COLEGIO WILLIAMS

DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLES

EXAMEN DE ADMISION PARA SECUNDARIA.

INSTRUCTIONS:
READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES CAREFULLY AND THEN PUT THE LETTER THAT CORRESPONDNS IN THE GREEN SQUARE

COMPLETE NAME:
SCHOOL YOU COME FROM:

LAST GRADE:

SECTION I.

EXAMPLE: JOHN SMITH IS _________ CANADA. c

a) of
b) on
c) from
a
1) The Hollywood Studios _________ in Los Angeles.
a) is
b) are
c) its
a
2) Jack _________ 12 years old.
a) is
b) are
c) has
a
3) _________ are my pencils.
a) This
b) These
c) Its
b
4) The children are singing. Listen to _________.
a) their
b) they
c) them
b
5) Are Sandy and Sam _________ ? Yes, they are.
a) sings
b) sing
c) singing

6) What _________ every Saturday?

a

a) is Alan doing
b) does Alan do
c) Alan doing

7) _________ coffee did you buy? One kilo.

a
a) How many
b) How long
c) How much

8) This isn’t my pen _________ is it? It’s John’s.

c

a) Whose
b) Who’s
c) Who

9) Alice _________ know the lesson last week.

a
a) didn’t
b) don’t
c) doesn’t

10) He didn’t _________ lunch yesterday. He left it at home.

a

a) bring
b) bringing
C) brought
b
11) _________ With weapons.
a) What did the hunt?
b) What did they hunt with?
c) Who did they hunt?

12) Mozart died while he _________ a requiem.

c

a) composing
b) composed
c) was composing

13) The Concorde is _________ than the Boeing 747.

b

a) faster
b) fastest
c) fast
b
14) Janet is the _________ player of the team.
a) bad
b) worst
c) worse
a
15) Neruda was one of _________ poets of the twentieth century.
a) famousest
b) more famous
c) the most famous
a
16) Sandy went out yesterday, so _________ was home.
a) nobody
b) everybody
c) anybody
c
17) She cannot find her handbag _________.
a) everywhere
b) nowhere
c) anywhere
b
18) Michel Anderson, the famous writer, _________ several international prizes.
a) has won
b) was won
c) winning
b
19) _________ It was written by Shakespeare.
a) Who was Hamlet written by?
b) Who wrote Hamlet?
c) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet?
b
20) You _________ smoke in a petrol station. It is prohibited.
a) shouldn’t
b) may not
c) mustn't
c
21) She _________ him to school if you want her to.
a) will take
b) should take
c) take
c
22) This composition is not _________ as others.
a) as difficult
b) more difficult
c) difficult
c
23) There’s _________ coffee in the pot.
a) many
b) few
c) little
b
24) Please speak more _________. You’re making too much noise.
a) quiet
b) quietly
c) quietly than
b
25) If he didn’t smoke, he _________.
a) coughed
b) didn’t cough
c) wouldn’t cough

26) My handbag _________.

b
a) has stolen
b) has been stolen
c) has been stealing

SECTION II.
READ THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUES CAREFULLY AND SELECT THE BEST OPTION.

a) I'm fine
b) I’m a lawyer.
27) X: What do you do? Y: c) I’m working. c
d) I’m busy.

a) I’m fine.
28) X: This is Alberto! Y: b) Thank you. d
c) See you later.
d) Nice to meet you.

a) You’re welcome.
b) Sure, here you are.
29) X: Can I have the salt? Y: c) I’m sorry. b
d) Yes it is.

a) Tall and blonde.

b) Friendly and intelligent
30) X: What does Kevin’s mother look like? Y: c) Fine. b
d) Always angry.

DIALOGUE I.

a
31) TOM: I love to play tennis every morning. Would you
a) play with me sometime?
b) play me sometime?
c) show me the play?
d) show me the tennis?
c
32) PAUL: Sure.
a) I don’t play tennis.
b) I played tennis.
c) Is next Monday all right?
d) Are you O. K.?
c
33) TOM: Perfect, I’ll
a) see you then.
b) play you then.
c) be to Acapulco at 8:00.
d) pick up at 8:00.

DIALOGUE II

SALLY: At what time was the concert over?

b
34) JACK:
a) It’s three o’clock.
b) Around four twenty.
c) More than five.
d) Over twenty.
a
35) It was
a) terrific.
b) postponed.
c) about music.
d) of piano.

DIALOGUE III.

c
36) JANE: What happened while David _________ breakfast this morning?
a) was fixing
b) fixes
c) is fixing
d) fixing
c
37) PAT: His brother
a) was phony
b) was hanged
c) got home
d) was arriving
c
38) and he _________ the orange juice.
a) ate
b) spilled
c) drink
d) press
a
39) JANE: I’d already _________ my homework when the lights
a) done
b) made
c) do
d) make
b
40) _________ last night.
a) go off
b) off
c) went
d) went off

READING COMPHENHENSION

READ THESE TWO PASSAGES AND PUT THE BEST OPTION ON THE BLUE SQUARE

PASSAGE I.
Carmen felt unhappy about the Star Club Map Race. “I don’t want to
race, because I’m too slow,” she said. “Everyone will make fun of me.”

Then her cousin Risa said, “Running quickly isn’t everything. This is a
different kind of race. “ She put Carmen’s name on the race list.
On the day of the race, Mr. Zablon from the Star Club explained the
rules. “When I say ‘Go,’ run from here to the school. There you’ll get
special maps to help you find six hidden paper stars. The person who
gets back here first with all six stars wins.”

When the race began, Carmen reached the school last. She felt bad,
but she took her map and quickly found her first three stars.
It was fun to follow the map. Carmen soon forgot all about being
laughed at.

When Carmen got to the finish line, the other kids were already there.
Carmen started to feel bad again. Then Mr. Zablon saw her stars and
told her that she had won. Carmen was the only one to gather all six
stars!

Risa smiled at Carmen and said, “There’s going to be another map

race next month!”

c
41) What probably happened next?
a) Carmen’s cousin entered the next race.
b) Carmen told Mr. Zablon about the next race.
c) Carmen decided to run in the next race.

42) What happened first?

c

a) Risa put Carmen’s name on the race list.

b) Mr. Zablon from the Star Club explained the rules.
c) Carmen said she did not want to race.
b
43) Carmen said she did not want to race because she _________.
a) could not read maps
b) was a slow runner
c) Mr Zablon was waiting there for her
a
44) Carmen felt bad when she got to the finish line because _________.
a) she thought the other kids would laugh at her
b) running in the race made her sick
c) Mr Zablon was waiting there for her
a
45) This story shows that Carmen is a person who _________.
a) gives up easily
b) keeps trying
c) helps others

PASSAGE II.
Linny was spending part of her summer vacation in Egypt. Egypt is a
very old country in North Africa with a large desert area. Linny’s
father and his assistant were there for the summer. They were
digging up and studying old bones with other scientists.

One day Linny’s father took her into the desert to show her the place
where he and the other scientists were working. Linny had never been
in a desert before. The sun was like a huge fire in the sky. It surprised
Linny that it could be so hot. She had never felt such heat before. And
the hot, dry air made her feel thirsty. To make matters worse, a gust
of wind blew sand in her face. All of this made Linny very homesick.
The scientists did not have anything that Linny could do. Soon she
became bored watching her father and the others studying the old
bones, so she walked a short distance away.

The sun was so hot that Linny felt as if she were in an oven. The
atmosphere was thick and heavy. Linny was sweating. She wanted to
take off her hat and shoes, but her father had warned her against
doing that. “The strong rays of the sun will hurt you, and the sand
could burn your feet,” her father had said.
Then Linny noticed a desert tree not far away. There was some shade
beneath it. She decided to go there and sit in the shade. On the way,
she amused herself. Linny had a very good imagination, and
whenever she got bored she would let it amuse her. Now, she
imagined that she was lost in the desert.

“You must find a water hole soon!” she cried. “Or you will die of
thirst!” Then she grabbed her throat as if she were choking, and she
fell onto the sand laughing.
She wished she had a tall glass of ice water, and she sighed. Then she
laughed again, remembering that in another week, she and her family
would be going home to the United States.
She got up and hurried toward the tree.

a
46) What probably happened next?
a) Linny’s father called her.
b) Linny took off her hat and shoes.
c) Linny fell onto the sand laughing.
d) Linny sat down in the shade.

c
47) Linny became bored watching her father and the other scientists
studying old bones because _________.
a) she had never been in a desert before
b) the strong rays of the sun would hurt her
c) she did not have anything to do
d) she wished she had a tall glass of ice water
a
48) Linny felt as if she were in an oven because _________.
a) the sun was so hot
b) she had on a hat
c) she had a good imagination
d) the sand burned her feet
c
49) What happened just after Linny became bored with watching her
father and the other scientists?
a) A gust of wind blew sand in her face.
b) Linny walked a short distance away.
c) The hot, dry air made her feel thirsty.
d)

50) Just before Linny fell onto the sand laughing. She _________.
a
a) felt homesick
b) grabbed her throat
c) walked toward her father
d) looked for something to do

Final

THANKS
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OMPLETE NAME: 0
OU COME FROM: 0
LAST GRADE: 0

Totals

Sections Successes %
Section I 22 42%
Section II 4 50%
Dialogues 10 50%
Reading Comprehension 12 60%

Totales 48 48%

Percents

Section I; 42%

Section II; 50%

%

Dialogues; 50%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Reading 100%

Successes

1 Section I

Section II

2
Dialogues

Reading
Comprehension
3 22 4 10 12

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100