RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 1 A 6 DE ACUERDO CON EL B. describe the people in the picture.

SIGUIENTE TEXTO. C. criticize the people in the picture.

D. compare the people ¡n the picture.
Sandy: Who are these
people in the picture? 4. Jenny is expressing an opinion when she says:
Jenny: It's my family. We A. "He often gets a stomachache".
are at a county fair. We are B. "My father is wearing a straw hat".
very happy. I am the one C. "I think they look very romantic in this picture".
with the balloon. My brother D. "My parents are looking into each other's eyes".
Andrew is eating cotton
candy. He loves eating 5. A title for the text could be:
sweet things. He often gets a A. Sandy's family
stomachache. My mother is B. Jenny's family
holding a teddy bear and an C. A family album
ice cream. My father is D. A family party
wearing a straw hat. My
parents are looking into each other's eyes. I think they look very 6. The answer that completes the text is:
romantic in this picture. A. "I was eighteen".
Sandy: How old were in this picture? B. "I was happy".
Jenny: ___________________________. (6) C. "I was eight".
D. "I was tired".
Glossary
County fair: regional event with contests, etc. RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 7 A 8 DE ACUERDO CON EL
Teddy bear: toy. SIGUIENTE TEXTO.
Straw: dried grass, natural material.
In the middle of the forest, a shy old man lives alone in a hut next
1. The text is to a wide river. He is called Ubu, and he is a very happy man.
A. a debate. There are three things which Ubu loves. First, there is the kroola
B. a postcard. plant, which is a fantastic plant that produces a delicious kroola
C. an e-mail. fruit every morning. Then, there is his friendly pet puma, Claw,
D. a dialogue. who loves eating meat. The last thing is Kiki, the monkey, who
loves eating fruit and leaves, especially kroola fruit. Every day
2. Sandy and Jenny are Kiki and
A. sisters. Ubu go fishing together in Ubu's tiny canoe. In the evening Ubu
B. daughters. likes
C. friends. Sitting with Claw and Kiki and eating his kroola fruit. One day a
D. cousins. terrible thing happens. The sky is full of smoke and Ubu can heart
the screams of frightened animals and birds. The forest is on fire
3. Sandy's intention is to and there are flames all around the hut. Ubu wants to escape, but
A. learn about the people in the picture. the only way is across the river and Ubu's canoe is too small. He
can only carry one thing with him each time he crosses the river.
If he takes two of them, the canoe will sink. Poor Ubu puts his
head in his hands and tries to work out what to do: “If I leave claw
and the kroola plant together, Kiki will eat the plant. If l leave Claw
and kiki together, claw will eat Kiki. So I can't eave all of them
together. Ubu is angry with the fire. "How can I take them all
across the river?" He shouts. But then he sits down and works
out the answer…
7. The underlined words Every day mean he goes fishing
A. sometimes.
B. always.
C. often.
D. seldom.
4. warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human
activities. Human activities
5. have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere
through the build up
6. of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and
nitrous oxide. The
7. heat-trapping property of these gases is unquestionable
although uncertainties exist
8. about exactly how the Earth's climate responds to them.

8. According to the reading, one of the following ideas

corresponds to the truth:
A. Ubu is a bald man. He lives near a dangerous river. He
loves plants, animals, and games. He ¡s upset because he
doesn't like smoking and the forest is on fire.
B. Ubu is a sad man. He lives next to a calm river. One day he
is smoking and he isn't careful and sets the plants on fire. Then,
the forest is on fire and the flames burn his hut.
C. Ubu is a timid man. He lives on the brink of a broad river. He
loves wild animals and fruit. He is worried because he doesn't
know how to save his "friends", and now the forest is on fire. Glossary
Warming: increasing temperatures.
D. Ubu is a hardy man. He lives in the middle of a quiet river.
Greenhouse: effect caused by an increasing amount of gases in
One day he goes fishing and he realizes the forest is full of
the atmosphere.
smoke. Then his canoe is on fire and the flames are around his
Heat-trapping property: It is a quality where the hot temperature
hut.
is unable to escape.
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9. The text and the graph indicate that
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A. every month the Earth's surface temperature has been
decreasing.
1. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's
B. every two years the Earth's surface temperature is the
surface temperature
same.
2. has risen by about degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with
C. in the last decades the Earth's surface temperature has
accelerated warming
been decreasing.
3. during the past two decades. There is new and stronger
D. in the last decades the Earth's surface temperature has
evidence that most of the
been increasing. ration their use of home-grown food. The Ministry of Food
published cheap, boring recipes. The joke of the war was a dish
10. In the sentence “Human activities have altered the chemical called Woolton Pie (named after the Minister for food). This
composition of the atmosphere through the build up of consisted of a mixture of boiled vegetables covered in white
greenhouse gases..." build up is similar to sauce with mashed potato on top. England never managed to
A. decrease. recover from the wartime attitude to food. We were left with a loss
B. exist. of confidence in our cooking skills and after years of ministry
C. increase. recipes we began to believe that English food was boring, and we
D. emission. searched the world for sophisticated, new dishes which gave
hope for a better future. The English people became tourists at
11. In line 8, the word them refers to their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land! This is
A. gases. a tragedy! Surely food is as much part of our culture as our
B. changes. landscape, our language, and our literature. However, there is still
C. activities. one small ray of hope. English pubs are often the best places to
D. uncertainties. eat well and cheaply in England, and they also increasingly try to
serve tasty English food.
12. It can be concluded from the text that human activities
A. have helped to keep a favorable climate. 15. The author's conclusion about English food is that
B. have produced positive effects in the Earth. A. you will only be able to find it in expensive restaurants.
C have changed the composition of the atmosphere. B. the situation won't change until there is a new war.
D. have established new rules to protect the environment. C. it is possible to find very good local food, mainly in pubs.
D. it will only be possible to find it in foreign countries.
13. This text can be found in
A. a phone-book 16. If World War II have not happened,
B. an advertisement A English people would have a better image of their food.
C. a tourist-guide. B. it would be much easier to get foreign food in England.
D. an encyclopedia. C. pubs would only sell very expensive English food.
D. English women would eat local food mainly in pubs.
14. The purpose of the author is
A. to show the consequences of using Chemicals. RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 17 A 22 DE ACUERDO CON
B. to describe the high temperature during the last decades. EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO SOBRE TELEFONÍA MÓVIL.
C. to present new evidence about greenhouse causes.
D. to provide solutions for the greenhouse effect. Long-term use increases the risk of developing tumours,
__________(22)
RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 15 A 16 DE ACUERDO CON Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service
EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO. Thursday, October 14, 2004

Why is it so difficult to find English food in England? This fact Ten or more years of mobile phone use can dramatically increase
dates back to World War II. At that time, women had to forget 600 the risk of developing a benign tumor on the auditory nerve,
years of English cooking, learn to do without foreign imports, and according to the preliminary results of a study conducted by the
Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in
Stockholm. The research is being concentrated in countries that
have the longest and highest use of mobile phones, such as
Svveden, the U.K., Denmark, Norway, and Germany.
The study found that the risk of developing the tumors, known as
acoustic neuromas, almost doubled for persons who started using
their mobile phone at least 10 years before diagnosis.
What's more, the risk increase was restricted to the side of the
head where the phone was usually held, according to results of
the study released this week.
Researchers point out, however, that only analog phones had
been in use for more than a decade at the time the study was
conducted, and they could not determine if the same results
would apply to the long-term use of digital phones.
Based on information retrieved from:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/10/14/HNbraintumor_1.htm
Glossary
Risk: danger, menace.
Research: investigation.
Researcher: investigator.
17. The text reports on __________________of a research study.
A. the final results
B. the hypothesis
C. the initial results
D. the limitations
18. The purpose of the author is to
A. inform about a study.
B. criticize a research study.
C. defend an argument.
D. describe an experiment.
19. The most appropriate meaning for the word restricted in
paragraph 3 is
A. controlled.
B. limited.
C. secret.
D. classified.
20. According to the text, tumours can appear
A. after starting the use of analog mobiles.
B. after using digital phones for a long time.
C. after two years of mobile phone use.
D. after ten years of mobile phone use.
21. The results of this study cannot be generalized to long-term
use of all types of mobile phones because
A. mainly analog phones were investigated.
B. mainly digital phones were investigated.
C. digital phone use increased after 1994.
D. digital phones were not common in 1994.
22. The best option to complete the title of the text is:
A. digital phone users show.
B. new research indicates.
C. experimental research shows.
D. mobile producers indicate.
RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 23 A 24 DE ACUERDO CON
EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO.
The manager of a large office building had received many
complaints about the elevator service. He hired a group of
engineers to study the situation and make recommendations.
They suggested two alternative solutions:
1. adding more elevators of the same type.
2. replacing the existing elevators with faster ones.
The manager decided that both solutions were too expensive. So
the firm's psychologist offered to study the problem. He noticed
that many people arrived at their offices angry and impatient. The
reason they gave was the length of time they had to wait for the
elevator. However, the psychologist was impressed by the fact
that they only had to wait a relatively short time. It occurred to him
that the reason for their annoyance was the fact that they were
inactive while waiting for the elevators. He suggested a simple,
inexpensive solution to the manager. This was adopted and
complaints stopped immediately. The solution was to place a
large mirror next to the elevators.

23. According to the text, the psychologist's solution

A. made people feel confident.
B. caused complaints about the elevator service.
C. improved the elevator service.
D. helped the company save a lot of money.

24. The author's intention is to

A. describe a typical situation in an office building and explain
how the manager deals with people's complaints.
B. tell an amazing story about what could happen while you are
waiting for the elevator.
C. explain the different steps that have to be taken by a building
manager to solve a problem.
D. show the importance of looking at a problem from different
perspectives in order to find its real causes.