INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIÓN 1. In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer these questions.

Be
TIEMPO: Una hora. Se recomienda dedicar cuarenta minutos para responder las careful with the grammar and write precise answers. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
preguntas 1, 2, 3, 4, y veinte minutos para la número 5. a) Where were Egyptian cosmetics first discovered?
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b) Why are lips and cheeks mentioned in the text?.
INSTRUCCIONES:
1. Haga una primera lectura cuidadosa del texto y de las preguntas. 2. Are the following sentences TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text.
2. Lea una segunda vez y conteste a las preguntas. NO marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.( Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
3. Conteste en LENGUA INGLESA y según el texto dado.
a) Like us, Egyptian spent a lot of time washing and cleaning their teeth.
4. Compruebe sus respuestas antes de entregar la prueba.
5. Escriba sus respuestas en el cuadernillo de examen, respetando el orden de las b) We don’t know what the red colouring for the fingernails was made of.
preguntas.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSMETICS 3. Find in the text words which mean the same as the following words or phrases
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Although water along the banks of the Nile was plentiful, it is unlikely that a) improbable (paragraph 1)
Egyptians used any form of soap or toothpaste. yet, around 1400 BC, three ladies
belonging to the court of Tuthmosis III were buried with a costly royal funerary b) false coverings of hair (paragraph 2)
equipment which included cosmetics. c) illnesses (paragraph 3)
later it was found that men and women took great care to ensure that their hair
remained in good condition and they also wore wigs made of human hair on festive d) light (paragraph 4)
occasions. Jars of what could be compared with “setting lotion” have been found to 4. Complete the following text. Write words or complete. (Puntuación máxima: 2
contain a mixture of beeswax and resin and there were remedies for problems like puntos)
baldness and greying. a) Write one word in the first blank and put the verb in brackets into the correct tense
The beautiful almond shape of Egyptian eyes attracted a great deal of cosmetic in the second blank:
attention, being usually highlighted by an application of black Kohl or green
malachite. Eyepaint was also considered as a treatment for the cure or prevention of An old-time perfume, _______ was made with violets, _______ (use) in the
eye diseases and there were a great number of prescriptions dealing with preventing treatment of female illnesses
ingrowing eyeslashes. b) Write a comparative sentence using the adjective given:
Some Egyptian women appear to have coloured their fingernails although the
nature and composition of the red substance used by them for this purpose is not Sometimes an eight-year-old perfume is _____ (good) _____ a freshly made one
known. Lips were also painted red with a sort of lipstick. Red colour was used to give c) Write one word in each blank.
glow to the cheeks. One of the most famous perfumes was made in the city of Mendes
from where it was exported to Rome; it consisted of oil, myrrh and resin. The secret of Egyptians had to extract scents directly ______ plants and flowers ______ they did
the Egyptian perfume makers was to know at exactly which moment and temperature not know how to distil alcohol
to introduce the various ingredients d) Reorder these words and phrases to make a meaningful sentence:
of / high priority / cleanliness / were / personal appearance / and / matters
5. Write 60 to 100 words on ONE of the following topics: Do not copy from the text.
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a) To what extent do young people in Spain depend on fashion?
b) Do you think we care too much about people’s appearance?