Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

INGLÉS 3 – EXAMEN DE CORTE 2

PARTE 1

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 1 A 3 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO.

¿Dónde puede ver estos avisos? En las preguntas 1 a 3, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

EJEMPLO:

0 A. in a school
PIANO LESSONS IN CLASSROOM B. in a bathroom
C. in a playground
14 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00
A.M.

RESPUESTA: O A B C

1. Slow Down
A. On A highway
B. On a parking lot
DANGEROUS CROSSROADS C. On a train station

2.
A. In a night club
GREAT OPENING B. In an amusement park
C. In a school

TONIGHT
3. A. In a park
B. In a highway
C. On the street
PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING
PARTE 2

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 4 A 8 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Lea las descripciones de la columna de la izquierda (4 - 8). ¿Cuál palabra de la columna de la derecha
(A - H) concuerda con cada descripción?
Una opción (A - H) se usa para el ejemplo. Sobran dos opciones más.
En las preguntas 4 - 8, marque la letra correcta A - H en su hoja de respuestas.

Ejemplo:
0. Attends to passengers on an airplane.
O A B C D E F G H

4. This is a room containing a bath and usually also a A. Kitchen

washbasin and toilet. B. staircase
5. A room or building where clothes and household linen C. hallway
are washed and ironed D. garage
E. bathroom
6. A building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicle
F. porch
G. attic
7. This is the part of the house where food is prepared
H. laundry
and cooked

8. This is a corridor in a building

 PARTE 3

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 9 A 13 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO.

Complete las cinco conversaciones.

En las preguntas 9 - 13, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.
Ejemplo:
0. Mary learns English so well A. It is fantastic!
B. It is really delicious
C. It is a pity

RESPUESTA:
O A B C

9. What kind of music do your parents like? A. Music is not that appropriate for them
B. They like listening to folk music
C. Any kind is fine for me

10. Have you heard the weather forecast for tomorrow? A. I hate listening to weather forecasts
B. Yeah. It`s supposed to keep raining tomorrow
C. That man is a liar

11. What did you do last weekend? A. I stayed home and read a book
B. Last weekend was tons of fun
C. Please don`t ask

12. This report card is terrible! My mom is going to kill me A. She will kill you
B. You should have studied harder
C. You always have good report cards

13. Hello. Can I speak to your mom, please A. What do you need my mom for?
B. Just a minute please
C. No you can`t

PARTE 4

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 14 A 18 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO.

Lea el artículo y seleccione la palabra adecuada para cada espacio.
En las preguntas 14 – 18, marque la letra correcta A, B, o, C en su hoja de respuestas.
Ejemplo:
0. A. waking up B. wake up C. woke up
RESPUESTA:
O A B C

Big Mac attack

David Gorske, 57, has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. It (14) _____ been 39 years since he first ate a burger.
At the age of 19 he had (15) _____ eaten his first 1,000 burgers and he really liked them. He thought: “How
old will I be before I reach 10,000?" During a celebration that some friends (16) _____ in his name, he said
he would (17) _____ to eat burgers until he died. Mr. Gorske (18) _____ he can eat a burger in 16 bites
and registers the food he eats on calendars. He appeared in the 2004 documentary film “Super Size Me”,
which looks at the effects of eating McDonald’s food daily. Every week, he goes to the restaurant and buys
six burgers on Monday and eight on Thursday and keeps them frozen in his cabinet until he is ready to eat.
Doctors noted that they do not recommend Mr. Gorske's diet.
https://es.scribd.com/doc/42342249/PAST-SIMPLE-Reading-Exercise

14. A. ’s B. is C. had
15. A. never B. already C. yet
16. A. designed B. conducted C. organized
17. A. start B. develop C. continue
18. A. says B. talks C. speaks
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 19 A 24 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO.

Lea el texto y responda las preguntas.

En las preguntas 19 - 24, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

Ejemplo:
O. The first show was in A. 1999
B. 1998
C. 2000
RESPUESTA:
O A B C

In the early 1920's, settlers came to Alaska looking for gold. They traveled by boat to the coastal towns of
Seward and Knik, and from there by land into the gold fields. The trail they used to travel inland is known
today as the Iditarod Trail, one of the National Historic Trails designated by the Congress of the United
States. The Iditarod Trail quickly became a major thoroughfare in Alaska, as the mail and supplies were
carried across this trail. People also used it to get from place to place, including the priests, ministers, and
judges who had to travel between villages. In the winter, the settlers’ only means of travel down this trail
was via dog sled.
Once the gold rush ended, many gold-seekers went back to where they had come from, and suddenly
there was much less travel on the Iditarod Trail. The introduction of the airplane in the late 1920’s meant
dog teams were no longer the standard mode of transportation, and of course with the airplane carrying the
mail and supplies, there was less need for land travel in general. The final blow to the use of the dog teams
was the appearance of snowmobiles.
By the mid 1960's, most Alaskans didn’t even know the Iditarod Trail existed, or that dog teams had
played a crucial role in Alaska’s early settlements. Dorothy G. Page, a self-made historian, recognized how
few people knew about the former use of sled dogs as working animals and about the Iditarod Trail’s role in
Alaska’s colorful history. To raise awareness about this aspect of Alaskan history, she came up with the
idea to have a dog sled race over the Iditarod Trail. She presented her idea to an enthusiastic musher, as
dog sled drivers are known, named Joe Redington, Sr. Soon the Pages and the Redingtons were working
together to promote the idea of the Iditarod race.
Many people worked to make the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race a reality in 1967. The Aurora Dog
Mushers Club, along with men from the Adult Camp in Sutton, helped clear years of overgrowth from the
first nine miles of the Iditarod Trail. To raise interest in the race, a $25,000 purse was offered, with Joe
Redington donating one acre of his land to help raise the funds. The short race, approximately 27 miles
long, was put on a second time in 1969.
After these first two successful races, the goal was to lengthen the race a little further to the ghost town
of Iditarod by 1973. However in 1972, the U.S. Army reopened the trail as a winter exercise, and so in
1973, the decision was made to take the race all the way to the city of Nome—over 1,000 miles. There
were many who believed it could not be done and that it was crazy to send a bunch of mushers out into the
vast, uninhabited Alaskan wilderness. But the race went! 22 mushers finished that year, and to date over
400 people have completed it.

https://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Level_9_Passage_1.pdf
19. The primary purpose of this passage is to
A. recount the history of the Iditarod trail and the race that memorializes it
B. describe the obstacles involved in founding the Iditarod race
C. outline the circumstances that led to the establishment of the Iditarod Trail

20. Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred that all of the following contributed to
the disuse of the Iditarod Trail except
 A. more modern forms of transportation
B. depleted gold mines
C. highway routes to ghost towns

21. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best definition for mode?

A. formula
B. way
C. preference

22. According to the passage, the initial Iditarod race

A. was funded through the sale of musher entrance fees
B. was founded by an advocate for Alaskan history
C. ended at the ghost town of Iditarod

23. As used in paragraph 3, the phrase “self-made historian” implies that Dorothy G. Page
A. was employed by the state to keep its dog sled history alive
B. was determined to honor the glories of the gold rush in spite of her questionable credentials
C. had pursued the study of Alaska’s history out of her own interest

24. In 1925, when a diphtheria outbreak threatened the lives of people in the remote town of Nome,
the government used the Iditarod Trail to transport medicine nearly 700 miles to the town. If the author
chose to include this fact in the passage, it would best fit in
A. paragraph 1
B. paragraph 2
C. paragraph 3

PARTE 6

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 25 A 29 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO.

Lea el texto y responda las preguntas.
En las preguntas 25 - 29, marque A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.
Ejemplo:
O. According to the text, the customer
A. left a £25 tip to the waiters who work there.
B. celebrated Christmas and New Year at this restaurant.
C. found this great restaurant after many attempts.
D. posted an excellent review about this restaurant.
RESPUESTA:
O A B C D

The piranha is a much-maligned fish. Most people think that this is a deadly creature that swarms through
rivers and creeks of the Amazon rainforest looking for victims to tear apart. And woe betide anyone unlucky
enough to be in the same water as a shoal of piranhas. It takes only a few minutes for the vicious piranhas to
reduce someone to a mere skeleton.
The truth is that the piranha is really a much more nuanced animal than the mindless killer depicted in the
media. In fact, piranhas are a group made up of approximately twelve different species. Each piranha species
occupies its own ecological niche. One type of piranha takes chunks out of the fins of other fish.
Another type eats fruit falling from trees into the river. Each piranha species plays a unique role in the
ecology of the rainforest floodplains. So what should you do next time you hear someone talking about the
“deadly piranha”? You can remind them that the piranha is not always the notorious killer fish that the tough,
muscular heroes of popular nature television shows would have us believe.

https://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Level_8_Passage_3.pdf
25. The primary purpose of the author is to
A. correct misconceptions about the piranha
B. illustrate the importance of piranhas in rainforest ecology
C. describe two different species of piranhas
D. instruct the reader on what to say if someone describes the piranha as “deadly”

26. In paragraph 1, the author most likely uses the old-fashioned expression “woe betide” to
A. highlight the danger posed by piranhas
B. suggest that the reputation of the piranha is well-deserved
C. emphasize the sarcastic tone
D. indicate that the passage was written in the 19th century

27. In paragraph 1, the author uses hyperbole—characterized by the use of exaggeration for effect—to
describe the piranha. The author most likely uses hyperbole to
A. frame an argument that is supported in a later paragraph
B. create ambiguity so the reader cannot be sure which position the writer supports
C. juxtapose the myth of the piranha with the truth about the fish
D. evoke vivid images of nature television shows in the reader’s mind

28. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best definition for unique? unusual
A. irreplaceable
B. important
C. individual
D. unusual

29. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best synonym for notorious?

A. celebrated
B. disreputable
C. notable
D. renowned

PARTE 7

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 30 A 35 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el texto y seleccione la palabra adecuada para cada espacio. En las preguntas 30- 35, marque la
letra correcta A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.

Ejemplo:

0. A. started B. studied C. had D. arrived

RESPUESTA
O A B C D

Big Mac attack

David Gorske, 57, has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. It’s been 39 years since he first ate a burger. At the age of
19 he had already eaten his first 1,000 burgers and he really (30) __________ them. He thought: “How
(31)_____ will I be before I reach 10,000?" During a celebration that some friends (32) _____ in his name, he
said he would continue to eat burgers until he died. Mr. Gorske says he can eat a burger in 16 bites and
registers the food he eats on calendars. He appeared in the 2004 documentary film “Super Size Me”, which
looks at the effects of eating McDonald’s food daily. Every week, he goes to the restaurant and (33) _____ six
burgers on Monday and eight on Thursday and keeps them frozen in his (34) _____until he is ready to eat.
Doctors noted that they do not recommend Mr. Gorske's (35) _____.

It was taken from Cuadernillo de preguntas saber TyT, ICFES 2018. Page 9.

https://en.islcollective.com/download/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/questions-interrogative/mary-celeste-mystery/3032

30. A. ate B. liked C. hated D. bought

31. A. far B. old C. much D. often
32. A. designed B. conducted C. composed D. organized
33. A. spends B. buys C. carries D. uses
34. A. cupboard B. oven C. cabinet D. fridge
35. A. dinner B. snack C. diet D. diet

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