CORPORACIÓN UNIFICADA NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

FINAL ENGLISH EXAM - LEVEL A 2-1

Student´s Name: _____________________________________________ Code____________

Teacher´s Name: LUIS JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ GARAY Date: ______________

I. READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

Directions: Read the text . Use the information in the passage to answer the questions
below.

Banks are places where people can keep their money. Most people use banks to save money in their
savings accounts and to pay money from their checking accounts. Today, when a person earns money
from their job, their paycheck is often electronically deposited (put) into their savings or checking
account. Then, he or she can pay their bills by writing checks from their checking accounts or pay
online where their bills are electronically connected to their bank accounts.

Banks also give loans to people. People may use the bank’s money to buy new houses, cars, or to
start businesses among other reasons. The bank makes money from lending by charging interest. In
other words, people have to pay back more than they borrowed. This amount depends on how risky
the bank thinks the borrower is and how fast the loan is paid back among other things.

Check Your Understanding

Question # 1.1: Which is the main idea presented by the text? Write it in Spanish.

Question # 1.2: Which title would be the best one for this passage? Write it in English.
 Question # 1.3: Write a personal comment about the content of the text. Write it in Spanish

Question # 1.4: Multiple Choice Exercise

1.4.1. How much “interest” do borrowers have to pay?

A. Most borrowers don’t have to pay interest. B. Everyone pays the same amount of interest.
C. The story doesn’t tell. D. It depends on a lot of things.

1.4.2. What do people do with bank’s money?

A. Buy houses B. Buy Cars C. Start Businesses D. All of the above

1.4.3. How do banks make money?

A. By saving customer deposits. B. Charging interest to those they lend to.
C. By having a lot of accounts. D. Electronically.

1.4.4. How does “interest” work?

A. Banks pay people more money than they borrowed
B. Banks require people to pay back money they borrowed very quickly.
C. Banks require people to pay back the same amount of money they borrowed.
D. Banks require people to pay back more money than they borrowed.

1.4.5. What do banks NOT do?

A. Help people get jobs. B. Provide a place where people can pay their bills from.
C. Provide a place where people can save their money. D. Lend money to people.

II. ENGLISH GRAMMAR EVALUATION

2.1. Simple Past Tense Exercises

2.1.1. Complete the exercise with the verbs inside the box. (simple past tense)

buy catch cost drink

fall hurt sell spend

teach throw win write

EXAMPLE: 0. Mozart _________ (0) more than 600 pieces of music. Answer: wrote

'How did you learn to drive?' 'My father ___________ (1) me.'

We couldn't afford to keep our car, so we ______________ (2) it.

I was very thirsty. I __________ (3) the water very quickly.

Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He's much better than me, so he __________(4) easily.

Don ___________ (5) down the stairs this morning and _________ (6) his lag. Jim ___________
(7) the ball to Sue, who _________ (8) it.

Ann _____________ (9) a lot of money yesterday. She _________ (10) a dress. It _________ (11)
100.

2.1.2. Complete the table in simple past by writing down the missing sentences.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book.

He did not write a letter.

Was she a writer on 1989?

Peter painted his room.

We did not move to a new house.

Did he visit his friends?

III. WRITING PRACTICE

3.1. Writing about daily routines. Answer the questions about you.

QUESTION ANSWER
1 What time do you get up?
2 Do you usually have a shower in the morning?
3 How do you go to work or college?
4 What time do you start work or college?
5 Where do you usually have lunch?
6 What do you have for lunch?
7 What time do you have dinner?
8 Who do you have dinner with?
9 What do you do in the evening?
10 What time do you go to bed?

3.2. Writing about daily routines. Match the sentences and the pictures.
 A B C D

E F G

H I J

Sentence Picture Sentence Picture

1. I have a shower. 6. I have breakfast.
2. I go to college. 7. I get up.
3. I watch TV. 8. I have a cup of coffee.
4. I get dressed. 9. I go to bed.
5. I brush my teeth. 10. I wake up.

3.3. Writing in the past tense

Look at this question: ‘What did you do last Saturday, Dave?’ In the passage below Dave
is talking about what he did last week. Add the correct verbs to the passage (make
sure they’re in the past tense):

I (get) __________ up at about 10 o’clock and go down to the shop to buy a paper. Then I
(make) ____________ some tea and toast and (listen) _______________ to the sport on
Radio 5 live. In the afternoon I (go) ______________ to the match with my mates. We
(meet) ___________ in a pub in town at one o’clock. We (have) ___________ a pint and
then (walk) _____________to the ground. Everybody (is) __________ in a good mood
and looking forward to the game. After the match I (go) __________ to my girlfriend’s for
my dinner. Later on we (watch) ____________ a film.”

GOOD LUCK!!!!!