Examen de Inglés – Septiembre 2019

Liceo Nº 1 IDAE MARKS

Group: Written Test: /55
Name: Oral Exam:
Date: Final Mark:
SECTION A

1. Read the whole passage thoroughly and answer these questions, supporting
your ideas.

TV series

Why are TV series so well-loved by TV audiences? Pamela Douglas, the author of the
book “How to succeed as a professional writer in TV” explains.
Pamela Douglas is a very famous scriptwriter who writes the stories and the scenes for the
actors who appear in the most popular TV series. She has won prestigious prizes like The
Humanitas Prize, an Emmy and The Writers Guild of America. In her opinion, the secret of
writing successful series is that in the plot there should be many different stories that are
developed from one story, so that each viewer can find his hero.“ Also according to Pamela,
“A series should put up the shutters when the viewers start imagining what is going to
happen.” She also believes that it is important to change the set of the series so that the
public does not get bored. No series could last for years thanks to just one star. It is important
that all the characters, even the minor ones, are interesting.
Since its premiere in 2000, CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) has been a smash hit, often
topping the television ratings. It is so popular that it has led to the creation of two additional
CSI programmes, one set in New York, the other in Miami, and the series is still going strong
after 200 episodes. In this series the police almost seem irrelevant. They have little to do
other than arrest the suspects that the forensics experts implicate. The show leaves the
impression that analysis of DNA samples and hair follicles, rather than the testimony of
witnesses, solves every crime and that the most important police work occurs in the laboratory
or the morgue.

0. What does Pamela Douglas write?

She writes books and scripts for TV series.

1. What can turn a TV series into a real success?

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2. According to Pamela, should a series go on forever?
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3. Which two other elements make a series interesting for viewers?
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4. How has CSI expanded since it started?

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5. In CSI, what seems to be the police’s main role?
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4. Write a short article about a movie you recently watched. Use 80 - 100
words. You may include aspects of the plot, the actors, why you
liked/disliked it, etc.
You must use ONE of the words included in exercise 2.
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SECTION B- Libres

1. Read the text and complete the following sentences.

The Young Designers Competition encourages students aged from 13 to 16 to design

new, exciting things.

The competition started in 2008 and more than 4,000 teenagers enter it every year. Rose
Steadman organizes the competition, “I have a fantastic job. Every year, I meet a lot of very
clever teenagers with great ideas. For example, last year, a girl in Norfolk made a solar
powered cold bag for food. The year before, a boy from Devon designed a recycled wood toy
box for young children.”
Lola Bennett was the winner in 2010. She wanted to practice speaking Spanish but she was
worried about just looking on the Internet and using social networking sites. Her answer to
the problem? She designed a language exchange website for students all over the world.
Lola says, “I started the website when I was fourteen and there are 750,000 members. I
designed it for students aged thirteen to sixteen and it’s a safe social networking site”.
Brother and sister Leanne and Jacob Nelson also invented something to solve a problem.
Their great-grandmother could not use a computer mouse because her hands were too old.
“The mouse was very uncomfortable for her. It was too small. We designed a cover so she
could use it easily. We made it with some foam from an old bed. A computer company bought
the idea from us a year ago, Now we’re thinking about what we can do next to help her and
other old people use technology”.

0 There is a Young Designers competition ________ every year _________.

1 Rose Steadman likes _________________________________________________ .

2 Lola designed her website because ______________________________________ .

3 Lola’s site is for ______________________________________________________ .

4 Leanne and Jacob’s great-grandmother wasn’t able _________________________ .

5 Leanne and Jacob want ________________________________________________.

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2. Match both columns to form meaningful expressions. There is an extra
one on the left column.

0. take ____C____
1. join a. excercise
2. go on b. a club
3. cut out c. medication
4. look into d. anything sweet
5. put on e. weight
6. do f. a diet
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3. You have just received an e mail from a friend of yours including this
comment:

“If I buy a new pair of jeans, they don´t fit me after a few months. So now, I
buy all my jeans one size too big. That way they last twice as long.”

Write an email back to your friend giving her/him advice to solve that problem.
Use between 80 and 100 words and include no less than THREE of the
expressions you have matched in the previous task.
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