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Module 8 OG

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Apellidos y nombre:..............................................................................................................................................

D.N.I.: .........................Grupo:.............. Docente del programa:........................................................................

INSTRUCCIONES

1. El alumnado deber tener disponible en todo momento a requerimiento del personal docente del

programa documento acreditativo de su identidad como D.N.I., pasaporte, permiso de conducir

o, en el caso del alumnado extranjero, tarjeta de residencia en vigor o en trmite o tarjeta de

estudiante emitida por la Subdelegacin de Gobierno.

2. Para la realizacin de la prueba slo est permitido el uso de papel sellado proporcionado por el

personal docente.

3. Al finalizar la prueba, el alumnado deber entregar al personal docente tanto el cuadernillo deexamen completo como los folios en blanco sellados que pudieran haberle sido entregados.

4. Este cuadernillo de examen contiene las siguientes secciones:

Comprensin escrita o Reading Passage.

Comprensin oral o Listening Comprehension

Uso de la lengua o General Language:

Parts A, B, C, and Pronunciation

Expresin escrita o Writing Composition

Hoja de respuestas o Answer Sheet

5. En las dos ltimas hojas, Writing CompositionyAnswer Sheet, el alumnado deber

consignar su nombre y apellidos, as como el nmero de su D.N.I. Slo se

considerarn para su evaluacin las respuestas anotadas por el alumnado en la hoja de

respuestas o Answer Sheet, por lo que slo ser en esta hoja donde el alumnado deber escribir

las respuestas de las preguntas de cada seccin a excepcin del ejercicio de expresin escrita

que se redactar en su hoja especfica.

6. Slo se admitirn para su correccin los exmenes escritos con tinta azul o negra.

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Reading Passage Module 8 OG

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Teen Shopaholics

Playing football in the park, learning to dance and going for long bicycle rides were all favourite pastimes of our children.

However, things have changed quite a lot. A new research shows that nowadays a childs favourite pastime is not

playing football or dancing - its shopping, in fact, ten-year-old children are now the nations shopaholics addicted to

shopping. Almost 78 per cent of ten to 12-year-olds and 94 per cent of girls aged ten to 19 admitted their passion for

shopping.

Most of us enjoy shopping from time to time. But the worrying results from this research are that consumerism is

making young children become shopaholics. By the age of ten, most have already been attracted into a world of

fashionable labels, brands and designer clothes. Most young people say they buy things they dont really need, but when

they go into a shop, they simply cant stop themselves.

Todays UK seven-to-11-year-old children have the possibility and the influence to spend between 600 million and 1

billion a year. Perhaps, that is why they are exposed to more than 3,000 advertising images per day.

Psychologists say that the child is just doing what children have always done: they have always wanted toys. But in the

past, parents allowed their children to have fewer toys. There have been some demographic changes that have had aninfluence on children's shopping habits. Two out of every three British families are working families, but they also work

extremely long hours. British people have the longest working hours in the EU and second longest working hours in the

developed world. What is happening is working parents feel so guilty because they are not spending enough time with

their kids so they accept their consumer demands.

The research questioned 1,000 ten to 19-year-olds on their shopping habits and the most frequent response was that

their enthusiasm for going out and buying things was the most exciting for them. But the survey also emphasizes an

interesting contradiction - although the new generation is more enthusiastic about shopping, it also realises its

consumption is very unnecessary. More than 85 per cent of children in Scotland admit they buy unnecessary things.

Questions:

Say whether the following statements are true or false AND give the evidence from the text.

1. Children used to spend their pastime shopping instead of playing a sport.

2. Nearly a 100% of teen boys confess their preference for shopping.

Finish the following sentences according to the information given in the text.

3. When shopping, young children are only interested in...

4. Children are essential for advertising companies because...

Answer the following questions.

5. What relation is there between parents' jobs and children shopping habits?

6. Why do children accept that their shopping habits are wrong?

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Listening comprehension Module 8 OG

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Traffic regulations

Nathan and Sandra talk about speed restrictions when driving

7. What two suggestions does Nathan make regarding traffic control?

8. According to Sandra, why can car manufacturers be held partly responsible for speed transgressions?

9. Who has ever driven in Germany? Nathan or Sandra?

10. From Sandra's point of view, why do people break the law?

11. Apart from driving responsibly, why do German drivers have fewer accidents?

12. Why does Sandra think that fining people is not a good solution for speed transgressions?

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General language Module 8 OG

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Part A

Complete the sentences, keeping the same meaning.

13) Parents let their children buy anything they want.

Children are . . .

14) I need sunglasses to protect my eyes from the sun.

I use . . .

15) I think that it is very important that you spend your money on really useful things.

You . . .

16) Police will control traffic speed on secondary roads.

Traffic speed . . .

17) Sandra said: I don't think fining people is useful.

Sandra said that . . .

Part B

Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

A: When his family 18) ....... (arrive) from India in 1990, Raju 19)...... (already come) to Manchester

three years before. Rahu's family 20) ......... (not speak) any English. That was not a real problem at the

beginning: they 21) ......... (not have) to learn English because they lived in a hindi neighbourhood in

Manchester.

B:22) ...... (they / find) it difficult to find a job?

A: Very much: not speaking the language was a serious handicap, so they could only work in Hindi

businesses such as restaurants, take-away shops or any shop run by a Hindi person who could help

them with the language.

Part C

First, read the text. Then fill in the blanks with just ONE word in each case.

I dont like buying23) ...... books because their thin, cardboard covers can easily be broken; I prefer 24) ......

books although they are more expensive. I love plants so I often read 25) ......books. My wife and I travel by

car very often, thats why youll always find many 26) ...... atlases at home. Ill give my wife a year 27) ...... to

National Geographicmagazine for her birthday because she enjoys its articles and pictures.

Text D

Use the words in brackets to make appropriate complete sentences.

A: 28) (tomorrow / Springsteen's concert / go / you) ?

B: Yes, Ive already got the tickets for that concert.

A: 29) (I / if / so little money / not / have / go / I / with you). I had a car accident and I

spent all my money on the car repairs. 30) (for the concert ticket. / have / I / I / If /

money / not have / that accident,)

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General language Module 8 OG

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Pronunciation

31) Pronunciation: Which sequence hasnt got a falling intonation?

a. New York consists of many districts b. What sort of books do you read?

c. Whose dictionary is this? d. Have you seen the book?

32) Which is the word with a different vowel sound?

a. left b. dead c. eat d. mess

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Writing composition Module 8 OG

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Full name:..............................................................................................................................................................

I.D.:................................................................Writing Composition.- Expression.

Because of the current economic crisis everybody talks about the dramatic drops at stock markets, the bail-

outs in Portugal, Ireland and Greece (and presumably Spain), the risk premium of Spanish bonds, the salary

cuts and reduction of welfare state benefits, etc. And... how about the environment? Have all those apocalyptic

warnings and dangers become things of the past? Is global warming no more a problem? And the nuclear

energy and all its waste?

Write 150 words about the main environmental problems nowadays: do you think that environmental

policies can be affected by the economic crisis?

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Answert sheet Module 8 OG

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Full name:..............................................................................................................................................................

I.D.:................................................................

Reading passage

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Listening passage7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

General language

13. 20. 27.

14. 21. 28.

15. 22. 29.

16. 23. 30.

17. 24. Pronunciation

18. 25. 31.

19. 26. 32.