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EXAM- COMPUTER SCIENCE- FIRST PARCIAL 1 to 5, NOVEMBER

2015
A good Communicator is someone who:
1 Is a good ___________ and show interest in other people
2 Has an awerness of body __________
3 Is not a ___________ and doesnt get easily sidetracked
4 Doesnt suffer from _________ and is relaxed when Meeting new
people
5 Is sensitive to people from other ___________
6 Has an extensive ___________
7 Has a good sense of ________
8 Has ab attractive ______________ and is well dressed
9 Maintains ________ contact with the listener
10 Speaks at a reasonable _______ - no too fast and not too slow

Complete this report about Communications company with

the verbs in the box in the past simple or a perfect tense.
Build/contribute/employ/

go

up/grow/have/move/reach/rise/start/take on
Technicom _____________ 15 years ago as a small training company
dedicated

to

improving

communication

in

the

workplace.

We

___________ a reputation over the last 15 years for the delivery of

quality information managment solutions, and we_________ just
________ another successful year. When we started the company, we
_______________ only 12 people. By 2006, that figure _______________ to
over 100. In 2007 we ________ to larger permises instalations near
Dublin. Since then we ___________ a lot more staff and that number
____________ to the present 500. Although salary costs ______________
sharply over the last few years, profits have risen steadly as well. By

early 2008, our turnover ______________ 27 million euros. Thank you to

everyone who ______________ to Technicoms success.

Five of the following sentences are wrong. Identify which

ones are wrong and change it.
1. Youre absolutely right! I am agreeing with you.
2. I was writing a letter to my mum on the train, but I didnt have
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

time to finish it.

Shes woring as an au pair until she goes to university.
We stay with my parents until he work on our house is finished.
My grandfather is knowing how to text.
Look. He talks to the Linguistics professor.
Peter is studying telecommunications at the moment.
These days mobile phones get smaller.

Idioms based on sport

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Be on the____________
Move the____________
Take your ___________ off the ball
A level playing ____________
A whole near ball_________
Score an own ___________
Start the _________ rolling

Complete the following sentences so they are true for you.

Use will + infinitive or the future perfect, and an adverb of
certainly where you can.
1.
2.
3.
4.

I__________ (pass) my next Engglish exams

I____________(finish) all this weeks work by Friday.
I_____________(learn) something new by the end of this class.
I believe there_________(be) a cure of cancer in the next 20

years
5. and that we ______________(replace) surgery for some types
of cancer by less invasive treatments.
6. Scientists______________(develop) a vaccine against malaria by
the end of the decade.

Decide whether you need an article (a, an the) in each of the

gaps

Guangzhou is _____ large city in _____ China.

Hong Kong is situated in _______ south of China.

___ Central is on _____ Hong Kong island.

The company produces ____ electronic parts.

5
If you want to buy a house on ___ Peak, youll need ___ lot of ___
money.

Neil Armstrong was ____ first man to walk on ___ moon.

7
Ive climbed ____ Tai Mo Shan, but Ive never been to ___
Himalayas.

Statistics show that ____ women are safer drivers than ____ men.

I'm going to _____ bank. I'll be back in __ minute.

10

Could you switch ____ light off?

11
____ man I met at ____ party yesterday is ___ owner of ___
famous
restaurant.

12 ____ cars are ____ major source of _____ pollution.

Rewrite the sentences without changing the meanning

1. Mike moved to Australia six months ago.
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2. You must park here, the police officer said to Agnes
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3. I promise I will call tomorrow
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4. If I am paid all the money I am owed, I will change my car.
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5. I wouldnt buy a new house, even if I won the lottery.
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Write the sentences in passive Voice

1. The janitor fixed the classroom door.

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2. Mr. Smith took a photograph of me.
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3. All the students passed the algebra test.
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4. Our basketball team lost twenty percent of its games.
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5. The contractor renovated our kitchen.
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6. Jane Beard composed the school song.
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