Screen Dinosaurs (Junio Opción A)

Examen



Respuestas

 I * COMPREHENSION (This section consists of six items combining ‘True/False’ and/or ‘Multiple Choice’ questions) (3 points)

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

1. Recent studies claim that…

(a) velociraptors were represented properly in Jurassic Park, but the T-rex was not.

(b) dinosaurs, like velociraptors and T-rex, most probably had feathers but couldn’t fly. (l. 9-10)

(c) velociraptors had chicken feathers, but their feathers were bigger than chickens’.

(d) velociraptors had feathers in Jurassic Park but probably not in real life.

2. TV programmes such as ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ seem to report true facts because…

(a) they show things as they happened in real life.

(b) they have been the most successful television series of all time.

(c) they are very similar to actual nature documentaries. (l. 14-15)

(d) they do not mix reality and speculation.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT (0.5 points each)

3. Modern dinosaur films are closer to reality than the old, mechanical-looking movies

False. “But although animatronics have become extremely sophisticated and realistic, what we see on screen today is a combination of fact and fantasy, just as it was 100 years ago.” (l. 5-7)

4. Actual velociraptors were as big as a large chicken.

True: “…velociraptors (which were also much smaller that in Jurassic Park, about the size of a large chicken) (l. 8)

5. Movies like Jurassic Park transform reality to make them more entertaining.

True: “…Jurassic Park and other movies change some facts to add excitement.” (l. 11-12)

6. The writer wants the public to understand that dinosaur “documentaries” do not contain absolute historical facts.

False: “… they should be enjoyed as a hybrid of fact and fiction” (l. 18)

II * USE OF ENGLISH (4 points; questions 7-12, 0.25 points each; 13-17, 0.5 points each)

7. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “investigation” (noun).

Research (l. 7)

8. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE WORD THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “more distant than, outside the limits of something”.

Beyond (l. 16)

9. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “He is so rude! How can you put ……. with him?” through / up / out / in

10. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “ability” (noun)

Disabled, able

11. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “It’s the tallest building I … (ever see)”.

Have ever seen

12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? connect / pray / link / join

13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY. “Parents should take good care of his childrens.”

Parents should take good care of their children.

14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Cecilia baked the carrot cake for us.”

Who did Cecilia bake the carrot cake for?

For whom did Cecilia bake the carrot cake for?

15. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: If the car had been checked before the trip… …

... we wouldn’t have had an engine problem.

16. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “We were shown the house by the owner.”

The owner showed us the house.

17. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM:

babies

room

not

this

warm

is

for

enough

the

This room is now warm enough for the babies.