EXAMEN DE INGLÉS

FEBRERO ● 2016
ESCALA TÉCNICA Y OPFICIALES CUERPOS DE INGENIEROS
PART 1: GRAMMAR
Thomas Cruise Mapother

Thomas Cruise Mapother, better known as Tom Cruise, was born on the 3rd of July,
1962 in Syracuse, New York. He is one of the most successful actors in cinema history,
but life wasn't always easy for him. As a child, he was shy and had (1)………. in finding
friends, although his favourite activity was (2)……….. part in school plays. (3) ………
finishing High School, Tom went to New York looking for work and found
employment as a porter while he (4)…….. drama classes. His big break came in 1980,
when Franco Zeffirelli, the famous director, (5) ……..him his first part in a film. Today,
he has become (6) ……………….. successful that he is one of the highest-paid actors in
Hollywood, (7) ………….. millions of dollars for (8) ……………… film. He has become a
director, but (9)…………….. appears in films and is as (10) ………………. as ever with his
thousands of fans from all around the world.

Animals in Zoos

The oldest known zoological collection, where people began to keep animals, was
revealed during excavations in Egypt dating back (11)……………. 3000 years. Originally,
animals (12) …………..taught to perform for visitors, but this no longer (13)
…………….and now the purpose of zoos is to enable people to see animals behaving
naturally. There are some very important zoos in big cities like Berlin and Vienna, but
not (14)…………… approves of zoos, althought is often argued that they
(15)………………. us with the opportunity to (16) ……………about the natural world and
to be close to wild animals. Both of (17)…………… would not be possible (18)
…………….zoos. Some people are against zoos because they (19)……………… it is wrong
to put animals in cages, and they argue that in zoos which are not (20)……………
properly, animals live in filth and are given unsuitable food to eat.
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 The Icehotel

The Icehotel is a hotel made from snow and ice each year in the village of Jukkasjärvi,
which is in Swedish Lapland. and where winter temperatures can reach -40C. Even so,
6,000 holidaymakers (21) ……………. go there annually. The hotel, including the chairs
and beds, is made (22)………… snow and ice blocks taken from the nearby Torne
River, and if you want to, you can (23)………….. get married there, because, besides
bedrooms, it also has an ice chapel. There is a bar, with glasses made of ice, but
putting hot drinks on it is not (24)………….. . Although the temperature of the
bedrooms is around -4c, the guests are (25)………….. with special sleeping bags to
keep (26)…………….. warm, and (27)…………….. outdoor clothes can also be supplied,
if necessary. (28) ……………….the hotel melts in summer, it is never more than six
months old, and it is rebuilt (29) …………….. winter. Constructing it (30) …………….
10,000 tonnes of ice, plus 30,000 tonnes of snow.

The Rockies

The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range
which runs almost the length of Western North America. Although they start far out
in British Columbia, Western Canada, they come into only a (31) ……………hundred
miles from the center in more southern areas like New Mexico. They are smaller
(32)………… the Alps and there are many roads across them, (33)…………….. the best
way to see The Rockies is to (34) …………….by train.The journey starts in Vancouver,
which is one of (35) …………..most beautiful cities in the world, and being so close to
the mountains (36) …………….its residents to enjoy very convenient skiing, because the
slopes are only 15 minutes by car from the city (37)…………….. . There was a time
when thirty passenger trains a day used to (38)………………. off from Vancouver on the
cross-continent railway, but now there are just three a week. You sleep on boards,
(39)……………… is great fun, and see some of the most spectacular (40)……………..
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(1) A) worry B) problem C) fear D) difficulty

(2) A) making B) holding C) taking D) finding

(3) A) While B) During C) After D) Until

(4) A) prepared B) waited C) attended D) happened

(5) A) suggested B) offered C) tried D) advised

(6) A) so B) such C) too D) very

(7) A) paying B) earning C) winning D) reaching

(8) A) another B) all C) each D) some

(9) A) yet B) ever C) already D) still

(10) A) popular B) favourite C) preferred D) approved

Animals in Zoos

(11) A) above B) over C) more D) beyond

(12) A) are B) have C) were D) had

(13) A) appears B) becomes C) develops D) happens

(14) A) somebody B) everybody C) nobody D) anybody

(15) A) produce B) bring C) provide D) make

(16) A) discover B) learn C) find D) realise

(17) A) that B) what C) whose D) these

(18) A) without B) instead C) except D) unless

(19) A) hope B) feel C) imagine D) believe

(20) A) ordered B) managed C) decided D) aimed

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 The Icehotel
(21) A) therefore B) ever C) also D) still

(22) A) by B) of C) within D) for

(23) A) even B) however C) already D) yet

(24) A) supported B) recognised C) recommended D) agreed

(25) A) given B) offered C) provided D) delivered

(26) A) these B) those C) they D) them

(27) A) suitable B) convenient C) aceptable D) satisfactory

(28) A) Although B) Because C) So D) While

2(9) A) other B) any C) each D) another

(30) A) brings B) puts C) fetches D) takes

The Rockies

(31) A) many B) lot C) few D) couple

(32) A) from B) to C) as D) than

(33) A) but B) because C) unless D) since

(34) A) drive B) travel C) ride D) pass

(35) A) a B) one C) the D) its

(36) A) lets B) allows C) offers D) gives

(37) A) center B) circle C) middle D) heart

(38) A) leave B) get C) take D) set

(39) A) when B) which C) who D) where

(40) A) scenery B) view C) site D) beauty

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 RESPUESTAS 30-D

1-D 31-C

2-C 32-D

3-C 33-A

4-C 34-B

5-B 35-C

6-A 36-B

7-B 37-A

8-C 38-D

9-D 39-B

10-A 40-A

11-B

12-C

13-D

14-B

15-C

16-B

17-D

18-A

19-D

20-B

21-D

22-B

23-A

24-C

25-C

26-D

27-A

28-B
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29-C