INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Marzo 2020

NAME:
4th YEAR

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 G 1- Organ in the floor of the mouth we use to speak with.

2 R 2- Money the bank lends you to buy a house.
3 A 3- (adj) Opposite of a ‘cold’ person.
4 D 4- To end a relationship with someone. (informal)
5 E 5- Cow meat.

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

1 I always remember _____ dinner on a boat in Tigre. a) to have b) having c) have

2 You’re quite fat, you should cut _____ on chocolate and sugar. a) out b) down c) up

3 You _____ eat in the classroom! a) mustn’t b) don’t have to c) should

4 Please, send the email _____ you receive the package. a) until b) while c) as soon as

5 She’s visited her grandfather very often _____ he got ill. a) before b) since c) while

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 Sorry, but I didn’t do my homework. 1 Don’t you agree?
b Do you mind if I turn down the music? 2 Not at all.
c What about having dinner in a restaurant for a change? 3 Sure.
d Can you call me back in 5 minutes? 4 Never mind.
5 Why not?
6 How boring!

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

1- ‘Are you sure you want to go, Tim?’, Sam wanted to know. (ASKED)

2- I’ll call the police if you don’t leave me alone! (UNLESS)

3- The building company has not finished the house yet. (BEEN)

4- I’m sure she’s ill, she is never absent. (MUST)

5- My cousin is so lazy he never passes any tests. (IF)

6- ‘Peter has always been a very shy person, Mike’, Susan said. (TOLD)

7- My supervisor does not allow us to use Facebook in the office. (LET)

8- I’ll come back home and I’ll cook dinner for all of you. (WHEN)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT JAMES WITH THE CORRECT TENSE

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

My name is James. I’m fourteen, and I 1) (move) __________________ to this town with my family three

months ago. My parents 2) (live) __________________ here when they were young, but my brother and I didn’t

know anyone here except a few relatives we 3) (meet) __________________ on visits. When I 4)

(start) ______________ school one of my cousins, Sophie, who was in my class, was very friendly for the first

week and I was happy to have a friend in a strange place. Then, for no reason, she stopped talking to me and I

felt very hurt and lonely for several weeks. In the end, I made some more friends and since I got to know them

I 5) (be) __________________ fine. Now Sophie 6) (have) __________________ a disco party for her birthday

next week and she 7) (invite) __________________ me. I don’t want to go. My brother says he heard someone

say she only 8) (ask) __________________ me because her parents said she had to. But my Mum and Dad say

it 9) (be) ______________ rude not to go. Some of my new friends 10) (invite) __________________, too.

How can I show Sophie that she can’t behave so badly towards me without causing a family quarrel?

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

The Ancient Islands of Orkney

Off the north coast of Scotland, there are seventy islands which form the Orkney Islands. Some are no more
than tiny rocks with just sheep and sea birds on them; only sixteen have human populations. Apart from Rousay
and Hoy, the islands are low-lying and good for farming. A. ____. People have farmed here for more than
4,500 years and you can still see parts of a village from that time on the biggest island, which is called the
Mainland. The strange stone box beds that are left show us that the inhabitants used to sleep sitting up rather
than lying down!

The Orkney Islands are great for walking and one of the best places in the British Isles for water sports. B.
____. The capital of the islands is the beautiful old town of Kirkwall, where there are shops offering special
varieties of cheese and fish. The fishing port of Stromness has a museum, three bookshops and an Arts Centre,
which has a good collection of late twentieth-century art. In the harbour there are plenty of fishing boats to see,
although the boats no longer catch whales as they once did. Every year there is an Arts Festival in June, which
has music, drama, dance, poetry and exhibitions of paintings.

It is best to spend most of your time in the Orkney Islands on the Mainland, as there is so much to see and do.
However, you can also visit one or two of the other islands such as the island of Hoy, which is particularly
famous for its high cliffs. Taxis are available to drive you round Hoy, but you will need to walk up to the top
of the cliffs. C. ____.

Task A: Insert sentences/ clauses 1 to 3 in the right blank and complete the boxes with A, B or C

When tourists reach the edge, particularly in bad weather, they find the safest way to
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see the view is by lying down on their stomachs!
2 There are seven lochs, or lakes, to fish in and excellent sea fishing
Although tourism is now the main industry, farming is still as important to island life as it
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was thousands of years ago

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

4 There are some ruins on one of the islands. T F

5 Farming on the Orkney Islands has increased in importance over the years. T F

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 PART B

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- Your English teacher has asked you to write a STORY. Your story must begin with the following
sentence:
I got really excited when my best friend called me last night.

B- You have just received a message from your mobile phone company with an increase in the prepaid
mobile plan. Write a LETTER OF COMPLAINT about the constant price increases despite the slow
4G connection. Also complain about the low quality in mobile voice calls and mistakes in last
months’ bills.

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