Forma

SIMCE Ingls 2012

PAPER 1 Reading

Serie

III Ao Medio 2012

Sample Test 2
45 minutes

Additional materials:
Answer sheet

Time

45 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheet.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.
You must complete the answer sheet in the time allowed.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

There are seven parts to the test.
Each question carries one mark.

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Part 1
Questions 1 5
Which notice (A H) says this (1 5)?
For questions 1 5, mark the correct letter A H on your answer sheet.
Example:
0

You cannot use your phone.

You should put things back in the right

place.

Go here if you have lost something.

You must walk in this place.

These students do not have a lesson.

Answer:

C
5

You cannot go in through here.

Part 2
Questions 6 10
Read the sentences about an internet caf.
Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.
For questions 6 10, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.
Example:
Last month an internet caf near Ivans house

0
A

arrived

Answer:

favourite

popular

excellent

takes

has

gets

waits

meets

goes

The caf has different ............ of computer games that they can play.
A

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Ivan often ............ his friends there after school.

A

began

It only ............ Ivan five minutes to get to the caf.

A

The internet caf quickly became ............ with Ivan and his friends.
A

opened

things

ways

kinds

Ivan thinks there is a lot of ............ information on the internet.

A

certain

sure

useful

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Part 3
Questions 11 15
Complete the five conversations.
For questions 11 15, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.
Example:
0
A New York
Where do you
come from?

B School
C Home
Answer:

11

12

13

14

15

Why didnt you come to the pool yesterday?

I have to go home now.

Whose phone is that?

There werent any more tickets for the match.

Shall we play that new computer game?

I didnt see them there.

It was a great time.

I was doing something else.

Have you been before?

Its still quite early.

How long was it for?

Its not there.

Wasnt it?

Im not sure.

Thats a pity.

It isnt enough.

I hope so.

Its all right.

Yes, it is.

If youd like to.

Questions 16 20
Complete the telephone conversation between two friends.
What does Josh say to Matt?
For questions 16 20, mark the correct letter A H on your answer sheet.
Example:
Matt:

Hi, Josh. Its Matt.

Josh::

C
0

Matt:

Oh, sorry. Im phoning about the

skateboarding competition this
afternoon.

Answer:

Id like a new one but I dont think Im good

enough to win.

Josh:

16

Matt:

Really? There was some information

about it in our club magazine.

I didnt see it. Is the competition on all

afternoon?

Josh:

17

Hi. Youre calling early!

Matt:

Just from 2.30 till 5 pm. They give out

the prizes at 6 pm.

Do the winners get CDs like last year?

Josh:

18

I wasnt very good then.

Matt:

The prizes are better this time. The

top prize is a skateboard.

I didnt know that was today.

Josh:

19

I havent got one of those.

Matt:

Youre much better than you were

last year!

Maybe, well see. Shall we meet in the park

at 2.00?

Josh:

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Matt:

Great! See you then.

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Part 4
Questions 21 27
Read the article about a young swimmer.
Are sentences 21 27 Right (A) or Wrong (B)?
If there is not enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose Doesnt say (C).
For questions 21 27, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Ana Johnson
Ana Johnson is a 13-year-old swimmer who lives in Melbourne in
Australia. Her dream is to swim for Australia in the next Olympics.
She swims in both long and short races and she has already come
first in many important competitions.
As well as spending many hours in the pool, Ana also makes time for studying and for friends. I
have lots of friends who swim and were very close. Its much easier to have friends who are
swimmers because they also have to get up early to practise like me and they understand this kind
of life. But Im not so different from other people my age. In my free time I also enjoy going to
the movies and parties. There are also some good things about swimming for a club. I travel a lot
for competitions and Ive made friends with swimmers from other Australian cities and from other
parts of the world.
Ana is becoming well known in Australia and she believes it is important to get more young people
interested in swimming. I dont mind talking to journalists and having my photograph taken. But
last year I was on TV and that was much more fun.

Example:
0

Anas home is in Melbourne.

A

21

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Ana has met people from different countries at swimming competitions.

A

27

Answer:

Ana likes doing the same things as other teenagers.

A

26

Doesnt say

It is difficult for Ana to make friends with other people who swim.
A

25

Ana has won a lot of swimming competitions.

A

24

Wrong

Ana knows that she is better at short races than long ones.
A

23

Ana hopes she will become an Olympic swimmer.

A

22

Right

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

Ana prefers speaking to journalists to being on television.

A

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

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Part 5
Questions 28 34
Read the article about Ingrid McFarlane and then answer the questions.
For questions 28 34, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Ingrid McFarlane
Zoo Keeper
When I left school at eighteen, I got a job at a zoo as a student
keeper. Now, five years later, things have changed I have
passed my exams and I am a full animal keeper.
The money is not good. I only get 9,000 a year. You have to be outside in rain and snow, which is
hard work, and you get very dirty. But this doesnt matter to me because animals are the most
important thing in my life!
There are a hundred monkeys and fifty deer in my part of the zoo and I give them their food and
clean their houses. I also need to watch them carefully to be sure that they are all well. In fact,
rhinos are my favourite animals and so last year I went to Africa with a colleague for a month to study
them.
The zoo is open every day and I work five different days each week. I live in a small flat twenty
minutes away and I get up at ten to seven and start work at eight. The first thing I do when I get
home at quarter past five is have a shower!

Example:
0

Ingrid left school

five years ago.

nine years ago.

eighteen years ago.

Answer:
0

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Ingrid would like to

How does Ingrid feel about working in bad

weather?

If Ingrid doesn't check the monkeys,

The animals Ingrid likes best are the

Ingrid travelled to Africa

The zoo is open

Ingrid arrives at her flat in the evening at

take some exams.

earn more money.

change her job.

She hates getting dirty.

She doesn't mind it.

She likes the snow.

they may become ill.

they may get hungry.

they may run away.

monkeys.

deer.

rhinos.

to have a month's holiday.

to visit a colleague there.

to learn more about some animals.

only five days a week.

seven days a week.

on different days every week.

five fifteen.

twenty past five.

ten to seven.

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Part 6
Questions 35 42
Read the article about a circus.
Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.
For questions 35 42, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

A famous circus
The circus, Cirque du Soleil, began (0) Montreal,
Canada. It was started (35) the Canadian Guy
Lalibert in 1984. When he left college, Lalibert travelled
around Europe and earned money (36) music in the streets. Not long after he
returned home, he started Cirque with (37) friend, Daniel Gauthier. During the
1990s, Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows (38) over the world and the
number of people working for it has grown from 73 to (39) than 3,500.
The Cirque does not have any animals, but (40) is music and dance and each
show tells a story. (41) show, which is called Varian, is about a man who could
fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and tells the story of how he
(42) to learn to fly again.

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Example:

in

at

to

35

from

by

of

36

played

plays

playing

37

their

his

its

38

some

all

enough

39

more

much

most

40

this

it

there

41

One

Each

Both

42

need

must

has

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Answer:

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Part 7
Questions 43 50
Read the article about penguins.
Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.
For questions 43 50, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

PENGUINS
There (0) seventeen different types of
penguins. They can be (43) forty centimetres
to more than one metre tall. They all (44) in
the south part of the world. In winter, they swim
(45) long way to find warmer weather.

In spring, (46) penguins come together on the beaches of Antarctica. The

female penguin has one or two eggs. She puts (47) eggs on the ground and
sits there to keep (48) warm. But she doesn't sit all the time because penguins
can move with one egg between their legs.
(49) the female penguin is sitting on the eggs, the male penguin brings her food.

He also (50) this after the baby penguins are born.

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Example:

is

are

be

43

from

by

between

44

lives

live

lived

45

one

the

46

lots

much

many

47

her

hers

she

48

it

them

their

49

When

How

Who

50

does

do

doing

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Answer:

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