INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE – EXÁMENES 2022

NAME: 4th YEAR

MOD TIME: 2 hours

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1 S 1- Cook over boiling water.

2 P 2- People who watch an activity such as sports.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1 I hate on time for appointments. a) be b) not being c) not be

2 I like lending money my friends. a) from b) to c) for

3 Schools will be closed a vaccine for Covid is found. a) unless b) as soon as c) until

4 I haven’t been to England last summer. a) for b) before c) since

EXCHANGES. Match a line from A with a line from B to make short exchanges. Write
the corresponding number from B in the box. There are three extra phrases in B. 4 x 0.2 = 0.8 mark

A B B
a I’ve got a new job! 1 Not at all.
b We could visit grandma today. 2 Never mind
c My car has broken down. 3 How fantastic!
d Would you mind helping me with this? 4 Shall we call before going?
5 What a pity!
6 Yes, I would.
7 No, thank you.

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REWRITE THESE SENTENCES. Use the words in brackets without changing them. 8 x 0.4= 3.2 marks

1- The director has already chosen the cast for a new film. (BY)

2- ‘Where have you been, Lucy?’, Peter wanted to know. (ASKED)

3- I’ll finish my homework. Then, I’ll tidy my room. (WHEN)

4- You aren’t allowed to take photos in the museum. (MUST N’T)

5- Bob always drank chocolate milk when he was a child. (USED TO)

6- I can’t tell the truth to my parents because they don’t understand me. (IF)

7- The receptionist said to her boss: ‘I’ll do it immediately.’ (TOLD)

8- I saw her on the beach this morning. I am sure she is not very ill. (CAN’T)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT A ROBBERY WITH THE CORRECT

The event 1) (take) place in 1990. The robbery 2) (plan)

to occur on the busiest day for the police in Boston: 17 March, St Patrick’s Day. Two men pretending to be

Boston police officers made their way into Boston’s Isabella Gardner Museum, 3) (tie)

the security guards and ran away with thirteen pieces of art which cost about half a billion dollars.

Although the stolen paintings 4) (include) five by Degas, three Rembrandts and a Manet,

the canvas that is most mentioned as the greatest loss is Vermeer’s The Concert. Now It 5) (consider)

the world’s most valuable painting ever to have been stolen.

Around thirty years later, and in spite of a five- million-dollar reward, the pieces of art 6) (not find)

yet and the police are no nearer to making an arrest. In short, the police

investigation 7) (not be) successful so far. The Gardner Museum 8) (spend)

a fortune improving its security over the years. They 9) (still investigate)

and they hope the pieces 10) (find) one day.

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READING. Read this article and do tasks A and B. 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

Researchers have found that different people need different things to be happy

A
Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger directs Harvard study of Adult Development, one of the longest-
running studies of adult behaviour. One of the main findings from the study is the importance of social
connections. ‘It turns out that people who are more socially in touch with family, friends and
community are happier,’ says Waldinger. ‘They’re physically healthier, and they live longer than
people who are less well-connected.’

B
Founder of the Happy Planet Index Nic Marks says that one of the most important ways to improve
well-being is to have a healthy lifestyle. ‘The fastest way out of a bad mood,’ Mark says, is to ‘step
outside, go for a walk, turn the radio on and dance.’ Being close to nature can also boost happiness.
‘Our pleasures are really ancient,’ says psychologist Nancy Etcoff. Walking a pet in the outdoors,
for example, can improve our mood.

C
The amount of money you have is a factor for happiness, but your salary may be less important than
how you use it. Think carefully before buying expensive clothes or a new car, for example. Try to
spend money instead on things that will really enrich your life, such as music lessons, or a vacation
with family or friends. ‘We need to think before we buy,’ urges designer graham Hill, ‘and ask
ourselves: Is that really going to make me happier?’. Too often we buy things we don’t really need.

D
Social science researcher Michael Norton has studied happiness levels around the world. He found
that the act of giving money to people has a powerful effect on the giver as well as the receiver. The
amount of money isn’t so important. ‘What really matters is that you spend it on somebody else rather
than on yourself.’ Another way to give away is to donate your time instead of money. People who
volunteer at homeless shelters, for example, find that it helps take the focus off their own problems
and makes them feel grateful for what they have.

Task A: Match the headings to the paragraphs .One has already been done.

STAY CONNECTED A
1 CHOOSE WELL

2 SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE

3 KEEP ACTIVE

Task B: Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank line/s below.

4 If you donate large amounts of money, you will feel happier. T F

5 Having an active social life has a positive effect on people’s health. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the
letter corresponding to your choice.

A- You’ve received an e-mail from a friend who moved to England some years ago and you haven’t
heard from him/her for a very long time. Write an EMAIL back to your friend and update
him/her on everything you’ve done (graduate-new job-new partner or get married-new house-
trips-etc) since the last time you sent him/her a letter.

B- Write a STORY. Begin with the following line: ‘It was eight o’clock in the evening. I’d just
arrived at Heathrow Airport with my family and …’

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