EF3E INTERMEDIATE III EXAM3A

NAME: GUILLERMO SOLIS PEDRAZA

GRAMMAR

. Complete the sentences with MIGHT or MIGHT NOT and a verb or phrase.
1. Karol hasn’t come to work today. She ........................................................................... sick (+)
2. Linda didn´t call me this morning. She ........................................................................... signal (-)
3. Don’t drive so fast. We ........................................................................... an accident (+)
4.I don´t know what to do. I think I ........................................................................... to the movies if I feel better. (+)

Complete the sentences with CORRECT FORM of the word in parenthesis. (2 points)
5. Antonia is a woman with a vivid ..................................... (imagine)
6A book is an excellent ..................................... for a present. (choose)
7 A ..................................... company achieves high profits. (success)
8 The man avoided..................................... in the war and returned to his family. (die)
9 This is a ……situation ( live)

C. Complete the dialogues with NEITHER or SO and ONE WORD. (2 points)

. Complete the sentences with WORDS USED TO EXPRESS SIMILARITIES. (as, identical, both, etc.) (2 points)

14.Lucy and Patty have identical personalities. They both are serious and introvert.
15.Sam didn’t travel on his holiday and otherwise did Paul.
16.Amy has the same colour eyes as her mum.
17.Christina and Lucia are equally good at singing.
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READING
The Player who ignored Hitler
Matthias Sindelar is one of the greatest Austrian footballers of all time. Known as the “Paper Man” for his slight build,
Sindelar earned his greatest professional success as captain of the Austrian national team during the 1934 World Cup.
Austria qualified again for the 1938 World Cup, but there was a problem. By that time, Nazi Germany had already
invaded and annexed Austria. On April 3, 1938, Austria played one last football match against Germany before the
Austrian team was dissolved and the players incorporated into the German team. It was meant to be a celebration
match marking Anschluss, the return of Austria to the fatherland.
However, Sindelar saw it as the perfect opportunity to show how he really felt. First, he insisted that the team wear their
red-and-white kits, Austria’s national colors, instead of the traditional white-and-black.
There have always been rumors that Austria was told to lose the match or play to a draw. According to eyewitnesses,
the Austrian team appeared to miss several shots on purpose. However, toward the end of the game, they had a change
of heart and beat Germany 2–0. Sindelar scored the first goal and then celebrated in front of a VIP box filled with high-
ranking Nazi officials.
Afterward, Sindelar refused to join the German national team, saying he wanted to retire due to old age and injury. Less
than a year later, he was dead of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, although many have questioned whether it was
truly an accident.

1904 Olympics
The 1904 Olympic marathon was one of the strangest sporting events in history. For starters, there was an argument
over where the games should be held. The Olympics were originally awarded to Chicago. But St. Louis had the world’s
fair at the same time, and they threatened to organize their own sporting events to overshadow the Olympics if the
event wasn’t moved to St. Louis. Their threat worked.
Most of the athletes were American. Especially impressive was gymnast George Eyser who won six medals even though
he had an artificial leg. During the Olympics, the organizers scheduled “Anthropology Days “—exhibits where various
tribesmen displayed their culture and traditions. Occasionally, they were invited to participate in sporting events to
supposedly show how inferior they were to the “white man.” It was just a tiny step above the human zoos that were
popular at prior world’s fairs.
As for the marathon, it was initially won by Fred Lorz, but he was disqualified after it was discovered that he had
traveled 18 kilometers (11 mi) of the race by car. The real winner was Thomas Hicks, although he had taken
performance-enhancing drugs. Specifically, he took strychnine, which acted as a stimulant in small doses. But that
wasn’t the end of the weirdness. Andarin Carvajal, a Cuban postman, competed in his street clothes. During the race, he
stopped to have breakfast and accidentally ate some rotten apples and had to take a siesta to recover. Even so, he came
in fourth. Another runner named Len Tau was the first black African to compete in the Olympics. He finished ninth. But
he had a good excuse—he ran 2 kilometers off course because he was chased by wild dogs.

Read the text carefully and answer with a word or a phrase.

1. Austria played its last football match after being invaded in that date. On April 3, 1938
2. This athlete won six medals despite a medical problem in his leg. George Eyser gymnast
3. This man took part in the competition wearing his work uniform. Andarin Carvajal
4. They beat Germany to show how they felt. Austrian soccer team
5. He was probably assassinated by the Nazis. Matthias Sindelar
6. They wore the uniforms with the colors of their country. Austrian soccer team
7. He was the first black African man to compete in the Olympics. Len Tau
8. His nickname was “paper man.” Matthias Sindelar
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