June 2013

A. JANUARY SALES

1. a) TRUE: "Consumers who go to the shops... join in the sales frenzy".

b) TRUE: "For a less exciting but less... sales of their own"

3. a) pick up   b) continue   c) keenest   d) rewarded

4. a) better / are reduced

b) were / how

c) going / since

d) ... what she had bought for Peter.

B. YOUNG DA VINCI

1. a) TRUE: "His father was stern and distant with him... who ran teh family´s farm".

b) FALSE: "Piero da Vinci didn´t know... about his son, Leonardo".

3. a) ran   b) talent   c) famous   d) stunned

4. a) what / had had   b) from / left   c) as / oldest

d) not to stop practising until he learnt how to paint.

September 2013

A. NOMOPHOBIA: MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION

1. a) FALSE: "According to a recent survey in the UK..."

b) TRUE: "The reasons that drive... cannot bear solitude".

3. a) afflicted   b) endeavors   c) prone   d) due to

4. a) who / than / better

b) switching off  /  driving

c) has grown 

d) ... if I had ever slept with my mobile phone.

B. WOMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY

1. a) TRUE: "What is more important, women hace strong... communities"

b) TRUE: "From all my 20 years... than in others"

3. a) empower   b) drawn   c) appear   d) goods

4. a) often 

b) buying / in / greater

c) was invited / which

d) hadn´t obtained / wouldn´t have got

June 2014

A. CELL PHONE JAMMERS

1. A) TRUE "I guess I´m taking the law...I´m proud of it"

B) FALSE, "Police reported that other people... using them as well".

3. a) fine   b) fed up with   c) bother   d) such as

4. a) using / be considered

b) what / were bothered

c) better / up

d) had used cell phones ever since she had started going to school.

B. THE KEY TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT CAREER

1. A) TRUE "Choosing a career path... stressing experience"

B) TRUE " Well you can begin by choosing... your skills and values"

3. a) confusing   b) fits   c) reach   d) venture

4. a) are motivated

b) best / have ever read

c) for / of

d) where

e) ... to choose a job she loved

Septiembre 2014

A. THE DECLINE OF "ONCE UPON A TIME..."

1. a) True: "According to a poll... with their little ones"

b) True: "Surprisingly enough... when they were little"

3. a) nearly   b) teamed up   c) create   d) key

4. a) used to tell / going   b) is considered / between. The better

c)  than   d) "... they appreciated how important it is..."

B. COURSES ONLINE

1. a) False: "Significantly, the platform... with a certificate and a grade".

b) False: "It is well-known that... their course content online"

3. a) struggle   b) however   c) supersede   d) required

4. a) had offered / would have taken

b) in /    to/ rather than 

c) are admitted / have been admitted   /unless

d) "... what he would like to do when he finished High School".

1415 MODEL

A) SOAP OPERAS

1. a) F: "Each show will have several... several shows".

b) F: "And we should not forget... in the North of England".

2. a) It comes from the advertising of soap by the companies which even sponsored the programmes, due to the fact of having hosewives as the main watchers of them at the beginning. 

b) Soap operas usually show events typical from real life but exaggerating everything, being more dramatic to be more entertaining.

3. a) depict   b) at once   c) continue   d) happen

4. a) often / a

b) who / without

c) watching / what

d) leaving / had watched

B ) A CUP OF TEA

1. a) F: "And despite the increase... tea remains their preferred beverage".

b) F: "Although it dates back... madde its appeareance in England".

3. a) wealthy   b) mild   c) increased   d) consoles

4. a) if / should

b) has become / for

c) making / so

d) having some tea

 

EVAUS FOR MARCH AND APRIL

MARCH, 14,
MODEL 2014/2015:
CUP OF TEA? / SOAP OPERA

MARCH, 21,
SEPTEMBER 2014:
THE DECLINE OF "ONCE UPON A TIME" / COURSES ONLINE

APRIL, 4,
JUNE 2014:
CELL PHONE JAMMERS / THE KEY TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT CAREER

APRIL, 11,
SEPTEMBER 2013:
NOMOPHOBIA: MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION / WOMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY

APRIL, 18,
JUNE 2013:
JANUARY SALES / YOUNG DA VINCI

APRIL, 25,
SEPTEMBER 2012:
FACEBOOK GENERATION SUFFERS FROM INFORMATION WITHDRAWAL* SYNDROME /
DAUGHTER OF DAVID ADAMS JOINS ANTARCTIC SKI EXPEDITION

1415 June

A. DO ALIENS REALLY EXIST?

1. a) TRUE: "This theory is suppoerted by...sightings".

b) FALSE: "And two brothers in Chile said...a driver´s suit"

3. a) depicted   b) nowadays   c) vanished   d) just

4. a) handn´t believed / to

b) whose / by

c) much / was given

d) of / thought

B. GENETIC FINGERPRINTING

1. a) FALSE: "Looking  at an x-ray... genetic fingerprinting"

b) TRUE: "The importance of the discovery... and immigration authoritites"

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