1-year, 2nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 1

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3. Cue card. Describe a place you like to eat at. You should say:

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  Where is it
  
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  What kind of food it serves
  
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  Why do like its food and how often do you eat there
  

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1-year, 2^nd semester 2020-2021 academic year, English Exam Card # 3
1. Complete the missing parts Q1-Q7 of the passage with suitable answers A, B,C or D.
The Aztec Calendar is a system of measuring time used by the Aztecs, a people who ruled what is now central and southern Mexico in the 15th and early 16th centuries. The Aztec calendar was central to a complex system of religious beliefs and ceremonies, which Q1________ ritualized warfare and human sacrifice. An agricultural people, the Aztecs believed that such practices guaranteed the continuity of natural cycles that Q2________ the fertility of their fields, such as the daily reappearance of the sun and the annual return of summer rains. The Aztecs used two different calendar systems, one with a cycle lasting 260 days and the other with a 365-day cycle. The 260- day calendar cycle was a sacred calendar used mainly by priests to Q3________ the future. It was divided into 20 periods of 13 days. Each of these periods was given an individual name. In Aztec hieroglyphs, each period was Q4________ by a symbol, such as water, a rabbit, or a flint knife. The Aztecs also employed a 365-day calendar, Q5________ to the solar year, the time it Q6______ for the earth to revolve once around the sun. This 365-day calendar dictated the timing of important religious rites and agricultural tasks, such as planting and harvesting. Each year was divided into 18 periods of 20 days and a final 5-day period that was regarded as a hazardous and unlucky time.
Each of these periods had its own distinctive festival, Q7________ tied to the annual agricultural cycle.

Q1.	A) was	B) consisted	C) included	D) made
Q2.	A) affected	B) effected	C) dealt	D) touched
Q3.	A) speak	B) decide	C) guess	D) predict
Q4.	A) presented	B) introduced	C) begun	D) represented
Q5.	A) suitable	B) appropriate	C) proper	D) corresponding
Q6.	A) makes	B) takes	C) lasts	D) needs
Q7.	A) closely	B) nearly	C) highly	D) widely