UCM Language Centre

Communicative English for Administrative Level 14- 15

Midterm test
Sebastian Jaramillo Piedrahita.
STUDENT__________________________________ DATE______________ Grade ______
Teacher: Sebastián Jaramillo P- SS# 9

Listening
Question 1- 5
For questions 1-5 Listen to a woman and a man talking about contributing to
charities. Check (A-B) the correct answer for each sentence. (5 Pts)

1. The man says he can’t 4. What does the man think about signing
A- run. petitions?
B- walk. A- It doesn’t change anything.
2. What does the woman suggest the B- It can be harmful.
man could do? 5. What do the woman and the man agree
A- Drink fair-trade coffee. to do?
B- Join a campaign. A- Give money to charity.
3. What does the woman say she has B- Find out about volunteering.
done to raise money?
A- Sold her old books.
B- Held a cake sale.
Question 6- 9
Listen to four people talking about college life. What does each person say?
Match the speakers on the left with the statements on the right.

6. Speaker 1 ________ a. I struggled with some of my classes.

7. Speaker 2 ________ b. I didn’t contribute much in class.
8. Speaker 3 ________ c. My job affected my grades.
9. Speaker 4 ________ d. I never turned in an assignment late.
e. I missed a number of classes.

Questions 5 to 9.
Listen to a man and a woman talking about the future of money. Check ( ) true or false for
each sentence.

10. The woman can lend the man the money this afternoon. A - B
11. The man agrees that he often loses his cell phone. A - B
12. The woman thinks people will be keeping their bank cards for a long time. A - B
13. The man is going to text his friend to say happy birthday. A - B

Reading
Questions 10 to 14
You are going to read an article about four social networks. For questions 10- 14 Decide if
each sentence is correct or incorrect. Choose (A) TRUE or (B) FALSE. (5 points)

10. Social networking sites don’t allow us to manage our relationships the same A - B
way we do in real life
11. Social networking sites are a good way to get back in touch with old friends. A - B
12. Social networking sites distinguish well between good friends and the rest A - B
13. Our social network relationships are more complicated than our real-life A - B
relationships.
14. It might be useful if we allowed social networking sites to analyze our A - B
communication patterns.

Questions 15 to 17
You are going to read an article about four social networks. For questions 10- 14 Decide if
each sentence is correct or incorrect. Choose (A) TRUE or (B) FALSE. (5 points)

15. Louis was raised like most other blind children of the time. A - B
16. Braille’s ideas were copied by the founder of the special school. A - B
17 There were many large and heavy books at the special school for the blind. A - B
18. Charles Barbier’s system influenced Louis Braille. A - B
19 Barbier’s system used raised Roman letters. A - B
 Vocabulary
Questions 20 to 27
For each question, complete the second sentence, so that it means the same as the first.
(Use first conditional) (8 points).

20. Mary is always happy to listen to other people’s opinions and discuss A. sensitive
different ideas. ________ B. thoughtful
21. Sissy looks a bit unusual because of the clothes she wears, and she
C. arrogant
doesn’t live the way most other people do. ________
D. open-minded
22. Jerry’s very smart and always gets good grades. ________
23. Kevin gets angry easily and shouts at people a lot. ________ E. self-confident
24. People have to be careful about what they say to Rudy in case he gets F. intelligent
upset. ________ G. eccentric
25. Luke thinks he’s better than everyone else – it’s very annoying! ________ H. aggressive
26. Laura loves chatting to people – in fact, she never stops! ________
I. talkative
27. Jody never forgets my birthday, and always emails me the notes if I have
to miss a class. ________

Use of English

You are going to read a story from someone in college. For questions 28- 33 you are going
to Complete the paragraph correctly with the words in parentheses.

Once during college, I dropped one of my classes. I 28-

_______________________ (work) part-time as a waiter in order to earn some extra money,
and I 29-_______________________
(not realize) just how tiring that would be. I thought that I 30-_______________________ (pass)
my mid-term exam because I 31-_______________________ (study) hard all semester. But it
turned out that I 32-_______________________ (be) too tired to prepare for the exam properly
because I 33- _______________________ (do) the night shift at work.

Question 34
Friendship Online
For question 34 you are going to read people’s opinions about online friendships. Write a
one-paragraph script for an online debate about the importance of online friendships. Use
ideas from the image and / or your own ideas.
Make sure that you:
● Explain some points in favor of online friendships.

● Explain some points against online friendships.

● Come to a conclusion that gives your opinion.

● Use expressions such as however, while, whereas, but, and on the other hand

to contrast ideas.

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Bibliography:
- McCarthy, M. et al (2013) Viewpoint 1, New York, Cambridge University Press.
- Cotton, D., Falvey, D., & Kent, S. (2011). Market leader: Business English course book. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
- Eales, F., & Oakes, S. (2011). Speakout - Upper intermediate: Student's book. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education.