ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERS WRITTEN EXAM ENGLISH II (15 %) NAME: NATALY J CASTRILLN MADRIGAL____________________________ GROUP: _________ IDENTIFICATION: 1020413918_____________________

Date: 17 th_of July, 2013_________________

A COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT VERB. IT MIGHT BE IN PRESENT, PAST OR FUTURE (1 point each). send study speak play like buy Stay Have Live Eat Go Visit become teach be

Mark and Tom are very good friends. For many years, they lived in the same city and they went to school together. Now, Mark live in Canada with his wife and Tom live in Peru. Tom isnt married. Mark and Tom still keep in touch. Tom frequently send Mark e-mails and Mark replies them. They also visit each other sometimes. Last year, Mark and his wife go to Peru. It was their first time in Peru and they really like it!. They told Tom it is a very different country and a very different culture. For example, people in Peru speak Spanish and their food is very different. They have different types of potatoes and at lunch, people usually eat a lot of spicy food. This year, Tom will visit Mark and his wife up in Canada. He going to go to Canada in December when its winter so it going to stay very cold. It never rains in Lima and its hot, so Tom will buy some jackets and clothes for the cold weather.

B Match a sentence from the right column with one from the left column. Use when or because (5 points each) I walked to school. Im late for class. I have a lot of exams. I cant listen to him properly. Im going to study all day. 1. I walked to school because I missed the bus 2. I take a taxi because Im late for class 3. I feel stressed when I have a lot of exams 4. I dont understand because I cant listen to him properly 5. Im going to study all day because I have finals next week I have finals next week. I dont understand. I missed the bus. I take a taxi. I feel stressed

C. Complete the sentences with can/cant, could/couldn/t, and one of the given verbs. VERBS: go, help, cook, sleep, drive, speak, say, play, see, count (10 points each) 1. Im sorry, I __cant help___ you with your homework tonight because I have to take care of my little sister. 2. Noriko is a very talented athlete. She __could play___ tennis when she was six years old. 3. I ___cant sleep__ at night because I feel stressed about my job. 4. He __couldnt go__ to the movie with his friends because he was sick 5. Jose is a chef. He __can cook__ food from many different countries. 6. Salma has a very good job because she __can speak__ four languages. 7. I love cars. I __could drive__ when I was sixteen. 8. My eyes arent very good. I __cant see__ the board in class. 9. Valentina __could count__ to 100 when she was three. 10. Kevin __can say__ I love you in three languages D. Write about your last vacations (10 complete sentences) In my last vacations I studied a lot, because it was vacations of my job, but it wasn't vacations of the university, so I had go to the university every day, and, I did homeworks of different areas, too I presented tests of special mathematics, and science of the materials, but I had some of time for me and my family, i went to swim with my sister, i saw a movie whit my boyfriend, but i couldn't go to no town

Reading comprehension: answer the questions according to the reading (2 points each) Most math classes present the subject as a series of isolated, increasingly complex problems. Students who answer the difficult problems the quickest get rewards from the teacher. The rest develop a sense of failure, and fall into the ranks of the mathematical illiterate. In the real world, mathematics plays a completely different role. Problems no longer exist in isolation. Real world problems are usually part of a broader context. If you choose to become a geneticist, you spend most of your time learning to master the mathematical description of DNA. If you hawk hot dogs from a street corner, you need to throw a great deal of effort into counting change and making sure the books balance. Day to day mathematics is part of a larger system. In most real world situations, you find that the individual problems are not that terribly difficult. They usually exist within a definable mathematical modela model in which the same problem is repeated multiple times. In these situations, the challenge resides in defining an efficient mathematical model. Real world mathematics is much closer to an art form than a pure science. A mathematician who masters this ability to create models will start to see the aesthetic beauty of a well designed work. In the classroom, students compete with each other. They do their homework on their own, and take tests in isolation. In the real world, people do not work in isolation. They work in companies and broader communities. In these communities, the ability to work with others and communicate your

findings is far more important than problem solving skills. A clever solution means very little unless it adds to the broader context of the organization.

1. What is the main topic of the passage? a) Mathematics in real world b) Differences between Sciences c) The definition of Mathematics d) The creative application of scientific principles 2. The word illiterate in line 3 is closest in meaning to: a) Discipline b) Ignorant c) Brilliant d) Genius 3. In the passage, Mathematics is NOT associated with: a) is part of everyday life b) is close to an art c) can describe complex and easy models d) should be developed in isolation 4. What does they in line 10 refer to? a) Real world situations b) mathematicians c) individual problems d) People 5. In companies and broader communities a) it is important to solve problems b) people work in isolation c) it is important to work as a team and communicate our findings d) it is important to know math models