INSTITUTO CABRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – EXAMENES

2014

NAME:
SUPERIOR
MOD
2 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

1 S 1- to hate very much

2 P 2- to change for another one
3 O 3- something which is lent, especially money
4 I 4- hazard or danger
5 L 5- sth that is annoying because it causes problems

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- I suppose I was _____ charged at the restaurant: the meal

was not so good after all! a) over b) under c) pre

2- He works _____ systems analyst. a) like b) as c) as a

3- _____ of the twins likes pop music. a) Both b) None c) Neither

4- He stopped _____ some aspirins on the way home. a) buying b) to buy c) buy

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. Choose the correct word from each
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pair in the box.

so / such owing / bankrupt

hero / heroine profit / interest

1- Unfortunately the bank will not lend him any more money as he is ________________ .

2- It was _______________ a difficult exam that very few students passed it.

3- If he invests in this business, he will probably make a _________________ .

4- Tarzan has always been a ______________ to many children and teenagers.

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COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION. Choose a suitable expression. There are three 4x 0.25 = 1 mark
extra ones. Write the letter in the blank.

B- I’ve got an Sam is talking to his mother, Mrs White, about his school report.
A- Yes, that idea.
could work.

Sam: Hi, Mum. 1) ____. I need to speak to you about school.

C-
What I love Mrs White: Me again, Sam. 2) ____ is that you never talk
D- Is this about you
a good about it with your Dad.
time?

Sam: I know, but he will surely get angry if he learns about

E- my school marks.3) ____.

I’m sorry I
F- One thing
didn’t tell you
that annoys me Mrs White: Better late than never. 4) ____ . How about
before.
about you ...
showing your report to your Dad while he is watching the
football match tomorrow?
G- I’d rather
you didn’t Sam: Oh, Mum, you are great! What would I do without you?

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them 8 x 0.25 = 2 marks

1) I really don’t know why you don’t get yourself another fridge. This one is too old! (TIME)

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2) ‘I have just finished my work,’ the student said to the teacher. (TOLD)

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3) I like it when they read to me. (BEING)

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4) ‘I haven’t eaten the chocolate’, the boy said. (DENIED)

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5) Why didn’t you apologize to your grandma for your absence at her birthday party? (SHOULD)

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6) I would very much like to change my car. (WISH)

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7) I will pay the gardener to cut the grass for me. (HAVE)

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8) This time tomorrow we will be in the middle of our trip. (TRAVELLING)

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COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT NEIGHBOURS WITH THE CORRECT 10 x 0.2 = 2 marks
TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

‘Good walls make good neighbours’ is an extremely negative way of viewing people who live next door. This
may not be the case in every single home but it is more frequent than one might think. Quite recently, one lawyer in
the UK 1) (estimate) _____________ that, at least, ten cases of disputes between neighbours 2) (handle)
______________ a year. Most of them have to do with partition walls, rubbish, visitors, noises, pets and smells. Take
the case of Peter Brown and his wife, Pat. One day, they 3) (sit) _____________ in their garden when a ball 4) (come)
_____________ flying over the wall, narrowly 5) (miss) _____________ Pat. Peter got really furious. ‘If it 6) (hit)
_________________ her, she 7) (kill) _____________________,’ Peter shouted at his neighbour. They kept arguing
for days on end but never came to an agreement. Peter wanted some monetary compensation for the incident but his
neighbour insisted that it 8) (be) _______________ an accident only and that he 9) (not pay) _________________ on
any account. The case finally ended up in court, and Peter’s neighbour 10) (order) ________________ to keep the
peace! No monetary compensation was awarded to Peter or his wife and Peter was convinced that his neighbour had
got away with it.

READING: Read this article and do tasks A and B 8 x 0.25 = 2 marks

When a computer error is a fatal mistake

Our lives depend on computers; however, as the demands placed on computers grow, so have the number of
incidents involving computer errors. Now computer experts are warning that the traditional ways of building
computer systems are just not good enough to deal with complex tasks. It is only a matter of time before a
computer-made catastrophe occurs. As early as 1889, a word entered the language that was to become all too
familiar to computer scientists: a ‘bug’, meaning a mistake. A _____ Everyone accepted that there would always be
some mistakes in any new system, but ‘safety critical’ systems can have bugs that could kill. This is obviously
unacceptable. One way to stop bugs in computer systems is to get different teams of programmers to work in
isolation from each other. B _____ In fact research shows that programmers think alike, have the same type of
training – and make similar mistakes. So even if they work separately, mistakes can still occur. Another technique
is to produce back up systems that start to operate when the first system fails. C _____ Unfortunately, problems
that cause one computer to fail can make all the others fail, too. A growing number of computer safety experts
believe the time has come to stop trying to ‘patch up’ computer systems. D _____ Until programmers learn to do
this, we will probably just have to live with the results of computer bugs.

Task A Insert the sentences in the corresponding blank A,B,C or D

1 In that way, they will not all make the same type of mistake when designing and writing
computer codes.
2 They say programmers have to learn to think clearly and to be able to demonstrate through
mathematical symbols that the program cannot go seriously wrong.
For decades ‘de-bugging’ was taken to be part of every computer engineer’s job.
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This has been used on everything from the space shuttle to the airbus.
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Task B Circle T for true and F for false

5 Computing mistakes have increased lately. T F

6 All computer programmers work separately. T F
7 Computer systems are infallible. T F
8 This passage deals with the key role computer experts have to sort out mistakes. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice

A) Write a LETTER to a male friend accepting his invitation to his birthday party in Tigre next Sunday at
noon. As you do not know how to get there, ask him for directions to arrive at his house in time for the
barbecue; also, ask him if you can take your girl/boyfriend with you and if there is enough parking space
at the entrance to his house.

B) Your local newspaper is running a writing competition. Write an ARTICLE on the following:

‘The topics of conversation of teenage boys and girls are different’.

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SUP-MOD 02
WRITE: 1. detest 2. replace 3. loan 4. risk 5. hassle
CIRCLE: 1-a 2-c 3-c 4-b
COMPLETE: 1-bankrupt 2-such 3-profit 4-hero
CONVERSATION: 1-D 2-F 3-E 4-B
REWRITE: 1-It is time you got yourself another fridge. 2-The student told the teacher that s/he had just finished
her/his work. 3-I like being read to. 4-The boy denied eating / having eaten / that he had eaten the chocolate. 5-You
should have apologised to your grandma for …. 6-I wish I could change / changed my car. 7-I will have the grass
cut. 8-This time tomorrow we will be travelling.
TENSES: 1- has estimated 2- are handled 3- were sitting 4- came 5- missing 6- had hit 7- would have been killed
8- was / had been 9- would not pay 10- was ordered
READING: Task A: 1-B 2-D 3-A 4-C Task B: 1-T 2-F 3-F 4-F

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