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SOLUCIONES

READING COMPREHENSION (15 marks)

Part 1: (5x1=5 marks) Part 2: (5x1=5 marks) Part 3: (5x1=5 marks)

1 B 6 One week 11 G
2 F 7 No 12 B
3 E 8 No 13 A
4 D 9 9.10 14 E
5 H 10 (The first part of) 15 D
your postcode

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 marks) Scripts

Part 1: (5x1=5 marks) Part 2: (5x1=5 marks) Part 3: (5x1=5 marks)

1 H 6 c 11. Two
2 G 7 a 12. (Human) intuition
3 F 8 b 13. Confidential matters (and
4 C 9 b inquiries)
5 D 10 b 14. Her qualifications
15. Missing husbands
(only husbands=no marks)

WRITING (20 marks) Examples

Part 1: (10 marks) Part 2: (10 marks)

Task requirements: Task requirements:

Formal style Informal style
Greeting and signing off Greeting and signing off
Paragraphs required: No paragraphs required
Purpose for writing Closing sentence
Varied structures for asking for information Contractions allowed
Closing sentence Descriptive vocabulary
Date is not required
Contractions, abbreviated forms (CU) and
emoticons not allowed

SCRIPTS

Part 1 - ADVERTISING http://www.onholdsamples.com/samples/voice_complete.shtml

Example
After a great meal upstairs, Paddy Oakwoodly invites you to venture downstairs to our exciting dance floor.
DJ entertainments adds excitement to the atmosphere. Thursday through Saturday nights and drinks flow
freely with a bar located on both floors of our restaurant. Speaking of drinks, join us for our happy hour
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Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. when we offer half price appetizers. Also domestic draws and
domestic wells for just 2 dollars.

Extract 1
Learning the ABCs of golf is as easy as 1, 2, 3 with St Andrew's Comprehensive Golf Schools. Taught by
PGA certified instructors our three-tiered programme is design for all skill levels from true beginner to the
more advanced player. Lessons include a basic understanding of the rules of golf, short game practice and
swing analysis with both irons and woods.

Extract 2
We have six convenient branches, 9 ATMs and offer full service banking at every location from CDs, money
market accounts and credit cards to loans Bed wire service, checking and savings accounts and much more.
Many of our personnel have been with us for 10, 15 or more years and are dedicated to providing the
personal service you deserve.

Extract 3
With over 30 years combined experience and private practice, doctors Hicks and Richards provide a variety
of comprehensive cosmetic dentistry services. Both doctors are members of the American Dental
Association, Texas Dental Association, American Association of Cosmetic Dentistry and the Dental
Organization of Conscious Sedation.

Extract 4
Our unique career management approach allows you to work with your own professional career advisor to
conduct a personalised career campaign. Receive valuable assistance in reviewing and assessing job offers;
salary negotiations and fringe benefits; and develop and advance your career with skills that will last a
lifetime.

Extract 5
When you are ready to purchase your next vehicle, remember this: the service and support you get after the
sale is just as important as the purchase itself. At Bankston Auto you can always rest assured you've got a
winning team on your side for as long as you own your vehicle.

Part 2 - TELEWORKING Study Listening, CUP

RON HOWARD

There's been a rapid increase in the number of teleworkers and telestudents over the last ten years or so.
Naturally, this growth in the number of teleworkers affects only certain occupations; workers involved include
those in the information sector especially but also business professionals and scientists, and also teachers.
In some cases people are being persuaded or even forced to become telecommuters, but often they choose
to do so themselves. Why do people choose to work at home? Well there are a number of advantages for
the worker and also for the people who employ them and for society in general. Let's look at these.

First of all, what are the advantages for the worker? I would say the main advantage is that less time is
spent commuting; that is, travelling to and from work. Someone working in a big city like London can easily
spend an hour or more travelling to work and the same amount of time returning home. Two or three hours a
day can therefore be saved and this is time that can be spent in more profitable ways than sitting in a train
or car. Commuting is quite stressful and teleworking eliminates that stress. Not having to travel saves not
only time but also money, bus or train fares can amount to hundreds of pounds a year; motoring costs are
also high.

Working at home can be more convenient than working in an office. Work time can be scheduled to suit the
worker rather than the boss, breaks can be taken as and when needed rather than according to fixed
schedules and it's generally pleasanter working in the comfort of your own home. There's no need to dress
up and so on.

The choice of a place to live no longer depends an nearness to the office. Less expensive and more
attractive areas far from the city now become a possibility. Finally people who can't leave home for any
reason can work as telecommuters; for example, those with disabilities or the need to look after small
children or elderly parents.
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Recent surveys have shown that 68% of people who telecommute want to continue but / 32% want to return
to central office working, why? What are the disadvantages? For one thing the worker may have to equip his
home at his own expense, this means buying a computer and peripherals such as a printer and perhaps also
a fax machine. Heating and lighting bills are likely to be higher, and there's also the question of insurance.
These costs have to be set off against the savings from not having to travel. Even if the employer pays for
the equipment, home working makes a demand on space, a spare bedroom may have to be converted into
an office.

Part 3 - THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY (pp 1-5)

Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white
van, two desks, two chairs, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then there was a teapot, in which Mma
Ramotswe - the only lady private detective in Botswana brewed redbush tea. And three mugs - one for
herself, one for her secretary, and one for the client. What else does a detective agency really need?
Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma Ramotswe had in
abundance. No inventory would ever include those, of course.

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She had a sign painted in bright colours, which was then set up just off the Lobatse Road, on the edge of
town, pointing to the small building she had purchased: THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR
ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES.
UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT.

There was considerable public interest in the setting up of her agency. There was an interview on Radio
Botswana, in which she thought she was rather rudely pressed to reveal her qualifications, and a rather more
satisfactory article in The Botswana News, which drew attention to the fact that she was the only lady private
detective in the country. This article was cut out, copied, and placed prominently on a small board beside the
front door of the agency.

After a slow start, she was rather surprised to find that her services were in considerable demand. She was
consulted about missing husbands, about the creditworthiness of potential business partners, and about
suspected fraud by employees. In almost every case, she was able to come up with at least some
information for the client; when she could not, she waived her fee, which meant that virtually nobody who
consulted her was dissatisfied.
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EJEMPLOS DE REDACCIONES CALIFICADAS Y COMENTADAS

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TAREA:

Part 1: Write a text in between 100 and 120 words following the instructions below. (10 marks)

You have seen the advertisement below in a magazine. Write an e-mail to ask for more
information on:
1. prices
2. dates
3. how to book

Ejemplo 1:
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La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 6 sobre 10 (3 en el apratado de

tarea y 3 en el apartado de lengua). La tarea se lleva a cabo la tarea de manera suficientemente satisfactoria,
hay algn error de formato ("Dear Sir" en vez de Sir or Madam o "Yours faithfully" tras punto y seguido en
vez de en linea aparte) y registro ("I need to know"). Cubre todos los puntos de la consigna aunque con
alguna digresin (en vez de perguntar por las fechas, expone ya su plan de viaje). En cuanto al uso de la
lengua, demuestra un control aceptable pero poco ambicioso en cuanto a estructuras y vocabulario con
errores aunque estos no impiden la comunicacin. Tambin se observa cierta falta de cohesin entre las
frases.

Ejemplo 2:

La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 4 sobre 10 (2 en el apratado de

tarea y 2 en el apartado de lengua). La tarea se lleva a cabo de manera poco satisfactoria, no existe un saludo
ni una despedida adecuadas y el estilo es demasiado imperativo ("if we agree with your conditions we will
phone you"). Omite un elemento de la consigna (how to book) y los otros dos los menciona pero no los
desarrolla. En cuanto al uso de la lengua, el repertorio lingstico es bastante limitado y con errores que
entorpecen la comuniccin (" the advertisement that you had published last Sunday", "I would have had the
next holiday...").
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Ejemplo 3:

La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 8 sobre 10 (4 en el apratado de

tarea y 4 en el apartado de lengua). La tarea se lleva a cabo de manera satisfactoria aunque le falta un saludo
y hay algunos elementos informales como el uso de contracciones o "I'm looking forward" en vez de "I look
forward". En cuanto al uso de la lengua, se observa una adecuada variedad de estructuras con pocos errores
que en ningn momento entorpecen la comunicacin. Sin embargo la organizacin del discurso en prrafos
no es del todo adecuada. Debera haber punto y aparte despus de New Zealand y despus de Internet?.

Part 2: Write a text in between 150 and 180 words following the instructions below. (10 marks)

Last week you were at David's wedding. The following week you received an email for
a good friend asking you to tell him/her evrything about the wedding. Write back to
him and tell him:
1 who the bride was.
2 where was the marriage ceremony and the party.
3 what the guests were like.
4 what the party was like.
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5 about a mutual friend you hadn't seen for a long time.

Ejemplo 1:

Hello John! What are you doing!

I'm sorry that you couldn't came at David's wedding. It was very funny and I meet David's
wife Jenny. She's a beautifull girl; I have knew that she's American and she's stading
medicine at Navarra University with your brother Peter. She's very young, but I think that
she's apropiate to David.
The marriage ceremony was in San Saturnino Church at Twelve o'clock. The wheater was very
could, and I was dressed with a summer dress, so I was freezy oll day.
It was a happy ceremony, with a clasical coral and finally, David told us some words to thanks
to the guests.
The party was in Gorraiz castle. Do you remember? It is the same restaurant when I made my
wedding. It is a marvellois place and the food is fantastic. We started to eat at half past three
and we finished at seven o'clock!
In the wedding there were a hundred and twenty guests, and the mayority of them were loves and
friends to David and Jenny. People were very happy and we danced a lot.
At nine o'clock, the waiters served us a lot of food to dinner and the Party finished at twelve
o'clock at night.
I meet with Paul. Do you remember? He's working in London and He's amrried with a
English girl cold Mary. We went speaking about the band all night and he gave me loves to
you.
I see you!
Blanca
La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 6 sobre 10 (3 en el apartado de
Tarea y 3 en el apartado de Lengua). Lleva a cabo la tarea de manera suficientemente satisfactoria cubriendo
todos los puntos de la consigna, aunque en algunos momentos los errores de ortografa (studing; wheater;
cold for called; cold for could) y gramtica (couldnt came; friends to Diana; meet en vez de met)
requieran un esfuerzo por parte del lector.

Ejemplo 2:

Dear David,
I am sad because you can't visit me but I talked to Peter and as soon as we could we are going
to travel to London and we'll visit you.
About the wedding, I enjoyed a lot with people who didn't see for a long time. I spent much time
talk to Peter and we decided to do a travel together.
The marriage ceremony was in the garden of a very beautiful house.which was in a small village
called White River.
The bride was really pretty, Carol came from Italy and she has dark hair.
The Italian guests were very nice and they danced a lot in the party.
The food was delicious, there was some typical food from Italy and I love it.
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At the end of the party, the people had drunk very much so we had problems to get a place in
the cars.
I took many photos, so I send a few of them with this letter. When I'll visit you, I carry more
photos.
See you,
Ana

La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 5 sobre 10 (2 en el

apartado de Tarea y 3 en el apartado de Lengua). Tarea poco satisfactoria, omite un elemento de la
consigna (no menciona el amigo mutuo) y los dems no los desarrolla demasiado; a veces requiere algn
esfuerzo para entender. En cuanto a la lengua, hay bastante control aunque haya errores como la falta de un
sujeto; falta el complemento del verbo enjoy; marcadores del discurso about the wedding y la
organizacin del texto falla en algunos casos (I spent much time talk to Petertravel together).

Ejemplo 3:

Hello Greg!!!
Where the fuck were you yesterday? ya bawbac?
I don't know if you remember but there was a wedding in Manchester. Why didn't you come?
You missed the best wedding you'll see in your whole life.
You know David was getting married last nite and the name of the bride was Fiona. Oh
man, she's gorgeous.
We had to go from London to Manchester for the wedding cuz Fiona wanted to celebrate it in
her village cuz her grannys are old and they cannot travel.
The ceremony was in the council and after we went to a good restaurant for the dinner.
We didn't enjoy very much with the most of the guests cuz all her cousins were stupid, we
didn't connect with them, even her brothers, but we had a very good night cuz I was with all
my friends and we sat in a different table very far from the family.
The lunch was fantastic, I'll let you know what we ate. After we went to the best nightclub in
town.
Before the nightclub, David and Fiona made the first dance for all of us. It was very nice to see
them dancing together.
And after, my girlfriend started to throw up in the middle of the dancefloor. What a shame!! I
was already very drunk but I had to drive her home and put her in bed. I decided to stay with
her cuz I was tired as well.
I hope to see you soon, mate!!
And tell me why you didn't come???
David
La puntuacin asignada por un equipo de correctores a esta redaccin es de 7 sobre 10 (3 en el apartado de
Tarea y 4 en el apartado de Lengua). Lleva a cabo la tarea de manera suficientemente satisfactoria aunque
desarrolla los puntos de la consigna de manera desigual: por un lado hay demasiadas disgresiones (ha escrito
ms de 250 palabras) y por otro omite un elemento de la consigna (el amigo comn). No requiere esfuerzo
por parte del lector. En cuanto a lengua, demuestra bastante control con algunos fallos puntuales (council,
enjoy + complement). En cuanto al uso de tacos, se puede entender que en este caso, entra en el registro
informal entre dos amigos de mucha confianza.