Electiva I.

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 1 A 8 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO.

TEXTO 1:

Same family – different lives

Vilma Williams lives in London. Her sister Paula lives in the USA and their cousin
Carol lives in Jamaica. Here they talk about their lives.

Vilma Carol

I was six when I came Paula

to England from I went to England when I’m 30. I studied
Jamaica with my I was three. After I business at college and
parents and Paula. finished school, I I’ve had a few jobs, but
studied medicine and at the moment I’m
Now I am 29 and a worked as a doctor. without work. I will
nurse at a London Then I married Brad have my first baby next
and moved to the USA. month. I like the
hospital. I have two
Now, I have my own Jamaican people and
sons, but I’m not very clothes shop. We had my parents have a
happy in England. our first child six house in the next town,
months ago, and I’m but I would like to live
Jamaica still feels like very happy in New somewhere else and
home and I’d like to go York. have a change.
and live there. My
mother went back to
Jamaica five years ago.

1. Who are sisters? 5. Who has the most children?

A. Vilma
A. Vilma and Carol B. Paula
B. Carol and Paula C. Carol
C. Vilma and Paula
6. Who lives near her mother?
2. Who is living in England now? A. Vilma
B. Paula
A. Vilma C. Carol
B. Paula
C. Carol 7. Who wants to live in Jamaica?
A. Vilma
3. Who is the youngest? B. Paula
A. Vilma C. Carol
B. Paula
C. Carol 8. Who is the happiest?
A. Vilma
4. Who doesn’t have a job now? B. Paula
A. Vilma C. Carol
B. Paula
C. Carol

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PREÍCFES CODED

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 9 A 12 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO.

TEXTO 2:

My Love of Traveling by Sam Harris

I grew up in Australia and was introduced to traveling at an early age. We

moved around a lot because of my father’s work. My main hobby was radios - I
repaired old sets and listened to various programs from around the world. I had
a map of the world on my bedroom wall with pins on it and I wrote postcards
to foreign radio stations. I was an only child and I didn’t have many friends;
instead I tried to contact the outside world. We didn’t have a television, so what
I learned came from the radio and from encyclopedias. By the age of 13, I
could draw maps of countries from memory and name all the capital cities.
I didn’t actually leave Australia until I was twenty-five, when I went on a long
trip through Asia. I arrived in Thailand thinking I was well prepared, but in fact,
I knew little about its rich culture. Then I went to India, where my taste for
adventure and different experiences grew. Every city there was different; there
were cows on the streets, old cars, interesting food, and people everywhere.
I went from country to country without realizing how dangerous some of them
were at that time. There was very little advice available. But now it’s different -
you can learn so much from the internet and just about everywhere you go,
you’ll find an internet café. It’s really changed the way people travel.
The things I now like most about a trip are eating and shopping. I also love
sitting on trains and talking to different people. I’m sure I’ll never get bored
with traveling, even though I’ve explored most countries in the world.

9. What is the writer trying to do 11. What do we learn about the

in the text? writer’s life as a child?
A. talk about the towns where he used A. He spent time fixing radios that were
to live broken.
B. describe the people he met while B. His father was unemployed for long
traveling abroad periods.
C. compare the different countries he C. His friends thought he was rather
has been to strange.
D. explain how his interest in travel has D. He watched programs about people
developed in other countries.
10. What can you learn about the 12. What does the writer say about
writer from this text? traveling abroad?
A. He had always wanted to work on A. There are many countries he would
the radio. still like to visit.
B. Very little surprised him on his first B. Information about other countries
visit to Asia. has become easier to find.
C. His early knowledge of the world C. The things he enjoys while traveling
came from the radio. have not changed.
D. He liked sharing his interest in D. Knowing something about maps is
geography with other people. useful when traveling.

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escoger entre las opciones, la oración que describa, interprete o responda a la gráfica
del enunciado, o la gráfica que corresponda a la descripción dada en el mismo.

15. Bryan and Harry are brothers.

Their mother told them that it was
13. Bob and Paula are canoeing. time to do their homework. They
reacted differently.

According to the picture, we can say

According to the picture, they are that

A. concerned. A. Harry is more intelligent than Bryan.

B. confused. B. Bryan is not as disciplined as Harry.
C. bored. C. Harry is less patient than Bryan.
D. frightened. D. Bryan is not as young as Harry.

14. According to the picture, the

man can´t get into the house 16. After three years, Mary was
because finally able to marry George.

A. the window is too big.

B. he is too tall.
C. he is too fat. According to the picture, Mary feels
D. the window is too high.
A. ashamed.
B. surprised.
C. satisfied.
D. worried.

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cuidadosamente el enunciado, organizar las oraciones en forma lógica y coherente, y
escoger la opción que contenga el orden correcto.

17. Amy Johnson is from England

and she is known for being the 18. London was the world´s
first woman pilot to fly to biggest city at the time of World
Australia. War II but now it isn´t.
1. and she became the first woman According to historians:
pilot to fly to Australia. 1. but now there are many cities
2. when she was still a school girl. 2. From about 1800 until World War II,
3. There, she was taught how to 3. London was the biggest city in the
service planes world,
4. Amy Johnson joined the London 4. which are much bigger.
Aeroplane Club
A. 2,1,4,3
A. 3,2,4,1 B. 2,3,1,4
B. 2,4,1,3 C. 3,2,1,4
C. 4,2,3,1 D. 3,1,2,4
D. 4,1,2,3
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19. Frank is tidying his room and Julia : O.K. Just a moment, please.
his sister, Sally, is helping him. (She opens herhandbag.) Oh no! I
Frank is throwing some things can´t find my credit card.
away. Fred : Are you sure you brought it with
Sally : Frank, what a nice poster! you?
Frank : Which one? Julia : Yes. ______________________
Sally : This one. The Shakira poster. Fred : Well, why don´t you go to the
Are you going to keep it? information stand?
Frank : No. Put it in the wastebasket.
Sally : __________________________ A. I can´t believe it!
Frank : Oh, yes, I do. I like her music. B. Have you seen it?
But, I don´t want the poster. C. Don´t laugh at me!
D. What should I do?
A. Don´t you like Shakira anymore?
B. Have you heard her new song? 21. Tom is reading the newspaper.
C. Would you like a Shakira CD? Tom : You know, the Russian ballet
D. Why don´t you give it to me? has been here for a month and we still
haven´t seen it.
20. Julia is at a shopping center Paula: I know. ___________________
with a friend. She is buying a Tom : That sounds great!
jacket.
Julia : How much is it? A. It must be wonderful.
Seller: 500 dollars. B. You could go tomorrow.
C. Why don´t we go tomorrow night?
D. Do you have any suggestions?