Ingls

PARAGRAPH A

A skunk is a small black animal which has white stripes on its back. People are afraid of
skunks because of a yellow liquid that skunks can shoot out at them. This liquid smells terrible and
is very difficult to remove from your skin and clothes. If this liquid gets on you, you will have to
wash your skin and hair with tomato juice many times so you won't smell bad. You won't be able to
get the smell out of your clothes. You'll have to burn them. Be specially careful at night when they
are used to looking for food.

1.- Why are people afraid of skunks ?

(A)- Because they have white strips.

(B)- Because of the yellow liquid.
(C)- Because they are small animals.
(D)- Because they shoot stripes to your back.

2.- What are the main characteristics of the yellow

liquid ?

(A)- It smells well and it is easy to remove from

clothes.
(B)- It smells bad but it is easy to remove from
your skin.
(C)- It smells bad and it is difficult to remove
from clothes.
(D)- It smells well so nobody wants to remove it from
their clothes.

3.- What is tomato juice used for ?

(A)- To feed the skunks.

(B)- So you can shoot it out at skunks.
(C)- To make yourself smell terrible many times.
(D)- To wash your skin if the liquid gets on you.

4.- What is a solution to remove the liquid from your

clothes ?

(A)- To wash them with tomato juice.

(B)- To burn them.
(C)- To give it away to your best friend.
(D)- To wash them with a special soap.

5.- When should you be more careful to avoid skunks ?

(A)- When you go to buy food.

(B)- All the day.
(C)- When they go out to look for food, which occurs

Error!Marcador no definido.
 at night.
(D)- Only at night if you go to look for food.
PARAGRAPH B

When you are in a store, a school, an office, or an

apartment, look up at the ceiling. You may see small metal
plates up there, and this should make you feel safer. These
plates spray water and chemicals when there is a fire in a room
or building. At the same time, an alarm goes off, making a loud
noise. This alarm tells the people to get out of the building.
It also lets the fire department know where the fire is. These
small plates can help to save lives.

1.- If you see a small metal plate in the ceiling of

a room ...

(A)- You are in a school.

(B)- You can suffer.
(C)- You can feel yourself somehow safe.
(D)- There is a fire.

2.- What do these plates do ?

(A)- They make the ceiling more beautiful.

(B)- They make you look up at the ceiling.
(C)- They provoke fire.
(D)- They spray water if there is a fire.

3.- What does the alarm do in case of fire ?

(A)- It begins to sound loud.

(B)- It never works.
(C)- It sprays water.
(D)- It makes you feel safer.

4.- What must people in the building do ?

(A)- They have to look up at the ceiling.

(B)- They have to leave the building.
(C)- They have to see the fire.
(D)- They have to make loud noises.

5.- Who or what tells the fire department there is a fire?

(A)- The first person who phones the fire

department.

Error!Marcador no definido.
 (B)- The alarm.
(C)- The sprays.
(D)- The police always do that.

PARAGRAPH C

Polyester is a man-made material. We use it to make many

things- from automobile tires to the clothes we wear. It's a
very strong material. It lasts a long time and is easy to clean.
Polyester and natural materials together make clothes that are
easy to wear in all kinds of weather and climates. People in the
United States use polyester and other man-made materials more
than natural materials. Polyester is also becoming very popular
in other countries. Another reason to use polyester is that it
is really a cheap material.

1.- Polyester...

(A)- Is made of automobile tires.

(B)- Is easily found as a natural product.
(C)- Is a brand of tires and clothes.
(D)- Is a manufactured product.

2.- What are some characteristics of polyester ?

(A)- It is soft but easy to clean.

(B)- It is soft and easy to clean.
(C)- It lasts a long time and it is a very strong
material.
(D)- It needs a lot of time to be cleaned.

3.- Some clothes are made ...

(A)- Of natural materials and mixed with polyester.

(B)- Only of polyester to adapt to all weather
conditions.
(C)- Of polyester but they need to be cleaned.
(D)- Of easy-to-clean polyesters.

4.- Polyester ...

(A)- Is not very used by people in the United States.

(B)- And other manufactured products are widely used
in the United States.
(C)- Is less used in the United States than natural
materials.
(D)- Is only known in the United States.

Error!Marcador no definido.
 5.- Polyester is also :

(A)- A natural material.

(B)- Used in computers.
(C)- Becoming an expensive product.
(D)- A very cheap material

PARAGRAPH D

Critics argue that Americas rising weapons sales will

turbocharge regional arms races - 66% of all U.S. exports go to
the Third World countries, among which are many fragile
autocracies vulnerable to sudden power shifts. While smuggling
weapons abroad may delay the Pentagons and its client
industrys shrinkage, it perpetuates an addiction for military
privileges. As Randall Forsberg, director of the Institute for
Defense and Disarmament Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
puts it, "The forces and defense industries needed by the
industrial countries are largely a function of regional arms
buildups created by their own arms exports."

1.- There is evidence that...

(A)- 66 % of U.S. exports go to developed countries.

(B)- 66 % of U.S. exports go to underdeveloped
countries.
(C)- 66 % of U.S. exports go to fragile autocracies.
(D)- 66 % of U.S. exports go to financially ruined
democracies.

2.- How are Third World countries considered in the text ?.

(A)- All of them are easily broken autocracies.

(B)- All of them are fragile democracies.
(C)- Some of their inhabitants do shift-work.
(D)- Some of them are weak regimes.

3.- Smuggling arms abroad benefits:

(A)- Military personnel.

(B)- All industrial countries.
(C)- Forsbergs Institute.
(D)- The Pentagon and its client industry.

4.- Which of the following statements is true ?.

(A)- Mr. Forsberg is the chairman of a U.S. institute.

(B)- Mr. Forsbergs statements go against critics
arguments.
(C)- Mr. Forsberg is the director of an American high
school.
(D)- Mr. Forsberg is the coach of an American agency.

Error!Marcador no definido.
 5.- What can be concluded from this paragraph ?.

(A)- Critics are cheerful about Americas arms sales.

(B)- Mr. Forsberg is a smuggler of arms.
(C)- Critics are looking forward to selling arms
deceitfully.
(D)- Critics disapprove of Americas arms sales
policy.

ANSWER SHEET:
31-ALFAbis "A skunk is asmall black..."

1.- B 11.- D 21.- 31.- 41.-

2.- C 12.- C 22.- 32.- 42.-

3.- D 13.- A 23.- 33.- 43.-

4.- B 14.- B 24.- 34.- 44.-

5.- C 15.- D 25.- 35.- 45.-

6.- C 16.- B 26.- 36.- 46.-

7.- D 17.- D 27.- 37.- 47.-

8.- A 18.- D 28.- 38.- 48.-

9.- B 19.- A 29.- 39.- 49.-

10.-B 20.- D 30.- 40.- 50.-

Error!Marcador no definido.
Error!Marcador no definido.