Lingua Inglese III Prova unica

Lingua Inglese III
Prova unica
Exercise 1 Write an appropriate question for each answer based on the text « Bitten by the jungle
bug »
1.…………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
It was fascinating but she’s glad to be back.
2. …………………………………………………………………………………………….…….?
To film a TV series.
3.………………………………………………………………...…………………………………?
Eighty metres high.
4...………………………………………………………………………………………………….?
That the ropes would break.
5.…………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
They filmed her shouting and complaining.
Sand flies, sweat bees, eighty-metre high trees ... Hell for most of us, yes, but all in a day's work
for Charlotte Uhlenbroek. She moves as elegantly through the lounge of London's Savoy Hotel as
she does through the Amazon jungle. But while she loves the adventure, she is also glad to be back
in 'civilisation', at least for the moment.
She's just finished filming a TV series called Jungle - a gruelling nineteen-week job that involved
her exploring the dense jungles of the Congo, the Amazon and Borneo. She says that it was
fascinating, but daunting as well. So what was her most challenging experience? 'Definitely
climbing an eighty-metre high tree in Borneo, when I'm petrified of heights! I had to keep going
up and up, when a voice inside me was saying, "Down! Down!" I kept thinking the ropes were
going to break and send me plummeting down below:
And 'down below' was where the bugs were - clinging, stinging, sucking beasts. Apart from the
usual mosquitoes, in the Amazon rainforest, she was plagued by sand fly bites. 'I've had some
horrible bites but these really are the itchiest bites I've ever had. At one stage, I counted seventy
bites on one arm,' she says. 'Just as annoying were the sweat bees in the Congo. They try to drink
the sweat on your face and even the tears from your eyes. The most disgusting thing, though, was
trying to pull the slimy leeches off your skin. The more I pulled, the more they stretched and the
tighter their jaws clung to my leg. I kept shouting, "Get them off!" and the film crew kept saying,
"Just a minute ... this makes a really good shot!'"
© Pearson Education 2006
Exercise 2 Write a suitable definition for the words below in the context of the text above. Use
your OWN words.
1. gruelling ____________________________________________________________________
2. daunting ____________________________________________________________________
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3. heights ____________________________________________________________________
4. bites ____________________________________________________________________
5. itchiest ____________________________________________________________________
Write a brief paragraph with your ideas:
If I were in the jungle, the thing I would miss most ....
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Exercise 3 Write the correct word form for the words given in brackets.
Example: HAPPY > HAPPILY or HAPPINESS or UNHAPPY [according to text]
Note: In the table, you may write in BLOCK CAPITALS for this exercise. ̌
1. fascinate 6. begin
2. child 7. hunt
3. interest 8. search
4. fanatic 9. entertain
5. politics 10. assure
Drudge's (1. fascinate) for news and gossip stems from a (2. child) job delivering papers for
Washington Star. It gave him plenty of time and opportunity to catch up with the latest news.
(3.interest) in school work or sport, Drudge developed a (4. fanatic) obsession with rumours and
(5. politics) gossip. At school his only good grades were for current affairs. Following a series of
dead-end jobs Drudge ended up in Los Angeles in the 1990s, just in time for the (6. begin) of what
was to become the Internet. The fledgling World Wide Web was a fertile (7. hunt) ground for
Drudge. He spent hours sifting through the newsgroups and rudimentary websites that then existed,
(8. search) for rumours and inside stories from the political and (9. entertain) worlds. He launched
the Drudge Report website in 1995, a daily 'rumour bulletin'. Always managing to be the first with
breaking news, Drudge's success was (10. assure) when he became the first person to publicise the
Monica Lewinsky scandal.
NO block capitals. DO NOT WRITE LIKE THIS. but Write like this ̌
Exercise 4 Indentify whether sentences below are correct or not. If necessary underline the
mistake and correct it . (You do NOT need to re-write the whole sentence)
1. Marco is the nicest person I ever meet.
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2. I’m sorry I can’t reach. I can only reach the second shelf. Shall I get the ladder?
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3. We’ll need an alarm clock. We are putting off very early in the morning.
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4. I experienced country shock at first and found it hard to get used to living in a new place.
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5. He spent a lot of money getting his car on to scratch before the big race.
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Exercise 5 Finish the sentences in an appropriate way.
Use at least 5 words INCLUDING a verb.
1. She insisted ______________________________________________________________________.
2. She loves being __________________________________________________________________ .
3. They warned ____________________________________________________________________ .
4. Because I am supposed ____________________________________________________________.
5. I think it is surprisingly _____________________________________________________________.
Exercise 6 Complete the text with ONE suitable word of your choice
After a painful separation from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has been unwilling (1) risk
letting himself get close to anyone (2) a very long time - then Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into his gym.
In a life of constant struggle, Maggie has got herself this far on raw talent, clear focus and (3) incredible strength of
will. But more than anything, she wants someone to believe (4) her. The last thing Frankie wants (5) this kind of
responsibility - let alone this kind of risk. However, he is won over (6) Maggie's determination and reluctantly agrees
to take her (7). Over time, the two come to discover that they share a common spirit that rises above the pain and loss
of their pasts, and they find in (8) other a sense of family they lost long ago. The pinnacle of their work together
comes when Maggie has a chance to fight for the world championship. However, after an illegal punch from her
opponent, she falls and (9) her head on a wooden stool. She is then paralysed from the neck down. Struggling with the
guilt and pain of seeing her in this state, Frankie tries to do everything he can to take care of her. This makes it even
more difficult when she asks him to help (10) end it all.
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
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