COLEGIO COOPERATIVO COMFENALCO

ENGLISH GRADE
rd 10
Designed on : february 3 2016 test NAME: Level
DATE :
ACHIEVEMENT INDICATOR: Demonstrate knowledge and abilities acquired after doing remedial activities.

READING COMPREHENSION (

Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine is, by definition, an alternative to something else: modern, Western medicine. But the term alternative can be
misleading, even off-putting for some people. Few practitioners of homeopathy, acupuncture, herbalism and the like regard their
herapies as complete substitutes for modern medicine. Rather, they consider their disciplines as supplementary to orthodox medicine.
The problem is that many doctors refuse even to recognize natural or alternative medicine, lo do so calls for a radically different view
of health, illness and cure. But whatever doctors may think, the demand for alternative forms of medical therapy is stronger than ever
before, as the limitations of modern medical science become more widely understood. Alternative therapies are often dismissed by
orthodox medicine because they are sometimes administered by people with no formal medical training. But, in comparison with many
traditional therapies, western medicine as we know it today is a very recent phenomenon. Until only 150 years ago, herbal medicine
and simple inorganic compounds were the most effective treatments available. Despite the medical establishments intolerant attitude,
alternative therapies are being accepted by more and more doctors, and the World Health Organization has agreed to promote the
integration of proven, valuable, alternative knowledge and skills in western medicine.

Answer the following questions using your own words. (20 points)

1) Why is the term alternative not entirely appropriate when applied to medicine?
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2) Why are alternative therapies often rejected by conventional doctors?

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Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?

3) Nowadays, more and more people are asking for alternative medicine. ( )

4) Herbal medicine has been the most effective treatment available for 50 years. ( )

Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:

5) RESTRICTIONS: _______________________________________

6) a group of people who have power and influence: _______________________________________________

Choose a, b, or c, in each question below:

7) Few practitioners of alternative medicine 9) Western medicine

a) consider their therapies to he complete replacements for a) has existed for a comparatively short time.
modern medicine.
b) is based on many traditional therapies.
b) reject the term alternative.
c) is practised by people with no formal medical training.
c) refuse to recognize alternative medicine.
10) The World Health Organization
8) Alternative therapies
a) has an intolerant attitude towards alternative therapies.
a) are well regarded by the medical establishment.
b) agrees with all alternative medicine.
b) are integrated into western medicine nowadays.
e) will support effective traditional knowledge and skills.
c) are becoming more popular with many doctors.
II. Complete the chart (20 POINTS) PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE (20 points)

VERB PAST SIMPLE P. PARTICIPLE 1. Complete the sentences use past simple tense
a) The artist ... (sell) all his portraits.
BE b) Alix ...(feel) very proud of herself.
c) The hot dog ...(be) delicious.
COME d) The men . (not / find) the body in the cave.
e) My mothers mobile phone .... (break) yesterday.
DRINK

EAT
2. Complete the sentences. use present perfect simple
THINK a) The boy .. (collect) foreign stamps for 2 years.
b) Mary . (not / carry) the suitcase to her room.
SWIM c) They ...(see) the Math teacher today.
d) The boys . (do) an exam this morning.
TAKE e) My sister .. (discover) a cheap restaurant
WRITE

MAKE

BUY
GRAMMAR
a. Apples are ________ nouns. (count)
b. There was the need for ____ construction when the fighting
stopped. (war)
c. I don't like him at all. He's so __________ . (satisfy)
d. I dont like the sofa, so Ill __________ it. (place)
e. The new manager was very efficient and _____ . (business)
f. It really isn't mine. I think that you are ________ . (take)
g. The rate of ____ inColombial has been rising steadily.
(employ)
h. With the real plan, the rate of ___ in Brazil has fallen.(inflate)
i. She looked at him __________ , and started to cry. (happy)
j. The party was ________ , everything went wrong. (disaster)
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES (10 points)
3. Put the word in brackets into the correct form.
You will have to use prefixes and/or suffixes.
GERUND AND INFINITIVE (10 POINTS)
4. Choose the correct form of the adjective.
a. He has got a (challenged / challenging) career.
c. Cant we have something more (interested / interesting)?
d. Im very (interested / interesting) in history.
e. She looked (surprised / surprising) when I told her that.
f. We had a (surprised / surprising) amount in common.
g. They felt (frustrated / frustrating) at the lack of progress.
h. It is (frustrated / frustrating) to have to wait so long.
i. It has been a (tired / tiring) day.
j. I am sick and (tired / tiring) of all the arguments