands job c. Emmas familys holiday d. The Eden Project e. A TV documentary f. Someones birthday g. Travel arrangements h. Parking problems

B. Listen again. Fill in the gaps in these sentences with two words. Ex. Shes been working really hard and I think shes going to pass them all. 6. Were staying in a _small hotel_____ in Padstow for a week. 7. Oh, Im sure hell have a __great time_______. 8. No, dont worry, Ill take a ___day off__________. 9. Actually, well be driving through ____your village___ so we can pick you up on the way. 10. Just think, this time __next week__ well be walking around the Eden Project together!

II. VOCABULARY SECTION

(10 points)

A. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the phrases with get. get away with get round to get cross get through get lost

11. Do you often __get lost___ or do you have a good sense of direction? 12. Did you ever ___get away with____ being naughty when you were a child? 13. When was the last time you tried to phone somebody and couldnt _get through___ for a long time? 14. Does it take you a long time to ___get rounded to___ answering your emails or do you do it straight away? 15. Would you ___get crossed__ with your friend if she was extremely late? B. Fill in the gaps with words related to geographical features. 16. Iceland is covered by several large glaciers__________ 17. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the worlds largest active volcano__________ 18. The Sahara is a very large, dry desert stretching across several countries. 19. Singapore is famous for the Jurong Bird Park, an artificial jungle with thousands of different tropical trees and birds. Inside there is the worlds largest man-made 20. Waterfall, where water drops 30 metres into a large pool.

III. GRAMMAR SECTION

(20 points)

A. Underline the correct option (Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous) Mum: Bella: Hi Bella, this is Mum! How are you? How has the weekend been? Hi Mum! Im fine, thanks. The weekend busy than relaxing, actually. Lets see the car glad I got that done. And pair of shoes for the wedding. Mum: Bella:
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has been / has been being more Ive washed / Ive been washing

Ive bought / Ive been buying. A new

Did you have any trouble finding some? No, it was fine. Oh yeah, and Ive cleaned / Ive been cleaning the kitchen but that needs another days work, I can tell you. Right. Oops, just a minute! Sorry, that was Anita. coming round for coffee. Oh yes? Yeah, we
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Mum: Bella:

Shes come / She has been

Mum:

Bella: Mum: Bella:

have talked / have been talking about the holidays.

Any special plans? Well, we havent decided/ havent been deciding yet, really. Too many nice places to go, I suppose! What about you? Me? Ive talked / Ive been talking to your father about that for over a month! All he wants to do is go fishing.
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Mum:

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets: gerund or infinitive. 29. After ten years in business, he went __to become______ (become) a government advisor. 30. The computer crashed, but the presenter went on __talking___ (talk) as if nothing had happened. 31. Well be away for six weeks, so I hope you remembered _to cancel____ (cancel) the newspapers! 32. Now, sir. Do you remember ___seeing__ (see) anything unusual last night?

33. We had stopped __to have______ (have) dinner, and the car was stolen while we were in the restaurant. 34. The film was so sad we couldnt stop ____crying____ (cry) all the way through it? C. Complete these second or third conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 35. If he hadnt felt sick at the office, he ____would have gone_______(go) home early. 36. If I_______ had found____ (find) a mobile phone, Id take it to the lost property office. 37. If he hadnt invited her to dinner, they _____would have

started_________________(start) going out together. 38. If he _______had had_______________(have ) enough money, he would buy a new car.. 39. If he _____had talked_________________(talk) to her, he wouldnt have realized it was a female burglar. 40. If he hadnt gone home early, he _______would have run_______________(run into) a burglar in a mask.

IV. READING SECTION

(20 points)

Read and follow the explanations. 1. Uluru or Ayers Rock in its colonial name is a spectacular rock formation in central Australia. It lies in the middle of a flat desert area, rising to a height of about 320 m. It was not discovered by Europeans until the 1870s, although archaeologists believe the area has been inhabited for as long as 10,000n years. (It is widely believed by modern anthropologists that aborigines have the oldest continuous culture of any people on earth.) The local aborigines told the Europeans that Uluru was the home of Tjukurpa, the Dreamtime, but aboriginal beliefs were beyond the reach of the newcomers. The Rock quickly became a tourist attraction because of its uniqueness and the changing colours of its red sandstone. In 1958 it was declared part of a national Park and 1995 ownership and management of the Park were returned to the local aboriginal community, the Anangu. The Australian government initially agreed to prohibit people from climbing Uluru, which is held by aborigines to be a sacred place. But the government broke its promise, and made free access to the Rock a condition for returning its management to the Anangu. This has produced distress in the aboriginal community. To understand why, we need to consider the cultural beliefs. 2. What the Anangu believe is that under Uluru there is an empty space, which is the home of Tjukurpa, the Dreamtime. This is the time when the ancestor spirits appeared out of the land. They gathered food, searched for water, made fires and fought each other just as the aborigines have always done. But they left the energy in all the places they inhabited. When these spirits had finished their work on the earth, they changed back into different forms, such as hills and rivers, plants and animal, where their energy is still alive today. A good example of these beliefs isIn the Dreamtime, a tribe of earth spirits invited to other tribes to an important feast. On the way there, the guest tribes encountered the Lizard Women, and decided to spend time with instead. The fact that the guests did not appear for the feast was taking by the host tribe as an offence, and led to a great battle in which many tribesmen died. Stained red by the blood from the battle, Uluru rose from the earth in memory of so much suffering. 3. This story illustrated the sacred nature of the relation between the aborigines and their environment. Add to that the fact that the social organization in clans depends on how many sacred sites they control, and we can perhaps better understand the feelings of the Anangu for the Uluru Rock.

A. 41. Read the text. Choose the best title for part 1. a. ___ The Geology of Uluru. b. _X__ The History of Uluru. c. ___ The Climate of Uluru. B. Read part 1 again. Write true, false or doesnt say. 42. Uluru is an aboriginal name. ___true___________ 43. Europeans arrived in the area in the early 19th century. ___true___________ 44. The Europeans aborigines got on well together. ___ doesnt say ___________ 45. The first Europeans did not understand aboriginal culture. ___true___________ 46. The Anangu are responsible for managing the Park. ______true________ 47. Visitors are not allowed to climb the Rock. _______false_______ 48. Most tourists visit the site by organized coach trips. ____doesn`t say__________ 49. The Anangu are upset about access arrangements. _____true_________ 50. The Australian government allowed people from climbing Uluru. ____true__________ 51. The National Park was the most wonderful place at that time. ___ doesnt say ___________ C. Match parts 2 - 4 with the descriptions 52 54 52. __3__ The importance of these places today. 53. __2__ The significance of the Dreamtime. 54. __1__ The origins of Uluru.

D. Complete the sentences with a highlighted word from the text. There are four extra words you do not need. 55. Three ____tribes______ were involved in the battle at Uluru. 56. Uluru commemorates the _____suffering_________ of the people who died in the battle. 57. Early cultures _____gathered_________ their food from the countryside. 58. The views from the top are absolutely _____spectacular_________. 59. If you take Rocks from Uluru, local people may take _____offence_________. 60. In the Dreamtime, ____spirits__________ travelled over the earth.

V. WRITING SECTION

(20 points)

Write a story and starts it with this phrase: When I woke up, I discovered that the bus had stopped in the middle of the countryside and there was nobody else on board. Your story should be 140 words long. Take into account the following hints: Write a title. Divide your story in three paragraphs: Introduction Body paragraph Conclusion Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary according to your level. Check spelling when you have finished.

When I woke up, I discovered that the bus had stopped in the middle of the countryside and there was nobody else on board Experience to never forget
When I woke up, I discovered that the bus had stopped in the middle of the countryside and there was nobody else on board. My clock set 8 am. I was extremely thirsty and my head was about to explode. I could feel it, my hangover was huge! I didnt even know how I get there, but I knew a thing for sure: I wouldnt be allowed to take the exam. I called Ana but I couldnt get through her. Despair began to invade over my body. It was the last exam, the more complicated one; even though Ive decided to go parting the previous night so I can relax some time. Dr. Salazar was the strictest of all teachers and somehow, I was afraid of her. No matter how hard I tried, my grades were terrible. At first, I thought it was an attention problem, but it was more than that, Biology was NOT my thing. Finally, when I arrived at my high school, they had started; but Dr. Salazar allowed me to take it. I couldnt get a high grade although I passed the course. Since then, I never try to go partying before an exam and also stay away from buses if I drink.