USE OR ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

September 2015 B

USE OR ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

1. a) F.: "He warned that we are becoming... because of technology".

b) F.: "Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing cases of ... in mental and physical deveopment".

2. a) Nowadays people make more use of technology for two main reasons. On the one hand, they have internet connection anywhere. On the other hand, they use their mobile phones or the internet at the same time as they watch TV.

b) Children understand tablets and mobile phones as adults and adolescence is the moment when technology is better understood.

3. a) almost

b) finding

c) because of

d) linked

4. a) which / in

b) wouldn´t / couldn´t communicate / didn´t exist 

c) getting / had been using

d) The report shouldn´t have been sent off...

GENETIC FINGERPRINTING

June 2015 B

GENETIC FINGERPRINTING

1. a) F.: "Looking at an X-ray... biological identification".

b) T.: "The immportance of the discovery... and immigration authorities".

2. a) To resolve paternity and immiration disputes. it has also helped convict murderes, rapists and burglars while freeing many innocent people already in prison.

b) If we abuse of the system our freedom can be damaged.

3. a) immediately

b) storing

c) worried

d) available

4. a) was arrested / committing

b) had had / would have been

c) Although / to

d) better / should / must

2014/2015 September A

GO ON TWO WHEELS

1.

a) F "It is absurd to give dog-like obedience to a red light when your eyes and ears tell you it is safe to go".

b) F "The car is no longer a symbol of freedom".

2. 

a) Both in 1926 and in 2014 Londoners used their bikes as a reaction to the transport strike.

b) They felt more free from their family, their home and the way they were supposed to be dressed.

3. a) just    b) timetables   c) founded   d) throw off

4. 

a) biking / where

b) was founded / than

c) must / to do

d) John suggested going for a walk the following day if the weather was fine.

2014/2015 JUNE A

DO ALIENS REALLY EXIST?

1.

a) T: "This theory is supported by many reported alien sightings".

b) F: "And two brothers in Chile... wearing a driver´s suit".

2.

3. 

a) depicted

b) nowadays

c) vanished

d) just

4. 

a) hadn´t believed / to

b) whose / by

c) much / was given

d) of / thought

2015/2016, September, B
HAS CREATIVITY DISAPPEARED IN SCHOOLS?

1) a) False: "At the beginning of the 20th century... to remain an artist as we grow up".
b) False: "Eight years ago... that revolutionized this topic".

2) a) 

3) a) acting out 
b) places
c) (natural) gift
d) eliminated

4) a) shown / produces
b) were encouraged / wouldn´t be
c) more / at
d) The teacher told me not to worry then / at that moment because/since I would understand it the following day.