INGLÉS V - 1812-A

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exclusivamente con base en este, contestará las siguiente 2 preguntas.

At her death in 1695 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz left a remarkable body of writing-
religious, courtly, and popular poems in a wide variety of verse forms; intellectual
treatises; religious and secular plays; a long epistemological poem, “Primero sueño”;
and an autobiographical essay, the “Respuesta a Sor Filotea”, which, to date,
remains the most reliable literary portrait we have of this woman of genius.
What we know of Sor Juana merely awakens our appetite for further information. We
are unsure of the date of her birth. We do not know whether she ever knew her
father. We know approximately when she was sent to Mexico City to live with her
mother’s sister, but not why. We can approximate the dates of her life in court under
the protections and patronage of the Marqués and Marquesa de Mancera, but we
know nothing of the everyday details of those years. We can only speculate as to
why at the height of her popularity and in the full flush of her beauty she left the court
to enter the convent. In addition to the guesses we can make from her writing, and
besides the autobiographical “Respuesta”, and the nearly contemporary biography
written by Father Diego Callejas, we have only a handful of birth, death, and
marriage records relating to her family, and a few papers concerning Sor Juana’s
entrance into and subsequent professions of faith in first the Carmelite Order, and
then the Convent of Saint Jerome, where she died.
“Sor Juana Inés” by Margaret Sayers.

1. The reasons Sor Juana entered the convent are:

a) clear b) dubious c) unknown d) mystical

2. According to the text, biographical material on Sor Juana is:

a) accurate in its general content b) abundant in cronological information
c) distorted for the study of her work d) insufficient for understanding her life

A continuación se le presenta un texto que usted deberá leer con atención y,

exclusivamente con base en este, contestará la pregunta número 3.

People have alwayds found ways to destroy things and themselves. They went from
stones and sticks to bows and arrows. Then came guns-much more powerful and
deadly. Finally, people made atomic bombs. These are a danger to us all and to the
earth.
In some places, people have damaged land by too much farming or too much
grazing. Without grass or trees, rain may wash away the soil. Sometimes soil is
blown away by strong winds.
But people have found another way to harm themselves and the earth. It doesn’t
blow up. There is no loud noise. In fact, people don’t even know it happens. It is done
by chance, but it’s her. It is pollution: the poisoning of the water, land and air. The
poisons are chemicals, garbage, and wastes of all kinds.
Air is dirtied by smoke and by the gases from automobiles and airplanes. Soil may
be harmed by chemicals. Rivers and lakes are polluted. So are the oceans where
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cities are on the shores. Wastes have even been found floating in parts of the middle
of the oceans. There they kill the small plants and animals that fish need for food.
Think about the last time you went swimming in a river or a lake. Did the water really
look clear and pure? Or was it dirty and unpleasant to swim in? What do you see
when you look out your window in the morning or early evening? Is there a line of
haze? Can you see the hills, mountains, or buildings clearly? Is anyone doing
anything to clean up the air? How many ugly junkyards are there in your
neighborhood? Why are they there?

3. Which of the following kinds of pollution is not mentioned in the text?

a) air pollution b) land pollution c) water pollution d) noise pollution

4. We __________ about silly things till midnight.

a) chatted b) wasted c) alleged d) exchanged

5. If Ralph wants to _______ up, he will have to take extra classes.

a) catch b) make c) put d) go

6. Mrs. Craig has been absent for two weeks because she is ill _______ hepatitis.
a) of b) off c) for d) with

7. The garden was filled with _______ after the party.

a) litter b) leisure c) waste d) load

8. I bought a little figure carved in ___________.

a) soil b) wool c) ivory d) icicle

9. The candidates for best actor are Bert Rainbows and Roger Bedford. I _______
Roger Debford.
a) am for b) stand for c) stand on d) am on

10. We must strive for the complet ____________ of the project.

a) ion b) ment c) hood d) ship

11. The Wilsons live in a ___ house that has about eight rooms and an enormous
kitchen.
a) huge b) mild c) familiar d) faithful

12. Jack left because he couldn’t _______ for the infidelity of his wife.
a) set b) pay c) look d) stand

13. All the car’s _______ were modernized for the new model.
a) icicles b) features c) drawbacks d) performances

14. They never agreed _____ the specific details.

a) on b) at c) by d) for

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15. You shouldn’t _________ your time like that.
a) ease b) chat c) boast d) waste

16. Everybody _______ understood what she said.

a) dis b) mis c) un d) in

17. I’m very ______ of Terry. She’s so nice.

a) aware b) hold c) made d) fond

18. Be careful! You could _____ the vase.

a) endure b) waste c) ease d) drop

19. Children usually ______ like vegetables.

a) un b) dis c) mis d) in

20. Working with clay is a _______ I learned at school.

a) goal b) skill c) network d) harness

21. Mr. Kent didn’t notice the masked man ______ him.
a) watching b) to watch c) watches d) watch

22. The machinery has to be made of _______ to resist the hard work.
a) ivory b) steel c) foundry d) headstone

23. I had never seen such a _______ dog before. It must be newly born.
a) tiny b) narrow c) minimum d) decreased

24. Does the teacher wish her students ____ more polite?
a) are b) were c) will be d) should be

25. The road was too ______ for the cars to pass.
a) stingy b) deep c) narrow d) hard

26. Technological progress must help the _____ of mankind.

a) achievement b) development c) occurence d) emergency

27. We heard the distant _______ of an owl.

a) haul b) wool c) hoot d) gate

28. He listens to music with great intens______.

a) ion b) ness c) ity d) able