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Ministerio de Educacin Pblica

Divisin de Control de Calidad y

Macroevaluacin del Sistema Educativo

Departamento de Pruebas Nacionales

Convenio MEP-ICERPrograma de Nuevas Oportunidades Educativas para Jvenes

Prueba Comprensiva de III Ciclo

Asignatura: Ingls

Convocatoria: 03-2004

Total de puntos: 60

SELECTION 60 TEMS

Read the dialogue. Select the appropriate alternative to complete it.

Look at this information.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous information.

7) The two articles for men _________________________.

A) offer all the sizes

B) have the same price

C) are made of polyester

D) are in light colors only

8) Two ads offer _________________________.

A) womens articles in a variety of sizes

B) the articles in the same colors

C) long and short pants for men

D) clothes for children

Read the text.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, from the previous reading.

9) What did Sam do before going to the travel agency? He _____________________.

A) visited his mother

B) went to the gym

C) returned home

D) saw a film

10) When did Sam call his mother?

A) After he went to bed.

B) Before he took a bath.

C) When he was at the gym.

D) When he was at the travel agency.

Read the text.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, according to the text.

11) How many members are there in the Alvarez family?

A) Five.

B) Two.

C) Four.

D) Three.

12) What is Frank son? Hes a _______________________.

A) banana plantation worker

B) supermarket cashier

C) computing teacher

D) university student

13) Where do Patty's parents live?

A) In Alajuela.

B) Near Patty son.

C) In the same place as Franks family.

D) One in Alajuela and the other in Ciudad Neilly.

Read the information.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the reading.

14) Jennifer ___________________________.

A) knows exactly what to carry

B) plans to camp during winter

C) helps her father in La Carpintera

D) is the only teenager of the group

15) The text says that ___________________________.

A) Jennifer is part of a group of sixteen girls

B) Jennifers father is helping her

C) the girl has everything ready

D) the group is from Tres Ros

16) Jennifer is going to ___________________________.

A) read many books

B) wear heavy clothes

C) go to Tres Ros with her parents

D) carry important articles to the camping area

Read the text.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous reading.

17) Corn is _________________________.

A) originally from Mexico

B) Cuban modern food

C) a wild grass now

D) useless food

18) Christopher Columbus _________________________.

A) planted corn

B) ate corn in Cuba

C) brought maize to the continent

D) learned about the new use of the grain

19) The reading says that ___________________________.

A) some syrup and ethyl alcohol are derivations of corn

B) people knew all the uses of corn since before

C) Columbus ate grass corn 500 times

D) corn is the new Cuban product

Read the following instructions.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous information.

20) First, to order by post you have to ___________________.

A) choose the article

B) like the catalogue

C) order a check

D) pay the item

21) In the order form you have to ___________________.

A) select the post office

B) include your credit card

C) specify color and size of the article

D) choose the color of the new catalogue

Read the text.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, from the previous reading.

22) What is the Louisiana School teaching? About __________________________.

A) some rules of conducting on transportation

B) the attention to other schools in the state

C) the respect to the school principal

D) some use of posters in class

23) How does the Principal teach the students? By __________________________.

A) putting different colored posters on the school bus monthly

B) having them painting the classroom colors every month

C) forcing them making drawings about rules

D) placing messages on the school walls

24) Who creates the illustrations?

A) Willie Jones.

B) Four agents.

C) The principal.

D) Eugena Manning.

Read the ads.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the ads.

25) Two of the ads want ________________________.

A) tall and friendly couples

B) handsome young men

C) athletic, attractive girls

D) beautiful, thin women

26) Karla prefers ________________________.

A) male with children

B) intelligent and tall traveler

C) a man with dark eyes and hair

D) sincere and positive European

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the previous text.27) In New York, Tokyo and Paris ___________________________ according to the text.

A) people move from the city to the country

B) many churches have beautiful gardens

C) great stores have serious problems

D) there are interesting museums

28) A serious problem in a big city is ___________________________.

A) the high cost of living

B) a good service in medical care

C) that few people live in communities

D) to have opportunities in good schools

Read the paragraph.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, from the previous reading.

29) Where is Carlos when he asks some directions?

A) In La Cruz.

B) In the Cabins.

C) It doesnt say it.

D) Along the coast.

30) What does Carlos do during the second day? He ________________________.

A) spends one night at the guards house

B) walks 2 km. north from La Cruz

C) goes into the forest

D) stays in El Jobo

31) Where is the guards house?

A) on the hill.

B) next to the river.

C) in front of the cabins.

D) at the left of the coast.

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the text above.

32) There is pollution in the Arctic because __________________________.

A) many animals live there

B) man is using aerosol gases

C) millions of seabirds live in groups

D) some people are pressuring to have a world park

33) One result of mans contamination in the Polar Region is the __________________.

A) construction of a park

B) growing of the polar icecaps

C) partial destruction of the ozone layer

D) reproduction of many seabirds in the ocean

34) The sun rays over the Earth may cause __________________________.

A) a negative effect on the polar icecaps

B) the development of the Arctic species

C) elimination of the aerosol gases

D) overpopulation of penguins

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the text.

35) Rhinos ______________________.

A) are versatile reptiles

B) eat small trees and fruits

C) live in the deserts and sea

D) adapt easily to different types of habitats

36) Whales ______________________.

A) are aggressive

B) are very intelligent

C) eat leaves and fruits

D) live in rain forests and rivers

37) Snakes and Gorillas ______________________.

A) live in rain forest

B) are similar to rhinos

C) eat seals and dolphins

D) live in the polar regions

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the answer, according to the reading.

38) What does Mr. Hunt do? Hes a _______________________.

A) mechanic

B) teacher

C) baker

D) nurse

39) What do Robert and Donald do? Theyre _______________________.

A) mechanics

B) fire fighters

C) nurses and teachers

D) waiters and teachers

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, according to the text.

40) How much time do children watch TV in a day?

A) One.

B) Four.

C) Three.

D) Twelve.

41) How many hours do the old adults spend in front of the TV?

A) Twenty

B) One

C) Five

D) Six

Look at the pictures and read the texts. Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the texts.

42) Zuma Beach Club ______________________.

A) offers two medium swimming pools

B) has 4 kilometers long beach

C) is for every people

D) is a private club

43) Surf Riders Beach Club ______________________.

A) has safe swimming

B) has dancing just at night

C) has fifteen kilometers long

D) offers music for young people

44) Carlsbad Beach Club ______________________.

A) offers fun only for children

B) has dangerous swimming

C) has two swimming pools

D) has always bad weather

Read the information.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous reading.

45) The text is about __________________________.

A) the students interest

B) the teacher success

C) a computer course for students

D) a new computer company in education

46) Compaq refers to __________________________.

A) the development of a community around the Intel company

B) the communitys participation in the production of software

C) a creation of a rock stars career through a computer

D) a company that prepares software

47) To discover the new technology, __________________________.

A) phone or visit the company

B) contact the students and the community

C) make some questions and try to answer them

D) work on giving solutions to the students questions

Read the passage.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, from the previous reading.

48) Who came to the record store?

A) Carols aunt.

B) Toms friends.

C) Paul and his sister.

D) The clerks brother.

49) What happened to Carol and Paul? They ___________________________.

A) were disappointed because the clerk wasnt there

B) returned the album because it wasnt on sale

C) found the musical instrument

D) bought what they needed

50) Why was Carol glad? Because she ___________________________.

A) liked the salesman

B) found things at a good price

C) found another musical album on sale

D) asked the salesman to hold a copy of the album

Read the selection.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, using the previous information.

51) The text is about the ___________________________.

A) origins of baseball

B) development of cricket

C) different sport organizations

D) beginning of England players

52) Knickerbockers was the ___________________________.

A) experiment of a group of workers

B) name of an England association

C) first organized team of baseball

D) name of the bat used in cricket

53) The reading says that the ___________________________.

A) players keep the same position

B) baseball team added another member

C) rules of baseball are originated in the Major league

D) number of players in baseball is the same as at the beginning

Read the text.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the previous reading.

54) Milton Petrie _________________________.

A) was a poor old man

B) was very sick in the hospital

C) bought newspapers from a poor man

D) sold newspapers on the street corner

55) The old man _________________________.

A) sold newspapers to Mr. Petrie in the morning

B) lived in an apartment in New York

C) was a generous billionaire

D) worked in a city hospital

56) When the old man died, _________________________.

A) Mr. Petrie took his money

B) Mr. Petrie was in his funeral

C) the hospital paid for his funeral

D) Milton paid the mans hospital bill

Look at the pictures. Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the question what does she/he like? According to the drawings.

57) He likes _______________________.

A) opera and baseball

B) rock music and fast-food

C) typical food and formal clothes

D) romantic music and vegetarian food

58) She likes _______________________.

A) cooking and wearing informal clothes

B) sports clothes and reggae

C) formal clothes and art

D) comedies and rock

Read the dialogue.

Select the appropriate alternative to answer the questions from the previous dialogue.

59) How does Robert feel?

A) Very happy because hes going to travel to Australia.

B) Great because he has a good time.

C) Nervous because he has a test.

D) Miserable because its so wet.

60) How does Peter feel?

A) Bad because of the weather.

B) Tired because he couldnt sleep.

C) Sick because hes getting the flu.

D) Better because he has more energy.

SOLUCIONARIO

Programa: Nuevas Oportunidades Educativas para Jvenes

Convocatoria: 032004

Asignatura: Ingls

Total de temes: 60

TEMRESPUESTATEMRESPUESTATEMRESPUESTA

1. C21. C41. D

2. A22. A42. D

3. B23. A43. D

4. A24. D44. C

5. B25. A45. D

6. D26. C46. D

7. B27. D47. A

8. A28. A48. C

9. D29. C49. D

10. B30. C50. C

11. C31. A51. A

12. D32. B52. C

13. A33. C53. B

14. *34. A54. C

15. B35. B55. A

16. D36. B56. *

17. A37. A57. B

18. B38. B58. C

19. A39. A59. A

20. A40. C60. A

* ITEMES CONCEDIDOSSituation:Martha, Joseph's nurse and Ligia, a Garden' school secretary, are in the park. Its 9:00 a.m. Joseph the doctor, is coming.

Martha:________________, Joseph.

1

Joseph:________________.

2

Martha:Joseph, this is Ligia.

Joseph:Glad to meet you.

Ligia:Nice to meet you.

Joseph:What do you do?

Ligia:I'm a teacher but I work as a secretary now. What do you do, Joseph?

Joseph:I'm a _______________.

3

Ligia:Well Joseph, I have to go to ________________ now.

4

Joseph:I go to my office but I have to go to the bank, first. ________________

5

later.Girls:________________, Joseph.

6

Shirt for men cotton and rayon, long sleeves.

Colors: blue navy, white, light green, black, brown. Sizes M L $35

Corduroy skirts long and short brown, blue, black, camel.

$40 S M L.

Gentlemans pants.

Polyester and rayon kaki, blue, black, brown.

All the sizes $35

Sweaters for ladies round neck, easy to wash and dry, in colors: bottle green, black, white, camel and brown. Price $29 S M L.

Sams activities

Sam left home late this morning about 8:30, and walked to the park. He met his girlfriend there. Then, he had lunch in a caf with her. After that, Sam saw a film at the cinema alone. Then he went to a travel agency, he plans to visit his mother in Canada next month. After that, he went to the gym, he stayed there two hours. Then, he returned home and phoned his mother around seven. He took a bath and went to bed at 10 oclock.

The Alvarez family lives in La Roxana, Gupiles. Frank works in the banana plantation and Patty works in a supermarket as a cashier. They are married. Their eldest boy Paul, is attending to the university, he is studying computing. He works at a restaurant during the weekend. Their daughter Susan is at Colegio Tcnico. Shes in the tenth grade. She has classes from 7 to 5. Shes a good student. She plans to be a doctor.

Franks parents live in Ciudad Neilly, so they come to visit Franks family twice a year.

Pattys parents live in Alajuela and they see their daughter and grandchildren so often. There are some aunts, uncles and cousins in Heredia, Cartago and Limn.

Jennifer is 16. This summer, for the first time, she is going camping with a group of friends in La Carpintera, Tres Ros. Jennifer doesnt know which things to carry. Her father is recommending her to carry a good book, some water, a hat, some matches, a sleeping bag, a tent a lantern and some bug repellent. Some food cans, such as tuna fish, beans, soup. She has to carry jeans, sweaters, T-shirts, tennis shoes and socks.

Corn is a very useful food. It first grew as wild grass in Mexico 500 before Christ.

Christopher Columbus ate corn for the first time in Cuba. The Cubans called this grain maize. It is a common vegetable to most people. People learn new uses for corn all the time.

Corn is the ingredient for many useful products. Even the ethyl alcohol and corn syrup are produced from corn.

Adapted from Language Structure

How to order by post office

Select the items you like to order from the catalogue.

Complete the order including details as color, size, etc.

Choose your method of payment, check, postal order or credit card.

Send your completed order form and payment to:

Glamorous

P.O.Box 510

423 West Gate Ave.

Saint Louis 43130 USA

payment: the action of paying

send: mail

item: article

Adapted from Have Fun

Rules for the road

A Louisiana school is making campaign to teach children lessons of respect on the school bus, it is calling the attention to other schools in the state. The school principal places a different brightly colored poster on the school bus every month. The illustrations have messages such as Obey the rules, Keep your bus clean, etc. The idea came from four agents. The artist Eugena Manning drew the nice illustrations.

For more information contact Willie J. Jones Director/Supervisor of Federal Programs and Transportation at the School Board.

Adapted from American School Board

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Want to meet an European male, tall, sincere, friendly, athletic, 45 55 old, handsome and positive, for marriage. Send photo. Write to Hellen.

Attractive Tico wants to meet a skinny, blue eyes, long hair female, tall and intelligent who likes to travel.

Call David 389-21-14

Slim attractive Latina, 36, no children wants to meet man for friendship and marriage, tall, brown eyes and black hair.

Call Karla 8201953

Famous Cities

New York, Tokyo, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting places to see and things to do. People can visit different museums, churches, great stores, gyms, beautiful gardens, famous universities and others.

But there are serious problems in big cities. The cost of living is high and there are many people in some communities. Every year many people from the country move to the cities looking for better opportunities to find jobs, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care.

Adapted from Lado English Series

Situation:Carlos is going to the mountain hotel La Caminata Cabins. A farmer is giving him some directions.

First go north to La Cruz. Then turn left to the coast. Walk 2 km north along the coast until you get to El Jobo. Spend the night there. The next day, walk north along the coast of Salinas Bay. Go east through the forest, when you get to the river, turn right and walk to the east, go up the hill, there is a guards house there. Walk north 4 km and get to the tourists cabins.

Animals that live in the Arctic are fewer each time. Environmental groups are campaigning against exploitation of the Arctic. They think its better to built a world park, free from people and pollution.

Polar bears live in the Arctic; penguins populate the Antarctic. Fish is the food for millions of seabirds and seals. But man damages the Polar Regions using aerosol gases, which make a hole in the ozone layer of the North Pole. The rays from the sun now reach the earth directly and the greenhouse effect can dissolve the polar icecaps.

Ozone layer: A layer of ozone high above the earths surface that helps to protect the earth from the suns rays.

Icecaps: A permanent covering of ice, especially around the North and South Poles.

Adapted from English for Central America

Snakes are very versatile reptiles. They can live in different types of habitats: rain forests, deserts, rivers and sea. They live everywhere on earth except the polar regions.

Rhinos live in Africa and Asia. They are between 1 and 4 tons. They eat small trees and fruits. They are strong and aggressive.

Gorillas live in the African rain forest. They eat leaves and fruits. They are strong, but they are not aggressive. They are similar to humans in many ways.

Whales live in family groups in oceans all over the world. They eat fish, seals and dolphins. They are very strong and they are also extremely intelligent. They are very big. They are not aggressive.

Robert, Margoth, Vincent, Donald and Ernest are friends. They are learning Spanish in the evening. They listen to Mr. Hunt, the teacher, and they speak Spanish in class.

Robert works in a garage. He fixes buses, cars and trucks. Hes a very good mechanic. Margoth works in a restaurant during the day. Shes a waitress. Vincent works in a hospital at night. Hes a nurse. Donald works at the bakery. He makes bread and delicious cookies. At night, he works at Roberts garage. Hes a good mechanic. Ernest is a fire fighter. He works at the fire station three days a week.

Children between the ages of four and twelve spend, three hours a day from 1 to 4 in front of the TV. The old people spend more and more hours watching TV. By the age of fifty-five it will be an average of about six and seven hours a day. Young people between twenty and thirty spend and average of about one and two hours a day.

Adapted from New Headway

CARLSBAD BEACH CLUB

Enjoy fun and sports for the whole family.

Swimming pools: 1 Small and 1 Medium.

Beach: kilometer long.

Swimming: always safe.

SURF RIDERS BEACH CLUB

Surfing, music and young people all day and night.

Swimming pool: Medium.

Beach: 1 kilometer long.

Swimming: dangerous always.

Good night

Good evening

Good morning

Good afternoon

Hello

Hi, Ligia

Thats O.K.

Nice meeting you

nurse

doctor

teacher

secretary

school

the park

the bank

the garden

Thanks

See you

Good bye

Greetings

Thank you very much

Oh! Im sorry

Shes Martha

Bye

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ZUMA BEACH CLUB

Exclusive, quiet club for adults only.

2 swimming pools: a small one, a big one.

Beach: kilometer long.

Swimming: safe (except in bad weather).

Who will become the class president? Who will get into college? Who is going to be a rock star? Can you imagine the day when technology helps you predict the student success?

Industry is working on giving solutions to these questions. It connects the students, teachers, and the community. Compaq Company makes software for computers with the new technology Intel Inside Pentium incorporated.

So call 1-800-88 TEACH or visit us at compaq.com/discoverttechnology and discover what technology can teach you.

Adapted from American School Board

Carol brought her brother, Paul to the record store. They wanted to buy a musical album for their aunt. It was on sale for only one week. Carol couldnt find the album, so she asked Tom, the clerk for help. He told her that there wasnt. Carol and her brother were disappointed, but the clerk told them to return in a few days. They could buy it at the sale price.

Carol told the clerk that she was glad to hear that. She asked him to hold an album copy for them.

Adapted from Language Structure

The history of baseball of Major league in the United States has interesting origins. Baseball was originated in England from the Cricket sport. Players used a bat to hit a pitched ball. However, the bats were not round, but flat.

Doctors, lawyers, bombers and clerks participated in the organization of the first baseball teams. According to the story, the first organized team was knickerbockers. Its experiments with games rules resulted in todays baseball games. At the beginning, there were eight players, then they decided to add another player in other position, there were nine players.

Bomber: A person who uses bombs.

Cricket: A game played on grass with bats and ball by two teams.

Adapted from Language Structure

Milton Petrie

The most Generous Man in the World.

Every morning, billionaire Milton Petrie walked from his New York apartment and bought a newspaper from a very poor old man on the street corner. One morning the man wasnt there. Petrie knew that he was very sick in the city hospital. Immediately, he paid his hospital bill and later, when the man died, Petrie paid for his funeral. The old man was just one of many people that Milton Petrie helped with his money.

Adapted from New Headway

Art

Gallery

Situation: Some friends are talking about different things.

Hugo:I feel nervous. I have an exam today.Vctor:Good luck! Do your best. I dont feel very well. I think Im getting the flu.Hugo:Why dont you go home to bed?Vctor:I cant. I have classes. Hector, how do you feel?Hector:I feel better, thanks. I have more energy.Robert:Im really excited. Im going to Australia tomorrow.Vctor:Thats great. Have a good time.Peter:I felt really upset with this weather. Its so wet and miserable.Robert:I know. We really need some sunshine.Jean:Im tired. I couldnt sleep last night.Robert:Poor you! That happens to me sometimes. I just read in bed.

Adapted from New Headway

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