sábado, 16 de enero de 2016

Safe Swimming (Septiembre Opción B)

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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:

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