St Valentine's Day (Opción B)

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. During Lupercalia:

(a) young men and women were paired. (l. 2)

(b) young men and women had their names put in a box.

(c) young men and women fell in love.

(d) men’s names were drawn from a box.

2. Why did Emperor Claudius II cancel all marriages and engagements?

(a) Because he wanted men to stay with their loved ones.

(b) Because Lupercalia caused street riots.

(c) Because he needed men for his army. (l. 4-5)

(d) Because he was against Lupercalia.

3. Why was Valentine dragged to jail?

(a) Because he was a Roman priest.

(b) Because he performed marriage ceremonies. (6-7)*

(c) Because he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter.

(d) Because he disobeyed the emperor.
 * Nota: la opción (d) también podría considerarse como correcta. El Emperador es quien hace el decreto, por lo tanto, al desobedecer el decreto, desobedece al Emperador. De tener que poner sólo una respuesta, la (b) sería más exacta considerando que lo que desobece es el decreto, no el Emperador.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PR

ECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT (0,5 points each)

4. Valentine died in love.

True. “It is said that, before his execution, Valentine himself had fallen in love with the jailer’s daughter.” (l. 8-9)

5. St. Valentine’s Day is no longer a Roman Catholic festivity today.

True. “In 1969 it was dropped from the Roman Catholic calendar as a designated feast day.” (l. 13-14)

6. Nowadays there are more Valentine’s cards than Christmas cards sold in the US.

False. “Today, over 1 billion Valentine’s cards are sent in the US – second in number only to Christmas cards.” (l. 16-17)

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 WORD THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:

“an official decision or order made by a leader or government”

Decree (l. 6)

8. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

Let me finish the book. I want to find...what happens in the end. for/ up/ out/ in

9. GIVE A SYNONYM FOR “jail” (noun) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT (LINE 7).

Prison, penitentiary.

10. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “draw” (verb).

Drawing, drawer

11.WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE?: lucky/ friendly/ likely/ quickly

12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?: grant/ give/ borrow/ lend

13. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:

They should ......... (pay) before they left.

have paid

14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS:

Lupercalia was celebrated every year.

How often was Lupercalia celebrated?

15. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED:

They were not warned about the risks.

Nobody… warned them about the risks

16. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE

ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM:

summer

last

they

painted

their

had

house

They had their house painted last summer

17. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE:

If today was my birthday...I would have a party.

III * PRODUCTION (3 points)

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED. YOU MUST FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:

Describe your favourite festivities of the year and explain why you like them.