GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC EXAM (READING)

NAME:_______________________________________________INGENEERING:______________

READING COMPREHENSION
READING 1
Read the following text.
Hi! I’m Juana. I’m from Huejutla, Hidalgo. I am 28 years old. I speak Spanish, English and Náhuatl. In Huejutla,
Náhuatl is as common as Spanish. I work in the UNAM, the National University in Mexico City. I teach Náhuatl
and English in the Language Department.

Members of my family live in Huejutla, in Pachuca and in the USA, and I live in Mexico City. My parents and
my sister, Carmen, live in Huejutla. My brother David, his wife and two children live in Pachuca. My brother
Bernardo lives in Florida, USA.

Three people in my family speak English- Bernardo, David and me. Bernardo is a waiter in a restaurant in
Miami, and he speaks English and Spanish in his job, David is an engineer and he reads a lot in English.
Taken from: Davies P. (2014). Make it Real A1.1. México: UAEH.

INSTRUCTIONS. A: Match the sentences with the information missing. There are extra options.
1. _________ has two children.
2. Juana has ______ brothers and ______ sister.
Options:
a. two
b. one
c. David
d. Bernard
e. three
INSTRUCTIONS. B: Choose the correct answer.
3. Where does Juan work?
a. at UNAM b. in Huejutla c. in a restaurant d. in Pachuca

4. Where do her parents live?

a. Pachuca b. Huejutla c. Mexico city d. Miami

5. Who lives in the USA?

a. Juana b. Carmen c. David. d. Bernardo

6. What is the profession of David?

a. parent b. teacher c. waiter d. engineer

7. Juana doesn’t speak this language…

a. Spanish b. Portuguese c. English d. Náhuatl
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READING 2
Read the following text.
Jenny Walcott lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She studies at Lakeside High School. She is a good student and
a very organized person. She gets up at 7 am every day, including Saturdays and Sundays. She usually eats
fruit, something cooked (eggs, for example) and coffee for breakfast.

Jenny goes to school by bus. She does not wear a uniform at her school, but there is a dress code. Classes
begin at 8:30 and finish 3:30, with lunch at school. Jenny likes all the school subjects, but especially math and
physics. She and her friend Tom Lancaster are doing a physics project together. They have two weeks to finish
it. Jenny is also reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” for her English literature class, and she is writing an essay for
her geography class next week. And she is thinking of taking guitar classes. Oh, and she plays on the school
basketball team. Is she extraordinarily energetic, or just a typical high school student?

Taken from: Davies P. (2014). Make it Real Junior A1.2. México: UAEH

INSTRUCTIONS. A: Choose the correct answer.

1. What type of student is she?
a. an Elementary student b. a secondary student
c. a high school student d. university student

2. How is she?
a. she is organized b. she is disorganized
c. she isn’t a good student d. She is happy

3. What days does she wake up at 7?

a. every day b. on week days c. on weekends d. on Sundays

4. This is an example of something she has for breakfast.

a. bread b. cookies c. eggs d. fish

5. What drink does she have for breakfast?

a. eggs b. coffee c. fruit d. milk

6. What is one of Jenny’s favorite subjects?

a. Geography b. English c. Literature d. Physics

7. What are Jenny and Tom doing together?

a. reading a book b. playing the guitar c. playing basketball d. doing a project

Read the following text.

READING 3
Tips for exploring Cancun.
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Take the Bus
Try the local transport or rent a car for a day to reduce transportation costs. The local ADO bus line is
comfortable. The buses have air-conditioning and go almost everywhere including Playa del Carmen, Akumal,
and Tulum.  Local buses are cheap. They only costs 10 pesos (less than one USD) to get from the Hotel Zone
to downtown.

Pay in Pesos
Paying in Mexican pesos can help you to buy things and souvenirs at a better price. There are bank machines
all around the city that will let you take out money in USD or pesos

Taken and adapted from: https://www.thebarefootnomad.com/mexico/10-quick-tips-for-exploring-cancun-mexico-on-a-budget/

INSTRUCTIONS. Choose the correct answer.

1. Where do the local buses get?
a. Playa del Carmen b. Downtown c. Tulum d. Hotel zone

2. You can buy souvenirs at a lower price by paying

a. in USD b. in bank machines c. in Mexican pesos d. at a better price

READING 4
Read the following text.
The 1970 saw the creation of two big new vacation centers in North America, one a beach resort in Mexico, the
other a group of theme parks and resorts in the USA. Cancun has almost four million visitors a year, and
Disney World fifty-two million (of course many people visit Disney World just for one day, while almost
everybody stays in Cancun for several days, a week or more).

The planning of Cancun began in 1968, and development work in 1970. The Mexican government build roads,
an international airport and all the basic infrastructure, and financed the construction of nine hotels. In 1974,
the first hotel, the Playa Blanca Hotel (now Temptation Resort), opened. In 1967, almost nobody lived in
Cancun area, there was almost nothing but sand and coconut trees. Now, the permanent population is about
700, 000 and there are 30 000 hotel rooms.
Taken from: Davies P. (2014). Make it Real Junior A1.2. México: UAEH

INSTRUCTIONS. Choose the correct answer.

1. What was the year for two center projects?
a. 1968 b. 1967 c. 1970 d. 1974
2. How long do Disney visitors stay
a. a year b. a week c. several days d. a day

3. This is NOT something the Mexican government built

a. hotels b. an airport c. roads d. the infrastructure

4. When did the Playa Blanca Hotel open?

a. in 1968 b. in 1970 c. in 1974 d. in 1967
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5. When did Cancun look like a desert?
a. in 1968 b. in 1970 c. in 1974 d. in 1967