MOCK EXAM 2
SIMULA UN ENTORNO TRANQUILO DURANTE CUATRO HORAS Y MEDIA
COMO SI ESTUVIERAS EN EL EXAMEN. DURANTE ESE TIEMPO:
1. ELIGE UN TEMA Y REDÁCTALO SIN MIRAR APUNTES, SIMULANDO
EXAMEN REAL.
2. ELIGE TRES PREGUNTAS DE LAS SEIS DEL TEXTO.
GOOD LUCK!
PRACTICAL EXAM:
1 At Austin Friars
2 1527
3 Lizzie is still up. When she hears the servants let him in, she comes out with his little dog under
4 her arm, fighting and squealing.
5 'Forget where you lived?'
6 He sighs.
7 'How was Yorkshire?'
8 He shrugs.
9 'The cardinal?'
10 He nods.
11 'Eaten?'
12 'Yes.'
13 'Tired?'
14 'Not really.'
15 'Drink?'
16 'Yes.'
17 'Rhenish?'
18 'Why not.'
19 The panelling has been painted. He walks into the subdued green and golden glow. Gregory-
20 'Letter?'
21 'Of sorts.'
22 She gives him the letter and the dog, while she fetches the wine. She sits down, taking a cup
23 herself.
24 'He greets us. As if there were only one of us. Bad Latin.’
25 'Ah, well,'she says.
26 'So, listen. He hopes you are well. Hopes I am well. Hopes his lovely sisters Anne and little
27 Grace are well. He himself is well.
28 And now no more for lack of time, your dutiful son, Gregory Cromwell.'
29 'Dutiful?'she says. 'Just that?'
30 'It's what they teach them.'
31 The dog Bella nibbles his fingertips,her round innocent eyes shining at him like alien moons. Liz
32 looks well, if worn by her long day; wax tapers stand tall and straight behind her. She is
33 wearing the string of pearls and garnets that he gave her at New Year.
34 'You're sweeter to look at than the cardinal,' he says.
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35 'That's the smallest compliment a woman ever received.’
36 'And I've been working on it all the way from Yorkshire.'He shakes his head.'Ah well!’ He holds
37 Bella up in the air; she kicks her legs in glee.'How’s business?’
38 Liz does a bit of silk-work. Tags for the seals on documents; fine net cauls for ladies at court.
39 She has two girl apprentices in the house, and an eye on fashion; but she complains, as always,
40 about the middlemen, and the price of thread. 'We should go to Genoa,' he says. 'I’ll teach you
41 to look the suppliers in the eye.'
42 ‘l'd like that. But you'll never get away from the cardinal.’
43 'He tried to persuade me tonight that I should get to know people in the queen's household.
44 The Spanish-speakers.'
45 'Oh!'
46 'I told him my Spanish wasn't so good.'
47 'Not good?' She laughs. 'You weasel.'
48 'He doesn't have to know everything I know.’
49 'l've been visiting in Cheapside,' she says. She names one of her old friends, a master jeweller’s
50 wife. 'Would you like the news? A big emerald was ordered and a setting commissioned, for a
51 ring, a woman's ring.' She shows him the emerald, big as her thumbnail.
52 'Which arrived, after a few anxious weeks, and they were cutting it in Antwerp.'Her fingers flick
53 outwards. 'Shattered!'
54 'So who bears the loss?'
55 'The cutter says he was swindled and it was a hidden flaw in the base. The importer says, if it
56 was so hidden, how could I be expected to know? The cutter says, so collect damages from
57 your supplier ...’
58 'They'll be at law for years. Can they get another?'
59 'They're trying. It must be the king, so we think. Nobody else in London would be in the market
60 for a stone of that size, So who's it for? It isn't for the queen.'
SOURCE: Wolf Hallby Hilary Mantel.
1. Analyze the main features of the historical novel on the example of the
fragment, including the specific historical references in this text.
2. Explain some of the main concepts referring to discourse applied to
conversations on the example of the text.
3. Find synonyms for the following words in the text: bites, wailing, brings, joy,
wholesaler.
4. Give your opinion on how EFL teachers can help their students to overcome
shyness and/or self-consciousness when having to speak in public or participate
in oral interactions in class.
SIMULA UN ENTORNO TRANQUILO DURANTE CUATRO HORAS Y MEDIA
COMO SI ESTUVIERAS EN EL EXAMEN. DURANTE ESE TIEMPO:
1. ELIGE UN TEMA Y REDÁCTALO SIN MIRAR APUNTES, SIMULANDO
EXAMEN REAL.
2. ELIGE TRES PREGUNTAS DE LAS SEIS DEL TEXTO.
GOOD LUCK!
PRACTICAL EXAM:
1 At Austin Friars
2 1527
3 Lizzie is still up. When she hears the servants let him in, she comes out with his little dog under
4 her arm, fighting and squealing.
5 'Forget where you lived?'
6 He sighs.
7 'How was Yorkshire?'
8 He shrugs.
9 'The cardinal?'
10 He nods.
11 'Eaten?'
12 'Yes.'
13 'Tired?'
14 'Not really.'
15 'Drink?'
16 'Yes.'
17 'Rhenish?'
18 'Why not.'
19 The panelling has been painted. He walks into the subdued green and golden glow. Gregory-
20 'Letter?'
21 'Of sorts.'
22 She gives him the letter and the dog, while she fetches the wine. She sits down, taking a cup
23 herself.
24 'He greets us. As if there were only one of us. Bad Latin.’
25 'Ah, well,'she says.
26 'So, listen. He hopes you are well. Hopes I am well. Hopes his lovely sisters Anne and little
27 Grace are well. He himself is well.
28 And now no more for lack of time, your dutiful son, Gregory Cromwell.'
29 'Dutiful?'she says. 'Just that?'
30 'It's what they teach them.'
31 The dog Bella nibbles his fingertips,her round innocent eyes shining at him like alien moons. Liz
32 looks well, if worn by her long day; wax tapers stand tall and straight behind her. She is
33 wearing the string of pearls and garnets that he gave her at New Year.
34 'You're sweeter to look at than the cardinal,' he says.
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35 'That's the smallest compliment a woman ever received.’
36 'And I've been working on it all the way from Yorkshire.'He shakes his head.'Ah well!’ He holds
37 Bella up in the air; she kicks her legs in glee.'How’s business?’
38 Liz does a bit of silk-work. Tags for the seals on documents; fine net cauls for ladies at court.
39 She has two girl apprentices in the house, and an eye on fashion; but she complains, as always,
40 about the middlemen, and the price of thread. 'We should go to Genoa,' he says. 'I’ll teach you
41 to look the suppliers in the eye.'
42 ‘l'd like that. But you'll never get away from the cardinal.’
43 'He tried to persuade me tonight that I should get to know people in the queen's household.
44 The Spanish-speakers.'
45 'Oh!'
46 'I told him my Spanish wasn't so good.'
47 'Not good?' She laughs. 'You weasel.'
48 'He doesn't have to know everything I know.’
49 'l've been visiting in Cheapside,' she says. She names one of her old friends, a master jeweller’s
50 wife. 'Would you like the news? A big emerald was ordered and a setting commissioned, for a
51 ring, a woman's ring.' She shows him the emerald, big as her thumbnail.
52 'Which arrived, after a few anxious weeks, and they were cutting it in Antwerp.'Her fingers flick
53 outwards. 'Shattered!'
54 'So who bears the loss?'
55 'The cutter says he was swindled and it was a hidden flaw in the base. The importer says, if it
56 was so hidden, how could I be expected to know? The cutter says, so collect damages from
57 your supplier ...’
58 'They'll be at law for years. Can they get another?'
59 'They're trying. It must be the king, so we think. Nobody else in London would be in the market
60 for a stone of that size, So who's it for? It isn't for the queen.'
SOURCE: Wolf Hallby Hilary Mantel.
1. Analyze the main features of the historical novel on the example of the
fragment, including the specific historical references in this text.
2. Explain some of the main concepts referring to discourse applied to
conversations on the example of the text.
3. Find synonyms for the following words in the text: bites, wailing, brings, joy,
wholesaler.
4. Give your opinion on how EFL teachers can help their students to overcome
shyness and/or self-consciousness when having to speak in public or participate
in oral interactions in class.
