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ASOCIACIÓN EX ALUMNOS DEL PROFESORADO EN LENGUAS VIVAS

“JUAN RAMÓN FERNÁNDEZ”


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Apellido: .................................................... Nombres: ……............................... B

Documento nº: .......................................... Teléfono: ....................................... C


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FIFTH YEAR F
Final Exam
Exam Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes Total

A. Read the passage and answer the questions. (25)


FIRST GRADE
Final Palin
Examlooks at the origins of his own desire to
British actor and TV explorer Michael
explore the world.

The urge to explore is something which is inside us: we are born with it. Of course, I
didn’t know it at the time, but I suppose it first affected me when I was old enough to crawl
behind the sofa to see what was there. Certainly, when I was eight I had already decided
on my future – I wanted to be an explorer.
This desire influenced every area of my early life. I collected stamps for the pictures of
the waterfalls of Nyasaland and the sugar plantations of Mauritius. I went to church every
Sunday, not for the hymns but in the hope that the visiting preacher might be a missionary –
a tall, thin, sun-burnt man with terrifying tales of Africa and half an arm missing.
For some reason my parents never encouraged me with talk of their own travels, though
both had been to India in the 1920s. And it was not until I was at university that I had my
first real taste of travel. I went to the Tirol with a university ski-party. I was excited because
I had not been abroad before, but I am afraid to say that I hardly noticed the Austrian
scenery. At the age of nineteen I was much more interested in girls than places.
For the next ten years after university I stayed at home exploring things like jobs and
relationships. It was only when I had both of these more or less sorted out (I was married
and my acting career had finally taken off) that I began to realize that I could now start
looking around. Until then the world had existed only in my imagination.
With my two TV programmes ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ and ‘Pole to Pole’, I
managed to see huge areas of the world. You would think that my desire to explore would
be satisfied by now but exploration is not like that. Your curiosity never dies.

1. How did Michael first discover he would like to be an explorer?

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2. In what ways did Michael satisfy his exploring need before he started travelling?

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3. Why was his first travelling experience unsuccessful in terms of exploration?

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4. Why did he stop travelling for ten years after he finished university?

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5. How did Michael manage to travel round the world?

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B. Match the underlined words/phrases from the passage with their meanings on the right:
(5)

1. tale a.- flavour

2. taste b.- succeed

3. take off c.- short experience

4. manage d.- very different

5. huge e.- enormous

f.- become successful

g.- story

C. Complete each of these sentences so that it means the same as the sentence written
before it. (10)

1. My parents don’t understand me.

I wish .........................................................................................................................

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2. They will build the new theatre in five years’ time.

The new theatre .........................................................................................................

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3. I used to come to this seaside resort when I was a child.

This is the seaside resort ….......................................................................................

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4. ‘Will you show me your tattoo?’ my friend Tom asked.

My friend Tom asked .................................................................................................

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5. My neighbour sold me this camera two years ago.

I ……………………....................................................................................................

................................................................................................................ since 2009.

D. Complete with the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. Use modals, when
necessary. (15)

There can’t be many people who (1) (never / hear) ………………………………………….. of

the Bermuda Triangle, one of the world’s most mysterious places. This area (2) (link)

………………………………………….. with more than 100 lost ships and planes and more than

1,000 deaths. We know that many of these were caused by shipping accidents or tropical

storms but the fate of the now famous Flight 19 (3) (still be)

………………………………………….. a mystery today .

Flight 19 was a training flight which (4) (take) ………………………………………….. off from

a US Navy base in Fort Lauderdale. The plane (5) (carry) …………………………….……….. the

most modern technology so the radio operator back at base was surprised when he received a

message from the pilot (6) (complain) …………….……………………….. that they were lost. His

last communication was: ‘Not sure where we are. Looks like we...’ They (7) (never / see)

………………………………………….. again.

Triangle writers have used a number of supernatural concepts (8) (explain)

………………………………………….. the long list of incidents in the area. Other writers

attribute the events to UFOs. Steven Spielberg used this idea for his film Close Encounters of

the Third Kind, where he clearly showed that the lost Flight 19 aircrew (9) (kidnap)

………………………………………….. by aliens. There (10) (be) …………………………………..


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other productions based on this mystery since 1978, including a TV miniseries in 2005 and the

film Triangle in 2009.

E. Complete the following dialogue with a suitable word or phrase. (15)

Colin is talking with his friend Pam, who’s just back from her holidays in Rome.

Colin: Hey Pam, you’re back! When (1) ______________________________?

Pam: Only yesterday, I’m still suffering from jet lag.

Colin: (2) ________________________________________________ in Rome?

Pam: Two weeks, so I had plenty of time to go sightseeing.

Colin: (3) _________________________________________________ before?

Pam: No, it was my first time. I was so excited I enjoyed every minute!

Colin: I bet you did! (4) ___________________________________________?

Pam: Mostly sunny, fortunately, which made every place look even more

beautiful.

Colin: I’d love to see pictures of Rome. You probably (5) __________________

__________________________________________________________.

Pam: I sure did. I’ll e-mail you some, if you like.

Colin: Sure! Great idea! Thanks, Pam!

F. Composition.

Choose one of the following subjects and write about 120 words: (30)

a) If you are interested in travelling around Europe, write a short article to Teens
magazine explaining why travelling is good for young people and how you would
benefit from the experience. The writer of the best entry will win a free Europe
Rail monthly travel pass!

b) You have just won a trip to your penfriend’s city and you feel very excited at the
idea of travelling. Write an email to let him/her know about the prize, how you
won it and make arrangements for your upcoming visit.
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