Review P1

Respuesta correcta: A) Climate change

• A) Climate changeCorrect. Refers to long-term global shifts.
• B) WeatherIncorrect. Weather is short-term.
• C) SeasonIncorrect. A season is a part of the year.
• D) ForecastIncorrect. A forecast is a prediction.

Respuesta correcta: A) will have been automated

• A) will have been automatedCorrect. Future perfect passive for a completed state.
• B) will automateIncorrect. Active voice.
• C) automatedIncorrect. Past tense.
• D) have automatedIncorrect. Present perfect.

Respuesta correcta: A) hadn't started

• A) hadn't startedCorrect. Mixed conditional (past action, present result).
• B) didn't startIncorrect. Second conditional.
• C) wouldn't startIncorrect grammar in 'if' clause.
• D) hasn't startedIncorrect. Present perfect.

Respuesta correcta: A) Misinformation

• A) MisinformationCorrect. The general term for false info.
• B) EditorialIncorrect. An opinion piece.
• C) Fact-checkIncorrect. The process of verifying.
• D) SloganIncorrect. An advertising phrase.

Respuesta correcta: C) essential

• A) optionalOptional means it can be skipped, which contradicts the claim that it is needed to survive professionally.
• B) redundantRedundant means unnecessary, the opposite of what the text says.
• C) essentialEssential means absolutely necessary, which is how the text presents lifelong learning.
• D) academicAcademic refers only to formal study, while lifelong learning covers work, technology and daily life.

Respuesta correcta: B) Renewable

• A) FiniteIncorrect. Finite means limited.
• B) RenewableCorrect. Sources like solar and wind are renewable.
• C) DepletedIncorrect. Used up.
• D) FossilIncorrect. Fossil fuels are non-renewable.

Respuesta correcta: B) is being impacted

• A) is impactingIncorrect. Active voice.
• B) is being impactedCorrect. Present continuous passive for an ongoing situation.
• C) impactedIncorrect. Past simple.
• D) impactsIncorrect. Simple present.

Respuesta correcta: A) footprint

• A) footprintA 'footprint' is the mark an activity leaves on the environment, and the sentence is about minimising it.
• B) trackTo 'track' would mean to record or follow it, but the sentence is about reducing the impact that is left behind.
• C) shadow'Shadow' means the dark shape something casts, which is not an environmental impact.
• D) path'Path' is a route taken, not the residue an activity leaves behind.

Respuesta correcta: A) had I seen

• A) had I seenA negative fronted adverbial like 'Never' triggers subject-auxiliary inversion, giving 'had I seen'.
• B) I had seenThe subject 'I' must come after the auxiliary, so 'I had seen' cannot follow the negative 'Never' at the start.
• C) I saw'I saw' is the simple past and leaves the subject in place, so no inversion happens.
• D) saw I'Saw I' misplaces the auxiliary after the subject; inversion needs the auxiliary first.

Respuesta correcta: B) connection

• A) wealthIncorrect. Unrelated to the social point.
• B) connectionCorrect. Positive side of technology.
• C) speedIncorrect. While true, connection is the direct contrast to isolation.
• D) safetyIncorrect. Unrelated to the paradox described.

Respuesta correcta: A) entrepreneur

• A) entrepreneurAn entrepreneur starts a business and takes the financial risk, matching the definition.
• B) employeeAn employee works for someone else and takes no business risk, which is the opposite of the definition.
• C) consumerA consumer buys goods or services and does not start or run a company.
• D) internAn intern is a temporary trainee gaining work experience, not a business owner.

Respuesta correcta: C) ought to have confessed

• A) ought confessThe modal 'ought' needs 'to' before the infinitive, so 'ought confess' is ungrammatical.
• B) should confess'Should confess' is a present or future obligation, but the confession is already in the past.
• C) ought to have confessed'Ought to have' plus past participle expresses an obligation in the past that was not fulfilled, which is the case here.
• D) must confess'Must confess' also states a present obligation; the speaker is already regretting the past.

Respuesta correcta: D) peer review

• A) gossipGossip is informal talk and is not a formal quality-control system.
• B) censorshipCensorship means blocking information, not checking its quality.
• C) promotionPromotion is advertising, and the sentence is about verifying methods.
• D) peer reviewPeer review is the professional evaluation by other researchers that guarantees the validity of results.

Respuesta correcta: B) had been growing

• A) was growingIncorrect. Past continuous.
• B) had been growingCorrect. Past perfect continuous for duration before a past point.
• C) has been growingIncorrect. Present perfect continuous.
• D) growsIncorrect. Present simple.

Respuesta correcta: D) Resilience

• A) FragilityIncorrect. Opposite of resilience.
• B) ApathyIncorrect. Lack of interest.
• C) GreedIncorrect. Selfish desire.
• D) ResilienceCorrect. Definition provided.

Respuesta correcta: D) Empathy

• A) SympathySympathy is feeling for someone who is suffering; empathy is understanding and sharing their feelings.
• B) ApathyApathy is the absence of feeling, the opposite of empathy.
• C) HostilityHostility is active dislike, not the capacity to share feelings.
• D) EmpathyEmpathy is the ability to understand and share another's feelings, which is the definition given.

Respuesta correcta: B) is getting used to

• A) used to'Used to' describes a habit in the past that no longer holds, but the city is in the middle of adjusting now.
• B) is getting used to'Is getting used to' is the structure for a process of becoming accustomed, which matches 'is getting'.
• C) uses to'Uses to' is not a verb form in English; the past habit is 'used to'.
• D) get used to'Get used to' would need a 'to'-infinitive after it and cannot fill this progressive position.

Respuesta correcta: A) footprint

• A) footprint'A digital footprint' is the standard term for the record of your online activity.
• B) path'Path' means a route, not the record of what you do online.
• C) shadow'Shadow' means a dark image cast by an object, not an online record.
• D) IDAn 'ID' identifies a person or account but does not record activity.

Respuesta correcta: B) had been

• A) has beenIncorrect. Backshifted in reported speech.
• B) had beenCorrect. Backshifted from present perfect to past perfect.
• C) isIncorrect. Present tense.
• D) will beIncorrect. Future.

Respuesta correcta: B) interconnectedness

• A) isolationIncorrect. Themes showed how everything is linked.
• B) interconnectednessCorrect. The state of being connected with each other.
• C) simplicityIncorrect. Most themes were complex.
• D) irrelevanceIncorrect. These issues are highly relevant.