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II. LEXICON / PHONETICS (2 POINTS): 2ND TERM | HW 1
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: Inglés
 No se permite el uso de diccionario ni de ningún otro material didáctico.
 Las preguntas deberán ser respondidas en Inglés. A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
 Duración de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
 Esta hoja no se entrega y hay que responder todos los bloques Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as the ones below.
de la propuesta
elegida, A o B.
1. The body of customs belonging to a particular country, people, family over a
relatively long period.
AFTERNOON TEA
2. Any of the regular occasions when food is served and eaten.
3. Learnt, discovered.
Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is nearly always credited with the invention of 4. A male member of the nobility, especially in Britain
the tradition of afternoon tea en the early 1840’s. Traditionally, dinner was not served
until 8:30 or 9:00 in the evening and the Duchess often became hungry, especially in the B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) served ordered ridiculed social
summer when dinner was served even later. She ordered a small meal of bread, butter, 1. How is the “-ed” pronounced in served, /t/ /d/ /id/ ? (0.25)
and other niceties, such as cakes, tarts and biscuits to be brought secretly to her prívate 2 . How is the suffix <–cial> pronounced in “social /s/ /ʃ/ // ? (0.25)
rooms. When everybody found out about it, she was not ridiculed, as she feared, but her 3 . Write one word from the text that that has the sound /i:/ as in “tea”. (0.25)
habit caught on and the concept of a small meal, of niceties and perhaps tea, became EVENING-EVEN-MEAL-BE-NINETEENTH-EACH-
popular and was eventually called “afternoon tea”. 4. Write one word form the text that has the sound /˄/ as in “but”. (0.25)
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the complex set of rules and etiquette
III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)
surrounding the social custom of women visiting each other for tea was well developed.
Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given:
When tea was served the hostess sat at one end of the table and supervised its pouring for
her guests. Even when the British “lord” of the house was present it was the woman’s 1. If your friend doesn’t come before ten, he will miss the train.
responsibility to serve tea. Unless YOUR FRIEND COMES BEFORE TEN, HE’LL MISS THE TRAIN.
2. The children stayed at home because it was raining.
Obviously, the origin of the well known British tradition of tea cannot be As IT WAS RAINING, THE CHILDREN STAYED AT HOME.
atributed to only one woman. It evolved over a period of time, as many cultural customs 3. “What time do the Banks close today?”.
do. Tim asked WHAT TIME THE BANKS CLOSED THAT DAY.
4. Sharon hasn’t eaten junk food since last May.
Sharon stopped EATING JUNK FOOD LAST MAY.
5. I’m not sure she is his girlfriend.
QUESTIONS She CAN’T BE HIS GIRLFRIEND.
I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer) Add 6. Write the correct question for the underlined words.
TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. NO marks WHAT IS BEING REDECORATED AT THE MOMENT?
are given for only true or false. My kitchen is being redecorated at the moment .

1. In the early 1840’s dinner was served from 8.30 onwards.
2. When people found out about the Duchess of Bedford’s afternoon tea she was made
an object of laughter.
3. By 1850 there was an elaborate and sophisticated protocol for “afternoon tea”.
4. It was the “lord” of the house the one in charge of serving tea.
IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS)
Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on the following topic:
1- What is your main meal of the day? When and where do you have it? Are your
eating habits different at the weekend?
2- How do you feel about eating meat? What do you think is the point of view of
a vegetarian?