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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 80 A 84 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

¿Dónde puede ver estos avisos?
En las preguntas 80-84, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.
Ejemplo

0 A. on a plane
B. on a train
Don’t use the phone C. on a bus

Respuesta: 0. A B C

80
Today, take beautiful A. in a sports store
oranges, grapes B. in a flower store
and coconuts for $3 C. in a food store

81
A. on a plane
Baby in here B. on a bus
C. on a car

82 A. on a train
How do I drive? please B. on a motorbike
phone 01800 9000 C. on a truck

83 A. In a classroom
PAY ATTENTION B. On a street crossing
WHILE WALKING C. In a speedway

84
EAT HERE A. At a gas station market
AND B. At a typical Colombian food restaurant
GET GAS C. At a sports bar
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 85 A 89 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Lea las descripciones de la columna de la izquierda (85 - 89) y las palabras de la columna de la derecha (A-H).

¿Cuál palabra (A - H) concuerda con la descripción de cada frase de la izquierda (85 - 89)?

Tenga en cuenta que sobran tres (3) palabras de las ocho (8) opciones (A-H), una de las cuales se usa para el ejemplo (0)

En las preguntas 85-89, marque la letra correcta A-H en su hoja de respuestas.

Miscellaneos
Ejemplo

0. An alcoholic drink mixed wiith other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream. Respuesta: 0. A B C D E F G H

85. A very fine slender piece of polished metal used in sewing. A. Cocktail

B. Flowerpot
86. A container in which flowers and other plants are cultivated and displayed.

B C. Grapefruit

D. Stash
87. A square of thin fabric which can be carried in the pocket.

E. Handkerchief
E

F. Warehouse

88. Big, dark green and prickly fruit from the Americas and the Caribbean.

G. Neddle
H

89. Store or supply of something, typically kept hidden or secret. H. Soursop

D
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 90 A 96 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Complete las cinco conversaciones.
En las preguntas 90-96, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.
A. Yeah. It was great!
Ejemplo Have you ever traveled
in a helicopter?
B. Just a moment!

C. Not that much!

Respuesta: 0. A B C

A. I don't know.
90. Where did they buy their new car? B. You are right.
C. It's bigger.

A. By the way.
91. I'm going to the art exhibition soon. B. How long ago?
C. How interesting

A. You poor thing.

92. We haven't discussed our tour plans yet. B. Let's do it now.
C. As late as possible.

A. Good job!
93. Would you like to draw? B. Sure!
C. Me too.

A. I feel fine!
94.I always go swimming before I go to work. B. So do it
C. I'd like it!

A. Yes, please. I'm in the bathroom.

95. Shall l get the door? B. That hardware store sells good doors!
C. You broke the old one!

A. They always bite their enemy!

96. Look! Those men are armed to the teeth! B. Wow, they have guns in their mouths!
C. I see they're carrying many weapons!
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 97 A 104 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el texto de la parte inferior y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.
En cada pregunta 97-104, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

Elephants in the circus

One of America's top shows will have no elephants (0) stage in a few years.
All their elephants will go to a natural park and be (97) there than in the
circus. One hundred years ago, people (98) it was OK for animals to be in
these shows; (99) , today things have changed. People have (100)
to worry about it because the animals aren' t free.

A lot of environmental groups believe that these kinds (101) shows are not right. One group
says circus elephants have a bad life. They (102) have pains in their bodies and get sick. This
group (103) wants elephants to rest. There are even some places in the USA where shows
(104) use elephants because people agree that it is important to protect them.

Ejemplo

Respuesta: 0. A B C
0. A. on B. in C. at

97. A. happier B. happy C. happiest

98. A. thinking B. thought C. think
99. A. instead B. next C. however
100. A. begin B. begun C. began
101. A. for B. about C. of
102. A. may B. shall C. should
103. A. else B. just C. almost
104. A. never B. usually C. always
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 105 A 112 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el texto y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.
En las preguntas 105-112, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

The Mozart Effect

You have probably (0) of the Mozart effect. In 1982, the scientist Don Campbell (105)
studying the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they (106)
become more intellingent. He says (107) kinds of music can affect our learning and our health.

We use music to (108) us relax. However, Campbell says music can (109) reduce the stress
of being sick. Campbell believes (110) Mozart's music is popular because it's (111)
composed and makes your brain more alert.

Music not only makes you more intelligent, but it can improve your memory, too. In one study,
students who listened to Mozart before doing a test got much (112) marks than those students
who didn't.

Ejemplo

Respuesta: 0. A B C
0. A. heard B. hear C. hears

105. A. begins B. began C. begun

106. A. shall B. will C. must
107. A. every B. both C. all
108. A. helping B. helped C. help
109. A. also B. once C. yet
110. A. while B. that C. if
111. A. well B. better C. good
112. A. highest B. high C. higher
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 113 A 119 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el texto y responda las preguntas.
En las preguntas 113-119, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

Egyptian Pyramids

The wonderful Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan and the large Pyramid of the First Quin King in China are
visited by thousands of people every year. However, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the world's most famous
pyramid. It was built in the Sahara Desert in northern Egypt, and fills an area of 52609 square meters. The
bad weather of the Sahara has actually made the pyramid become smaller 9 meters from its real size.

The pyramid, which was cleaned In 2012, was such a fascinating piece of engineering, that it was the tallest building in the world for over
4000 years! Most Egyptologists, people who study Egyptian history, agree that the Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, a little more
than 5,000 years ago. It took tens of thousands of workers 20 years to make it. The pyramid has over 2.000.000 rock blocks. How heavy
are they? Most of the blocks are 2000 or 3000 kilograms.

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built from orders by the King Khufu for dead kings. His closest friend, Hemon, was the pyramid's
architect. The Great pyramid is part of the three pyramids at Giza, and it is the largest and tallest. The other ones are the Pyramid of
Khafre with two known rooms, and the smaller Pyramid of Menkaure, with three smaller pyramids next to it.

Ejemplo
A. the most popular.
0. The Great Pyramid of Giza is B. the biggest. Respuesta: 0. A B C
C. the most amazing.

A. China.
113. The Great Pyramid is found in B. Egypt.
C. Teotihuacan.
A. builds pyramids.
114. What does an Egyptologist do? B. learns about pyramids.
C. improves pyramids.
A. twenty years.
115. The time spent building the pyramid was of B. four thousand years.
C. five thousand years.
A. by 2000 workers.
116. The Great Pyramid was made B. 2000 years ago.
C. with 2.000.000 rock blocks.

A. planned the buildings.

117. Khufu was the person in Egypt who B. was friendly with everybody.
C. decided what to do.
A. pyramid's name.
118. Hemon was a B. person Khufu knew well.
C. place in Giza.

A. The great pyramid.

119. The pyramid that has other pyramids around is B. Menkaure.
C. Khafre.
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 120 A 124 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el texto y las preguntas de la siguiente parte
En las preguntas 120-124, marque A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.

Snake Charmers
Instead of collecting comic books or sports memorabilia as a kid, Dr. Zoltan Takacs collected all kinds of different snakes. The Hungarian
herpetologist says his initial interest in snakes came from spending his childhood summers in Transylvania, a región in the neighboring
country of Romanía. A herpetologist is someone who studies reptiles and amphibians. "That's where I was exposed first to snakes,
reptiles, amphibians and other wildlife, so I started to catch them, take them home and keep them in all kinds of basic conditions," he
says. "Later, in high school, this turned into a more advanced snake-keeping hobby. That's how I got into the snake business." Takacs is
currently a research associate and assistant professor at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. The
herpetologist says he discovered valuable information about snakes during his early encounters with the animals while growing up in
Budapest, Hungary. Those experiences were not always pleasant. "I kept vipers at home in my room, and I got bitten once," he says. "I
tried to measure the length of the snake. It was my mistake; just as the other six bites I have had since then. I gave anti-venom to myself...
just to find out a few weeks later that l'm allergic to the snake anti-venom! I did learn a lot during that early period.”

Eventually, Takacs found out that he was not only fascinated by snakes, but that he was also intrigued by their venom, a poisonous fluid
some snakes secrete and use on their prey. "I think the venom and the molecules in the venom—the toxins—are the coolest molecules
nature ever invented," he says. Takacs' interest in venoms led him to study pharmacology, which is the study of drugs and their effects.
Eventually, he earned a PhD from Columbia University in New York City. One aspect of venom that intrigued Takacs was how the
substance is able to zoom in on particular components of the prey's body to immobilize or kill it. Some venoms target the way a prey
animal's blood clots. Without the capability to clot, a prey animal quickly bleeds to death. Other venoms target muscles, paralyzing the
target. Still other venoms target the heart or lungs, causing the target to suffocate.

Although these venoms can be deadly to prey animals—and sometimes humans—they can also provide valuable medical assistance
for some diseases. Venom that prevents blood from clotting, for instance, may help create a drug for heart attack victims by encouraging
blood flow.
Adapted from an article by Stuart Thornton

120. What kind of article is this? 123. Where can you find an article like this?

A. Novelistic. A. In a sports magazine.

B. Informative. B. In a poems book.
C. Scientific. C. In a cultural and science publication.
D. Historical. D. In a comic book.

121. According to the article a reader can infer that... 124. After reading the article we can conclude that.

A. Zoltan was interested in vampires in his childhood. A. There's only one way in which a venom can kill a prey.
B. reptiles and amphibians can only be found in Hungary. B. Dr. Takacs is Romanian.
C. Dr. Takacs is allergic to snakes. C. Although deadly, the venom in the snakes can be useful in medicine.
D. Dr. Takacs is an animal person. D. Snake bites never occur due to humans' faults.

122. What piece of information is NOT given in the article?

A. The length of the snake that bit Dr. Takacs.

B. That Zoltan is intrigued by snakes' venom.
C. Snake venoms can be deadly for humans.
D. That toxins are molecules inside the venom.
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RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 125 A 134 DE ACUERDO CON EL SIGUIENTE TEXTO

Lea el artículo y seleccione la palabra adecuada para cada espacio
En las preguntas 125-134, marque la letra correcta A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.

CAT DETECTIVE
Jaroslav Flegr 0. out 125. 1990 that he was infected with toxoplasma gondii, a parasite 126. typically lives and
reproduces in cats. The Czech evolutionary biologist learned that the parasite often 127. from cat to humans via litter boxes or
contaminated water, but what truly fascinated 128. was how it jumps from cat to cat: it uses rats. When the parasite infects a rat, it
hijacks its brain, making the rat more active, less risk averse, even sexually attracted to the scent of cat urine- in sum, more likely to get
eaten. This knowledge gave Flegr a radical idea he decided to explore: Maybe this parasite was controlling his brain too. His colleagues
told him he was crazy and finally as it turns out, his hunch was right.

Jaroslav thought that might explain some of his strange behaviors that are nonadaptive for him but adaptive for a parasite that needs to
get a new host. Doctor Flegr 129. cross the street in traffic but not jump out of the way when cars honked. 130. he found that
people infected with toxoplasma gondii are 2.6 times more likely to get into a traffic accident. Flegr also found that in humans this
parasite greatly slows the reaction time; 131. can influence the risk of a traffic accident. Infected people also tend to be less
conscientious, and male subjects of the research considerad the scent of cat urine to be 132. pleasurable.

For 133. people this phenomenon was difficult 134. believe, but it was real and held the parasite potentially responsible for
hundreds of thousands of deaths every year and perhaps for many cases of schizophrenia as well.
Tomado y adaptado de National Geographic Magazine

Ejemplo

0. A. found B. finds C. founded D. fund Respuesta: 0. A B C

125. A. to B. in C. on D. at
126. A. who B. where C. whose D. that
127. A. jumps B. flies C. rushes D. swims
128. A. he B. It C. him D. his
129. A. shall B. should C. would D. will
130. A. subsequently B. later C. before D. therefore
131. A. which B. who C. what D. when
132. A. Quilt B. quite C. quit D. quiet
133. A. very B. any C. many D. much
134. A. for B. of C. towards D. to