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

2015 September

A.  GO ON TWO WHEELS

 1. a) false: "It is absurd to give...it is safe to go."

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

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

4. a) biking / where

b) was founded / than

c) must / to do

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


B. USE OR ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

1. a)false: "we are becoming more and more anti-social....face-to-face conversations because of technology".

b) false: "Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing cases... and physical development".

3. a) almost   b) finding   c) because of   d) linked

4. a) which / in

b) wouldn´t communicate / didn´t exist

c) getting / had been using

d) shouldn´t have been sent for printing yet.

EVAU June 2016

A. NO FEAR, NO SURPRISE, NO HESITATION

1.
a) False: "It´s from a seventeenth century samurai warrior".
b) True: "But if you look carefully... that it was going to happen".

3.

a) huge   b) happen   c) passed   d) looked at


4.
a) began / between

 b) often / a

c) had / what

d) focuses / are explained 

B. WORKING HOURS

1.
a) False: "surveys show the important role... in our country".
b) False: "we must have the courage to... of other European countries".

3. 

a) called on   b) juggle   c) overall   d) take steps to

4.

a) trying / than

b) Despite / because of

c) were / on

d) ... why I had applied for a new job if my salary seemed to be reasonable.