This document contains an exam for a class on linguistics and literature. The exam has two sections - a reading comprehension section and a section on English usage. The reading comprehension section contains two reading passages and questions to test understanding of topics like the purpose of paragraphs, main ideas, meanings of words, and inferences about information presented. The English usage section asks students to use connectors and write an instructional text. The exam is worth a total of 35 points and tests objectives like comprehending ideas, vocabulary, and connecting ideas using specific connectors.

1. Nombre:
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
F A C U L T A D D E H U M A N I D A D E S
DEPARTAMENTO DE LINGUISTICA Y
LITERATURA.
Curso: Fecha:
Puntaje
total: 35 pts.
Puntaje obtenido:
Unidad II Believe it or not
Contenidos
Conectores
Vocabulario
Palabras claves
Objetivo(s):
Comprensión lectora
Leer y demostrar compresión de ideas principales e información explicita de textos instructivos,
informativos y descriptivos, relacionados con tecnología y lugares que marquen tendencias entre
los jóvenes.
 Reconocer vocabulario temático de la unidad
 Resolver preguntas simples
 Reconocer ideas unidas por conectores (that, where, which, who)
 Identificar ideas principales
Instrucciones generales:
This is a formal test and therefore the strictest standards of behavior are expected.
 Students must not communicate with each other during the test in any way.
 Students must not ask the teacher to translate words or provide definitions of words which
appear in the text.
 The teacher may, if necessary, paraphrase the instructions of an exercise.
 No headphones are to be worn during the test.
 Bags must be kept at the front of the room with mobile phones switches off and in bags.
 Students may not leave the room before they have finished and handed in their tests.
 You must write your answers in pen, not pencil

2. A. Reading Comprehension
I. Read the following information, and answers the question 1 to 5. (11 points)
i. _______________________________
Teen Second Life Is an international gathering place for teens between the ages of 13 - 17
to make friend an exchange ideas. Besides this they can play, learn and create. In it, teens
can create a digital self called an “avatar”. Besides flying through a 3D landscape and
socializing with other teens from all over the world, they can build anything from
skyscrapers to virtual vehicles.
ii. _______________________________
Second Life is developed by Linden Lab, a company based in San Francisco, California.
You can read all about us at www.lindenlab.com. Although it provides the technology, the
residents are the ones who really help shape the world and make it unique.
iii. _______________________________
Only teens between the ages of 13 and 17 are allowed in (although there is a separate
version of Second Life for adults) so they will only interact with other teens their own age.
iv. _______________________________
Having land in Second Life allows you to build, display, and store your virtual creations;
besides, you can also host events and businesses.
v. _______________________________
Take a look at the System Requirements and make sure your computer can run Second
Life. Sign up for a Second Life account. Basic level accounts are free! If you have any
further questions you can email us at support@secondlife.com or you can visit the Second
Life Support Page.
1. Identify the best title for paragraph 1. (2.5 points)
a. I want to try Second Life! Where do I begin?
b. Virtual Land.
c. What is Teen Second Life?
d. Who is Teen Second Life for?
e. Who makes Second Life?
2. Decides which is the main idea of the text? (2 points)
a. It invites you to participate in the website
b. Give information about requirement about the website
c. It invites you a virtual party
d. Presents and describes the site second life
e. Give information about second life for adults
3. Read the text again. Which of this statement is false? (2.5 points)
a. In Second Life, teens can meet other teens from around the world.
b. Second Life is a computer game.
c. Second Life is developed by a North American company.

3. d. There are two versions of Second Life.
e. You can interact whit other teens
4. According to the text, what is the meaning of “avatar”? (2 points)
a. Demo
b. Other teens
c. Virtual identity
d. 3D landscape
e. Digital main
5. What is the purpose of the last paragraph? (2 points)
a. conclude information
b. give information about the text
c. invited to participate in the website
d. interested readers to buy other game levels
e. provide information to parents
II. Read carefully the following text and answers the following question, according
to the information given in the informational text. Use your own words, will be
evaluated coherence, grammar and vocabulary used. (9 points)
i. Here's a new exciting find from the far reaches of our solar system: Astronomers have
discovered a dwarf planet that's even farther away than Pluto -- so far, in fact, that its orbit
reaches into a new edge of the solar system.
ii. The dwarf planet's current name is 2012 VP113, and it is located in a "wasteland or
badland of the solar system," said astronomer Chad Trujillo, head of adaptive optics at
Gemini Observatory in Hawaii and co-discoverer of this object. . His study was published
Wednesday in the journal Nature.
iii. On its elliptical path, the closest it ever comes to the sun is still very far away from the
rest of the solar system. Its full orbit is farther than the orbit of any other object we know of
in the solar system. The most distant major planet from the sun is Neptune; the 2012
VP113 is much farther from the sun, currently at 83 astronomical units. That puts it at 83
times the distance between our own planet and the sun.
iv. Scientists have not been able to discern what 2012 VP113's composition is, but most would
suspect it is icy because of its distance from the sun, and its color is slightly reddish. It's
possible that this dwarf planet formed very early in our solar system's history, in the region
between Jupiter and Saturn, and then got thrown out beyond Pluto. One theory is that, billions
of years ago, another star passed by our sun and took material with it out to a distant orbit.

4. 1. How is the principal characteristic the new planet discovered? (2.5 points)
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2. What is the importance of Chad Trujillo in the text? Analyze (2.5 points)
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3. Give a brief explanation about how the planet formed. (2 points)
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4. What is the meaning of "dwarf"? (2 points)
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B. Use of English
III. Write an instructional text (no less than 6 points and no more than 9 points),
choose one of the following options. Be evaluated grammar, coherence and
vocabulary. (10 points)
 How to create an avatar?
 How to create a blog?
 What you need to live in the future?
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IV. Choose one of the connectors that are in italics, as appropriate. (5 points)
1. We went to the bar which/where there most shade
2. That/where I go, they always have sales.
3. The candidate, who/whom ran a clean race, was elected by a wide majority
4. Any voters who/which have registered can vote.
5. Olivia is so happy that/what it’s summer again
GOOD LUCK!!!