English 2º Bachillerato Second Sending 2019/20 Apellidos: Nombre: OBSERVACIONES: Las Tareas en Blanco o

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ENGLISH APELLIDOS:
2º Bachillerato NOMBRE:
SECOND SENDING
2019/20 OBSERVACIONES: Las tareas en blanco o semi-en-blanco no constarán como enviadas.
READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
Food Allergies
Are you hungry? Perhaps you would like a peanut butter sandwich and some milk. For some
people – including two million US teenagers – such foods could cause a severe adverse reaction,
or even death.
Potentially life-threatening allergies to food are common among children and are often
outgrown over time, although allergies to peanuts or other nuts almost never disappear.
Sometimes, an allergic person may suffer a reaction from simply touching or smelling the
dangerous food.
An allergic reaction is a mistake made by the body. It may identify certain foods as harmful
and try to attack the “threat” by releasing chemicals such as histamine, which cause an allergic
reaction. The reaction may prove fatal if the vocal chords swell shut, leading to suffocation. Or the
sufferer may experience an anaphylactic reaction, which results in a decrease in the flow of blood
to the heart, lungs or brain, leading to seizures and, possibly, to death.
Allergic individuals are encouraged to wear medical alert bracelets, and carry anti-histamine
for immediate injection if necessary. But recent research shows that teenagers often ignore these
precautions partly because they want to conform and partly because they tend to minimise the
risks. Certainly, living with a potentially fatal food allergy can be difficult for teenagers. They
have to cope with telling new acquaintances about their allergy, eating carefully in restaurants, and
reading labels on food packaging. And, since even kissing someone who has recently eaten a
forbidden food can trigger a reaction, they may even have to ask their dates to brush their teeth
before kissing!
So the next time you reach for some peanuts, remember those who can’t. Some people avoid
peanuts because they are fattening or can cause skin problems, but for a small minority, those
peanuts are a killer.
1. Add True or False, quoting the relevant information from the text to justify your answer.
(3 points)
1. Food must be eaten in order to cause an allergic reaction.
2. An allergic reaction results from the production of histamine.
3. A recent survey finds that allergic teenagers aren’t worried about the risks.
2. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Use your own
words. (2 points)
1. Why are allergies to nuts more problematic than other allergies?
2. What precautions are mentioned in the text for individuals with severe allergies?
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3. Find one synonym in the text for each of the words below. 0 to 0.25 each (1 as a whole).
a) error b) danger c) start d) stay away from
D.- Use of English. (6 points)
1. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “SOLVE” (verb). __________

GIVE A VERB WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “DEATH” (noun). __________
2. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?
OBESE / OVERWEIGHT / PLUMP / SLIM .
3. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
“something that may cause death.” ______________
“people you know, but who are not close friends.” ______________
4. PUT THE WORD IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT FORM. YOU WILL HAVE TO USE
PREFIXES AND/OR SUFFIXES.
He is ________________ in this country for his science fiction books. (KNOW)
He is really _______________but he keeps eating fast food all the same. (WEIGHT)
The ___________of the Real Madrid players at the school made the children very happy . (ARRIVE)
It was a very _____________situation when he dropped his trousers at the party . (EMBARRASS)
The US became an____________________country in 1776 (DEPEND)
5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE:

A pain in the neck is someone who __________________
6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING A PHRASAL VERB
1. We____________________(RUN) money in Majorca, so we had to go back home.

2. She_______________________(TAKE) her father. She has blue eyes and fair hair.
3. He´ll have to _______________(GIVE) smoking because of his skin disease.
4. We _______________________(RUN) Brad Pitt walking along Sunset Boulevard.
5.The party___________________(BE) Let´s go home.
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E) Rephrase the following sentences (8 points)
1. ’Who is going to ask any more silly questions?’, The teacher asked the class.
The teacher asked …
2. “We may move to our new flat next month”, Peter said
Peter said that …
3. If you don’t look after your health, you will have problems when you get old
Unless …
4. It’s a pity you didn´t come to the pub yesterday.
I wish …
5. If I were you, I would report them to the police right now.
You …
6. They got lost in Rome because they didn´t buy a city map
If they …
7. They had to cancel all flights because of the heavy fog in London.
All flights …
8. “Finish the exercises, and don't make any mistakes now”
The teacher told the students …

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READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

2. An allergic reaction results from the production of histamine.

D.- Use of English. (6 points)

1. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “SOLVE” (verb). __________

2. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?

OBESE / OVERWEIGHT / PLUMP / SLIM .

“something that may cause death.” ______________

He is ________________ in this country for his science fiction books. (KNOW)

The US became an____________________country in 1776 (DEPEND)

5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE:

6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING A PHRASAL VERB

1. We____________________(RUN) money in Majorca, so we had to go back home.

E) Rephrase the following sentences (8 points)

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