KEYS - MID-MODULE TESTS

Mid- Module test C3 January,2015  KEY

I)                    Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word  given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD.

1)      He decided to go  on holiday despite the fact he couldn’t really afford it. ALTHOUGH

He decided to  go  on holiday  although  he couldn’t afford it.

2)      I don’t believe he got full marks in the exam. CAN’T

He can’t have gotten  full marks in the exam.

3)      Jane has asked me to help  her to find somewhere to  live. WANTS

Jane wants me to  help  her to  find somewhere to  live.

4)      I regret being so unkind to Peter at  the party. WISH

I wish I hadn’t been  so unkind to  Peter at  the party.

5)       The teacher says we must study at  least two  hours per day. SAID

The teacher said  we had to  study at  least two  hours a day 

6)      They think  the findings of the study will help medical research. THOUGHT

It is thought that  the findings of the study will  help  medical  research.

 

II)                  Complete the text below by filling each gap with ONE WORD ONLY

The Royal free Hospital in north London has (1)  SAID that the condition of the British nurse diagnosed with Ebola (2) HAS deteriorated and is now critical . Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish public health nurse(3)  WHO had been volunteering  (4) IN  Sierra Leone, was diagnosed with the virus after  returning to Glasgow via Casablanca in Morocco.

A brief statement on the hospital’s website said: “The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is sorry (5) TO announce that the condition of Pauline Cafferkey has gradually deteriorated over the past two days and is now critical.” It did not comment further but  it is understood  (6) THAT  the next  24 hours (7)  WILL be crucial. Cafferkey, 39, (8) WAS admitted to hospital in Glasgow on Monday morning after arriving at Heathrow airport  (9)THE  previous night.

The hospital, (10) WHERE Cafferkey has been treated  (11) SINCE Tuesday, was unable to obtain  an experimental drug that has been used on other international Ebola patients (12)  BECAUSE it is no longer available.

 

MID-MODULE TEST C1 KEY

 

  

I)                    Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word/words given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD/WORDS.

 

1)      I’m sure John stole the bag. MUST

John  must have stolen  the bag.

2)      As soon as I got home I started to study for the exam. NO  SOONER

No  sooner did I get home than I started to  study for the exam.

3)      Jane said, “I promise I won’t be late.” PROMISED

Jane promised she wouldn’t be late.

4)      I wish  I hadn’t been so  rude. REGRET

I regret being so  rude.

5)      Although  the weather was bad we still went out. DESPITE

Despite the bad weather,  we still  went out.

6)      The teacher gets very angry when  students constantly arrive late for lessons. WISHES

The teacher wishes the students wouldn’t constantly arrive late for lessons.

II)                  Complete the text below by filling each gap with ONE WORD ONLY

 

A doctor (1) WHO   was being treated at an Ebola clinic run by British military medical staff in Sierra Leone (2) HAS  died.

The death of Thomas Rogers Town (3) ON  Friday brings the number of doctors in Sierra Leone who have been killed (4) BY  the deadly virus to eight. He had worked at Connaught hospital in Freetown, the capital of the country (5) WHERE  Ebola is spreading fastest. Ebola has now infected more (6) THAN  17,500 people and killed about 6,200.

The high number of infections in healthworkers deters many from volunteering (7)  TO work on Ebola wards, particularly local healthworkers. (8)WHILE foreign doctors and nurses who have become infected have (9) BEEN evacuated for treatment at better-equipped foreign hospitals, locals are almost always treated in their own countries. Facilities (10) SUCH  as the one at Kerry Town have been set up in an attempt to respond to that disparity.(11) ONE  has been established in Liberia and another is planned for Guinea.

A Cuban doctor being treated for Ebola at Geneva University Hospital has made a full recovery and left Switzerland to be reunited with his family, University hospital (12)  SIAD on Saturday.

 

 For the translation, see the link  below. It’s not a word for word version of the text you were given  but deals with  the same subject. We will  look at  the actual  exam  text in class.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-men-and-women-find-a-partner--the-long-and-short-of-it-8454629.html 

 

III)                Put the text below  into English

Quanto conta la statura nell’amore? Secondo una ricerca dello psicologo Gert Stulp dell’Università di Groningen gli uomini preferiscono le donne basse, non per una semplice questione di gusto, le motivazione di tale scelta sarebbero addirittura rintracciabili a livello genetico. Secondo lo studio dell’Ateneo olandese le donne basse tendono a scegliere uomini alti e gli uomini alti le donne basse. La teoria è stata confermata da un esperimento a cui hanno partecipato diecimila coppie inglesi.

 Inconsciamente l’altezza di un uomo rappresenta per la donna una protezione necessaria. Al              contrario la bassa statura della donna rappresenta per l’uomo un’ideale di tenerezza e amore. Non è tutto. Sembra infatti che gli uomini tendano a preferire le donne più basse perché nel loro corpo c’è una maggiore presenza di estrogeni*, gli ormoni femminili che sono invece ridotti nelle donne alte.    * estrogen

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                  

                                                                                 

 

 

 

 For the translation ,see the link  below. Although  it’s not a word-for word translation, it deals with  the same subject.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/japanese-woman-114-named-world-oldest-woman-article-1.1274910

III)                Put the text below  into English

Ha 114 anni ed è giapponese la donna più anziana del mondo. Lo ha stabilito il Guinness World Records. La signora, Misao Okawa, vive in una casa di riposo* ad Osaka e compirà 115 anni il prossimo 15 marzo. Nata  nel 1898, si sposò nel 1919.Ha lavorato  fino  a settant’anni  nel  negozio di  famiglia. Ha avuto tre figli, due dei quali sono novantenni. Quando le è stato chiesto come si sentisse ad essere la donna più vecchia al mondo ha risposto: "Sono molto felice".  Il direttore della casa di riposo in cui vive ha detto  che la donna non è sottoposta a particolari restrizioni dietetiche, ma mangia ciò che le piace. In Giappone vivono oltre 51mila centenari, l'87% dei quali donne, secondo dati del ministero della Salute.

*nursing home