UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI FACOLTA DI FARMACIA E BIOLOGIA IDONEITA LINGUA INGLESE, A.A. 2015-2016 APPELLO.. N.B. La consultazione del vocabolario (o di altri testi) e/o l utilizzo del telefonino comportano l IMMEDIATO annullamento della prova. Nome Cognome Matricola CdS Idoneo/Non Idoneo SECTION 1. QUESTION FORMATION. Complete the sentences with an appropriate question. a. Which scarves/gloves/glasses do you prefer? The ones on the shelf. b. What is making so much noise? The washing machine. c. Why isn t he writing the text? Because it is not necessary. d. How long does it take from.to / How much does the film/show/match last? About an hour. e. When did you see Tom? Yesterday afternoon. SECTION 2. WORD FORMATION. Using the words in parenthesis, form a new word using any suitable prefix or suffix. You can create a noun from a verb, an adjective from noun, a verb from a noun / adjective or an adverb from an adjective, making all the necessary changes to the base form. Ex. My are very polite. (study) My students are very polite. 1. In 1986 Rover made a loss of nine hundred million pounds. (lose) 2. The whole story was certainly a pure invention. (invent) 3. Luckily, the weather is reasonably mild this winter (lucky). 4.Federica Pellegrini is considered to be world s best swimmer. (swim) 5. The result was completely predictable/unpredictable. (predict). 1
SECTION 3. ERROR CORRECTION. Decide if the following sentences are correct or incorrect. If you think they are correct, mark with a tick ( ). If you think the sentence is incorrect, mark with a cross (x) and make the correction. Examples. Ex1. Sarah like playing with her friends. x likes Ex2. Lisa bought a blue car yesterday. 1. The early Britons were hunters. They were not farmers. OK 2. A: Have you ever gone to America? B: Yes, I went to New York 2 years ago. X been 3. Just a minute. I think I m going to buy a newspaper. X I LL BUY 4. She listen to the music programme every day. X listens 5. There are any garages here. The nearest one is 25 miles away. X NO 6. There aren t some apples in the shop. X any 7. Italian are very artistic. NO ITALIANS 8. It doesn t rain now, look! Let s go outside! X it isn t raining SECTION 4. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the best answer A, B or C, which fits best considering grammar and vocabulary. Put a cross (X). 1. What time to come? A) she s going B) is she going C) going she 2. They ve lived in this town 20 years. A) since B) for C) in 3. Is this the restaurant we had dinner last month? A) who B) which C) where 4. We have classes twice week. A) an B) a C) / 5. I ve seen this film. It was on TV last month. A) just B) already C) only 6. Don t worry, I promise I late. A) will be B) won t be C) am 7. I broke my friend s camera. A) fortunately B) accidentally C) immediately 2
8. I need old newspapers to put on the floor when I m decorating. A) much B) any C) many 9. When I was ill I couldn t eat. A) nothing B) anything C) everything 10. It s important a language when you re young. A) to learn B) learning C) learn 11. What at the cinema last night? A) have you seen B) saw C) did you see 12. John s person I know. He talks to everybody! A) friendly B) the friendliest C) friendlier 13. Mario from Pisa. A) come B) comes C) to come 14. Be careful! You a mistake. A) are makeing B) making C) are making 15. It was of him to ask her age. A) legal B) impolite C) providential 16. He a shower before breakfast. A) usually have B) has usually C) usually has 17. I didn t feel well I went to the doctor s A) although B) but C) so 18. I aerobics at my local gym. A) play B) do C) go 19. I left work at six and got at 6.30. A) the house B) the home C) home 20. My friend Sarah has got three A)children B) childs C) childrens 3
SECTION 5. READING COMPREHENSION. Read carefully the text and then answer the questions. 1.Read the article and tick ( ) A, B, or C. Young at heart and in body! Today people are living a lot longer than they used to and their lives are much healthier, too. Older people used to say that they were young at heart when they looked old but felt young. Now, people want to look as young as they feel and they are prepared to spend a lot of money on surgery. If an operation can give people a younger face or body then they will have it and not worry about the dangers or the cost. People have always looked for eternal youth and maybe they have now found it. As well as trying to look younger, people can have a lot of other operations. They can become bigger or smaller. They can have a different nose or more hair. They can even become taller or shorter! In fact doctors can probably change any part of the body that you are unhappy with for the right money! The number of people who have these operations is continuing to go up. Last year in the UK there was an increase of 22%! And it is not only women who want a perfect body. More and more men are choosing to have surgery, too. The most popular operations for men include changing their nose or ears, and fat reduction. It is also worrying that many young people are having surgery. It is becoming so popular and cheap that some eighteen-year-olds are getting operations as presents for their birthdays! However, these operations can be dangerous and they can also cause a lot of pain. Sometimes the operations go wrong and the person may look worse than before. There are some terrible stories and there have been some frightening programmes on television. Although there are problems, people continue to take the risks. In the past, only the rich and famous had enough money to pay for these operations but today the prices are much lower. Many more people today have the opportunity to look younger or to look like their favourite celebrity. Although it costs money and is dangerous, millions of men and women still have surgery because they want a perfect body. Example: People today can change the way they look. A True B False C Doesn t say 1 People live much shorter lives today than before. 2 People look younger because their diets have improved. 3 People spend a lot of money on their health. 4 Some operations can make people thinner. 2. Now answer the following questions: Why can people today look younger or like their favourite idols? 4
In the past, only the rich and the famous had enough money to pay for surgery, but today prices are much lower so many more people have the opportunity to look younger or to look like their favourite celebrity. Pain is.a) the money that you pay for something B) a famous person C) the feeling you have in your body when you are hurt or ill 5