examen_febrero_15_0.doc

8/18/2019 examen_febrero_15_0.doc

1/7

ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENT

Admissions 2015

Applicant’s surname and name .....................................................

Applicant’s ID Number .................................................................

Applicant’s telephone number .......................................................

Applicant’s e-mail address: ..........................................................

Date of examination ....................................................................

Course of studies ........................................................................

Shift .........................................................................................

.

For examiners’ use only

Written exam …........

ral exam ………….

1


2/7

READING COMPREHENSION

YOU ARE GOING TO READ AN EXTRACT FROM A NOVEL. FOR QUESTIONS 1-8, CHOOSE

THE ANSWER (A, B, C OR D) WHICH YOU THIN FITS BEST ACCORDING TO THE TEXT.

2


3/7

3


4/7

FOR QUESTIONS 1-1! READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND THIN OF THE WORD WHICH

BEST FITS EACH SPACE. USE ONLY ONE WORD IN EACH SPACE. THERE IS AN EXAMPLE AT

THE BEGINNING (").

SWIMMING

Swimming is generally considered to be (0) …one….. of the best ways of exercising the

whole body without risk or inury. !ccording to health ex"erts# it can also ease back "ain

and e$en reduce blood "ressure. %here is only one "roblem& to enoy all the benefits of

swimming# you (1) ……………… to do it "ro"erly. (2) ……………… you $isited your

local swimming "ool and ust watched# you might be sur"rised to see (3) ………………

badly many "eo"le swim. 'oor techniue may result from a number of factors including

anxiety# the swimmers lack (*) ……………… body awareness# or ust a concern about (+)

……………… their hair wet. ,hats (-) ………………# swimming techniues do not

always im"ro$e with "ractice. () ……………… the contrary# once "eo"le ha$e fallen (/)

……………… bad habits# they tend to be stuck with them.

ut hel" is at hand. or all those keen to learn to swim "ro"erly# and so () ………………

ad$antage of all the health benefits# there is now something known as the Shaw ethod#

de$elo"ed by a former com"etiti$e swimmer# Ste$en Shaw. Shaw encourages "eo"le to

think about their swimming techniue and to concentrate on things (10) ………………

breathing correctly and making (11) ……………… that arm and leg mo$ements work

together (12) ……………… than against each other.

FOR QUESTIONS 1-1", READ THE TEXT BELOW. USE THE WORD GIVEN IN CAPITALS AT

THE END OF EACH LINE TO FORM A WORD THAT FITS IN THE SPACE IN THE SAME LINE.

THERE IS AN EXAMPLE AT THE BEGINNING (").

AUSTRALIA

or years# !ustralia has had an (0) ….irregular …. "attern of

"o"ulation distribution# with more "eo"le li$ing in towns and cities

in (1) …………………. areas# es"ecially the east and south4east#

than in the interior of the country. Since the 1*0s# the "o"ulation

has become still more (2) …………………. distributed with a

significant rise in the number of "eo"le li$ing in these cities.

5ities are now the (3) …………………. centres of the country. !n

REGULAR

COAST

EVENLY

ECONOMY

*


5/7

im"ortant element in their (*) …………………. has been the

number of "eo"le from 6uro"e and !sia emigrating to !ustralia#

es"ecially in the second half of the twentieth century. %he new

(+) …………………. decided to stay in the cities because

(-) …………………. was easy to find there. %oday# the "o"ulation

of !ustralia includes "eo"le who originally came from o$er 1+0

countries.

!t one time# what made the () …………………. of "eo"le in

!ustralias cities so (/) …………………. was the countrys

de"endence on the ex"ort of agricultural "roduce 7 indeed# the

countrys economy was founded on the "roduction of wheat and

wool. %his has since changed# not only with increased

() …………………. acti$ity# but also with the ra"id

(10) …………………. of tourist and recreational facilities. %ourism

is now !ustralias largest ex"ort industry.

GROW

ARRIVE

EMPLOY

CONCENTRATE

REMAR

INDUSTRY

EXPAND

FOR QUESTIONS 1-1#, COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS A SIMILAR

MEANING TO THE FIRST SENTENCE, USING THE WORD GIVEN. DO NOT CHANGE THE

WORD GIVEN. YOU MUST USE BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE WORDS, INCLUDING THE WORD

GIVEN. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE (").

0. ,hat ty"e of music do you like best8

FAVOURITE

,hat ty"e of music is your favourite8

1. 9 regret not contacting rian when 9 was in :ublin.TOUCH

9 wish that 9 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; rian when 9 was in :ublin.

2. 5ould you look after my cat while 9m away on holiday8

CARE

,ould you mind ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; my cat while 9m away on holiday8

3. 5laire was not allowed to stay out late when she li$ed at home with her "arents.

LET

5laires "arents ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; stay out late when she li$ed at home.

4. loods meant rescue workers could not get through to the $illage.

PREVENTED

+


6/7


7/7

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AND WRITE ABOUT 1#"-!""

WORDS.

!) ,rite a story beginning with the following sentence& A%ina was $ery excited

when she heard that she had won the "riBe.C

) ,rite a re$iew of your fa$ourite %D "rogramme.5) ,rite an essay entitled AEoung "eo"le today study much harder than "re$ious

generations.C

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................

Documents

examen_febrero_15_0.doc