English Written Test - 10th Grade
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Read the following text carefully:
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The English-Speaking World English is the second most widely spoken language in
the world (the first is Chinese) and it’s the most popular. It is the
official language at the It is the language of international business and
science, of aviation and shipping. It is the language of computer science, of
sports and politics. About one third of the world speaks English. Varieties of English As so many people speak English in so many different
countries, there are many different “Englishes.” The best form of English is called Standard English and it is the language of educated English
speakers. It is used by the government, the BBC, the Universities, and it is
often called Queen’s English. American English is the variety
of English spoken in the An Englishman goes to a town centre to see a film, while an American goes downtown to see a movie. If an
Englishman needs a pen he would ask you: “Have
you got a pen, please?”, but an American would say: “Do you have a pen?.” (…) Some American words were borrowed from the language of
Indians; these are words such as canoe,
moccassin, (…) tapioca and toboggan (1). From Dutch settlers the
first colonists borrowed boss and cookie, and from the French [for example], bureau. Australian and New Zealand English, also called Australian
English, are very similar. Especially in pronunciation they are also similar
to British English, but there are differences in vocabulary, and slang (2). Many terms, such as kangaroo, dingo, wombat and boomerang, came from the Aboriginal
language and many others from the Cockney dialect (3), spoken by the first settlers, the Londoners. Canadian English
is different from American English and from British English. It is said to
sound like Americans to Britons and like Britons to Americans! (…) (Adapted and abridged) In Dossier – The
English-Speaking World, Notes:
1 – a sleigh used on snow; 2 – informal (often bad) language
that includes new and sometimes not polite words and meanings¸3 – dialect spoken by natives of |
1 – Say what the following words refer to:
2 – Complete the sentences according to the
text:
3 – Answer the following questions, in your own
words as far as possible:
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A)
Complete with the
correct verb tense: Present or Past Simple, Present or Past Continuous:
1
A
third of the planet______(use) English.
2
Many
people______ now_______ (learn) English for professional reasons.
3
The
English settlers ________ (take) their language to the five continents in the
past.
4
They
_________ (try) to conquer new lands so, they needed to communicate.
5
Nowadays
most countries__________ (teach) the language in their schools.
6
We
believe we will have more chances in the future if we_______ (understand)
English.
B)
Provide the comparatives or
superlatives for the given words:
C) Complete with the
correct preposition:
Almost all the languages incorporate_____ their structure elements
_____ other languages – usually vocabulary. English has _______ 25% of
foreign words or expressions, for example. If we trace______ the peoples which
in one way or another contacted_____ the English, it is easier to understand
why there are so many words ____
From at in back of into about with (2x) during
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Remember
what you studied in class and write a small text of about 80 to 100 words
commenting the statement bellow:
“No matter what you
think of it, no matter where you go, English will always be with you!”
English Written Test - 10th Grade
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Read the following text carefully:
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HOME IS WHERE THE
OFFICE IS No longer a
captive of the commuter crawl (2), the self-styled entrepreneur now spends
his commuter time reading business journals, catching up on paper work,
prospecting for new clients or even enjoying some form of relaxation. Home may be where the heart is,
but for 14 million self-employed Americans like Mulford,
home is also where the office is. "I should have done this 20 years ago", said 61-year-old Mulford, who started his home business two years ago.
"I am making more money than I ever made with a corporation, and my
business is growing rapidly". Since 1978, the number of such
workers has more than doubled, and one in three businesses is operated from
the home, according to the American Home Business Association (AHBA) in "People are demanding more
from life now", said Working from home is not a new
trend. Cottage industries proliferated in agrarian Future had arrived and it was here to stay. (Adapted
and abridged) November
24, May 1991 Glossary: 1- a company that
negotiates shares or products of steel companies; 2- slow people who move
daily from home to work on public transports. 3- A negative public image. |
A) Explain the meaning of the following words/ expressions in paragraphs
1 and 2:
1. to
commute 2. plant
B) Say what the following words refer to:
1.
I (l. 10) 2. They
(l. 17) 3. it (l. 18) 4. his (l. 23) 5. it (l 27)
C) Answer the following questions:
1.
What
is the text about? (Do not answer with the title!)
2.
How
did Mulford go to work in the past?
3.
Where
does he work nowadays?
4.
Is
the change described in the text totally new? Justify your position.
5.
Why
did the “home offices” of the “agrarian
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A) Complete the sentences using the rules of the Genitive “s”:
1.
Paul___ computer is three years old and is already
obsolete.
2.
My parents___ dream, when they were young, was to
have a typewriter!
3.
The computer____ CPU burned out!
4.
5.
For some people, a month___ salary is not enough for
a 3G mobile phone yet!
B) Choose the best “used to” structure to complete the sentences:
1.
In My grandparents’ time they__________________
(study) by candle light.
2.
Nowadays we __________________ (deal) exclusively
with electrical appliances.
3.
When my parents were kids people________________
(buy) a car for life.
4.
Today we______________ (throw) away a machine that
stopped working!
5.
At present we_____________(have)
new things instead of fixing old ones.
C) Put the following sentences into the passive voice:
1.
2.
He was spending about 80 minutes to get to his
former job.
3.
4.
Modern
society has changed the traditional
5.
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Chose ONE
topic to write a small text of about 80 to 100 words:
A) Considering the technologies we have
today – particularly alternative technologies - describe how the world might be within about
two generations more, that is, by the time you already have grandchildren!
B) Recall all the electrical appliances you
have got at home and describe those you consider to be the result of the latest technology.
English Written Test - 10th Grade - Level 6
I
Read the
following text carefully and solve the exercises:
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Surfing the Net The
world at your fingertips – that’s how one schoolgirl described her first session using a
computer to access the information superhighway. While sitting in her
classroom at a computer, she was able to pick any place on the globe and then
ask for more information about it
in words or pictures. She went on a video tour of the White House and
listened to a welcome message from the President of the The
information superhighway is a combination of computers, cables and telephone
lines which gives access to a multitude of resources. The resources include
newspapers, reference books and high-street services (1) such as banking,
making travel arrangements and booking tickets. At
the moment, few schools have the necessary equipment. You need a powerful
computer with appropriate software and a modem which connects it with a telephone line. You
also need to belong to the internet, which gives you an electronic (e-mail)
address. But like business, schools are finding that costs are coming down
and the range of services available growing all the time. There are over 30
million internet users worldwide. It
seems that the internet and the information superhighway will grow and
influence our lives. It’s unlikely, though, that computers
will replace books and magazines. You
can’t [just go to bed] with a good computer to read yourself to sleep. And
imagine trying to take one on the bus! In Current, September 1995 (abridged) |
A)
Say what the following words refer
to:
1. her (line 1) 2. it (line 4) 3. it (line 17) 4. line 24)
B)
Build appropriate questions for the
given answers:
1.
_____________________________________________________________?
A: Robots are machines built to do activities
people can’t or don’t like doing.
2.
_____________________________________________________________?
A: People usually see
robots as humanoids.
3.
_____________________________________________________________?
A: Robots can for
example operate in dangerous situations like fires or radioactivity.
4.
_____________________________________________________________?
A: The most recent
type of robots is robot-pets.
C)
Answer the following questions:
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A)
Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Choose the best form:
1. When they_________ (work), the
computer___________ (crash)!
2. While he__________ (sleep) on the
sofa, we __________ (consult) the Internet.
3. They_____________ (learn) how to use
a computer while the teacher________ (explain) the programs.
4. He_________(use)
a good photo editor, so the pictures_______ (look) just fine!
5. The Internet_____________ (get)
slower because many users_________ (be) connected at the time.
B) Complete using a, the,or Ø for zero article:
1. ____ robot is
a machine controlled by a computer.
2. ____ most
popular robot-pet was Aibo.
3. ____town people often feel lonely,
so they search for e-friends.
4. ____example of technology addiction
was Tamagochi!
C) Choose the best future form,
according to context:
1. One day, Joe_________ (become) a
common type of computer.
2. Milton__________ (arrange) for
3. The models believe that
they____________ (attend) a job interview.
4. We___________ (have) a party
tonight…
III
Write a small text of about 80 to
100 words on One of the given topics:
a)
Refer the different activities we can perform using
the Internet, nowadays.
b)
Recall True Love, by
English Written Test - 10th Grade - Level 6
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Read
the following text carefully and solve the exercises:
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True Love, My name is I am “It
is just a matter of matching sounds to symbols, I
said, “What is true love?” “Never
mind. That is abstract. Just find me the ideal girl. You are connected to the
Multivac-complex so you can reach the data bank of
every human being in the world. We’ll eliminate them all by groups and
classes until we’re left with only one person. The perfect person. She will
be for me.” I
said, “I’m ready.” He
said, “Eliminate all men first.” It
was easy. His words activated symbols in my molecular valves. I could reach
out to make contact with the accumulated data on every human being in the
world. At his words, I withdrew from 3,784,982,874 men. I kept contact with
3, 786, 112,090 women. He said, “Eliminate all younger than twenty-five; all
older than forty. Then eliminate all with an IQ under 120; all with a height
under He
gave me exact measurements; he eliminated women with living children; he
eliminated women with various genetic characteristics. “I’m not sure about
eye color,” he said. “Let that go for a while. But
no red hair. I don’t like red hair.” |
A)
Find words/ expressions in
paragraphs 1 and 2 that are equivalent to:
1. professional
partner 2. software 3. linked 4. personal
B) Find synonyms in paragraphs 3 to 5
for the given words:
1. only 2. speak 3. almost 4. information
record
C)
Answer the following questions about
the story:
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A)
Complete with the correct relative
pronoun:
5.
6.
7.
The place ______ the story takes place is the
8.
The girls, ______ personal data had been devastated,
never imagined what was going on.
9.
Charity was the woman ______
B)
Complete with the prepositions from
the box. Some may be used more than once:
To (3x) with
(2x) in by around for at
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Write a small text of about
100 to 120 words on ONE of the given topic:
A) Imagine
B) Do you use the Internet very often. Do you consider it safe for all purposes? Justify your position.
Correction Key
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A) 1. colleague 2. computer programme 3.
connected 4. private
B) 1. just 2. talk 3. nearly 4. data bank
C)
1. The text is about a
software programmer who uses a computer network to find his ideal wife.
2.
3. He asks
4.
5. No, he can’t
because Joe became too similar to his owner and maneged
to have Milton arrested in order to get Charity, the ideal woman, just for
himself.
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A)
1.
Who
2.
Which
3.
Where
4.
Whose
5.
Whom
B)
In/ with/ to/ at/ to/ around/ by/
for/ to/ with
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A) and
B) correspond to free text production exercises.
English Written Test - 10th Grade - Level 6
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Read the following text carefully and solve the
exercises:
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That
insecure feeling ...[while using the Net] UsaToday Another
day, another case of identity theft Information is travelling so easily out
of companies which collect data about your personal affairs that very little
seems likely to remain personal at all. And everyone involved - legislators,
law texts, even the companies themselves – do not appear to be prepared to
cope with the problem. Security breaches (1) revealed since February have exposed data of about
a half million people. On Tuesday, data manager Lexis Nexis
revealed that information about 310,000 people may have been taken by thieves
using stolen passwords. Two months ago, data manager Choice Point, mistaken
by thieves pretending to be business owners, allowed access on 145,000
people. For months, while police investigated,
the consumer victims weren't even told. ChoicePoint
had to confess because of a law in At a hearing (2)
Wednesday, several • The data-broker industry collects and sells personal information,
including Social Security numbers and birth dates. Choice Point alone deals with 17
billion records. • Existing rules are not updated. They're inadequate to guide an
industry that now collects court, criminal and credit records and sells them
to police agencies, employers, insurance companies and others. The recent
security breaches are evidence of relaxed procedures in collecting, storing
and selling records. Yet only a few members of Congress defend stronger protections. The potential harm of data violation is
enormous: Nearly 10 million (about one in every 30) Americans were victims of
identity theft in a one-year period starting in spring 2002, according to a
Federal Trade Commission survey. Thieves use the data to get credit cards and
enter bank accounts. Data brokers (3) are
quick to say that the vast majority of breaches do not turn into identity
theft. Perhaps… but far too many do. As lawmakers consider what to do
to control this industry, they should keep this in mind: It's nice to be
informed when your personal secrets have been stolen. It's even better to
keep the thieves from stealing them in the first place. In www.yahoo.com adapted Glossary: 1 – broken security warranties; 2 – government meeting; 3 –
companies selling personal data |
A)
Match the words/ expressions on the
left with their meanings on the right:
(lines
1-11)
B)
Find synonyms, in parts 4 to 7, for
the given words/ expressions:
C)
Answer the following questions:
(about the text)
(about the extensive reading story)
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A)
Complete with the correct relative
pronoun:
1. The companies_______ use private
information should be controlled by special laws.
2. People_______ give personal
information for such companies should be informed when it is shared.
3. Lots o Americans, ________ private
life was devastated, were never informed.
4. Sometimes companies find that
information was stolen but never find ______ it went.
5. Most of the times courts will never
know _________ performed Cyber crimes.
B)
Complete the text with the correct
prepositions from the box:
Lots ___ companies
collect information______ people all over the world. They then store it____
their computer systems and sell it_____ other companies
_____ promotional campaigns. What else they do______ our information, nobody
can tell for sure.
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With of to in about for |
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Choose ONE topic and
write a small text of about 100 to 120 words about it:
A)
If you could make the laws to
protect private information collected by these companies, what would you do?
B)
Explain the reaction of the computer
when the main character of True Love accessed private information using
its world connections.