Use of English+ Exams come to the bedroom: Andalucía 2011

 

AFTERNOON TEA: A VERY BRITISH TRADITION

USE OF ENGLISH

GRAMMAR

10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:

• Most students want their universities to adopt (adopt) this new system. 

11. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (CONDITIONAL) SENTENCE: 

• If I used the computer to sit my exams, I would be more relaxed.

12. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: 

      She had enough money for the new computer. She didn’t buy it.

• Although / Though / Even though she had enough money for the new computer, she didn’t buy it.
• Despite the fact that she had enough money for the new computer, she didn't buy it.

13. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: 

      The director of the show didn’t choose me at the casting.

• I wasn’t chosen by the director of the show at the casting

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EXAMS COME TO THE BEDROOM

COMPREHENSION

TRUE - FALSE

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS.  

4. At present, only one university is trying out the new system. 

• TRUE: “The University of Wales is already experimenting with this technology and 3 dozens of others will be offered the service this summer.”

5. The system will contribute to improve the contact between students and teachers.

• FALSE: “…using it as an excuse to reduce the amount of contact time between students and their teachers”.

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Key Make room for the robots: Madrid 2012

TRUE-FALSE

MAKE ROOM FOR THE ROBOTS

1.  Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. 

a)  ASIMO was designed only to direct an orchestra.

• FALSE "The scientists who built ASIMO equipped it with many abilities such as climbing stairs, recognizing faces, or even helping musicians make beautiful music."

b) The Roomba vacuuming robot has a humanoid appearance.

• FALSE "His company also makes a disc-shaped vacuuming robot called the Roomba and more than 3 million are already in use."

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Use of English "Make room for robots": Madrid 2012

 

USE OF ENGLISH

MAKE ROOM FOR ROBOTS

3.  Find the words or phrases in the text that mean:

• a)  raised (paragraph 1): LIFTED
• b)  skills (paragraph 1): ABILITIES
• c)  tedious (paragraph 2): BORING
• d)  risky (paragraph 2): DANGEROUS

4.  Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.

• a)  Roomba is EASIER (easy) to use than a normal vacuum cleaner and I am more than SATISFIED (satisfy) with it.
• b) Could you DO me a favour? Tell me where I can buy the BEST (good) cooking robot on the market.
• c)  A Japanese company has made a new robot that looks and acts AS a dog, but it is not a substitute OF a real pet.
• d) Many novels about robots WRITTEN (write) by science fiction writers. I especially enjoy READING (read) Isaac Asimov's robot novels.

5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.
Would you like to have a humanoid robot in your home? Why or why not?

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EXAMS COME TO THE BEDROOM 

COMPREHENSION

QUESTIONS

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. How does the system make sure that the student is not being helped by someone in the same room?

• The system checks the student’s fingerprints and uses a 360º camera and a microphone to prevent him/her from cheating.

2. What could be the possible disadvantages of the system?  

• The main disadvantage is that this system is not 100% reliable since the possibility of cheating still exists specially with such a big amount of students. The reduction of the time that both, students and teachers, spend together would also be another disadvantage.

3. What type of students would the system benefit most?

• This system will mostly benefit disabled and long-distance students who cannot go to the university to take their exams.

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Use of English Exams come to the bedroom: Andalucía 2011

EXAMS COME TO THE BEDROOM

USE OF ENGLISH

LEXICON

6. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “permit” (verb).

• to allow (allows, line 1)

7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: 

    Not to obey a set of rules that should be obeyed, for example in a game or exam. 

• to cheat (line 6)

8. WHICH WORD IS NOT A PREPOSITION? 

• Against / amount / for / to

9. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “warn” (verb) . 

• warning

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Turn to

1-Turn to sth : to start to do or use something bad, especially because you are unhappy 

2- Turn to sth:  to think, pay attention, speak or write about something 

• Separable (optional)

• Examples in context:

1. City councils are very cautious about calling in the police for fear that drunken youths will turn to violence.
2. Many people like to lose themselves in a good book if they feel depressed, or turn to great literature for inspiration and insight.

1-turn to sth: comenzar a usar o hacer algo malo
2- turn to sth: pasar a tratar/considerar (tema, asunto)

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Turn out

Turn out : to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one

• Examples in context:

• But diamond-making is not an exact science. Some turn out beautiful. Others don’t.
• It turned out that the letter was addressed to Robert, a young man who happened to be single. 
• Who has ever, in the history of mankind, taken a job and had it turn out exactly as they imagined it would?

Resultar (ser/que)

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Use of English: Village welcomes vampire

USE OF ENGLISH

VILLAGE WELCOMES VAMPIRE

7) Find one word/expression in the text meaning “FRIGHTENING” (adjective).

• terrifying (line 6)

8) Give a verb with the same root as CONNECTION (noun) (line 7).

• connect 

9) Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
    Prince Kretzulesco said: “I have been considering leaving Germany next year"

• Prince Kretzulesco said that he had been considering leaving Germany the following year.  

10) Turn the following sentence into the passive voice:
      We would receive him with open arms.

• He would be received with open arms. 

11) Fill in the gap with a correct adjective

• The patient is too weak to leave the hospital.

12) Give a question for the underlined words.
      Sally went to this school last year.

• Which school did Sally go to last year? 

13) Complete the following sentence:

• Mary would look for a place to live in London if it she had money enough.

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COMPREHENSION 

VILLAGE WELCOMES VAMPIRE

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

• 1) What made Whitby famous?
•    Whitby, a small seaside village, became famous thanks to Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula.
• 2) Why has Prince Kretzulesco chosen a British village?
•     He thinks British people are good to foreigners and expect to be specially welcomed there because of him family connection to the place.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.

• 3) Prince Kretzulesco is a character in Bram Stoker’s novel.
•     FALSE: " ... a real-life Dracula announced plans to move to the small seaside village where his literary ancestor arrived in a wooden coffin in Bram Stoker’s classic novel." (lines 1-2) "Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco, the last living member of the clan (...)" (lines 3-4)
• 4) Prince Kretzulesco is having trouble in Germany.
•    TRUE: "Prince Kretzulesco (...) is anxious to leave Germany after numerous attacks and death threats from neo-Nazis. (lines 9-10)
• 5) Prince Kretzulesco believes that the British are racist.
•     FALSE: "He said: The British are good to foreigners and have liberal attitudes –no matter if you are black, green or lilac." (lines 10-11)
• 6) The residents of Whitby have offered a castle to Prince Kretzulesco.
•   FALSE: He said: (...) If anyone offered me their castle, I would jump at the opportunity.” (lines 10-11)

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