Balotario de Idioma Extranjero-exam

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Examen de Conocimientos

1. When do we use which tense?A) To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present),

we use ...a) Simple pastb) resent per!ect simple

") To emphasise a past action#s consequence in the present, we use ...a) Simple pastb) resent per!ect simple

$) #so !ar# is a si%nal word !or ...a) Simple pastb) resent per!ect simple&) #' minutes a%o# is a si%nal word !or ...

a) Simple pastb) resent per!ect simple

) #recently# is a si%nal word !or ...a) Simple past

b) resent per!ect simple

. ut the *erbs into the correct tense (simple past or present per!ect simple).a) +ast week (be) ------------ *ery busy and (ha*e not)

------------------------ the time to do a lot in the household.b) n /onday (work) -------------- three hours o*ertime and (come)

---------------- home *ery late in the e*enin%.c) 0rom Tuesday to Thursday (be) ----------- on a business trip.d) n 0riday (%o) ----------- to a !riend#s birthday party and at the weekend

(*isit) ------------ my %randparents.e) Tomorrow some !riends are comin% o*er. (see not) ----------------------

them !or a%es and they (be ne*er) ------------------------------ at myplace be!ore.

!) (clean 2ust) ------------------------ my house so can show them around.3ow e*erythin% is per!ect.

4. 5sin% the words in parentheses, complete the te6t below with the appropriatetenses7 Simple ast or ast $ontinuous7+ast ni%ht, while was doin% my homework, An%ela (call) ------------------. Shesaid she (call) ------------------------------ me on her cell phone !rom her biolo%yclassroom at 5$+A. asked her i! she (wait) ------------------------------ !or class,

but she said that the pro!essor was at the !ront o! the hall lecturin% while she (talk) ------------------------------ to me. couldn#t belie*e she (make) ------------------------------ a phone call durin% the lecture. asked what was%oin% on.She said her biolo%y pro!essor was so borin% that se*eral o! the students (sleep,actually) ------------------------------ in class. Some o! the students (talk)

------------------------------ about their plans !or the weekend and the studentne6t to her (draw) -------------- a picture o! a horse. When An%ela (tell)

------------------------------ me she was not satis8ed with the class, (mention) ------------------------------ that my biolo%y pro!essor was quite %ood and(su%%est) ------------------------------ that she switch to my class.While we were talkin%, (hear) ------------------------------ her pro!essor yell,9/iss, are you makin% a phone call?9 Suddenly, the line went dead. (han%)

------------------------------ up the phone and went to the kitchen to makedinner. As (cut) ------------------------------ *e%etables !or a salad, the phone


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ran% once a%ain. t (be) ------------------------------ An%ela, but this time shewasn#t sittin% in class.

:. Write out the !ollowin% pro*erbial e6pressions, which are %i*en in broadtranscription.

(1) /b ɝdz v f ə ə ɛð rflə ɑkt əɡɛð r/ə(2) / roə ʊlɪŋsto ʊnɡæð rznoə ʊm ɑs/(3) / wə ɑt ʃ tk ɛt lnə ɛv rbə ɔɪlz/(4) /t ʃ e ɪrɪtib ɪɡɪnzætho ʊm/(5) /m ɛnihændzme ɪkla ɪtw ɔrk/(6) /st ɪlwɑt rzrə ʌndip/( ) /ta ɪmændta ɪdwe ɪtf rnoə ʊmæn/(!) / ɑp rtə ɪ"n ɪtin ɑksb twə ʌns/(#) / stə ɪt ʃɪnta ɪmse ɪvzna ɪn/

(1$) / næp l deə ə ə ɪkipsð də ɑkt r weə ə ɪ /

'. 0rom the list o! characteristics below, write the correspondin% letter in the chart7

a. This method is also common when translatin% a messa%e into si%n lan%ua%e.b. This method is also the most e;cient use o! timee=ecti*e as !ewer interpreters and no equipment or technical

personnel are required.!. t is most commonly used in the 5nited 3ations eneral Assembly.%. "oth the ori%inal speaker and the interpreter speak at the same time.h. An interpreter listens to a speaker, translates in her head, and then speaks

the messa%e in the tar%et lan%ua%e be!ore the speaker 8nishes.i. A speaker and interpreter coordinate and work more closely to%ether.

2. t is a method o! communicatin% a messa%e !rom one lan%ua%e to another asquickly as possible.

k. t is a method o! communicatin% a messa%e !rom one lan%ua%e to another inse%ments.

Simultaneous

nterpretation

$onsecuti*enterpretatio

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@. Sometimes you need to use two or more ad2ecti*es to describe somethin% orsomeone. art o! becomin% uent in n%lish is knowin% which order to use thesead2ecti*es in. $hoose the most natural>soundin% response7A) Be was wearin% a -------- shirt.

a. dirty old annelb. annel old dirtyc. old dirty annel


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") ass me the -------- cups.a. plastic bi% blueb. bi% blue plasticc. bi% plastic blue

$) All the %irls !ell in lo*e with the -------- teacher.a. handsome new Americanb. American new handsomec. new handsome American

&) used to dri*e -------- car.a. a blue old ermanb. an old erman bluec. an old blue erman

) Be recently married a -------- woman.a. youn% beauti!ul reekb. beauti!ul youn% reekc. beauti!ul reek Coun%

0) This is a -------- mo*ie.a. new talian wonder!ul

b. wonder!ul talian newc. wonder!ul new talian) She is a -------- supermodel.

a. beauti!ul slim "raDilianb. "raDilian beauti!ul Slimc. slim "raDilian beauti!ul

B) t#s in the -------- container.a. lar%e blue metalb. blue lar%e metalc. blue metal lar%e

) Be sat behind a -------- desk.a. bi% wooden "rownb. bi% brown woodenc. wooden bi% "rown

E) She %a*e him a -------- *ase.a. small %yptian blackb. black %yptian smallc. small black %yptian

F. Ad2ecti*es7 >in% >edSue 7 Bi, Eane. Ba*e you had an (interest) ---------------- day?

Jane 7 #*e had a *ery (e6cite) ---------------- day. t#s my birthday today.Sue 7 #m a little (con!use) ----------------. thou%ht your birthday was ne6t month. Jane 3o, that#s my brother#s birthday. /ine is today.Sue 7 hG 3ow #m (embarrass) ----------------. didn#t %et you a present.

Jane 7 That#s (disappoint) ----------------. "ut it#s H.Sue 7 3ow #m (depress) ----------------, too. Bey, #*e 2ust had a (!ascinate)

---------------- idea.Why don#t we %o shoppin% and %et you a present ri%ht now? That way we can %et yousomethin% really (please) ----------------.

Jane 7 What an (enchant) ---------------- idea. Where shall we start?Sue 7 What about ri%ht here?

I. The Bistory o! $o=ee7 Jead and mark the correct answer to the end. The ori%in o! co=ee as a drink or a plant dates back to the middle the o! the 1'thcentury in the Su8 /uslim monasteries around /ocha in Cemen. t was in Arabia


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that co=ee seeds were 8rst roasted and brewed, in a similar way to how it is nowprepared. "y the 1@th century, it had reached the rest o! the /iddle ast, ersia,

Turkey, and northern A!rica. The 8rst co=ee smu%%led out o! the /iddle ast was by Su8 "aba "udan !rom Cemen to ndia in 1@FK. "e!ore then, all e6ported co=ee was boiled or otherwisesteriliDed. ortraits o! "aba "udan depict him as ha*in% smu%%led se*en co=eeseeds by strappin% them to his chest. The 8rst plants %rown !rom these smu%%ledseeds were planted in /ysore, in the state o! Harnataka, ndia. $o=ee then spreadto taly, and to the rest o! urope, to ndonesia, and to the Americas.When co=ee reached 3orth America durin% the $olonial period, it was initially notas success!ul as it had been in urope as alcoholic be*era%es remained morepopular. &urin% the Je*olutionary War, the demand !or co=ee increased so muchthat dealers had to hoard their scarce supplies and raise prices dramatically.$o=ee was introduced to "raDil in 1F F, althou%h its culti*ation did not %athermomentum until independence in 1I . A!ter this time massi*e tracts o! rain!orest

were cleared !or co=ee plantations, 8rst in the *icinity o! Jio de Eaneiro and laterSLo aulo.

A) The ori%in o! co=ee dates back to the 1@th century.a. Trueb. 0alse

") t was a Su8 who smu%%led co=ee seeds out o! the /iddle ast.

a. Trueb. 0alse$) nce co=ee reached 3orth America, it was an instant success.

a. Trueb. 0alse

&) $o=ee was culti*ated at a lar%e scale in "raDil in 1F F.a. Trueb. 0alse

M. Articles7 $hoose A, A3, TB or (>>>) !or 9no article9 !or each blank below./ost people outside ------- 5nited States ha*e ne*er heard o! ------- reatSerpent /ound in ------- Adams $ounty, hio. ne o! ------- most mysteriousmonuments in ------- America, ------- mound is ------- ancient 3ati*e Americanconstruction built to look like ------- snake. While there are ------- mounds built inmany parts o! ------- /idwest and ------- South, not many look like -------animals. Jesearchers re!er to this type o! mound as ------- 9e;%y mound9.

*er 1,4:I !eet lon%, scientists a%ree it#s ------- *ery impressi*e monument, butthere is ------- disa%reement o*er who built ------- structure. Some people think

------- Adena people built ------- moundN others think it was ------- 0ort Ancientculture.

1K. $omplete the !ollowin% chart describin% the roles o! teachers and learners.11. "rie y write about Barlem rennaisance7A) &e8nition7

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TeacherOs roles +earnersO roles1 1

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ") 0our important characteristics7a.

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11. Translate !rom Spanish into n%lish7a) l hombre produce maldad como la abe2a produce mielP, di2o William Boldin%.b) uede ser el resumen de lo que piensa acerca del hombre7 que es sustancial y

absolutamente malo.c) $uando se constata la maldad humana


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1 . The re*iew in literatura7 s it True o! 0alse?a. ------ A literature re*iew is not a critical and in depth e*aluation o! pre*ious

research.b. ------ t is a summary and synopsis o! a particular area o! research, allowin%

anybody readin% the paper to establish why you are pursuin% this particularresearch pro%ram.

c. ------ A %ood literature re*iew e6pands upon the reasons behind selectin% a%eneral research question.

d. ------ t is an account o! what has been published on a topic by accreditedscholars and researchers.

e. ------ ccasionally you will be asked to write one as a separate assi%nment,but more o!ten it is part o! the introduction to an essay, research report, orthesis.

!. ------ n writin% the literature re*iew, your purpose is to con*ey to yoursel!what knowled%e and ideas ha*e been established on a topic, and what their

stren%ths and weaknesses are.%. ------ As a piece o! writin%, the literature re*iew must be de8ned by a%uidin% concept.

h. ------ t is 2ust a descripti*e list o! the material a*ailable, or a set o!summaries.

14. 5sin% !ormal e6pressions and supported in!ormation, %i*e your opinion aboutthe importance o! nternational 6ams to classi!y teachers in a school.

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1:. &escribe a situation in a4rd %rade classroom usin% the communicati*e method.


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1'. &esi%n a *isual or%aniDer, and write your in!ormation analyDin% UThe world o!the worldsV by rson Welles.

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