1. Complete the table which shows whrn visitors may go to the different parts of the hospital. Showing the students opinions. Write No more than three words or a number for each answer.

Intensive care Maternity Surgical Emergency
Permitted visiting hours 6 am -midnight 8 am to 8 pm 9 am to 9 pm 24 hours


2. Complete the table showing who is a llowed to visit, and the number of visitors permitted.

Intensive care Maternity Surgical Emergency Permitted visiting hours Family -2 Everyone -6 Adults- 2 Everyone -3


3. On tuesday Andrew will be with
a) dr Chang
b) Dr Thomas
c) Dr Robertson
d) Dr Gray
e)Dr Shay
f )Dr Kominski

4. on thrusday and friday Andrew will visit
a) the nursery
b) the hospital gymnasium
c) the administration office
d) the school room
e) the teenage ward
f) the children's ward

5. What time on wednesday morning will Andrew be in lectures?
8- 10 am

Human Memory ( www. englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toelf-practice-3.thm)

Questions
1. read the article and match the headings A-E with the paragraph 1-4

A. Informations repeating 3
B. General ways of information processing 1
C. Rehersal practicing 4
E. Capacity of short term memory 2

2. look at the three squares that indicate where the following sentence can be added to paregraph

1. how did the information get there in the first place? 2b
2. moderm theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together 3c
3. When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam , many people engage in rote rehearsal 4a
4. A better way is to practice elaborate rehearsal 5c
5. Humans can recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often 6a

The three Gorges Dam project. ( elc. polyu.edu.hk/ielts/main.htm)

1. Place the following sentences in the most appropriate place in the corresponding paragraph

1. In the 19th century, Shanghai and inland sttements developed as ports of trade with connectiosn to the west. 1b
2. it will measure more than 200 m high and 1.6 km long, will create a reservoir 650 Km long and will generate over 18.000 megawatts of electricity, making it larger and more productive than any other hydroelectric facility 2c
3. Firstly, widespread allegations of corruptions among officials involved with the project have reaised feras of shoddy constructions 3a
4. But opponents believe that by the time demand has increased, competition from chaper, superior alternatives wil have won the the ratepayers, unless they are forced to buy the three Gorges power, or unless the goverment subsidizes the power 4c
5. little or no attempt has bben made to remove toxic materials and other pollutants from inundated industrial sites, thus creating a huge potential health hazard 5a

2. Complete the summary below. Choose your answer fron the box. There are more words than spaces, so you will not uses all the given words.
Reservoir,corrupted,hugely, historical, massive, controlled, enemies, supporters, investment, exercutors, critize, exacerbate, sewage,built.

The biggest dam and reservoir ever constructed called the three Gorges project, is being built on the Yangtze river, despite controversy and critcism. Project supporters main justification is the massive amount of power it will generate , to be sent though transmission lines mostly to eastern and central china to solve energy shortages there, where economic development is being held back they also say flooding will be controlled and regional business investment increased.

Martin Luthar King (1929 -1968) ( www.stanford. edu/gropu/king/about_king/biography)

Questions

Place the following sentences in the most appropriate place in the corresponding paragraph

1. Here he deepened his understanding of theological scholarship and explored Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent strategy for social change 1c

2. On 5 december 1955, after civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to comply with Montgomery's segregation policy on buses, black residents launched a bus boycott and elected king president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association 2b

3. later that year , King resigned from dexter and returned to Atlanta to become co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father to futher spread his understandings of Gandhi. 3c

4. Student activists admired King, but they were critical of his top-down leadership style and were determined to mantain their autonomy 4b

5. President Kennedy responded to the Birmingham protest by submitting broad civil rights legislation to congress, which led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 5c

6. However, along with the fame and accolades came conflict within the movement's leadership 6b

7. King's efficacy was not only hindered by divisions among black leadership, but also by the increasing resistence he encountered from national political leaders 7a

8. Some of his most famous writings and speeches will always be remembered 8a

9. For many, this is one of the most beautiful speeches made 9b

10. he had never wavered in his insistence that nonviolence must remain the central tactic of the civil-rights movement, nor in his faith that everyone in America would some day attein equal justice 10c

Migration ( Longman preparation course for the toelf test, Page 281)

Questions:

1. The word held in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by:
a) accepted
b) possessed
c) contained
d) carried

2. The word support in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by:
a) hold
b) finance
c) confirm
d) stiffen

3.Which of the following is NOT provided as evidence to support the hypothesis that the migration discussed in the passage occurred 25.000 to 30.000 years ago?
a) dental patterns common to Asians and native Americans
b) Variations in blood types between Asians and Native Americans
c)The numbers of native american languages in existence today
d) The human bones found in berginia

4. The phrase broadly concur in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
a) Have the contrary idea
b) have extensive debates
c) openly question
d) are in general agreement

5. Which of the sentence below expresses the esential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 2? incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information
a) Since the ice age, the amount of water in the oceans has decreased dramatically
b) During the ice age, sea levels were low beacuse of how much water was frozen
c) Glaciers have grown tremendously since the last Ice age
d) during the ice age, huge glaciers displaced a lot of water, causing the oceans to rise

6. It is stated in the passage that Beringia
a) was the source of the name bering straits
b) Used to be covered with trees
c) is now submerged
d) was unable to support animal life


7. The phrase well-suited in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
a) equal to
b) appropriate for
c) flattering to
d) modified for


8. The word they in paragraph 2 refers to
a) Stone age inhabitants
b) animals
c) weapons
d) their hunting areas


9. It is implied in the passage that the the stone age inhabitants of beringia were most likely
a) dependent on agriculture
b) poor hunters
c) involved in raising livestock
d) mobile


10. the author begins paragraph 3 with the expression in spite of to show that the fact that some anthropologists were not convinced by the evidence was
a) unexpected
b) a natural conclusion
c) unsurprising
d) logical

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is one the biggest problems that is affecting the population around the world, specially in Colombia, in regions with less economic and social development located in the most poor departaments of the country. This proble has concerned the community in general, beacuse more than 70% of women are sufferinf attack of her husband.

Fristly, the goverment with organizations that protect women are working at this moment developing communicative campaigns of education, formation and motivation for women denouncee the people that abuse them. For this porpuse, the police wants to invite the community to search the bst way to promote changes, and if they know cases about this, that they don't forget to help people and recommended to take professional hepl. Moreover, it is necesary that women take concience and they decide to talk with authorities.

On the other hand, one of the biggest problem that is happening in the society is that women are afraid to be attack and don't want to collaborate with the police. They feel that if they go to anounce to their husband , they could kill them. Therefore, they prefer not to talk and take care of their children. Another problem could be that these women are depending in all economic aspects and they don't have a good job or universaties studies; many times they are obligated to serve completely their husband but they need to take concience that this situation could be change.

In conclusion, Domestic violence is not a problem exaggerated, there is that sensitize with traumatic situation and collaboration to people that are suffering this drama.

Module 3

Unit 10

Grammar

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself

Plural: ourselves, yourselves,themselves

• Use to talk about actions where the subject and object are the same person
• Use to emphasis whrn we mean that person or thing and nobody or nothing else

Exercise

1. Complete these sentences with each other, reflexive pronoun( myself,themselves, etc) or object pronoun ( him, us, etc)

1. I myself have never been hypnotised but I know people who have

2. My best friend and I often knoe what each other are thinking

3. A friend gave me a book about acupuncture for my birthday

4. I´m so forgetful - I´m always locking myself out of my house

5. People in Britain usually give each other presents at christmas

6. I´d like to speak to the doctor himself , not the receptionist

7. The teacher taught us to meditate by thinking about our breathing

8. the people in my family talk to each other a lot.

2. Complete each sentence using the correct form of a verb from the box. Use a reflexive pronoun where necessary.

1. Don´t touch the iron. You´ll burn yourself

2. I felt very disappointed when I found out I´d failed my driving test

3. She´s a good speaker. She expresses herself very clearly.

4. You´ve worked hard today. You should sit down and relax now

5.Jack´s gone to the doctor because he hurt himself while he was playing football this morning

6. My boss and I are going to meet for lunch tomorrow.

7. Thank you for the party. We really enjoyed ourselves

8. I concentrated as hard as I could on the maths lesson, but I still couldn´t understand it.

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVE

Verb+gerund: enjoy, avoid,imagine, consider, finish, miss, practise, involve, carry, suggest

Verb+infinitive: want, seem, offer, decide, hope, afford, agree, arrange, promise, refuse, manage.

Verb +object+infinitive: persuade, convince, encourage, allow, advise

Verb+gerund or verb+infinitive-with different meaning: remenber, regret, try, stop, go on

Exercise

1.Find the mistakes in six of the sentences and correct them

1. We encourage all students doing some voluntary work. We encourage all students to do some voluntary work.

2. I´ve arranged visiting my grandparents on saturday: I´ve arranged to visit my grandparents on saturday

3. I couldn´t avoid hitting the dog as it ran out in front of my car: correct

4. I remenber to go to the park every day after school when I was a child: I remenber going to the park every day after school when I was a child.

5. He persuaded me joining the new gym with him: He persuaded me to join the new gym with him

6. My teacher suggested to learn ten new spellings every week:My teacher suggested learning ten new spellings every week.

7. Please will ytou stop talking for a minute: correct

8. He advised to have us an early night before the exam:He advised us to have an early night before the exam: