The document contains instructions for a 40-minute evaluation. It states that consultations and devices are not allowed during the exam and it must be done with pen. The evaluation tests reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through multiple choice and short answer questions about a passage on a teenage scientist and personal questions.
The document contains instructions for a 40-minute evaluation. It states that consultations and devices are not allowed during the exam and it must be done with pen. The evaluation tests reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through multiple choice and short answer questions about a passage on a teenage scientist and personal questions.
The document contains instructions for a 40-minute evaluation. It states that consultations and devices are not allowed during the exam and it must be done with pen. The evaluation tests reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through multiple choice and short answer questions about a passage on a teenage scientist and personal questions.
The document contains instructions for a 40-minute evaluation. It states that consultations and devices are not allowed during the exam and it must be done with pen. The evaluation tests reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through multiple choice and short answer questions about a passage on a teenage scientist and personal questions.
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Instruccions.
- The estimated time to complete this evaluation is 40 minutes Consultations between colleagues are not allowed, nor is it possible to take out written media, stereos and cell phones during the course of the evaluation. The exam must be done with a black or blue pen. Avoid erasures and erasures, analyze before answering each question. UNIDAD EDUCATIVA SALINAS INNOVA EVALUATION INSTRUMENT CODE VERSION: FEC. VIG.:
1. Read the text about Taylor Wilson and write who or what the underlined pronouns refer to. (0.20 E/O)
Taylor the Teenage Scientist
Taylor Wilson looks like any twenty-one-year-old. He wears jeans and Converse sneakers and lives with his parents in Reno. But Taylor is not like most other twenty-one-year-olds. When he was fourteen years old, he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents’ garage… and made it work. At first, his parents were afraid of his experiments, so they asked for advice from university professors. They asked Taylor lots of questions and decided that he knew what he was doing. Seeing that he was safety-conscious, they allowed him to carry on with his experiments. His next challenge was getting hold of the equipment he needed. He bought some of it at antiques stores and borrowed some from local hospitals. When he was still a teenager, he won the Thiel Fellowship – a very generous grant which funds bright young people, as long as 1) they don’t go to college. So Taylor didn’t go to college and has no plans to do so in future. Instead, he plans to cure cancer (because his grandmother died from 2) it. Taylor dedicates this research to her memory because 3) she always supported his exploration of science. He is also interested in building electric cars and would like to create a business producing 4) them. Other goals include traveling and playing major-league baseball. His extraordinary life has not always been easy. Reading his own biography was very difficult for him; 5) it made him realize that fame had affected him in negative ways. But he has learned to be humble and now accepts that he is not good at everything. When asked about the things he is not good at, he laughs and lists them: foreign languages, sports, and asking girls for their phone numbers
2. Read the text again and underline the answers to the questions. (0.20 E/O)
a. How did Taylor’s parents react to his experiments at first?
1. They stopped him from doing them. 2. They contacted experts for reassurance. 3. They ignored them.
b. What problems did Taylor have?
1. It wasn’t easy to obtain the supplies he needed. 2. He ended up in hospital. 3. His equipment broke because it was old. ____________________ ________________ _________________ Página 1 de 4 FIRMA DE COORDINADOR DE FIRMA DE UN DOCENTE FIRMA DEL RECTOR / ÁREA / COORDINADOR DECE DIRECTOR DE NIVEL/COORDINADOR ACADÉMICO c. What is the condition of the Thiel Fellowship? 1. Recipients must be teenagers. 2. Recipients must not go to university. 3. Recipients must do something to help society.
d. Which of his future plans has a personal significance for Taylor?
1. Building electric cars. 2. Playing major-league baseball. 3. Curing cancer.
e. What problems did Taylor have?
1. It wasn’t easy to obtain the supplies he needed. 2. He ended up in hospital. 3. His equipment broke because it was old.
Vocabulary (1 POINTS)
3.- Use the correct form of the verbs and phrases from the box to complete the sentences. (0.20 E/O)
upbeat long time no see turn down hook up with word-of-mouth
drift apart wait till you hear this under the weather break up get along
a. Fiona was upset because she with her boyfriend last week. b. She was feeling because her friend bought her a gift. c. We used to be good friends, but we when we went to different middle schools. d. I heard John was feeling . I hope he’s better now. e. ! Justin and Fernanda are engaged. Can you believe it?
Grammar (3 POINTS)
4. Underline the best option to complete the sentences (0.20 E/O)
a. You don’t need/ought to worry about the number or “friends” you have in social networks.
b. You ought to/might change your passwords from time to time.
c. My little cousin is typical of the new generation —he was able to/had better use a tablet before he
learned to write.
d. I ought to/could use computers before my grandparents. In fact, I taught them!
e. My mom says she had better/is allowed to learn about Twitter, since my sisters and I all use it.
5.- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (0.20 E/O)
a. I _________________________ (skate) in the park when I fell and twisted my ankle.
b. Nathan and Kaylee __________________________ (be) to Europe twice this year.
____________________ ________________ _________________ Página 2 de 4
FIRMA DE COORDINADOR DE FIRMA DE UN DOCENTE FIRMA DEL RECTOR / ÁREA / COORDINADOR DECE DIRECTOR DE NIVEL/COORDINADOR ACADÉMICO c. What______________ you ________________________(do) this time last week?
d. Talented musicians _______________(practice) for hours every day.
e. There was no guarantee that Adriana ________________(pass) her driving test, but she did.
6. Unscramble the words to make sentences. (0.20 E/O)
a. as/do/be/I/my/parents/my/long/best/As/will/proud
