B1+1 Grupo 2:L-X 12 14 Examination Diciembre 2009-12-01

/ Name: ......

Intermediate English Test

Section AUse of English

iCircle the correct answer.

1 / Sam’s going to ...... with friends?
A / chat
B / have
C / meet
D / tidy
/ 08 / Last year I ...... a lot of business trips.
A / have
B / travelled
C / was
D / went on
2 / I’m very ...... on cooking. It’s a great way to relax.
A / fond
B / interested
C / keen
D / serious
/ 09 / Could you ...... me up from the airport, please?
A / collect
B / last
C / pick
D / take
3 / 3 I’m totally fed up ...... politicians at the moment.
A / at
B / from
C / of
D / with
/ 10 / Sting has just ...... a new album.
A / had
B / liberated
C / released
D / won
4 / It’s a secret and no one knows about it yet so you ...... tell anyone.
A / doesn’t have to
B / don’t have to
C / must
D / mustn’t
/ 11 / She ...... her hair when you rang last night.
A / was washed
B / was washing
C / washed
D / washes
5 / The doctor says I’m stressed out and that I ...... go on holiday for a month or so.
A / am supposed to
B / don’t have to
C / mustn’t
D / should
/ 12 / She doesn’t mind ...... me with my computer.
A / help
B / helping
C / to help
D / to helping
6 / Steve ...... chips at the moment because he’s on a diet.
A / eats
B / doesn’t eat
C / don’t eat
D / isn’t eating
/ 13 / My case is a ...... heavier but not much.
A / bit
B / lot
C / most
D / much
7 / In my job I have to ...... with a lot of difficult customers.
A / act
B / deal
C / make
D / treat
/ 14 / Ring me as ...... as you get home, please.
A / early
B / soon
C / unless
D / until

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iiRead the text and fill the gaps with one word only.

My Amazing Sisters

I have two amazing sisters...... of them speak French. However, they are both very bad ...... cooking.

At the moment, I’m a bit angry ...... Carla, the younger one, because she hasn’t sent me an email ...... two weeks now.

They are very hard-working and hardly ever take ...... off work and they always ...... their deadlines. Carla is a doctor and she has to work very long ...... Samantha is an architect and she is also ...... a lot of pressure.

Despite all this, my sisters have a lot of energy. In fact, Samantha is ...... to flamenco classes at the moment. Carla goes to yoga classes twice a week ...... help her relax. She ...... smoke 20 cigarettes a day but now she has given ......

Samantha is more creative ...... her sister. In fact, she makes a lot of her clothes ...... She also really enjoys ...... to art exhibitions.

I think the best thing about my sisters is that they are also best friends.

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Section BReading

iRead the article and add the titles which best fit to each paragraph.

For Your Protection / The Study Of Indigenous Medicine
Lessons To Be Learnt / The Wisdom Of Animals

1-......

In Western society there is a widespread belief that animals are not very intelligent. Indigenous peoples, on the other hand, tend to have a lot of respect for other living things and this is often to their great benefit. Native Americans (or the Indians) noticed that when elks, a kind of large deer, were sick, they looked for and ate acertain plant and quickly recovered. This pretty plant is called the purple coneflower or echinacea and is now on sale in every high street chemist all over Britain.

2-......

Melvin R. Gilmore was the first modern scientist to study how indigenous people use plants for medicine. He discovered that the Native Americans use echinacea for a lot of different health problems. The Sioux used the root to treat snakebites while another tribe inhaled the smoke from the burning plant to cure headaches. The juice from the root was used to treat burns and the Cheyenne made tea from the dried leaves to treat sore throats.

3-......

In more recent times, echinacea has become very popular in Germany where it is used in nearly 300 different products, from ointments for eczema and sunburn to pills for boosting the immune system. The Germans use it to avoid catching colds and flu.

4-......

Did you know that 25% of prescription drugs come from plants? Incidently, the word ‘drug’ means ‘dried plant’. Perhaps Westerners should pay more attention to indigenous people and also to animals. They may be able to teach us a lot more about staying healthy.

iiFind synonyms in the text for the following words:-

1 get better ......

2 find out ......

3 increasing ......

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Section CWriting

Imagine you are abroad on holiday. You are in a ciber café checking your email. Write an email to a friend about your holiday in 150 – 180 words.

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