Quotations

" To have another language is to possess another soul."

Charlemagne

"Dominar otro idioma es como tener una segunda alma."

Charlemagne

viernes, 25 de noviembre de 2016

Give your Best in the Second Exam! / Da lo Mejor en el Segundo Examen!



















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December Evaluation Criteria:

40%  Exam

20%  Guide to exam
20%  Speaking ability
10%  Book and notebook
10%  Classwork and participation

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Temarios por Materia, Grado y Nivel

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COLEGIO ANGLO MEXICANO DE COYOACÁN, SECUNDARIA
GUÍA DE EXAMEN DICIEMBRE

Grado: 1º  Group: ______       Sec: II, III,  IV Intermediate

Alumno (a): _______________________________________________________________ 


1.- Answer the questions.

1.- What system is a collection of organs that transport blood trough the body?
______________________________________________________________
2.- What are two functions of the cardiovascular system?
______________________________________________________________
3.- What are the three parts of the cardiovascular system?
______________________________________________________________
4.- What kind of tissue makes up the heart?
______________________________________________________________
5.- What are the three blood vessels?
______________________________________________________________
6.- What vessels allow an exchange of substances between body cells and blood?
______________________________________________________________
7.- What vessels carry blood away from the heart?
______________________________________________________________
8.- What vessels carry blood back to the hear?
______________________________________________________________
9.- What are the two types of circulation?
______________________________________________________________
10.- What are some causes of cardiovascular problems? 
______________________________________________________________
11.- What are atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and heart attack?
______________________________________________________________
12.- What problem happens when cholesterol or fat builds up inside blood 
       vessels? __________________________________________________
13.- What problem happens when heart muscles die and part of the heart
       muscle is damaged? ________________________________________
14.- How do we call an abnormal high blood pressure? ____________________
15.- What problem happens when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet
       the body’s needs? __________________________________________

2.- Complete the Heart diagram with names of the parts.










3.- Complete the Circulation diagram with names of the parts.

















4.- Answer the questions.


1.- What is a connective tissue made up of plasma, red blood cells, platelets,
      and white blood cells? ________________________________________
2.- What blood component is made of water, minerals, nutrients, proteins 
      and other substances? ________________________________________
3.- What blood component carries oxygen to all parts of your body?
      ___________________________________________________________
4.- What blood component releases chemicals in damaged vessels to form
     a net that stops bleeding? ______________________________________
5.- What blood component helps keep you healthy by destroying
      pathogens? _________________________________________________
6.- How do we call an oxygen-carrying protein inside RBCs?
     ___________________________________________________________
7.- What are the chemicals inside WBCs that identify and destroy
     pathogens? _________________________________________________
8.- How do we call the force that blood excerts on the walls of arteries?
     ___________________________________________________________
9.- What are the two types of blood pressure?
      _________________________ and _____________________________
10.- What are the chemicals in the surface of red blood cells called?
      __________________________________________________________
11.- What are the four types of blood? ______________________________
12.- What is the injection of blood or components to a sick person to replace
       lost blood in a surgery or an injury?_____________________________
13.- When a person gives up some blood to save a person's life, the person
       makes a...? ____ BLOOD DONATION _________


5.- Complete the diagram about the Lymphatic system. 












6.- Complete the text about the Lymphatic system.

The group of organs that collect the excess fluid and return it to your blood is what we know as the (1) _________________________ _________________. In this, the (2)___________________ is the fluid that is collected by the vessels and nodes. This system contains (3) _____________________ that act as filters, removing pathogens and dead cells from the fluid.
To fight infections, the body has a (4) ___________________  which is the main gland of the lymphatic system, it produces mature T cells. The (5) ______________________ is the largest lymphatic organ in the body; it produces lymphocytes and monitors, stores and destroys bad defective red blood cells. 
This system includes your (6) __________________________ that are lymphatic tissue in the nasal cavity and at the back of your mouth. They prevent infection by trapping pathogens. Interesting, right?     

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COLEGIO ANGLO MEXICANO DE COYOACÁN, SECUNDARIA
GUÍA DE EXAMEN DICIEMBRE

Grado: 1º  Group: ______       Sec: V, VI,    Advanced
Alumno (a): ___________________________________________________________ 


1.- Classify the landscapes; write number and name in the chart.
























2.- Complete the sentences with prepositions of place (page 24)

1.- Walk to the __________ of the path.     6.- Go ______________ the gate.
2.- Go straight ________; it's just there.     7.- Just ____________ the path.
3.- Go ___________ the field.                   8.- _________ the pond.
4.- Turn ______________ on the lane.        9.- Turn right ______ the lane.
5.- Take the first ________________         10.- It's at the _______ of the street.

3.- Complete the sentences with quantifiers (page 25)

1.- There are _______________________ nice stores at this mall, great!
2.- Only ____________________ are shoe stores, that's too bad.
3.- I don't spend ______________ time playing games; just 15 minutes.
4.- There is a _____________ pollution here; it’s a clean town.
5.- John has only ________________ color pencils; just four. Anne has 20.
6.- Peter always has _______________ days of vacation.
7.- We visited ________________ nice places in Germany.
8.- It's too dark; there isn't _____________ light here.
9.- Where do children play? There aren’t ______________ parks here!
10.- There are ________________ museums in my town; just two or three.

4.- Add the correct article to these sentences  (page 27)    

1.- This is _______ most beautiful village for living.                
2.- I want to be _______ president of my school team.
3.- We live in ______ town in _______south of England.
4.- ____ weather is nice in _______ summer.
5.- My dad is ____ architect and my mom is ______ actress.

5.- Complete the definitions with extreme adjectives  (page 31)

1.- When the weather in winter is very cold, it is ______________________
2.- When a movie makes you feel so scared, you feel ___________________
3.- When the training makes you feel very tired, you feel ________________
4.- When your pet is too smalll, it is __________________________
5.- When a book is really good, it is ______________________
6.- When a tv show is too bad, it is _______________________
7.- When a house is very big, it is _______________________

6.- Write the movie genre next to the examples  (page 34)

1.- Mission impossible ______________________________
2.- The day after tomorrow ___________________________
3.- Troy __________________________________________
4.- Avatar _________________________________________
5.- Mamma Mia! ___________________________________
6.- Rio ___________________________________________
7.- Saving Private Ryan ______________________________
8.- P.S. I love you __________________________________
9.- Pacific Rim _____________________________________
10. The fast and the furious ___________________________

7.- Write descriptions to the movie reviews  (page 34)

1.- When you easily imagine the end, the movie is ___________________
2.- When you laugh a lot, the movie is very _________________________
3.- When you are amazed by the photography, the  movie is _____________
4.- When you scream in fear, the movie is very ______________________
5.- When you see blood, fighting or war, the movie is _________________
6.- When it makes you think and feel, the movie is ____________________
7.- When you have a good time, the movie is ________________________
8.- When you get really bored, the movie can be _____________________

8.- Write comparatives and superlatives (page 35)



























9.- Underline the correct word (page 35)

1.- Basketball is   more exciting / the most exciting   than golf. 
2.- What's   the  fast  /  the fastest   animal in the world?
3.-  Cancun is  hotter / the hottest  than Mexico City.
4.- Pacific Rim was fine, but Avatar is   most good / better.
5.- What's   the scariest  /  the scary   movie you have ever seen?
6.- Is "Rio"   more entertaining / the most entertaining  than "Frozen"?
7.- What's   the long  /  the longest   river in the world?
8.- Katy Perry is pretty, but Megan Fox is   most pretty / prettier.

10. Complete the sentences with good, bad, entertaining, moving, talented   

1.- Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but a very __________ actor. 
2.- Documentaries on TV may be _______________, but I don’t like them.
3.- Movies are ______________________________, but I prefer books
4.- Romance movies are ______________________, but they make me cry.
5.- Juntin Bieber is ___________________________, but I prefer Maluma. 

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COLEGIO ANGLO MEXICANO DE COYOACÁN, SECUNDARIA
GUÍA DE EXAMEN DICIEMBRE

Grado: 2º  Group: ______       Sec: II, III, IV  Intermediate

Alumno (a): _____________________________________________________

1. Answer the questions about the Cycles of Matter.

1. What is the movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere, and living
    things? _______________________________________________________
2. What's the change of water from liquid to  gas? _______________________
3. What's the change when the vapor water cools and returns to a liquid state?
_______________________________________________________________
4. What's the change when water falls from the atmosphere to the land and
     oceans? _____________________________________________________
5. What's the name of the precipitation that falls on land and flows into streams,
     rivers and lakes? _______________________________________________
6. What's the name of the precipitation that steeps into the ground and is stored
     in spaces between or within rocks? _________________________________
7. What's the process in which plants release a large amount of water vapor?
________________________________________________________________
NOTE: Study water cycle diagram on page 32

2. Complete the definitions about Carbon and Nitrogen cycles.
1. ______________________________ is the exchange of carbon between the
     environment and living things.
2. _____________________ molecules are the ones that contain carbon.
3. _____________________ is the process by which plants produce their food
    (plants use carbon dioxide from air to make sugars)
4. _____________________ occurs when sugar molecules are broken down
     to release energy.
5. _____________________ and ____________________ are two byproducts
    of respiration.
6. _____________________ and ____________________ are two processes
    in the carbon cycle.
7. _____________________ is the breakdown of substances into simpler molecules.
8. _____________________ is the process of burning a substance such as fossil fuels.
9. _________________________________ is the movement of nitrogen between
     the environment and living things
10. __________________________________ is the change of nitrogen gas into a form
     that plants can use.
11. _____________________ and ______________________ are the two elements
      that produce nitrogen fixation. 

NOTE: Study nitrogen cycle diagram on page 34

3. Write the number of the biome next to the information.






















4.- Underline the correct choice

1. A large area characterized by its climate and the plants and animals that live there 
   is known as  habitat / biome
2. The word deciduous comes from a Latin word that means canopy / to fall off
3. Trees that do not lose their leaves in the year are known as  evergreen / permafrost
4. It is referred to the treetops, the name is   evergreen / canopy
5. Steppes, prairies and pampas are other names of  grassland / tundra
6. The layer of soil beneath the surface that’s always frozen is  permafrost / evergreen
7. An elevation on a mountain where trees cannot grow is called  canopy / tree line

5.- Answer the questions about succession.

1. What is a gradual development of a community over time? ____________________
2. What is the succession in which a community stats to grow in an area where
    no organisms have previously lived? ______________________________________
3. How are the first organisms that live in an area called? _____________________
4. What is an example of these first organisms? _____________________________  
5. What is the succession in which an existing community is destroyed by a natural
    disaster and develops again? ____________________________________________
6. What is an example of the first organisms that grow in these areas? _____________
7. What are well-adapted, slow growing organisms that dominate mature communities?
    ____________________________________________________________________
8. What is the variety of species that are present in an area? _____________________

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COLEGIO ANGLO MEXICANO DE COYOACÁN, SECUNDARIA
GUÍA DE EXAMEN DICIEMBRE

Grado: 2º  Group: ______       Sec: V, VI, VII  Advanced

Alumno (a): _____________________________________________________
  
1. Answer the questions       The Tell-Tale Heart   ( collection 2, page 89 )

1. Who wrote “The Tell-Tale Heart”? ____________________________________
2. How is the story written? ___________________________________________
3. Who are the two main characters? ____________________________________
4. Where are the things the narrator used to hear from? ____________________
5. How did the idea of the murder enter the narrator’s mind?
    ________________________________________________________________
6. What did he feel for the old man? _____________________________________
7. What was he afraid of? _____________________________________________
8. How did the narrator treat the old man before the killing?
    _________________________________________________________________
9. How long did he take to kill the old man? _______________________________
10. What did the narrator do every night? _________________________________
     ________________________________________________________________
11. How did he feel the night of the murder? ______________________________
12. Did the old man discover the narrator before he was killed? _______________
13. How did he kill the old man? ________________________________________
14. What did the narrator do with the old man’s body? _______________________
     _________________________________________________________________ 
15. Who visited the narrator the next day? _________________________________
16. How did he feel at first while talking to the police? _______________________
17. What kind of noise did the narrator start to hear in his mind? _______________
     _________________________________________________________________
18. What did he finally do? ______________________________________________
19. In the end, what was wrong with the narrator? __________________________

2. Answer the questions               Scary Tales ( collection 2, page 99 )

1. Who wrote this essay? ________________________________________________
2. Where did the writer grow up? __________________________________________
3. How do people call her? _______________________________________________
4. Who narrates scary stories in this lecture? ________________________________
5. Who used to say Granddaddy was the biggest liar God ever blew breath into?
    ___________________________________________________________________
6. Who wanted to hear the story about the chase by the fire dog? ______________________________________________________________________
7. Who is the old man that used to visit to hear scary stories? ____________________
8. What anecdote did she refer to one day the visitor came? _____________________
______________________________________________________________________
9. What happened when tobacco fell off and hit a the wood? ____________________
______________________________________________________________________
10. What did everybody do? _______________________________________________
11. What fell off from Mr. Halls’ head?_______________________________________
12. What does she say about those days when her grandpa told scary stories?
     ___________________________________________________________________
13. Who said to take a branch and hit a stubborn mule into the head? _____________
14. Now that she tells stories, what is her “branch” to get children’s attention?
     ___________________________________________________________________

3. Choose the best explanation

1. Granddaddy was the biggest liar God ever blew breath into.           _______
         A) God made grandpa come to life, or be born.
         B) God blew into grandpa’s face
2. “He’d have to tell one if it killed him”                                          _______
         A) He really wanted to kill someone with his stories
         B) He really loved to tell scary stories
3. “Hold it! Let me leave the room, lightning’s going to strike!”           _______
         A) A ray from heaven is going to hit the house of a liar
         B) A storm is coming just when grandpa starts telling the story
4. “Get up, get up! That ain’t nice”                                                _______
         A) A formal or high level way to say “am not”
         B) An informal or low level way to say “am not”
5. I’ve got friends that rather be killed  than go to junior high.           _______
         A) They really want to be dead to attend junior high
         B) They prefer not to deal with children
6. Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread                               _______
         A) Angels don’t take the risk to enter a dangerous place
         B) Angels take the risk to enter a dangerous place
7. You should think twice before you go into the woods                   _______
         A) You should analize carefully about the dangers  
         B) You should think in the woods for two times
8. My grandpa used to scare me to death                                     _______
         A) I used to get really frightened
         B) I used to die, and then come back to life

4. Answer the questions      What is the horror genre? ( collection 2, page 125 )

1. What genre is intended to scary and startle the readers? _____________________
2. Who are Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman? ___________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. Who created Frankenstein monster? ______________________________________
4. Who wrote “Frankenstein monster”? ______________________________________
5. What kind of creature id Dracula? ________________________________________
6. Who wrote “Dracula”? _________________________________________________
7. What trait does horror genre shares with other types of fiction? _______________
______________________________________________________________________
8. How is this feeling intensified? ___________________________________________
9. Part of the tension is created because we know the characters are doing something…
______________________________________________________________________
10. Who wrote “Salem’s Lot”? _____________________________________________
11. How does the author play with our expectations of the story? ________________
______________________________________________________________________
12. In suspense, what is the most critical part of the story? _____________________
13. What are two traditional elements in horror genre? _________________________
______________________________________________________________________
14. In a traditional horror story, we expect a connection between... _______________
______________________________________________________________________
15. What are the two categories of this genre based on how stories are explained
     to us?______________________________________________________________
16. What conflict is a common theme to horror? ______________________________
______________________________________________________________________

5. Based on this lecture, complete the definitions.

1. Traditional places for monsters are traditional  homes   /  settings
2. To share certain traits is to share   characteristics  /  treatment
3. To make something grow or increase in strength is to intensify  /  enlarge
4. To prove that something is right or valid, you  clarify  /  justify    it
5. Things that have comparable or similar parts are parallel  /  opposite
6. When someone hesitates, he or she   has doubts  /  is certain   about something
7. When something is forbidden, it is   forgotten  /  prohibited
8. When you make a quest, you make a   question  /  search

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COLEGIO ANGLO MEXICANO DE COYOACÁN, SECUNDARIA
GUÍA DE EXAMEN DICIEMBRE

Grado: 2º  Group: ______       Sec: V, VI, VII  Advanced

Alumno (a): _____________________________________________________

1. Answer the questions about the Cycles of Matter.

1. What is the movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere, and living
    things? _______________________________________________________
2. What's the change of water from liquid to  gas? _______________________
3. What's the change when the vapor water cools and returns to a liquid state?
_______________________________________________________________
4. What's the change when water falls from the atmosphere to the land and
     oceans? _____________________________________________________
5. Rain, snow, sleet and hail are some forms of...? ______________________
6. What's the name of the precipitation that falls on land and flows into streams,
     rivers and lakes? _______________________________________________
7. What's the name of the precipitation that steeps into the ground and is stored
     in spaces between or within rocks? _________________________________
8. What's the process in which plants release a large amount of water vapor?
________________________________________________________________
NOTE: Study water cycle diagram on page 32

2. Complete the definitions about Carbon and Nitrogen cycles.
1. ______________________________ is the exchange of carbon between the
     environment and living things.
2. _____________________ molecules are the ones that contain carbon.
3. _____________________ is the basis of the carbon cycle.
4. _____________________ is the process by which plants produce their food
    (plants use carbon dioxide from air to make sugars)
5. _____________________ occurs when sugar molecules are broken down
     to release energy.
6. _____________________ and ____________________ are two byproducts
    of respiration.
7. _____________________ and ____________________ are two processes
    in the carbon cycle.
8. _____________________ is the breakdown of substances into simpler molecules.
9. _____________________ is the process of burning a substance such as fossil fuels.
10. _________________________________ is the movement of nitrogen between
     the environment and living things
11. __________________________________ is the change of nitrogen gas into a form
     that plants can use.
12. _____________________ and ______________________ are the two elements
      that produce nitrogen fixation.
13. _____________________ and ______________________ are two minerals 
     that are cycled through the environment.

NOTE: Study nitrogen cycle diagram on page 34

3.- Complete the sentences with "Water",  "Carbon" or "Nitrogen"

1. Without ___________________ there would be no life on Earth.
2. Organisms need __________________ to build up proteins and DNA cells.
3. All __________________ taken by organisms returns to the environment.
4. Most animals take _________________ and energy they need from plants.
5. About 78% of the Earth's atmosphere is _________________ gas. 
6. Combustion of organic matter releases ___________________ dioxide to
     the environment.
7. ______________________ fixation is necessary because in a free state
     it cannot be used by most organisms.
8. ______________________ makes up the most common organic molecules


4. Write the number of the biome next to the information.

5.- Underline the correct choice

1. A large area characterized by its climate and the plants and animals that live there 
   is known as  habitat / biome
2. The word deciduous comes from a Latin word that means canopy / to fall off
3. Trees that do not lose their leaves in the year are known as  evergreen / permafrost
4. It is referred to the treetops, the name is   evergreen / canopy
5. Steppes, prairies and pampas are other names of  grassland / tundra
6. The layer of soil beneath the surface that’s always frozen is  permafrost / evergreen

7. An elevation on a mountain where trees cannot grow is called  canopy / tree line

6.- Answer the questions about succession.

1. What is a gradual development of a community over time? ____________________
2. What is the succession in which a community stats to grow in an area where
    No organisms have previously lived? ______________________________________
3. How are the first organisms that live in an area called? _____________________
4. What is an example of these first organisms? _____________________________  
5. What is the succession in which an existing community is destroyed by a natural
    disaster and develops again? ____________________________________________
6. What is an example of the first organisms that grow in these areas? _____________
7. What are well-adapted, slow growing organisms that dominate mature communities?
    ____________________________________________________________________
8. What is the variety of species that are present in an area? _____________________

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