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

eas in the text, answer these questions. Be careful

TIEMPO: Una hora. Se recomienda dedicar cuarenta minutos para responder las preguntas 1, with the grammar and write precise answers. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
2, 3, 4, y veinte minutos para la número 5. a) Where were Egyptian cosmetics first discovered?
PUNTUACIÓN MÁXIMA: 10 puntos
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. NO marks
2. Lea una segunda vez y conteste a las preguntas. 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.
3. Find in the text words which mean the same as the following words or phrases (Puntuación
máxima: 1 punto)
a) improbable (paragraph 1)
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSMETICS
b) false coverings of hair (paragraph 2)
Although water along the banks of the Nile was plentiful, it is unlikely that Egyptians used c) illnesses (paragraph 3)
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 equipment which included cosmetics. d) light (paragraph 4)
4. Complete the following text. Write words or complete. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
later it was found that men and women took great care to ensure that their hair remained in a) Write one word in the first blank and put the verb in brackets into the correct tense in the
good condition and they also wore wigs made of human hair on festive occasions. Jars of second blank:
what could be compared with “setting lotion” have been found to contain a mixture of
beeswax and resin and there were remedies for problems like baldness and greying. An old-time perfume, _______ was made with violets, _______ (use) in the treatment of
female illnesses
The beautiful almond shape of Egyptian eyes attracted a great deal of cosmetic attention, b) Write a comparative sentence using the adjective given:
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 eye diseases and there were a Sometimes an eight-year-old perfume is _____ (good) _____ a freshly made one
great number of prescriptions dealing with preventing ingrowing eyeslashes. c) Write one word in each blank.

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 known. Lips were also
painted red with a sort of lipstick. Red colour was used to give 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 the Egyptian perfume makers was to know
at exactly which moment and temperature to introduce the various ingredients
Egyptians had to extract scents directly ______ plants and flowers ______ they did not know
how to distil alcohol
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.
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)
a) To what extent do young people in Spain depend on fashion?
b) Do you think we care too much about people’s appearance?