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.
According to the STA...
(a) 400
people drown in the UK in summer.
(b) 400
people are saved by the STA every year in the UK.
(c) 400 people die by drowning every year in the UK. (l. 4-5)
(d)
everybody knows five basic swimming skills in the UK.
2. One of
the five basic skills is ...
(a)
swimming 25 metres underwater.
(b) being
able to float with support.
(c) being able to get out of the pool without using any structure. (l.
10)
(d)
entering the water making a turn.
3.
Handicapped people
(a) cannot
learn to swim.
(b) also have the ability to learn how to swim. (l. 13)
(c) need
special equipment in order to swim.
(d) may
have heart problems when trying to swim.
ARE THESE
STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR
PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)
4. Water
can be tempting as well as dangerous.
True: “The water looks so sparkling and inviting that it is easy to
forget it can also be a deadly hazard.” (l. 2)
5. A
conventional swimming pool is longer than 25 metres.
False: “25 metres without stopping. This is the length of a standard
swimming pool.” (l. 8-9)
6. We can
learn to swim at any age.
True: “It is never too late to learn, and age is no barrier.” (l. 12)
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 “incapacity” (noun).
Disability (l. 13)
8. GIVE A
NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “excellent” (adjective) (line 12).
Excellence, Excellency
9. WHICH
WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? support / aid / help / aim
10. FILL IN
THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “By the time we got to
the bus station, the bus...... (already leave).”
Had already left
11. FIND IN
THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “a part of human body
where bones are connected”.
Joints (l. 13)
12. FILL IN
THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “My sister is really keen......swimming.” of /
for / on
/ with
13. REWRITE
THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “People say that
he is a good trainer.”
He ... is said to be a good trainer.
14.
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If they had learnt to swim, ...”
… they wouldn’t have needed to be rescued by the lifeguard.
15. TURN
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH: He told me not to do that again.
“Don’t do that again”, he told me.
He told me: “Don’t do that again”
16. JOIN
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY.”That girl
over there is in my class. Her mother is a well-known artist.”
“That girl over there, whose mother is a well-known artist, is in my
class.
17. GIVE A
QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “My brother has been swimming for two
hours.”
“How long has my brother been swimming?”
III * PRODUCTION
(3 points)
18. WRITE A
COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED. YOU
MUST FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:
The importance of keeping fit. Discuss.
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