MOCK EXAM 7
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:
"I wish you had come to me," he said. "Why didn't you?" But Irene did not
answer.
"Because my name was Forsyte, I suppose? Or was it June who kept you
away? How are you getting on now?" His eyes involuntarily swept her body.
Perhaps even now she was—! And yet she wasn't thin—not really!
"Oh! With my fifty pounds a year, I make just enough." The answer did not
reassure him; he had lost confidence. And that fellow Soames! But his sense
of justice stifled condemnation. No, she would certainly have died rather than
take another penny from him. Soft as she looked, there must be strength in
her somewhere—strength and fidelity. But what business had young Bosinne
to have got run over and left her stranded like this!
"Well, you must come to me now," he said, "for anything you want, or I shall
be quite cut up." And putting on his hat, he rose. "Let's go and get some tea. I
told that lazy chap to put the horses up for an hour, and come for me at your
place. We'll take a cab presently; I can't walk as I used to."
He enjoyed that stroll to the Kensington end of the gardens—the sound of
her voice, the glancing of her eyes, the subtle beauty of a charming form
moving beside him. He enjoyed their tea at Ruffel's in the High Street, and
came out thence with a great box of chocolates swung on his little finger. He
enjoyed the drive back to Chelsea in a hansom, smoking his cigar. She had
promised to come down next Sunday and play to him again, and already in
thought he was plucking carnations and early roses for her to carry back to
town. It was a pleasure to give her a little pleasure, if it WERE pleasure from
an old chap like him! The carriage was already there when they arrived. Just
like that fellow, who was always late when he was wanted! Old Jolyon went
in for a minute to say good-bye. The little dark hall of the flat was
impregnated with a disagreeable odour of patchouli, and on a bench against
the wall—its only furniture—he saw a figure sitting. He heard Irene say softly:
"Just one minute." In the little drawing-room when the door was shut, he
asked gravely: "One of your protegees?"
"Yes. Now thanks to you, I can do something for her."
He stood, staring, and stroking that chin whose strength had frightened so
many in its time. The idea of her thus actually in contact with this outcast
grieved and frightened him. What could she do for them? Nothing. Only soil
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and make trouble for herself, perhaps. And he said: "Take care, my dear! The
world puts the worst construction on everything."
"I know that."
He was abashed by her quiet smile. "Well then—Sunday," he murmured:
"Good-bye."
She put her cheek forward for him to kiss.
"Good-bye," he said again; "take care of yourself." And he went out, not
looking towards the figure on the bench. He drove home by way of
Hammersmith; that he might stop at a place he knew of and tell them to send
her in two dozen of their best Burgundy. She must want picking-up
sometimes! Only in Richmond Park did he remember that he had gone up to
order himself some boots, and was surprised that he could have had so
paltry an idea.
SOURCE: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
1. Explain the techniques used in the text to show the relationship
between the two characters.
2. Summarize the text in no more than 100 words.
3. Define the following words from the text according to the context
they appear and make a sentence so that you show their meanings.
a) stifled
b) run over
c) abashed
d) paltry
e) picking-up
4. Find words in the text showing synonymy with the ones below:
1. Imbued
2. assurance
3. moped
4. constancy
5. carriage
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:
"I wish you had come to me," he said. "Why didn't you?" But Irene did not
answer.
"Because my name was Forsyte, I suppose? Or was it June who kept you
away? How are you getting on now?" His eyes involuntarily swept her body.
Perhaps even now she was—! And yet she wasn't thin—not really!
"Oh! With my fifty pounds a year, I make just enough." The answer did not
reassure him; he had lost confidence. And that fellow Soames! But his sense
of justice stifled condemnation. No, she would certainly have died rather than
take another penny from him. Soft as she looked, there must be strength in
her somewhere—strength and fidelity. But what business had young Bosinne
to have got run over and left her stranded like this!
"Well, you must come to me now," he said, "for anything you want, or I shall
be quite cut up." And putting on his hat, he rose. "Let's go and get some tea. I
told that lazy chap to put the horses up for an hour, and come for me at your
place. We'll take a cab presently; I can't walk as I used to."
He enjoyed that stroll to the Kensington end of the gardens—the sound of
her voice, the glancing of her eyes, the subtle beauty of a charming form
moving beside him. He enjoyed their tea at Ruffel's in the High Street, and
came out thence with a great box of chocolates swung on his little finger. He
enjoyed the drive back to Chelsea in a hansom, smoking his cigar. She had
promised to come down next Sunday and play to him again, and already in
thought he was plucking carnations and early roses for her to carry back to
town. It was a pleasure to give her a little pleasure, if it WERE pleasure from
an old chap like him! The carriage was already there when they arrived. Just
like that fellow, who was always late when he was wanted! Old Jolyon went
in for a minute to say good-bye. The little dark hall of the flat was
impregnated with a disagreeable odour of patchouli, and on a bench against
the wall—its only furniture—he saw a figure sitting. He heard Irene say softly:
"Just one minute." In the little drawing-room when the door was shut, he
asked gravely: "One of your protegees?"
"Yes. Now thanks to you, I can do something for her."
He stood, staring, and stroking that chin whose strength had frightened so
many in its time. The idea of her thus actually in contact with this outcast
grieved and frightened him. What could she do for them? Nothing. Only soil
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and make trouble for herself, perhaps. And he said: "Take care, my dear! The
world puts the worst construction on everything."
"I know that."
He was abashed by her quiet smile. "Well then—Sunday," he murmured:
"Good-bye."
She put her cheek forward for him to kiss.
"Good-bye," he said again; "take care of yourself." And he went out, not
looking towards the figure on the bench. He drove home by way of
Hammersmith; that he might stop at a place he knew of and tell them to send
her in two dozen of their best Burgundy. She must want picking-up
sometimes! Only in Richmond Park did he remember that he had gone up to
order himself some boots, and was surprised that he could have had so
paltry an idea.
SOURCE: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
1. Explain the techniques used in the text to show the relationship
between the two characters.
2. Summarize the text in no more than 100 words.
3. Define the following words from the text according to the context
they appear and make a sentence so that you show their meanings.
a) stifled
b) run over
c) abashed
d) paltry
e) picking-up
4. Find words in the text showing synonymy with the ones below:
1. Imbued
2. assurance
3. moped
4. constancy
5. carriage
