CERTIFICACIÓN DE NIVEL - INGLÉS B2

APELLIDOS:_________________________________________ ______________ NOMBRE: _________________________________________________________ D.N.I.: ____________________________________________________________ FECHA: ___________________________________________________________

PART 1: COMPOSITION Write an answer to EACH of the questions below. Use between 125-155 words in an appropriate style for each task.

1. You have just received this email from an old friend that you haven’t seen for a while. Write a reply answering their questions in an appropriate style and using the notes below.

Now write your email .

2. The director of your university has suggested closing down the cafeterias and replacing them with student recreation rooms, with TVs and a pool table. You

From: Sarah

To: You!

Hi There,

Do you remember me? I used to be in the same class as you at

school, but I moved away.

It’s been ages since we last saw each other. What have you been

doing since we last met?

I recently moved back to the area and would love to meet up

again – are you free any time next week?

Anyway, hope to hear back from you and to see you soon to catch

up on all the gossip,

Sarah.

NOTESNOTESNOTESNOTES

• Yes! I remember…Yes! I remember…Yes! I remember…Yes! I remember…

• Tell her.Tell her.Tell her.Tell her.

• No, but suggest another No, but suggest another No, but suggest another No, but suggest another date.date.date.date.

• Ask for news about her.Ask for news about her.Ask for news about her.Ask for news about her.

Servicio de Idiomas Edificio 18 (Celestino Mutis), Planta 1ª

954 238 200

have been asked to write a report on the advantages and disadvantages of this idea. Now write your report .

1. _______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 2: READING COMPREHENSION/USE OF ENGLISH Question 1: Read the text below carefully and for questions 1 – 8, choose the answer (A, B, or C) which you think fits best according to the text.

Trafficking of baby gorillas poses new threat to endangered species David Smith, Africa correspondent

A surge in the trafficking of baby gorillas is posing a fresh risk to the endangered species in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wildlife officials have warned. Poachers demanding $40,000 for one of the animals were caught by park rangers earlier this month in an undercover sting operation. It was the fourth such incident since April, making this a record year for the poachers trying to feed a growing black market caught with baby gorillas.

Mountain gorillas are critically endangered, with around 790 remaining in the world –about 480 in the Virunga Volcanoes Conservation Area (shared by DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda) and just over 300 in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. Eastern lowland gorillas are more numerous but largely outside protected areas and still in decline.

Emmanuel de Mérode, Director of Virunga National Park, said: “We are very concerned about a growing market for baby gorillas that is feeding dangerous trafficking activity in rebel-controlled areas of eastern DRC. We are powerless to control the international trade in baby gorillas, but our rangers are doing everything they can to stamp it out on the ground.” He added: “Four baby gorillas seized in less than a year is unusually high … but it’s only the tip of the iceberg, as we only manage to catch a small proportion of the offenders because the wildlife service is under-resourced in the Congo.

An infant gorilla was rescued on 6 October when a team of park rangers went undercover posing as potential buyers in the town of Kirumba, near the western border of the park. Dressed in civilian clothes, they made contact and agreed a price for the one-and-a-half-year-old male eastern lowland gorilla that poachers were hiding in a small backpack. Rangers arrested the three poachers once they had possession of the gorilla. Christian Shamavu, the leader of the operation, said: “It’s very likely that the mother and other gorillas were killed because it’s very difficult to take a baby gorilla from its family. The poachers will never admit to this, though.”

Baby eastern lowland gorillas were confiscated from poachers in DR Congo in April and June, and Rwandan police recovered a baby mountain gorilla as poachers attempted to smuggle it over the border in August. The animals suffer physical anguish during the process. Dr Jan Ramer, a vet with the Mountain Gorilla Veterinarian Project, partners with Virunga National Park, said: “Many of these infants are injured from ropes around their hands, feet or waist, and some are quite ill, which is not surprising as they are generally in close contact with their human captors, extremely stressed, and with very poor nutrition.”

But the newest orphan gorilla, named Shamavu after the ranger who rescued him appears to be in good health, Ramer added. “He appears to be quite healthy other than some parasites and dry skin.”

The market price for infant gorillas can reach $40,000, but officials say they lack the resources or jurisdiction to investigate where the gorillas are headed or who is behind the trafficking.

International experts said they believe the route lies east. Ian Redmond, Chairman of the conservation group the Ape Alliance, said: “We think the Middle East is a likely source of demand – wealthy animal collectors and a tradition of giving big gifts to curry favour – and maybe wealthy Russians, but there is little hard evidence.

“What we do know is that just the rumour that someone is looking to buy a baby ape can be enough for penniless hunters to think: ‘I could get one of those and sell it for $$$$!’ And in eastern DRC, once one is captured it is likely to be smuggled eastwards through either Rwanda or Uganda, the traditional trade routes for all goods in that area.” A report on ape trafficking by Karl Ammann, an investigative film-maker, claimed that dozens of gorillas and hundreds of chimpanzees have been taken from Cameroon via Nigeria to Egypt.

Emmanuel de Mérode added: “Surveillance is the key – at the borders, in the towns, along the roads. The local community are the best surveillance system, if they are on our side. A lot more could be done with respect to international trade, especially in the market countries where there is demand for baby gorillas. There, it’s a question of enacting legislation and enforcing. As far as I know, very little has been done that’s effective with respect to baby gorilla trafficking.”

Adapted from an article taken from © Guardian News & Media 2011

First published in The Guardian , 17/10/11

1. What does the word ‘sting’ mean in line 10 of the article? A To cause to suffer harshly. B A deception carried out by agents in order to catch a criminal. C A sharp or piercing wound often inflicted by an animal.

2. Why are only a small number of gorilla traffickers caught? A because the international trade in baby gorillas cannot be controlled B because the wildlife service in the Congo doesn’t have enough resources C because not enough is done in the market countries

3. How was the baby gorilla rescued on 6th October 2011? A Park rangers pretended to be potential buyers and arrested the poachers. B Rwandan police found it when the poachers were trying to smuggle it over the border. C The local community informed the police.

4. What often happens when a baby gorilla is taken from its family? A It suffers mental anguish during the process. B The mother and other gorillas are killed. C The poachers are injured by other gorillas.

5. What is the most likely destination for baby gorillas? A Cameroon. B Russia. C The Middle East.

6. Animal collectors are one potential destination for the gorillas, what is another? A to gain favour through flattery B to show off to potential investors C to use in traditional cooking

7. What attracts poachers to target baby gorillas? A the prospect of getting it across the border. B the prospect of making a lot of money. C the prospect of meeting contacts in other countries.

8. What does Emanuelle think of the local community’s role? A They are the ones responsible for the problem B They should receive better resources and education to help tackle the problem C They are the most effective means of monitoring the situation.

Question 2: For questions 1-12, read the text and think of a word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0 in . 7. ______________________

Mars ‘astronauts’ are still friends after 520 days locked up together The six men say they are now like family at their first public appearance since

they undertook a simulated mission to Mars After 520 days locked (0) ___ a container in a Moscow car park with just each other for company, the six would-be astronauts who are seen (1) ___ Russia’s newest pioneers have made their first public appearance. The three Russians, two Europeans and their fellow volunteer from China took the stage still dressed in the blue jumpsuits they wore at their exit ceremony on Friday, and sat quietly as officials attempted to repair a broken translation system. The fact they emerged alive, and unbruised, is enough for Russian space officials to shower the six men with awards and endless praise as though they (2) ___ actually travelled the millions of miles to Mars. “We are very good friends, even family members now,” said Wang Yue of China as they were presented to the press in the state-run news agency, RIA Novosti. He said that during leisure time he kept busy by working on his Chinese calligraphy and reading books. Roman Charles of France taught him how to play guitar, (3) ___ he preferred Hey Jude over Charles’s favourite song, Rocket Man. “First of all, thank you for coming back,” said Alexander Kovalev, Space Reporter for RIA Novosti, forgetting, perhaps, that the mission (4) ___ went anywhere. “It’s a personal victory for each of you.” Yet questions remain: Were there really no fights? (5) ___ everyone really get along all the time? And (6) ___ did these six men, starved of the affection of loved ones, cope among each other? “There (7) ___ no conflicts,” Sukhrov Kamolov, (8) ___ of the Russian volunteers, told The Guardian. “If people are together for a long time, this can happen, but we understood in space it (9) ___ become serious.” The solution? “We had a sign up that said: ‘a fly can grow into an elephant’” – a Russian saying which is similar to ‘don’t make a mountain out of a molehill’. “It was known from the start that for one and a half years I wouldn’t see my girlfriend,” said Charles. “We coped like all people living far from (10) ___ other cope – we exchanged messages and talked about the moment we would meet again.” Charles said (11) ___ he missed most were “cheese, wine and a nice crunchy baguette”. Alcohol was only broken out for birthdays and holidays. “It was powdered wine. As a Frenchman, I can say, it was not wine.” The Russians were more stoical. “I served in the army,” Alexander Smolevsky told the press conference. “After living through that, you can live through (12) ___ experiment.” © Guardian News & Media 2011 Adapted from an article published in The Guardian, 08/11/11

1 ___________________ 8. ______________________

2 ___________________ 9. ______________________ 3 ___________________ 10. _____________________

4 ___________________ 11. _____________________ 5 ___________________ 12. _____________________

6 ___________________

Question 3: For sentences 13-20, complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example:

0 I regret not buying that fabulous car. WISH I wish I had bought that fabulous car.

13. I burnt the sausages and caused the smoke alarm to go off. OFF

I burnt the sausages and _________________________________ the smoke alarm.

14. Joe tends to feel superior to people who don’t earn as much money as he does. DOWN

Joe tends to __________________________________ people who don’t earn as much money as he does.

15. The police are investigating the possibility that the two crimes are linked. INTO

The police ___________________________________ the possibility that the two crimes are linked.

16. I don’t think Andrew will pass all his exams. DOUBT I _______________________________________ his exams. 17. I’m definitely not taking the blame for this accident! WAY

There’s _______________________________________ the blame for this accident.

18. ‘I know you stole the money’, said Martin to Sally. ACCUSED Martin _______________________________________ the money.

19. ‘Don’t go into that part of town after dark’, said Richard to Lisa. WARNED Richard _______________________________________ into that part of town. 20. In spite of the freezing weather, we had a great holiday in Canada. EVEN

We had a great holiday in Canada, ___________________________________ freezing.

Question 4: For questions 21-30, read the text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line . The word will always change. There is an example at the beginning.

0 UNUSUAL____

Some (0) UNUSUAL Christmas food…

There's no point in beating about the bush: when we get home late from a party after a

few drinks, having had nothing to eat all evening (or, come to think of it, when we

wake up the morning after, feeling the worse for wear), the thing we want more than

any other is fat. Don't get me wrong: I'm not talking junk food here. Rather, I mean

good, honest fat on which we can stock up and (1) ___ the body's batteries, ready for

the next onslaught of festive drinks (which will (2) ___ be the very next night). It's no

accident that the good old bacon sandwich is the (3) ___ breakfast on mornings like

these.

The other crucial (4) ___ to bear in mind with post-party eating is time. What we're

after is something that can be put together quickly, not something that takes ages to

prepare and even longer to cook. We're (5) ___ , we're tired, and some of us may even

be a little bit (6) ___; what's more, we've somehow got to get up for work tomorrow.

That's not to say there's no effort involved in these dishes, just that, with a little

forward (7) ___, you can treat yourself to something tasty and healthy(ish) after a night

on the town, rather than just grabbing a greasy kebab on the way home and (8) ___ up

with bright red chilli sauce all over your best party gear.

One example is Christmas pudding ice-cream. It’s a great way to use up leftover

Christmas pudding, and a fabulous late-night treat. Not something you're going to

knock up on the night, obviously, rather something to have in the (9) ___ for when you

need it.

Put a mixing bowl in the fridge to get really cold. Put the crumbled pudding and

brandy in the chilled bowl, and stir. Add the ice cream and mix well. Tip into a square

0 USUAL 1 CHARGE 2 PROBABLE 3 TRADITION 4 FACT 5 HUNGER 6 EMOTION 7 PLAN 8 END 9 FREEZE 10 RECTANGLE

1. ___________________ 6. ____________________ 2. ___________________ 7. ____________________ 3. ___________________ 8. ____________________ 4. ___________________ 9. ____________________ 5. ___________________ 10. ___________________

PART 4: LISTENING COMPREHENSION Question 1 You are going to listen to a radio programme about a new Bob Marley documentary. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A, B, or C).

1. How many fans does Bob Marley have on his Facebook page? A 14 million. B 40 million. C 44 million.

2. Marley’s daughter says she’s never watched a documentary on him before because A she feels his story has never been told in his own words. B she has been too upset by his death. C she knows the story of his life too well so they don’t interest her.

3. She mentions the fact he had a stroke because A it had a massive impact on the family when it happened. B it affected Marley’s music. C it was something she didn’t know had happened.

4. Kevin Macdonald says he was interested in making the documentary because A he read a book which inspired him. B Marley is his favourite artist. C he doesn’t rate any other film that has been made about the singer.

5. He believes part of the singer’s motivation came from the fact A that he came from an inter-racial background B that his mother was very young when she had him. C that he never met his father.

6. Bob Marley began making music in

A Kingston. B Trenchtown. C the village where he was born.

7. The director says Bob has been most influential A in the music world as many people say he is their inspiration. B in dealing with the fight against racism. C in dealing with the fight against poverty.

8. The example of the Arab Spring is given because A of the graffiti problem caused by Marley’s supporters. B of the influence Marley still has in comparison to other music legends. C of his popularity in the Middle East.

Question 2 You are going to hear an extract from the news. For questions 9-18, complete the gaps with the word or short phrase you hear on the recording. Do not change the word. The Chancellor George Osborne gave an interview to 9. ______________________________. The study carried out by HM Revenue and Customs concluded that the highest earners only paid 10. _____________________________ on average of their earnings. The Chancellor has decided to focus on 11. _______________________________ instead of cutting taxes any further. There are new plans to introduce 12. _______________________________ for cigarettes in an attempt to stop young people from smoking. More than 13. _______________________________ children under 16 try smoking every year in the UK. A BBC investigation has found that despite an 14.________________________________ on elephant poaching, it is actually on the rise. It is now possible to use 15. _________________________________ to identify where the elephants have been killed. Football clubs in Britain currently pay for the costs of police on match days inside an area which is known as the 16. __________________________________. The Association of Chief Police Officers recently paid for 17. ________________________________ which shows that crime increases on match days up to a kilometre away from the football grounds. Football clubs in the UK currently pay 18. _________________________________ a year in tax.