UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO 10.

the / open / me / you / stores / could / on /

PUNO tell / if / are / Sunday / ?
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CENTRO DE IDIOMAS

Choose the correct phrase. Choose both if both are

INTERMEDIATE XV correct. (6 Pts.)
11. Your shoes are dirty. Please take ___.
Full Name: _____________________________
A) them off
Teacher´s name: _________________________ B) off them
12. Last week I bumped ___.
GRAMMAR A) into an old friend
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the B) an old friend into
verb in parentheses. (6 Pts.) 13. See you at the party next month. I'm really
looking ___.
1. I _____________________ (not finish) my A) forward to it
homework if you hadn't helped me. B) it forward to
14. Did you throw ___?
2. If she _____________________ (not pass) A) away yesterday's newspaper
her driving test, she would have been really B) yesterday's newspaper away
disappointed. 15. Could you pick ___ at the airport next week?
A) me up
3. We _____________________ (take) care of B) up me
the children last night if you had asked. 16. Did you ask ___?
A) for the steak
4. He would have quit if he _______________ B) the steak for
(not be) promoted.
Complete the question with the correct tag question.
5. She _____________________ (be) worried (4 Pts.)
if you hadn't called to say you were OK. 17. You worked in the sales department,
__________ you?
6. We wouldn't have had the accident if you 18. He hasn't been to Shanghai before,
_____________________ (pay) more attention. __________ he?
19. You didn't like your coach, __________ you?
Order the words to make a sentence. (4 Pts.) 20. She will e-mail him, __________ she?

7. to / you / do / know / bus / the / to / get / LISTENING

station / how / ?
_____________________________________ [AEF3 T15] Listen to five conversations. Complete
the sentences with an object from the box.(10 Pts.)
8. me / is / you / ATM / the / could / tell / where
/ nearest / ? CD collection DVD player MP3 player iron
_____________________________________ TV necklace cell phone telephone refrigerator
cookbook photos stove radio chair

9. near / if / you / there / a / do / know / newsstand

/ here / is / ? 21. Conversation 1:
_____________________________________ Elaine would take her favorite ______________.
22. Conversation 2:
John would take his ____________________.
23. Conversation 3:
Jane wouldn't take her __________________.
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 24. Conversation 4: PRONUNCIATION
Justin wouldn't take his TV or ______________.
25. Conversation 5: Write the word with the same sound. (5 Pts.)
Kate would take her ____________________.
comfort Enough fortune
WRITING murder Soap witness

Write an article with the title Has modern Example: fish witness
technology improved our lifestyles? Write 140-180
words. (8 Pts.) 27. phone _______________
26. This article Begins with this introduction:
These days we use a lot of modern technology to 28. up _______________
make our lives easier. But has this technology
really improved our lives? In my opinion, there 29. flower _______________
are advantages and disadvantages.
30. chess _______________
Paragraph 2 Write two or three advantages
Paragraph 3 Write two or three 31. bird _______________
disadvantages
Paragraph 4 Conclusion: write your opinion Which is the stressed syllable? Choose the correct
answer. (5 Pts.)
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-------------------------------------------------------------- 32. Which is the stressed syllable in comfortable?
-------------------------------------------------------------- A) Comfortable
-------------------------------------------------------------- B) Comfortable
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-------------------------------------------------------------- 33. Which is the stressed syllable in satellite?
-------------------------------------------------------------- A) Satellite
-------------------------------------------------------------- B) Satellite
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34. Which is the stressed syllable in inspector?
-------------------------------------------------------------- A) Inspector
-------------------------------------------------------------- B) Inspector
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-------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Which is the stressed syllable in unluckily?
-------------------------------------------------------------- A) Unluckily
-------------------------------------------------------------- B) Unluckily
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-------------------------------------------------------------- 36. Which is the stressed syllable in police?
-------------------------------------------------------------- A) Police
B) Police
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READING
Read the article. Choose the correct answer.
(10 Pts.)
After 30 days, Morgan and Alex have spent
30 DAYS ON THE MINIMUM WAGE over $1,000 more than they have earned,
mostly because of the medical expenses.
Could you change your life in just 30 days?
They are shocked. They can go back to their
That's the question documentary maker Morgan
comfortable life in New York, but what if
Spurlock asked when he filmed his new TV
they couldn't? How would they continue to
series, 30 Days. Martin Grady reviews the first
survive?
program of the series, 30 Days on the Minimum
Wage*. *At the time of Morgan and Alex's experiment,
minimum wage in the US was $5.15 an hour.
Spurlock, who is most famous for Supersize Me,
his movie about the dangers of eating junk food,
became frustrated that few people know about
37. 30 Days on the Minimum Wage is ___.
poverty in America. He and his fiancée, Alex,
A) a TV series
decided to film an experiment. They'd give up
B) a TV documentary
their jobs for a month and try to live on the
C) a drama series
minimum wage. The resulting documentary, which
38. Supersize Me was about ___.
was filmed reality-show-style using a handheld
A) how eating too much junk food can be bad
camera, contains a powerful social message about
for you
the growing gap between rich and poor in the US.
B) poverty in the US
The couple travel to Columbus, Ohio, one of the C) the popularity of junk food
poorest cities in the US. The only apartment 39. Morgan Spurlock is ___.
that they can afford to rent is filthy, in a A) single
dangerous area, and has no furniture. The heat B) married
doesn't work very well, so they're often cold. C) engaged
Alex begins working as a dishwasher, while 40. The purpose of the experiment was to discover
Morgan does construction work with no safety if Morgan and Alex could ___.
equipment. Neither of them earns more than the A) give up their jobs
minimum wage. B) make a movie together
It's difficult to watch Morgan and Alex C) live on very little money
struggling in such terrible conditions. A charity 41. Morgan and Alex interviewed people ___.
gives them some furniture for free, but they A) and told them their life story
have to live without reliable heat, TV, or B) who were living in the same way
telephone. They're exhausted all the time and C) in the same apartment building
begin to argue about money. The couple interview 42. Morgan and Alex rented their apartment
people in the same situation and listen to their because ___.
stories. It's difficult to imagine, but these A) it was the only one they could find
people have lived on the minimum wage for B) it was cheap
decades and many have children. C) it was in a good building
43. Morgan and Alex ___ $5.15 per hour.
When Alex gets sick and Morgan badly injures A) both earned more than
his wrist, they go to a free clinic, but can't see a B) earned exactly
doctor because of long lines. People there say C) didn't earn more than
that without free medical care they'd die. 44. The couple had to live with ___.
A) no furniture
B) a poor heating system
C) very little food
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 57. We must buy tickets for the baseball game as
soon as possible because they will __________
45. During the experiment, Morgan and Alex ___. out very quickly.
A) got along very well
B) argued about junk food 58. Life was hard for the settlers, but they never
C) sometimes disagreed about money __________ up.
46. Morgan and Alex weren't able to see a doctor
at the free clinic because ___. 59. Please __________ off the TV and concentrate
A) they hadn't applied for free medical care on your homework.
B) there were too many people waiting
C) they didn't have insurance
Write the type of TV program. (4 Pts.)
VOCABULARY
quiz show documentary the news cartoon
Complete the sentence with a positive (+) or a talk show comedy show drama series sports program
negative (-) adjective or adverb. (6 Pts.)
Example: My favorite character is the blue cat-robot
47. Don't be so _______________ (patience). that can speak.
I'm sure they'll arrive soon! cartoon

48. We missed our flight, but _______________ 60. It was difficult filming the whales underwater.
(fortune) we were given seats on the next plane. _____________________

49. It's _______________ (use) asking him. He 61. All the financial markets were down today for
never knows anything. the second day...
_____________________
50. She was sitting so _______________ (comfort)
that she fell asleep. 62. Join me after the break, when I'll be talking to
Robin Williams.
51. He knocked the glass off the table, but _____________________
_______________ (luck) he caught it before
it hit the floor. 63. We laughed until we cried!
_____________________
52. I don't like being in a car with Jim. He drives
very _______________ (care) and too fast.

Complete the phrasal verb in the sentence. (7 Pts.)

53. Can you __________ me up on your way to the

airport?

54. We used to __________ up really imaginative

stories when we were children.

55. Let's stay here. I don't want to __________

into my boss!

56. Why don't we try to __________ up our own

company?

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