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ESCUELA

UPERIOR

OLITECNICA

EL ITORAL

Centrode Lenguas xtranjeras

CELEXESPOL

AdvancedA

MidTerm Exam

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I. Readine Section (15 marks)

Read

the

rte {/spaper

article.

CTX

SANTA

FE.N.ivl.Wednesday

luly22

(Reutels)

RobertSunlser ayshe knerv

sonethingwas up when

his

wife startedreating

im

nicel,"-.ven

cooking

im

dinner.

But he could barely believe t rv hen

olice

n the

northenlNew Nlexico orvnof l.os ,unas old him his

wif'e,

Vickie Cillrnore,

ad

o1ilred

an

undercover

gent

$7,50

o

ha.e i r : r

i l led.

"l knc,,sr-ri,"rethirrg

.\ras

p. but not murder,"

Sumser'

told a tclevisi{}n iation ate

on

J-uesdav.

Thinking

the

man had

canied out

the

hit,

33-year-old

"She

wantedme shot. o

suffer?For ne o die

siol l or Gil lmoreallegedly

sked

f

herhusband ad

"squealedike

what?"

he asked.

'l ' lrat's

ot risht.

fo

squeal ike a a

pig"

in his

inal noments.

pig?"

r\rticle

rj

199[iReilrers.inited LessonOl999

vmv.english-to-go.corn

Are the following

statements true or false? If

they are false, re-write

them so

that they are true.

(5 marks) Example: The article was written on Tuesday. Fnlse.Tlrcarticle utnswritten onWednesday.

1. Vickie Gilhnore hacl

always crok ed her husb ard

dinner.

2. Robert

Sumser thought h is

rvife's behaviour was

normal.

3.

Vickic

wantecl her huslrancl

to suffer.

4. T'hr, -rndercover

gent didn't kiil he r husband.

5.

'u'ickie

h.as

been convicted

of attempted murder.

What do the following

phrases from

the article mean?

Choose the correct

answer.

(2

marks)

Wife's

sweet one hid

allegedmurder

plot

Gillmore was

arresied astweekend

and

aces

charses f

atlempled nurder

ndconspiracy.

Sumser aidhe

and

his

wife havehad some ough

timesand

that

he

became uspiciousn

the

last ew

weekswhen

she

started reatinghim

well and ixing him

dinner.

Police

llegeGillmorehad

been

ooking

or someoneo ki l l

her husband

when shemet

an undercover etective

nd

offeredhim

$750

o carry

out the hit, handingover

a

$250

down

payment.

6. .

".

he knc-w

omethingwas

up

a. h ings ve l l i rnprov ing

b. sornething \'rsvrong

a.

to

rob

her husbancl

b. to murder her husbanci

..

(paragraphs

and 3)

c. there

was

a lot

of

resentment

cl.shewas planning o commit a crime

c.

to kidnap her husband

d. to mug her husbancl

7.Bttt he coukl

barely believe it when

...(paragraph

2)

a. he thought it was

tme

c. he found it

easy to

believe

b. he dirln't bclieve it

el.he found

it very

difficult to believe

8.

To

squeal

ike

a pig?

(par;rgraph

)

a. o makt a lrigh-pitchec{

oise

b.

to

shoutangrily

c. to

laugh

out loud

d. to run away

9. ... shemet an undercover

leteciilc

ntl cfiered him

$750

o ca:r. '

out

the hit ... (para

graphT)


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Researchersound

hat when volunteers

were

given

cortisol,a

homrone eleased

uring

stress,hey were

less

able o

remernber

hincs hev had recenth'

earned.

Read

the

newspaper

article.

Feeling

Forgetful? Blame

Stress,

Study Suggests

WASHINCTON

Tuesday

March 2l

(Reuters)

Flunk

The researchers

hen

gave

heir

volunteers abletsof

an exam?Forget rnportant acts

during an intervierv?

cortisone hat would

simulate he effectsof

stress

n

A new

study

gives

he

perf'ect

xcuse

-

stress mpairs people.

mernorv nd

earninc.

The

tablets,which the

body

processes

nto

cortisol,did

not affect

he volunteers'

bility to

recall

in a test

given

immediately

fter memorization. nd

when

given

immediately

before he 2|-hour-later

test, he

tablets had

no

effecton recosnition.

They

said heir indirrgs hou' vhv

people

uickly

forget

hings

he.' earned

hiIe

cramming"

or exanls, But

they did impair ecall

a day later, he researchers

but alsomay shed oubt

on festimony

iven

n

court,or found.

concerning tressfirl vents uch

aswar.

"On the basisof our results, t

seems

robable

hat

Dorninique

de

QLrervain

f

the Universityof Zurich in

elevated

lucocorticoid

evelsmay induce etrieval

Switzerlandand colleagues

t the Universitl'of impairments

n

suchstressful

ituations s examinations,

California at lrr.,ineested 8 rvonen nd l8 menaged job interviews, ombatandcourtroom estimony," hey

20 f.o40.

wrote n

their report,

published

n the

ournal

Nature

Neuroscience.

They

asked

hern

1omernorize

0 Germannouns,

which they'

got

to

look

at fbr four

seconds ach.Either

immediately

after memorizing

lre ist or one

da;"

ater,

the volunteers

were ested or

free ecall

-

writing

down as nranywords as

he) could remember

-

and or

whether he,'"

c-ruldecognize

he nouns

hey rad

learned

n a longer ist.

Art ic le

C 1000 R.i i l tefsLinrited.

-essonO 2000 rvrvrv.english-to-go.cont

Complete the following

summary

of the

article.

(6

marks)

Researchers

r{ecided

to

test the eff-ects

of

(10)

on memory.

They asked

a group

of

men and rotnell

to learn

60

German nouns,

and then tested

them. After

that,

they gave

the

voli-rnteers

cortisone,

in

the

fcrm

of

(11)

from which

the body

produces

corsol

-

a (72)

-

that the

body reieaseswhen

under

stress.The

researchers

epeated

he

tests

and found

that the cortisol

aflected

the volunteers'

ability to

(13)

information

a day

after mer.c-rrizirtg it.

As well

as influencing

examination

and

job

interview

results,

the research

has

serious mpl icat ions

or

soldiers

t (1.1)

or people

who

(15)

in

court.

Match the verbs

from

the article

(L6-19)

with

the correct

definitions (a-d).

2

marks)

16. lunk

17.

mpair

18. ecall

19.

blame

f" r"y *^"thi"g ir th" *"*

i

b. remember

c. prevent

or damage

d.

fail


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II.

Use of English Section

20

marks)

Write

these

rvords

and

phrases

connected o

education-

5

marks)

Example:a place

vvhere

erople

tudy for

qualifications

tter

eaving,

chool: colleLe

20.

the arnount of money

\/ou

pay

to go to a

private

school or a university: f_

21. he Ianc{ nci ruilclings

i a university

or

colleqe:a

c

22. somcbod)' *h., lrasa first

ciegree rom

a

rurr iversi t l 'r col lese:

g

_

23. a teacher

w'lrr

works with

one sfudent

or

a

small group cli str.tlents: t_

24.a talk on a

sutrject, speciallv t

university

or t 'ol legc: I__

Fill in the gaps with the correct orm cf the

verbs in

brackets.

(3

marks)

Example:She oves

goirg go)

o the cinema.

25. I

think

-vc:u't l

etter

_

(get)

ome

sleep.

26.

My c{acl hacle fre

_,_

(choose)

his

COLTI'SE,

27.

We rvoiclerl

(talk)

to tl-rem.

28.

I iorcec{rirn

__

(teli)

me his narne.

29. N\,olc{er

brother'___

(teach)

me to

clrive.

30.

Julie

finishet{

(clo)

her homewolk.

Look

at these sentences.

Are both verlr

forms

possible? f

they are

:ossible,

ick the

sentence. f rrot,

choose he

correct option.

(3

marks)

Example:

Wlren

was

young,I used obe/'t l

be

very si1y.

31. tlnce I 1.s.'lo tn/trnl '-t 'r

r.ri te

a

novel,

bu{

I nevi.r inisliec{

t.

32. Uncie I{a rr,i' te\./el' /sr.,/lo iheflikei

gar,-lening.

33.

My

mother

s nluays

orttt l tt i tt irtg/tt lunys

complnins rbout ow

much everythilro

costs.

34.

My neighbours

u'ill

larlq'nre

kt,ctys

nrkitrg

theil

car n lrolrt

of mV hcusel

35. iVhat clitl

yc'u

ttsc o/ustit

o clo

cluring the

schoolhr,.l idays?

3lr. Every da1'u,hen

I get horne,

'll lurt

/'nt

Complete

these second

conditional

sentenceswith

the

correct form of the verb

in

brackets.

4

marks)

37. Imagine

you

_

(have)

the chance o

travel for

six

months,

where

_

you

-

(go)?

38.

John

(buy) himself

a sports car if

he

_

(have)

enoughmoney.

39. Assumins

(be

able o)

so

wherever

wanted,

(so)

to

Spain.

40. lf

you (be) eally hungry,

you

_

(steal)

some

ood?

Fill in

the

gaps

in

the conversation with

these wordy'phrases. (5 marks)

would you like me

to

be a great help

wouldn't

mind

Why

don't I

you

don't mind

What

if I

be

wonderful

if

vou could

Would

it help if

if

you

like

can

IAN

Whafs the matter,

o?

You look awful?

lO

I'm not feeling

well

and I've got people

coming o

stay.

IAN

Oh dear,poor

you. Letmehelp you

get

ready.

IO

Are

you

sureyou

(41)

_?

IAN No, not

at all.

(42)

I tidied

the

living

room?

To

Wetl, t'd

(43)

___.

IAN

Then

(,H)

go to the

supermarket

or

you?

IO

Thanks,

hafd

(a5)

IAN Have

you

got a list of the

stuff you

need?

lO

Yes,

fs over

there on the fridge.

IAN

Oh yeah. see. 46)

_

cook

dinner when I get back?

lO

No, that's

OK.I

(44

IAN

What

about he kids? 'll look

after hem

thisevenins.l48)

lO

Thaf

d be fantastic.

They'd love that

-

as ons

as

A9 \

IAN

No, of course

not.

(50)

collected

hem from

school

irst?

IO

No, Fiona's

doing that

on

her way home

from

college,but

thanks for offering.

ftnz'ig pa,ket

of biscr-rits

Sourceof allUseof Englishexercises: ace2FaceJpper-Intermediateeacher'sook/ ChnsRedston& Tim

Marchand/CUP

/

2007 Progress

Tests pages

200-2OT


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III.

Listening Section

L5

marks)

Listen to

this extract from a

radio

interview

with a university

professor. Are

the statements true

or

false?

If

they

are false, correct the sentences so that they

are true.

(7

marks)

51. Dl

Mirrk

Griffiths

is a neurologist at Nottingham

Trent

University.

52. Llr Griffiths

has published his researclr n a scientific

ournal.

53. lle has solne unusually positive opinions about computer games.

54.

lle thirrks that vicleo gaines make

people

antisocial and

don't

develop

very many

skills.

55.

Most

reople

don't think that computer

games encourage

violent

behaviour.

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