Departamento de Idiomas

Diagnostic test for ID1122 (Version B)

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A. Reading comprehension

Read the text about Coca-Cola. Indicate if the questions are T (True) or F (False). Correct the false sentences.

John Styth Pemberton first introduced the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia. It was May of 1886 when the pharmacist made a brown-colored syrup in a kettle in his backyard. He first “distributed” the new product by carrying Coca-Cola in a jug down the street to Jacobs’ Pharmacy. For five cents, consumers could enjoy a glass of Coca-Cola at the soda fountain. Carbonated water was added to the new syrup, producing a drink that was proclaimed “Delicious and Refreshing.”

Dr. Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, suggested the name and wrote down “Coca-Cola” in the handwriting that is famous worldwide today. Mr. Robinson thought that, “The two C’s would look well in advertising.” On May 29, 1886, the first newspaper advertisement, in The Atlanta Journal, pronounced Coca-Cola “Delicious and Refreshing,” a slogan still used today.

In 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks per day. That first year, Dr. Pemberton sold 100 liters of syrup, shipped in bright red wooden kegs. For this, Dr. Pemberton received $50 but spent $73.96 on advertising. Sadly Dr. Pemberton was never able to see how famous his drink would become as he died in 1888.

By 1891, Asa G. Candler, an Atlanta entrepreneur, had acquired complete ownership of the Coca-Cola business for $2,300. Within four years, he was selling Coca-Cola in every state in the country.

The trademark “Coca-Cola” was first registered 1893. Early advertising discouraged calling the product “Coke” and urged customers to use the full name. But “Coke” was here to stay and became a trademark in 1945. In 1894, they opened the first manufacturing plant outside of Atlanta in Dallas, Texas. In following years plants spread to Los Angeles and Chicago. In 1919, The Coca-Cola Company was sold to a group of investors for $25 million. Robert W. Woodruff became president of The Coca-Cola Company in 1923, and his more than six decades of leadership took the business to great commercial success, making Coca-Cola famous all over the world.

  1. Pemberton first made Coca-Cola in a pharmacy.T/F
  2. People drank the syrup by itself.T/F
  3. Pemberton thought up the name for the drink.T/F
  4. The original wording is still used to advertise Coca-Cola.T/F
  5. In the first year, Pemberton lost money.T/F
  6. The product now has two trademarks.T/F
  7. In 1891, Coca-Cola was available everywhere in the U.S.A.T/F

B. 1, Put the verbs in the following sentences in the correct tense.

  1. I’ve decided that I ______(travel) abroad this summer but I haven’t decided where yet.
  2. Peter’s not there? OK please tell him I ______(call) back later.
  3. I’m sorry, I’m busy this afternoon. Jane and I ______(play) tennis.
  4. Don’t worry. I ______(look after) your apartment when you’re on vacation if you want.
  5. John says he ______(be) a policeman when he grows up.

2, I was born in the countryside and (1)______(live) there until I was thirteen. Then, I (2)______(move) to Washington. I’m 21 now, so I (3)______(live) here for eight years. I’m in college at the moment. I (4)______(start) in 1999 and (5)______(just finish) my second year. Imagine, my examinations (6)______(be) on my 21st birthday! But I (7)______(have) a great time at a wonderful restaurant in the evening. Since my exams, I (8)______(play) quite a lot of tennis. I (9)______(play) a game of tennis with my girlfriend yesterday. I (10)______(win), of course.

3. Fill in the correct form of say or tell

  1. They ______on the news that everyone survived.
  2. Come on. ______me everything.
  3. You know what they ______about Bankok, don’t you?

4. Unscramble the words to form a sentence.

  1. might take/after this one/do you think/you/another English course/?

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  1. ?/tonight/do do/going/what are you

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  1. next weekend/are you/?/what/doing

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  1. your family/?/in the next month/is/planning to celebrate/anything special

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C. Choose one (1) of the topics below and write no less than 60 words.

1. Describe what you did over the Christmas holidays.

2. Write about one of your favourite films or books.

3. Write about your experiences in the university during the last term.

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2. Write about your strengths and weaknesses in English and your goals for this term.

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