Class: Remedial English III

Code: H1003 Group: 1

Teacher: Josu Emmanuel De la Cruz

I.d.Number

Language Department

Third Partial Exam

Date: April 16th 2012

Name

Grade

INSTRUCTIONS:

Written exam
Estimated time = 90 Min.
Project
No doubts will be clarified during the exam.
Oral exam
Any student copying will automatically get a zero in the
Listening exam
exam percentage.
Homework
Quiz

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GRADE
45%
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5%
10%
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LISTENING

(Audio: Top Notch 3, Track 9)

listen to the interview and underline the best answer
1. Would he continue to work?
a) Yes, he loves his job b) Only for charity c) No, he would not work
2. What kind of island would he live on?
a) Tropical b) Desert c) Jungle
3. Who would go and see him?
a) His family b) His friends c) Nobody
4. What would he do?
a) Read and study b) Fish and swim c) All of the above
5. Can money make people happy?
a) Yes, for sure
b) No way
c) No, but it helps
Read the sentences. Listen to the expert and write T if the statement is True and F if it is false.
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A liberal is a way of thinking that encourages social justice and it describes the Democratic Party and
it focuses on the left side of the political system. ________
A conservative is a way of thinking that encourages the traditional way of thinking tries to catch the
right side of the political system it describes the republican party ______
A progressive is a system that challenges the established order and it describes ____
A neoconservative is very controversial _____
A moderate is against abortion ______
The speaker mentions two parties , the democratic and the republican ______
The democratic party is liberal_____
The republican party is conservative _____
The republican party is populist ________
The speaker says that the best way of government is moderate _____

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Dave said ________________________________________________________________

Michael said _____________________________________________________________
Julie Told him ___________________________________________________________
Scott said _________________________________________________________________
Justin told him ______________________________________________________________
Tom Told him ______________________________________________________________
Lisa said _____________________________________________________________________

Vocabulary political terms

Write the concept for each definition.

12. ______________is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy
of the state.
13. ______________is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public
office. It has been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th
century.
14. _____________ a formal expression of opinion or choice,

either positive or negative, made by an

individual or body of individuals.

15. ______________the practice or study of the art and science of forming, directing, and administrating states and other
political units; the art and science of government; political science 2. ( functioning as singular ) the complex or
aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power

16. ____________supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person. (king and queen)
17. ____________A set of laws and principles that a democratic country is governed by , which cannot
easily be changed by the party in power.
18. _____________a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its
government officials
19. _____________a government by a ruler who has complete power
A. NON COUNT NOUNS FOR ABSTRACT IDEAS

COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH BY circling the correct word

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Mexican (20)(Education / Educations )is considered necessary for (21) (a progress/ progress)
(22)(poverty / a poverty) (23) (is /are) eradicated from Mexico
Good news(24)(is / are ) hard to find in the newspapers these days
B. EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
USE EACH QUESTION TO COMPLETE EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
25. Where did you get this magazine ?

I wonder____________________________

26. Is he a Carlos Fuentes fan?

I do not know _________________________

27. Why do you never read fiction?

I wonder _____________________________

28. Who told you about my girlfriend ?

I wonder _____________________________

29. When did you hear about that website?

I wonder _____________________________

30. Does she like to read ?

I am not sure _________________________

31. Where does it happen?

Can you tell me _______________________

32. Who is he ?
33. What does this word mean

I was wondering _______________________

Could you explain ______________________

34. How much was it

I cant remember _______________________

H. COMPLETE WITH YOUR OWN INFORMATION.

35.If I had a very fast car_________________________________________________________
36. Most people would look better if________________________________________________
37. Will you buy a new car next year if _____________________________________________
38. If I had been born before there were cars _________________________________________
39.If I were rich ________________________________________________________________
III. READING
Are you getting enough sleep?

Read the sentences wrte T if the statement is True and F if it is false

40. Randy Gardner studied the effects of sleeping too much______
41. During the experiment Gardner slept for several hours every night _____
42. During the experiment , Gardner had trouble speaking clearly_____
43. It took two weeks for Gardner to recover from the experiment _____
44. Going without sleep is not dangerous for white rats -________
45. Scientists are not sure why we need to sleep_______
46. In the first paragraph the words find out ( line 2) mean learn to discover _____
47. In the second paragraph ( line 14 ) the word slurred means easy to understand ____

B. CHOOSE THE STATEMENT THAT HAS SIMILAR MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL ONE
48. I want to buy a Porsche, but I don't have enough money. ___
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A. If I have enough money, I buy a Porsche.

B. If I have enough money, I will buy a Porsche.
C. If I had enough money, I would buy a Porsche.
D. If I had had enough money, I would have bought a Porsche.
49. He stepped on the mine, and it exploded. _____
A. If he doesn't step on the mine, it doesn't explode.
B. If he doesn't step on the mine, it won't explode.
C. If he didn't step on the mine, it wouldn't explode.
D. If he hadn't stepped on the mine, it wouldn't have exploded.
50. In my experiments, the liquid is cooled to 32 degrees. It always freezes. ______
A. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it freezes.
B. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it will freeze.
C. If you cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would freeze.
D. If you had cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would have frozen.
51. It may rain this afternoon. I hope it doesn't because I don't want the match to be cancelled. ____
A. If it rains, the match is cancelled.
B. If it rains, the match will be cancelled.
C. If it rained, the match would be cancelled.
D. If it had rained, the match would have been cancelled.
52. Unfortunately, I don't know Philosophy, so I can't answer your question. ______
A. If I know Philosophy, I can answer your question.
B. If I know Philosophy, I will be able to answer your question.
C. If I knew Philosophy, I would be able to answer your question.
D. If I had known Philosophy, I would have been able to answer your question.
53. You ignored my advice, so you got into trouble! ______
A. If you don't ignore my advice, you don't get into trouble.
B. If you don't ignore my advice, you won't get into trouble.
C. If you didn't ignore my advice, you wouldn't get into trouble.
D. If you hadn't ignored my advice, you wouldn't have got into trouble.
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WRITING 10 POINTS .CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES . (100 WORDS)(INCLUDE INTRODUCTION,

SUPORTING DETAILS AND CONCLUSION (1 POINT LESS FOR EVERY 5 MISTAKES)
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Do your best!!!! AS ALWAYS

GOOD LUCK!!