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A continuación se le presentan textos que ud. Deberá leer con atención y, EXCLUSIVAMENTE con base en ellos ,contestará las
preguntas de esta parte:
A story is entertainment .As entertainment , it must interest and divert you. That is a story must capture your attention. A
story is a special kind of entertainment, for it requires the participation of the reader. He must shut out the world around
him and, momentarily, even his own affairs. A good reader does not simply let the story happen to him. He reads with his
eyes and his ears open .He reads with his mind and his heart. A good reading is a re-creation in which the reader works
along with the writer.

1.-Which of the following statements expresses the main idea of the text?
A) How a story captures our attention B) Stories open our eyes and ears
C) Stories are fine recreation D) How we should read a story

2.- Which of the following ideas is included in the text?

A) Good readers live the writer’s work B) Readers ignore their personal affairs
C) The author lets the story happen to us D) A good author writes with heart and mind

The octopus is often cast as a villainous monster in adventure movies. It is said to hide in dark places,
waiting for unsuspecting divers to pull them to their deaths. In reality , the octopus is not fearsome monster at all, rather
it is an intelligent ,timid and interesting animal.
The octopus is not nearly as aggressive as it’s close relative , the ten-armed squid .One octopus will
indeed attack, and even sometimes eat another octopus that enters its territory, but divers report that it will usually
try to avoid contact with man. Interestingly enough however, octopi in captivity came become very friendly with
man and will seek human company rater than avoid it.
Octopi are sometimes playful and clever. And naughty laboratory specimen waited for technicians to
leave the laboratory to make mightly trips to nearby tank to eat fish. The technicians were mystified by the
disappearance all the fish until they caught the octopus on one of its nightly raids.
Far from being a monsters to be feared, the octopus is another of the interesting
members of nature.

3.- Which of the following ideas is included in the text?

A) Laboratory technicians like to play with octopi B) Octopi like to be kept in laboratories.
C) Octopi are considered shy and smart animals. D) Laboratory technicians fear octopi.

4.- The phrase “The octopus is not nearly as aggressive as its close relative, the ten-armed squid” means:
A) Octopi and squids have ten-arms. B) Squids are more aggressive that octopi.
C) Squids and octopi belong to the same family. D) Octopi become aggressive when they are near squids.

5.- Which of the following statements summarizes the article?

A) Octopi are easily capture at night B) Octopi are not terrible in laboratories
C) Octopi are known for being very aggressive animals D) Octopi are not as perilous or frightening as people think

The real – life figure who sorried the fictiona Dr. Jekyll an Hyde was en Edinburgh cabinet maker and clegyman
named William Brodie born in 1741. He died by hangig in 1788 after ha ing made elaborate preparations to have his
“corpse” secretly revive by a fren doctor Between reach ing natury enahis eath brodie and avirerediple double life by
cay a prosperous dos rressma and repected city afficial _______the masted eader _______rotorious gang.

In 1885, when Robert Lowis Stevenson locked himself in his study for three days to writ the Strande case of Dr.Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde. A uder millar Brodie his madel.

Tuner from the people´s 8lmared

6.- Whis of the followind ideas is presnt in the text
a) Dr. Jekyll has a real life figure
b)Mr. Hyde made fornit the edingburgh
c) Stevenson wrote a book based on brodie´s life.
d) a freach doctor brought. brodie´s corpse to life
.
7.-the author says Brodie a duble life he maens That.
a) he was both real fictonal
b) he rade furniture and preboned
c) a frech doctor secretly revavedinm
d) a second personality developed in him

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EDGER ALLAN POE, America poet, short story writer, and critic, is considered one of the most original and brilliant
writers in American literature, and the inventor of dective story.influenced by byron, his childhood hero, an avid reader
and imitator of shelley,keats, and Coleridge, from whom he borrowed spectrum of writers from the French symbolists to
artaud to Dostoevsky to derider and habokev.

Poe was a brilliant editor of literary magazines and earned a reputation as a virulent critic. Poe was also a tortured
artist; he was and alcolic and a laudanum addict.this apiate substance liberated the darkest regios of his mind from which
spilled fantasies and horror tale, death romances, and tales of murder and mystery, poetry of hauting sounds and
primitive rhythms. He has been analyzed as a necropiliac, a madman, a pissomaniac, a impotet lover, a man in terror of
his own suffotation, and obsessed wih death.

Taken from short lives by katinka Matson

8.- which of the following titles best suits the text? 9.-. . which of the ideas is presnt in the text?

a) “A critic of virulence” a) poe was a precursor of the mystery story

b) “A philosopher of poetry” b) poe was deeply influenced by the french symbolist
c) “The dreams of a tortured mind” c) poe´s obsession with death was the consequence of alcoholism.
d) d) “the artistic an his drugs" d) poe´s fanytastic stories are rooted in his addiction to audunun.

10.- in the expression “from whom he borrowed”, the wond “borrowed” could be replaced by
a) Took b) Copied c) Learned d) Developed

PRIMERA PARTE

11. Lucy_____ not__________ at home before you came

A) had / been B) haslbeen C) had / being D) has/being

12.________ is necessary __________ the plants.

A) It / water B) There / watef C). It / tú water D) There / tú water

13. Only these books are in english. The other _______ are in spanish.
A) own B) owns C) one D) ones

14. ______________ you been before we met ? in a factory

A) When have / worked B) Where have / worked C) When had / working 1)) Where had! Working

15.You have to add a _____________ salt. It improves the flavor,

A) little of B) little C) much of D) much

16. George doesnt like to do____________ for his friiends.

A) fun B) noise C) deals O) favors

17. Mike has__________ mother twice this week.

A) visits B) avisit C) visitad D) be visiting

18. ____ grandfather ________________ smoking since the operation?

A) Has/been B) Has/being C) Must/been D) Must / being

19. Lily wont out of her car.

A) go B) put C) get D) leave

20. HeIl never leam. Hes___________ dumb.

A) too B) welI C) cnough D) hardly

21. ________ the play _______ when the bomb exploded?

A) Had/begin B) Would / begin C) Had/begun D) Would / begun

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22, Mr. Andrews _______ through with the lecture at 6:00 o’clock.
A) put B) took C) got D) went

23. Please___________taikingto yoursister.

A) keep B) decide C) refuse D) promise

24. Jane didn’t____________ answering the questions.

A) need B) finish C) want D) expect

25.We must ah fight ____________the enemies of peace.

A) upan B) about C) toward O) against

26. Cindy shouted ___________ hearing the news about her friends.
A) of B) off C) over D) upon

27. Jean ___________ never __________ me for what I did.

A) will / forgave B) did / forgave C) has/forgiven D) conld / forgiven

28. I´ll have to read the book for the exam.

A) on B) up C) over D) back

29. I’m not able to read this book.________________ Its difficult,

A) too B) enough C) almost D) barely

30. I never______________ painting barb´s portrait.

A) refused B) expected C) fonished D)promised

31, _____________ of the food was left, It was salty.

A) Few B) Much C) Not rnany D) Not every

32. Her beauty is superb.________________ She is beautiful girl I know.

A) most B) more C) the most D) the more

33. _______ john ______________ his promise ?

A) has / forgot B) does / forgot C) has / forgotten D) does / forgotten

34.- __________ albert been _________ before he came to puebla? In tacxo with Lucy.
A) Who had / going B) Who had / living C) Where had / going D) Where had / living

35.- I ___________ read any of Hemingway’s books until last summer.

A) wouldn’t B) hadn’t C) don’t D) can’t

36.- We all ____________not telling James about the accident.

A) considered B) decided C) expected D) planned

37.- The President and his wife _________ cut the ribbon last night.
A) itself B) himself C) yourselves D) themselves

38.- Jean doesn’t want ________my brother.

A) help B) helps C) to help D) helping

SEGUNDA PARTE
39. I really hoped traveling this month
a) not be b) not beging c) not to be d) do not be

40.- He dived______ the bridge and swum toward the boat. .

a) Up b) Of c) down d) from

41.-._____the lawyer been_____ your case these days?

a) has/studied b) has/studying c) does/studied d) does/studying
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.42.-._______has Tom_____practicing for a long time when the competition began?
a) had/been b) had/being c) must / been d) must / being

43.- _____will not ____may people At the meeting

a) It/be b) it/ to be c) there/be d) there/ to be

44.- Didn´t she refuse_____part in the contest?

a) take b) took c) taken d) to take

45.- sam shouldn´t marry Joan. She´s_____smart for him. .

a) too b) quite c) almost d) enough

46.- We didn´t go_______ this mornig. We stayed home.

a) Nowhere b) any where c) some where d) everywhere

47. who broke this glass? it ________Robert .

a) did b) can c) was d) must

48.- . my sister advised me_______clothes____

a) which/to wear b) whom/wear c) which/ wear d) whom/wear

49.- _________history with paul makes the teacher angry

a) discuss b) discusses c) Discussed d) discussing

50.- . get up___-the train is leaving in twenty minutes

a) fast b) early c) hardly d) strainght

51. The mail comes____midday.

a) over b) into c) about d) through

52.-.Grandmother___not___ill since last winter

a) has/being b) has/been c) is/being d) is/been

53.- .why do you____ to leave the country?

a) mind b) deny c) avoid d) intend

54.- you ´re fatter________me.

a) as b) than c) of d) back

55.- I´ll have to reda the book_____for the exam

a) discuss b) discusses c) Discussed d) discussing

56.- Mr. Smith is a boring teacher His classes are______interesting of all.

a) the least b) little c) the less d) few

57.- .______has the cat ____sleeping all day? In the cellar

a )how/be b) where/be c) how/been d) where/been

58.- Lizzy told Tom and us to wash_____before lunch

a) had/been b) himself c) carselves d) themselves

59.- Rebeca_______always____in love with Pierre before be left.

a) had /been b) was/been c) had/being d) was/ being

60.- . do you think Oscar will get ______his illness?

a) off b) out c) away d) over

61.- Me finished our homework but Mary and Henry didn´t finished _________
a) them b)theirs c) their d) they are
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62.- The girl didn´t make the______to day
a) salad b) dishes c) weading d) stopping

63.- which_____did you choose? The green________

a) one/one b) one´s/one c) one/ one´s d) ones /ones.

64.- _______Jon___his promise?

a) has/forgot b) does/forgot c) has /forgotten d) does/forgotten

65.- I____been_____ since Igot up

a) am/to work b) am/working c) have /to work d) have/ working

66.- does she know_________________?

a) how to do b) where to go c) when leaving d) a little

67.- I drank ________wine, because my liver is weak

a) few b) a few c) little d) a little

68.- ._______car _______your drive yesterday? Mary´s

a) whose/did b) whose/were c) who´s/did d) who´s/were

69.- Salazar is a ____________________.

a) painter, well, known b) well kown painter c) known, well, painter d) painter, known,well

70.- John____not___me the notes when Ifinished my work

a)has/ given b) had/given c) coul/to give d) would /to give

71.- He________to serve as a traitor

a) denied b) stopped c) enjoyed d) consented

72.- The picture I saw last night was___sinister______ “Dracula”.

a) most/than b) more/than c) most / that d)most / that

73.- we arrived in Mahattan___the tunnel

a) through b) into c)for d) to

74.- .My daughter will_______ accepting the job.

a) amit b) decide c) procced d) consider

75.- I don’t her_______in the next room

a) nobody b) nothing c) anybody d) something

76.- Lucy and I______been ____too much before we finally divorced

a) had/ quarrelled b) had/ quarrelling c) have / quarrelled d) have / quarrelling

77.- ____takes George long____a novel.

a) It/write b) it/ to write c) there/write d) there/to write

78.- She failed al though her research work was______than ours.

a) better b)best c)well d)good

79.- ____________ you __________ going this month?. To Puebla, to visit my mother.
A) Why had /been B) Who had/ being C) Where have/ been D) What have/ being

80.- I _____________ staying at home last night. I had a great time at the circus
A) Enjoyed not B) Decided not C) Didn’t enjoy D) Didn’t decide

81.- Ruth has_____________ gasoline. She can’t get to the next corner
A) Few B) Little C) A few D) A little
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82.- He won a literary prize for__________ the year’s best novel.
A) Wrote B) Writing C) Written D) To write

83.- There isn’t ____________ home. They must be having lunch

A) Nobody / anywhere B) Somebody / anywhere C) Anybody / somewhere D) Everybody / somewhere

84.- Mother advised Linda _________

A) how she is studying Biology B) what to use is the problem C) how to dress well D) what she will fix.

85.- I like the blue car. I don’t like the red ____________.
A) Own B) One C) Owns D) Ones

86.- The boys fought bravely ___________ their enemies.

A) For B) Upon C) Down D) Against

87.- ______________ water in the bottle? No, wine

A) It was B) It had C) Was there D) Had there

88.- ________ Ted _________ when Mr. Jones arrived?

A) Had / left B) Has / left C) Had / leaving D) Has / leaving

89.- I think Barney plays ______ than Albert.

A) Well B) As good C) Better D) The best

90.- Peter _______________ busy with that book for the last three days.
A) Is being B) Has been C) Must be D) Can be

91.- _____________ four blocks from my house to school.

A) It is B) It does C) They do D) They are

92.-______ pencils are there? Peter’s

A) Who B) Whom C) Who’s D) Whose

93.-What’s Mrs. Brown ____________? She’s __________her duty.

A) Doing / doing B) Doing / making C) Making / doing D) Making / making

94.- Mother advised Linda __________________--

A) Now she is studying biology B) What to use is the problem
C) Now to dress well D) What she will fix

95.- Jane is swimming _______ the boat

A) At B) Down C) Front D) Toward

96.- She has to get_________ New York soon.

A) In B) To C) Off D) Out

97.- Henry is the __________ apprehensive of the three friends.

A) More B) Less C) Most D) Few

98.- The President and his wife __________ out the ribbon last night.
A) Itself B) Himself C) Yourselves D) Themselves

99.- Tom and Jane bought the car. Now it’s ____________
A) They B) Their C) Theirs D) They’re

100.- I___________ not___________ Pat up to now. I think he is out of town.

A) Have/ saw B) Have/ seen C) Might/ saw D) Might/ seen

101.- Give this book ___________ to Mr. Marlowe

A) Back B) Over C) On D) Up
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102.- We must leave _____________ midday. Let’s hurry.
A) into B) about C) toward D) through

103.- Robert is___________ charming _____________Peter.

A) So/ as B) As/ than C) Less/ as D) More/ than

104.- ____________had Lily___________ in the bank before she bought the car? One thousand pesos.
A) How much/ deposits B) How many/ deposits C) How much/ deposited D) How many/ deposited

105.- Marianne ___________ just___________ the gun when the policeman arrived.
A) Has/find B) Had/ find C) Had/ found D) Has/ found

106.- They came running _____________ the tunnel.

A) Off B) Into C) Upon D) Away

107- Did George decide________________________?

A) When to take his vacations B) Where will he buy the car
C) Which to use is important D) What can he publish now

108 .- ____________ is white bread on the table today.

A) It B) That C) This D) There

109.-______________ did the boys __________ playing football? At noon.

A) How / need B) When / stop C) What / plan D) Why / refuse

110.- This is my ring ______________ is on the table.

A) You B) Your C) Yours D) You’re

111.- Mike paints _________________ than Georges.

A) So beautiful B) More beautiful C) As beautifully D) Less beautifully

112.- It ___________ good __________ several languages

A) Is / to speak B) Is / speaking C) Does / to speak D) Does / speaking

113.- George finally got ___________ his illness last month

A) Over B) Out C) Off D) Up

114.- _______________ they ___________ on the project lately

A) Should / work B) Have / worked C) Will / working D) Could / to work

115.- The students are not lazy. I’m sure that ___________ them will arrive late.
A) None B) Most C) None of D) Most of

116.- Sam and Kim are sick. They___________ not _________ out to play lately
A) Did / go B) Must / go C) Had / gone D) Have / gone

117.- I agreed __________ the contract with that company

A) Sign B) Signed C) To sign D) Signing

118- The child got______________ in the big city and couldn’t fine his mother
A) Last B) Lost C) Along D) Ahead

119.- _____________ is coming for lunch today. I’ll be alone

A) Nobody B) Anybody C) Somebody D) Everybody

120.- She____________ been _____________ with us since 1972

A) Is / lived B) Is / living C) Has / lived D) Has / living

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121.- Jake _______________ been _____________ the new words all afternoon
A) Had / memorized B) Had / memorizing C) Have / memorized D) Have / memorizing

122.- Don’t read that article. It’s ______________ important of all.

A) Less B) Not the C) None D) The least

123.- John is tired because he worked _________ the whole day

A) Hard B) Late C) Early D) Straight

124.- Had the clerk ____________ drinking regularly before he died?

A) Be B) To be C) Been D) Being

125.- ___________ she __________ letters to her family recently?

A) Has / been writing B) Has been / writing C) Has / being written D) Has being / written

126.- Jack spoke_____________ fast __________ Frank

A) As / as B) Same / than C) So / as D) More / than

127.- Mary bought a ___________ _________ sweater

A) Made / machine B) Machine / Made C) Making / machine D) Machine / making

128.- ________ Jane _________to study medicine last year?

A) Did / finish B) Could / quit C) Did / decide D) Could / deny

129.- The group _____________ not _________ in the “ paradise hotel” until yesterday.
A) Has / Sang B) Had / Sung C) Had / sang D) Has / sung.

130.- The students are not lazy. I’m sure that _____________ them will arrive late.
A) none B) most C) none of D) most of

131.- Sam shouldn’t marry Joan. She’s _____ smart for him.
A) too B) quite C) almost D) enough

132.- I really hoped ___ traveling this month.

A) not be B) not being C) not to be D) do not be

133.- Jack spoke _______ fast _______ Frank.

A) as / as B) same / than C) so / as D) more / than

134.- __________ was nice __________ you.

A) It / meet B) It / to meet C) There / meet D) There / to meet.

135.- I finished my homework, but Anne didn’t finish ___________

A) her B) she C) hers D) she’s

136.- Mike typed _______ letters. It was Sam who typed most of them.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little

137.- Bess __ tired of Edgar before they were married.

A) got B) went C) put D) made

TERCERA PARTE
138.- con “ a “
a) She wants ___ tea for breakfast. b) tedy needed ___ time to recover.
c) David barns went to ___ war last year. d) I think it’s ___ pity they didn’t win

139 .- con “the”

a) They speak ___ English well. b) Raymond called ___ Çsenator Connors.
c) Some burglars were taken to ___ prision. d) She selected ___ children for her play.
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140. Con “the”
A) They speak_______English ve1l. B) Raymond called _____Senator Connors,
C) Sorne burglars were taken to____ prison. D) She selected______ children for her play.

141, Con “the”

A) You rnustnt go to_______ bed so late. B) Turn 0ff ______hight before leaving.
C) At what time will Jane have____ tea? D) Does______ ram always fall in May?

142. Sin “a”

A) He is baking____cious cake. B) What___shame it is to be so lazy.
C) Ihad___good time a the party. D) She like___ water with her dinner.

143. Sin “the’

A) Anne washed ah ____new glasses. B) Lucywas criticizíng ____Peters.
C) Will Heleo see _______ play today? D) Did you close — Edward’s car?

144, Sin ‘the”

A) I think she lives in_____india. B) I know______meat you bought is
C) She will work in______state of texas. D) They will get to_____office very late.