English Test 3º ESO.

May 7th 2020

Instructions: The exam has got four parts.

You have an hour and a quarter to do this test and
send it through the school platform (or my e-mail) I
won´t accept any exams handed in after that time.
You must do it in this document, filling in the answers
here (se hace en este mismo documento de Word. Si
no podéis, en una hoja de examen copiáis el numero
de pregunta y las respuestas pero debe estar todo
muy claro) You can listen to the audio in the previous
entry.
Name Melissa Melissa Cevallos Díaz Class 3ESO
Date 07/05/2020

PART ONE: READING

Does the weather affect your personality?

Most people have beliefs about people from other countries. It’s not uncommon, for example,
to find people who believe the British are polite, but cold and unfriendly. On the other hand,
people from Australia might be considered to be more lively and generous.

One, rather common, stereotype is that the weather has a deep effect on people’s
personality. People from colder countries are said to be less friendly than those from warmer
ones. After all, Britain is generally a colder, rainier place than Australia, which might seem to
prove the stereotype correct.

It is certainly true that the weather can have a strong impact on what people can do. In
colder, darker periods, people end up spending more time indoors, and perhaps
concentrating more on things like work or TV. Sunnier, warmer climates allow people to
create more open architecture, and to get used to socialising outdoors. All the same, whether
or not we can say that all people living in such conditions have the same personality is
another matter.

Research has been carried out, aiming to find out whether these stereotypes are true. The
findings suggest that, actually, the climate probably has no real effect on the personalities of
people in different countries. However, it has a great deal of influence on how we feel about
people from different countries.

Most of this is language-based. For example, weather-related words such as cold, dark and
icy can easily describe people, too. It is easy to connect words like sunny and hot to lively,
generous and warm. In the research, several people were interviewed, and asked how they
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felt about other people from a range of different countries. People from hotter countries were
thought to be warmer, livelier and more exciting. They also thought that people from warmer
countries were easier to trust, and more open-minded. In contrast, people from colder
countries were thought to be more unfriendly, but more businesslike, and probably wealthier.

There is little reason, however, to believe that these stereotypes are based on fact. For
example, the research showed that most cultures thought of Italians as being a warm, lively
culture. However, people from the south of Italy viewed northern Italians as being cold. What
we should probably learn from this is that southern Italians are not necessarily describing
people, but how they feel about the climate that those people live in.

Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1 A stereotype of British people is that they are not friendly. T

2 A stereotype of Australian people is that they are less generous than
British people. T
3 People from countries with cold weather are said to be less friendly than
people from other places.T
3. The article suggests that concentrating on work is easier in hot countries. F
4. Research shows that climate has less of an effect on personality than most
people believe. F
5. The language people use to talk about weather is often used to talk about
people. T
6. In the research, people thought they could trust people from cold countries
more than from hot countries. F
7. People from colder countries were thought to have less money, because they
were not so happy. F
8. The article concludes that when people are describing people from other
countries, sometimes they are just talking about their feelings about the
weather. T

PART TWO: LISTENING

1. Check your understanding: Complete the gaps with one of these
words:
childhood friend - next-door neighbour -
brother
boyfriend - best friend

1. Speaker A is talking about her mum’s chillhood.

2. Speaker B is talking about his life style and sport.
3. Speaker C is talking about her _______________ .
4. Speaker D is talking about his _______________ .
5. Speaker E is talking about her ______________.

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 2. Check your understanding: Underline True (T) or False (F) for these
sentences.

1. A – Her next-door neighbour also worked with her mum. T

F

2. A – Her next-door neighbour has a healthier lifestyle now. T

F

3. B – He didn’t see his brother after he went to university. T

F

4. B – He supports the same football team as his brother. T

F

5. C – She and her friend argued about a boy. T

F

6. C – She is going to go to the same university as her friend. T

F

7. D – He didn’t have much in common with his friend when they were
young. T F

8. E – She didn’t like the look of her boyfriend at first. T

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PART THREE: EXERCISES

1 Put the adjectives into the correct column. 1 I’ll come out after I’ve do the housework.
tiny | delighted | funny | big | hilarious 2 The reason you don’t understand it is because
it doesn’t make sense.
gradable extreme
3 He needs to find a way to make money
Funny Hilarous fast.
Delighted Tiny
4 Marco do really well in his exams last year.
Big
5 Will passengers please make their way to the
departure lounge.
5

2 Complete the text with the words in the

list.
nice | happy | huge | tiny | amazing
I’ve just returned from a week-long trip to the
USA – it was absolutely fantastic. We hired a
very
1 nice
car from the airport in New
York and we drove about 100 miles every day.
Of course, the USA is an absolutely 2 huge
country, so we only saw a 3
tiny
part of it – but what
we did see was absolutely 4 amazing
.
5 happy 5
I’m really we went!

3 Complete the sentences with the correct

form of make or do.
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4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form form of the words in the list.
of the present passive. interview | give | steal | call | take
1 Students at my school aren’t teached (not Our trip to the USA wasn’t so great. First of
teach) how to play musical instruments. all, our flight was cancelled, and we had to wait
2 The front door is locked (lock) every for five hours in the airport. We 1 were given some
night at 11 o’clock. food for lunch, but it was horrible! When we
3 Our old car isn’t used (not use) very finally arrived in New York, we 2 were taken to our
much anymore. hotel in a taxi.
4 My best photographs are are displayed Then mum’s bag 3 was stolen as we waited in
4 was called
(display) on the wall in the hallway. the hotel lobby. The police and
5 The windows is cleaned (clean) mum
5was interviewed
twice a month. by them for two hours. Not a
good start to the holiday!
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5 Complete the text with the past passive
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6 Put the words in order to make sentences. 9 Unscramble the letters to make
1 checked / got / by / my Dad / my homework / I sequencing words.
I got my homework checked by my dad
1 TERFA HATT After that
2 going to / her / She’s / cut / tomorrow / hair /
2 STRIF First
have
She’s going to cut her hair tomorrow 3 NETH Then
3 you / a tattoo / ever / Have / had / done ? 4 ETNX Next
Have you ever done a tattoo ? 5 LINFALY Finally
4 We / our house / had / painted / last summer
5
We had painted our house last summer
10 Complete the text with the words from
5 did / your bike / Where / get / you / fixed ?
Exercise
Where did you get your bike fixed?
9. Some words can be used in more than
10 one place. Use each word only once.
First
, the milk is poured into a
7 Complete the conversation with the future
or present perfect passive forms of the container and left in a warm place. When the milk
verbs. has gone hard, it is collected in a cloth. Next ,
some salt
COLIN Have you heard the news? The school
has been burgled again! is added and 3 after that , it is put into
4 then
another container. , a few months later,
it becomes cheese. 5 finally
, the cheese is
JULIE Oh no! Will the head removed, washed … and eaten!
1
Be teacher 5
telled
(tell)?
COLIN Yes, of course. And the police
2have been given
(give) photos of TOTAL SCORE 80
the burglars.
JULIE Oh, good. 3have the burglars
been cathed (catch) yet?
COLIN Not yet, but I’m sure they 4 have been found
(find) soon, and all the stolen property
5will be returned
(return).
JULIE I hope so!

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8 Rewrite the sentences in the passive, use
by + agent when necessary.
1 They won’t allow you to get off the bus here.
You don’t allowed to get off the bus here by they.
2 Millions of people will watch this show.
This show will be watch by millions of people.
3 Someone will give you instructions when
you arrive.
The instructions will give you by someone when you arrive.
4 Daniel has already paid the restaurant bill.
The restaurant has already been paid by Daniel.
5 They haven’t arranged a date for the party yet.
The date for the party isn’t arranged by they yet.

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PART FOUR: WRITING

WRITING Write an article (around 150–180 words) for your

school magazine about your favourite story. Include
information about the following parts of the story:
The plot • The characters • The setting • The opening and
ending • Type of story

My favourite story is “Love alarm" by Lee Na Jung. The story is about an

app, Love alarm, which is connected with the user’s hearts and it rings
when in a radio of 10meters someone love you.

The hero is Jojo, a girl from Jeju who is orphan, she lives with hers aunt
and cousin, the villains, because they are unfair with Jojo. Other main
character is Sanho, a model who arrives to his house after living abroad for
a while, he is in love when she meet Jojo, but his best friend is also in love
with Jojo.

Everything happens at the beginning in Korea, in the year 2019 but at the
end of the series it ends in 2020.

In the beginning they introduce us to how the application works and how
Sanho and Jojo met and fell in love. Sanho's best friend tries to conquer
Jojo and she begins to feel something for him but is still in love with Sanho.
At the end they leave us with the doubt of which of the two will choose.

It is a romantic story and it has a bit of science fiction.