- Make sentences from the words in
brackets:
a.
What’s Linda doing? I’m not sure (she may / watch / television)
b.
I wonder why Tom didn’t phone me. (he must / forget)
c.
Why did you go home so early? (you needn’t / go / home so early)
d.
Why didn’t you ask me to help you? (I would / help / you)
e.
Why weren’t you here earlier? (you ought / be / here earlier)
- Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given.
a. I’m sorry but I can’t repair this lamp.
I’m sorry, but this lamp…
b. We won’t get there before dark if we don’t
start out early.
Unless we…
c. It’s too bad that Bernice isn’t here
with us.
I wish…
d. It was wrong to take that book without
asking.
You shouldn’t…
e. He found a job as a carpenter in 1995.
He came to this country then.
In 1995, when…
f. “I’m going to the cinema tomorrow”,
Edward told me.
Edward told me that…
g. I finally met the teacher. You had told
me about him.
I finally met the teacher about…
h. I’m sure that your son broke the window
while he was playing.
Your son must…
i. The athlete didn’t win the race because
she fell.
She would…
j. We’ll finish building our house in July.
By August,…
- Translate into
English:
a.
Al principio no pudimos ver la película
puesto que el cine estaba cerrado.
b.
Por esta razón, creo que otro centro
comercial en nuestra ciudad no es necesario.
c.
El dinero no es lo más importante del
mundo. No obstante, todo el mundo lo quiere.
d.
En mi opinión, su blog no está bien
escrito. Además, no estoy de acuerdo con sus opiniones.
e.
Fue difícil entenderlo debido a su acento.
- Fill the gaps
with the right preposition:
a. They have always been very kind
_________ me.
b. Everybody was surprised __________ the
news.
c. I don’t enjoy my job any more. I’m fed
up __________ it.
d. Why are you always so jealous __________
other people?
e. Who was responsible _________ all that
noise?
f. The film was different ____________ what
I’d expected.
g. Your writing is similar __________ mine.
h. The letter I wrote was full ____________
mistakes.
i. Let’s go! I’m tired _________ waiting.
j. The city centre was crowded ___________
tourists.
“Why do we enjoy mysteries so much?”
Have
you ever thought about that? Detective stories and legal thrillers are among
the most popular genres in literature. Murder mysteries are the only genre of
literature which offers you the chance to figure out the story for yourself.
Readers love to catch the killer before he or she is revealed. Detective
stories are really a game, a puzzle to solve. The reader must put together the
clues, and if you do this one step ahead of the detective, you feel really
proud.
In no
other genre does a team of people spend so much energy to understand the identity
of one person. We usually focus on the murderer, but it is really the dead who
is the star. To solve the murder, the team of detectives must know the victim’s
history. They have to find out who would want to kill them and why. In looking
for the killer, they use their brain power to deduce the truth behind the
appearances the killer has created. In a mystery, death is explained through
reasoning. You can see the dark side of people, but you know that justice
prevails. Good will defeat evil.
People
who like detective stories usually love forensics shows like CSI or Bones. They
are a new variation on an old formula: instead of solving crimes with guns and
car chases, the ‘good guys’ use microscopes and DNA, and the investigators,
like any detective of the past—Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple, for example—are
intelligent guardians of justice, caught in a battle against an equally
intelligent criminal.
I * COMPREHENSION
(3 points; 0.5 points each)
ANSWER QUESTIONS
1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE
YOUR OWN WORDS.
- _____________ are among the most popular literary genres.
a. Murder mysteries b.
Legal thrillers c. Detective stories d.
A, B, C are correct
- In the new forensics shows there are...
- a. No guns b. No dead people c. No crimes d. No microscopes.
ARE THESE
STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR
PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.
- In this type of genre, the protagonist
is the dead.
- You feel good when you discover the
murderer before the detective does
- In detective stories the criminal
isn’t brought to justice.
- Miss Marple is one of the CSI
investigators.
II * USE OF ENGLISH
(4 points)
6. FIND IN THE TEXT
ONE SYNONYM FOR “opportunity” (noun).
7. GIVE A NOUN WITH
THE SAME ROOT AS “proud” (adjective).
8. FILL IN THE GAP
WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “The police looked ..... the accident”(up/ after/ out/
into)
9. FIND IN THE TEXT
THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “Something which serves to guide
or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery.”
10. JOIN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “Agatha
Christie was the best selling mystery writer of all time. Her husband was an
archaeologist.”
11. REWRITE THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “If your
friend doesn’t come before ten, he will miss the train.” Unless.........
12. GIVE A QUESTION
FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Agatha Christie wrote ninety-three books.”
13. TURN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “People were accusing me of the
robbery.”
14. Rewrite the
following sentence: I´d prefer her to
spend the night with us using RATHER.
15. Write this sentence using Reported Speech:
“Are you interested in detective stories?”, Ann asked.
III * PRODUCTION (3
points)
16. WRITE A
COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE PROPOSED TOPIC AND FOCUS
STRICTLY ON IT:
Write a review or a
summary of a book or film which you have enjoyed.
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