Curso: 4to construcciones Nivel: único

Profesora: Claudia Roncher Fecha de entrega: 6/08/09

TP# 1

I) READING COMPREHENSION Read the text and answer

A) In the past, technical drawings for industry and architecture were drawn by hand, i.e.
people worked at drawing boards with drawing equipment. These hand-drawn
diagrams provided clear technical information but were slow and expensive to make.
Nowadays, working drawings are done on computers which is much quicker.

B) Computers can also:

 Save, change and recycle the drawings
 Make 3D images
 Make drawings bigger or smaller
 Keep and electronic library of standard parts
 Make symmetrical images of components
 Make accurate and consistent drawings.

C) A good way to explain the advantages is to think about architectural drawing.

Features such as windows and doors can be moved until the architect likes the
building. Images of the rooms are created in 3D so the viewer can “walk” through the
rooms. Designers can also experiment with different arrangements of furniture and
colours.

a) What are the two ways to make drawings?

………………………………………………………………………………………

b) Compare them using the following adjectives: expensive; good

………………………………………………………………………………………

c) How did people make drawings in the past?

………………………………………………………………………………………

d) What are the advantages of diagrams done with computers?

………………………………………………………………………………………

e) Who can benefit from drawings done with computers? How?

………………………………………………………………………………………

II)Fill in the gaps with the correct word form the box.
1) While they were hiking____________- forest, Laurelle and Frank saw a mountain
lion.
across along over through

2) We walked ____________________-the river looking for a way to get__

across along over through

________________ it, but there was no bridge.

across along over through

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Curso: 4to construcciones Nivel: único
Profesora: Claudia Roncher Fecha de entrega: 6/08/09

TP# 1

3) My sister playing the guitar when she was eight years old.

is started was has started

5)You need wood …… making this kind of furniture.

was to for is

III) Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense

I am a hotel receptionist. I have worked at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires for two
months now. I like my job because I‘m in contact with people all the time. I ……………
……(enjoy) giving directions to places in my city. We’ve been very busy lately. A lot of
tourists ……………………(just/arrive) because there is a tango competition in San
Telmo this week. Sometimes we get some difficult customers. Yesterday morning a
man ……………….(walk) up to the count and asked me to move him to another room.
He spoke very angrily. He said, “Last night while we …………………..(sleep), one of
the legs of our bed came off. Then when my wife ………………………..(have) a
shower, the water …………….(stop). I am furious.”
Tomorrow I have some free time and I don’t know where to go. I ………………
(already/visit) the Cabildo and San Telmo, but I …………………..(not/see) La Boca yet
because there are always too many people there. I think I’ll phone Zoe. If she wants to
go shopping, we …………….(go) to the Unicenter shopping mall. It ……………………
……..(have) lots of great chops and cafes. I love it.

IV) Present simple or continuous?

a) She………….. on the computer, every single afternoon(play)
b) The price of meat ………………..these days (go up)
c) She never …………………….(watch) her favourite TV programme. The remote
control is not hers!
d) What temperature /it/(boil) at?
…………………………………………..
e) they really (become) more interested these days?
……………………………………………………………………..

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