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24 DE MAYO HIGH SCHOOLENGLISH AREA

MORNING SECTIONSHOOL YEAR 2011-2012

FOURTH YEAR OF BACHILLERATO SCIENCE AND TECHNICALENGLISH QUESTIONAIRE

STUDENTS NAMECLASS:..

DATE.

A. READ THIS PARAGRAPH AND DECIDE IF THE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE (T) OR FALSE(F)

misahualli is small village located along the north bank of the napo river. People are triendlu andpolite. Many tourists can get there by bus from quito in a day. The area is covered by secondaryforest and they can see a variety of jungle birds. Tropical flowers, and insects, such as army andbeautiful butterflies.

1. Misahualli is a river.

2. People can go on foot 3. It is in the highlanda. 4. People can see domestic animals 5. There are beautiful lions

B. READ THE TEXT AND DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE (T) ORFALSE (f)

English todayEnglish is spoken in more parts of the world than any otherlanguage. It is also spoken by morepeople than any other language except Chinese. At present about 25% of the worlds populationspeak English. About 350 million people speak English as their native language and about 600million people speak English as a second language.About 80% of the information on the worlds computers is in English.

1. More people speak English than any other people 2. English is the second language of about 600 thousand people. .3. At present about 25% of the worlds population speak Spanish ..4. Most of the information on the worlds computers is in English.5. United states speak English as their native language.


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Lighting is simply enormous spark f electricity it happens at the same time as thunder, hut you seeLightning before you hear thunder, because light travels much faster than sound. Lighting kills 400people in the United States every year. If you ares in a car when a stoin begins, you will be sale.Metal has low resistance to electricity, so the electricity will. How through the metal rather thanpassing inside the car and hurung passengers. If you are outside and you cannot shelter in a car, youshoul crouch daen with your legs together. This should help to protect you, because if Lightning

strikes it will strike the tallest object around.

1. What is Lighting?..

2. Why do you see Lighting before you hear thunder ?..

3. Does Lighting kill 400 persons in the united states every month ?..

4. What is one of the safest place to be in a storm ?

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5. What should you do if you are outside in a storm ?..

D. READ ABOUT ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

An Electric light bulbAn American inventor, Thomas A. Edison, made the first light bulb work in October

i 87'). Today, the light bulbs are made of glass, with a metal base and a

wire fijarnent., If an electric current is passed through any conductor,

heat is produced. If a conductor is heated over 525 C by an electric

current, it will produce light. A wire filament with a high melting point

must be used, because more efficient light is made when the filament

has a high temperature. In the past filaments were made of carbon, but

today they are made of tungsten wire, which has a melting point of

3410 C. Light bulbs are tilled with gas , which stops the filament from

burning out and makes the bulb last longer.

1. When did Thomas a. Edison make the firs light bulb ?..

2. What will a conductor produce if it is heated aver 525 c. by an electric current ?..

3. Is light produced because the filament becomes very cold ?..


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6. What are light bulbs made of?.

7. Are light bulbs filled with water?

E. READ RAINFOREST AND DECIDE IF THE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE (T) FALSE (F)

RainforestTrees don't live alone. They naturally form forests. The plants and the animals that live in the

forests need each other to survive. There are many rainforests around the equator, in South

America, Africa and Asia. Thousand and thousands of animals live in rainforest, including many

birds, insects and reptiles. There are also thousand of different plants and a lot of tall trees.

Some of them give us rubber, fruits and many of our medicines. Rainforest are dark and hot

and the ground is always wet. Seventy -live percent of the world's species of living things are

found there. The plants and trees of Ihe rainforests grow in layers. Each layer has it is own level

of light and humidity, and its own kinds of animals and plants which cannot live anywhere else.

1. Few plants, animals and insects live in the rainforest ..........

2. The ground is always wet in the rainforest. ..........

3. About 50% of the species live in the rainforest . ...........

4. Plants and animals of the rainforest grow in layers . .......5. Many medicines come from the rainforest

GRAMMAR

A. UNSCRAMBLE THESE WORDS TO MAKE SENTENCES.

1.

LIGHTNINGA-CAR-STRIKES-IF-WONT- THE-HURT-BE-PEOPLE-INSIDE.

2.

IN - COFFEE - AND - BRAZIL - PRODUCED SUGARARE

3.

POWER - MADE - ELECTRICITY - STATIONS - IS - IN

4. GUAYAQUIL- HOTTER- QUITO- THAN IS

5. ....

MOST -GALAPAGOS- ISLANDS- THE- BEAUTIFUL IS- ECUADOR- PLACE- IN

6.

SAFE - IF- WILL- YOU- YOU A - CAR- ARE- A- STORM- IN- BE- IN

7.

SPOKEN - MANY- ENGLISH BY PEOPLE IS


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SUPPORT - CABLES - METAL THE - TOWERS

9.

GUAYAQUIL - COLDER- RIOBAMBA THAN -IS

10.

IN - TALLEST - SOFIA - THE - STUDENT - IS - CLASS

B. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. I am -is are ) quito.

2. My students dont-doesnt) study English

3. ( do- does he live in Ambato

4. Mary and luis practice practices sports

5. Your classmates dont doesnt) go to the park

6. Quito is called are called the light of america

7. Esmeraldas is located is locate are located) in the coast

8. An elephant is bigger biggest biger) than a tiger

9. If you study will study studies) so much, you( get will gets) good grades.

C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS

1. Some parades (organize) by the students

2. Mary (get) up at 7 o clock.

3. Andrew and peter (not- work) yesterday.

4. My dog (eat ) a bone last night.

5. ..( do) your parents learn French two years ago ?

6. Galapagos .. (explore) by Charles Darwin.

7. . (do) Ruth like to practice soccer every day ?

8. The students . ( nottake) the bus in the morning.

9. You. (suggestion) go to the doctor.

10. George. (ability) swim very well

D. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORMS IN THE BLANK SPACES.

Guayaquil and Quito are big Ecuadorian cities, but the first one is .( big )than the second one. Guayaquil is a port and its river, Guayas, is one of

the..(nice) river in the country it is a very important touristicAttraction. Guayaquil has ( large) population of the country. QuitoIs.(old) than Guayaquil, it is located in the central part of the Highlandat a .(high) sea level than Guayaquil, however it is ata (low) sea level than other Andean cities.E. PUT THE- SENTENCES TOGETHER

If I was famous ( ) it will strike the tallest object

You would have a beautiful mansion, ( ) they would be famous.

If she was tall, ( ) lightning will pass down the

Earpiece.

4. If we were on the beach, ( ) she would be happier.

5. If they were in the Ecuadorian football team ( ) if you were rich

6. 1 would be teaching ( ) I would have


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VOCABULARY

A. WRITE FIVE MATERIALS FOR MAKING AND ELECTRIC SWINTCH.

B. MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE DEFINITIONS.

1. POPULAR . FULL OF ENERGY

2. GENEROUS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BESUCCESSFUL OR RICH

3. INDEPENDENT WEARING NICE CLOTHES

4. ELEGANT ... A PERSON WHO GIVES A LOT.

5. AMBITIOUS A PERSON WHO ACTSSEPARATELY

6. DYNAMIC . LIKED BY OTHER PEOPLE

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C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE CORRECT WORD FROM THE BOX.

.. is always trying to move form one thigto another. If it cannot move for some reason, it is called static electricity. When you rub the

with the balloon, each one a differentelectrical charge. The balloon becomes . Charged and the sweaterbecomes positively charged. These opposites.. Each other.

D. COMPLETE THESE PIECES OF ADVICES WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDSFROM THE BOX.

1. Look at the .. Of the text. Try to identify the type andpredict the content of the text.

2. Read the and try to identify the text type and predict thecontent of the text.

3. Read the first sentence of the .4. Read the text quickly to .a general idea before you read for specific

information.5. Dont try to .. every word or translate the text. Try to

understand the meaning of unknown words from context.

E. PUT THE WORDS FROM THE BOX INTO THE CORRECT PART OF THE TABLE.

ADJECTIVES SPORTS TELEVISION

PROGRAMMES

VERBS

Negatively sweater electricity attrct takes

get tittle text illustrations understand

DIVING SOAP OPERA RAFTING READ COLD HIGH WINDSURFING

LISTEN TO TALL CARTOON WRITE VIDEOS


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E. TRANSLATE THESE SENCENCES INTO ENGLISH

1. Tu deberas ponerte talco caliente.

2. Ella debera usar un curita.

3. Ellos deberan ponerse colirio.

4. El debera tomarse limonada caliente

5. Tu deberas ir la medico

6. Tu deberas tomar vitamina c

7. Ella debera usar un compresa caliente.

8. Ellos deberan ponerse ungento.

9. El debera tomarse pastillas para la tos

10. T deberas ir al dentista.

WRITING

A. WRITE ABOUT HOW ELECTRICITY IS MADE


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B. WRITE A DESCRIPCION OF THE MACHE-CHINDUL ECOLOGICAL RESERVE. USE THENOTES TO HELP YOU.

C. WRITE ABOUT YOURSELF

D. DESCRIBE YOUR PARENTS

LOCATION BETWEEN ESMERAL-DAS AND MANABI

DISTANCE FROM QUITO 150 KM

CLIMATE TROPICAL WET

AREA 70.000 HECTAREAS

ACTIVITIES SWIN, PLAY SOCCER VISIT TOURISTIC PLACES

IMPORTANCE ARCHEOLOGI-CAL SITE

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