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UNIVERSITA’ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE
SEDE DI BRESCIA
FACOLTA’ DI SCIENZE LINGUISTICHE E LETTERATURE STRANIERE
SESSIONE ESTIVA (30 maggio 2014) ANNO ACCADEMICO 2013- PROVA SCRITTA DI LINGUA INGLESE 2 ANNO COGNOME ………………………………… NOME ………………………………… MATRICOLA………………………………… **VOTAZIONE FINALE (IN TRENTESIMI): ………………………. / FIRMA DEI MEMBRI DELLA COMMISSIONE D’ESAME:
- ………………………. 2) ……...……………… 3) ………………………** Time allowed: 2 hours and a half, excluding dictation No dictionaries allowed for this section
A) Fill in the blanks with the correct tense and form of the verbs in brackets. An ‘M’ indicates that a modal verb is required (15 marks) For more than half a century, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (1) ____________________ (work) towards the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide and works in more than 100 countries around the globe. Since 1961, when the WWF (2) ____________________ (begin), their mission (3) ____________________ (remain) the same: “to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.” In the early 2000s, its work (4) ____________________ (focus) on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world’s biodiversity and a subset of these eco-regions. Recently, the WWF has highlighted issues concerned with pollution, climate change and the thousands of endangered species that (5) ____________________ (M, face) extinction. Concurrently, it is promoting the use of renewable natural resources. Thanks to its conservation efforts, many animals (6) __________________________ (already, bring) back from the edge of extinction. Regardless of all these actions, the WWF’s work is far from (7) ________________ (be) complete. For centuries, destructive human activities (8) ____________________ (lead) to the current rate of species extinction, which is several hundred times higher than the expected natural rate. It (9) ____________________ (predict) that this rate of extinction (10) ____________________ (increase) dramatically over the next few years, impacting far beyond the potential loss of iconic species and ecological footprints. Today, the WWF (11) ___________________ (undertake) a large number of public campaigns to influence decision makers and educate people on how (12) ____________________ (live) in a more environmentally friendly manner. These campaigns involve action at both the local and the global levels. All these efforts, the WWF notes, will help ensure the delivery of solutions that (13) ____________________ (M, meet) the needs of both people and nature. Moreover, all species and the ecosystems they are a part of provide essential ‘services’ that make human life possible, i.e. breathable air, clear water, food, building materials, medicines, climate regulation and so forth. It is a simple fact that if these species and ecosystems (14) ___________________ (M, disappear), then human life (15) ___________________ (come) to an end as well. B) Insert the missing prepositions and particles, one for each blank (5 marks) Every time someone buys a new phone, they usually end (1)____________ throwing out the old plug adapter. EU politicians have decided (2)__________ a new law that would help the environment (3)__________ cutting down on electronic waste. At present there is a real proliferation of incompatibility (4)_________ chargers for mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, digital cameras and music players. This presents a real inconvenience to the consumer and the environment. Manufacturers must make the adapters compatible and have (5) ___________ 2017 to comply with the new directive.
F) Combine into single sentences. DO NOT USE coordinating sentence connectors (and, but, or, yet, because, so, however, afterwards); DO NOT USE ‘when’ (7 marks) 1. The meeting went ahead. Six members of the committee were unable to attend.
2. I phoned the company. A minute before, I had received their letter.
3. They eventually caught a train. It was one that stops at every station.
4. He eats lots of junk food. He’s still fit and healthy.
5. He was late for his interview. He didn’t get the job.
6. We admit full responsibility for the error on your monthly statement. Therefore, we wish to offer you a full refund of the excess charges.
7. A few students are in favor of the new proposals. Most are against them.
G) Complete the following sentences with a correct phrasal verb (5 marks)
- Sorry to _________ you _________ but I can’t give you a lift today. (let)
- Poor eyesight forced her to ________________ driving at night. (give)
- Even the experts can’t ________________ the answer to this economic crisis. (come)
- Alexis has ________________ his friend Andrew over a girl. (fall)
- Organizing the meetings was ________________ too much of his time. (take)
