Mock exam for final – Inglés II nivel B
KEYS
PART 1 -- GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
TASK 1- Circle the correct option(s)
1- The 1 blood type is AB negative. The 2 human blood type is O positive.
a- rarest b- most rare c- rarer
a- commonest b- most common c- commoner
2- The brain operates on the same amount of power ___ a 10-watt light bulb.
a. as b. than c. that
3- To prevent skin irritation, we ____ the use of hot water when hand washing.
a- should avoid b- can avoid c- must avoid
4- A study of smokers in Australia suggests there is "no evidence" that the introduction of 'plain'
cigarette packaging ____ the way people buy cigarettes.
a. has changed b. have changed c- changed
5- A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with confusion and lethargy. He __1_
in his usual state of health until 2 weeks earlier, when his wife _2__ a decrease in his activity level
in association with an unsteady gait and multiple falls.
1 a- was b- had been c- has been
2 a- noted b- had noted c- was noted
6- A bolus is a concentrated amount of a diagnostic or ____ substance given rapidly intravenously.
a. therapeutic b. therapeutically c. therapy
7- An elixir is a clear, 1____flavoured and 2 ___ hydroalcoholic liquid intended for oral use.
1- a. pleasantly b. pleasant c. pleased
2- a-sweeten b. sweetened c. sweet
10- A syringe is an instrument for ____ fluid.
a. inject b. injecting c. injected
8- The doctor suggested I should try aspirin or ibuprofen, but ______.
a- aspirin and ibuprofen did not work. b. neither worked. c. they did not work.
9- In 1906, a German doctor, Alois Alzheimer, told about a dementia patient _(1)_ brain was studied
after death. Her brain had sticky structures and nerve cells __(2)__ appeared to be mixed together.
(1) a- whose b- who c- which
(2) a- that b- who c- which
10 - Describing how things happened
We were shopping in Cambridge Street in town when suddenly Barbara, my wife, just fainted. We
1_ to get her upright and she started twitching quite violently. It 2 _ quite scary. She came round
very rapidly. But we 3 _ 999 and a paramedic appeared almost instantly and then the ambulance
almost immediately afterwards. She 4_ of feeling a bit unwell, and had almost fainted and she 5 _ a
bit woozy. She was a bit dizzy and 6 _ repeatedly and then all of a sudden, there she was, lying on
the ground. When I come to think of it, she 7 _ once before about a month ago. She 8 _ well on and
off over the summer. We thought it was the heat.
