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PREPARACIÓN SABER ONCE 2014 - PRUEBA DE INGLÉS

PARTE 1

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 1 A 5 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

¿Dónde puede ver estos avisos?

En las preguntas 1 – 5, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

0 Ejemplo:

A. in a station

B. in a café

C. in a zoo

Respuesta: C

1.

A. in a shop

B. in a library

C. in a hotel

RESPUESTA: B

2.

A. in a museum

B. in a hotel

C. at a market

Respuesta: C

3.

A. in a classroom

B. in a museum

C. in an office

Respuesta: A

4.

A. in a school

B. in a hospital

C. in a department store

Respuesta: C

5.

A. in a school

B. in a hospital

C. in a department store

Respuesta: C

PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA

1 B 4 C

2 C 5 C

3 A

PARTE 2

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 6 A 10 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Lea las descripciones de la columna de la izquierda (6 -10) 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 (6-10)? En las preguntas (6–10), marque la letra correcta (A-H) en su hoja de respuestas.

Ejemplo:

0. We usually put food on this before we eat. Respuesta: H

6. People often keep things like cups here when they're not using them. A. coffee pot

7. You cut food into small pieces with this. B. stove

8. It is difficult to keep food cold without this. C. cupboard

9. You need this if you want to make food hot. D. fork

10. When you drink juice, you can use this. E. fridge

F. glass

G. knife

H. plate

PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA

6 A 9 B

7 G 10 F

8 E

PARTE 3

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 11 A 15 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Preguntas 11 – 15 Complete las cinco conversaciones. En las preguntas 11 – 15, marque A, B ó C en su hoja de respuestas.

Ejemplo: Respuesta: A

11. We're from London.

A. Not at all.

B. Yes, please.

C. How interesting.

12. I hate basketball. A. You are, too.

B. I do, too.

C. It can, too.

13. I hope Andrew will get here soon. A. I hope he hasn't.

B. He usually gets it.

C. I'm sure he will.

14. John's broken this plate. A. It doesn't matter.

B. Here you are.

C. That's very good.

15. When do you study?

A. At school.

B. In the evenings.

C. In the library.

PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA

11 C 14 A

12 B 15 B

13 C

PARTE 4

RESPONDA LAS PREGUNTAS 16 A 25 DE ACUERDO CON EL EJEMPLO

Lea el siguiente texto seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio. En las preguntas 16 – 25, marque A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.

Colombia’s Guadua

Bamboo has (0)________ most perfect structure that exists in nature. Guadua, a very tall strong (16) ________ of bamboo, has been of (17) ________ use. People have used guadua to build their homes as guadua is not expensive, it (18) _____easily, and is very solid.

Guadua has been planted (19) ________ Colombians in rural areas for building their homes, but Guadua is (20) ________ beautiful that it is being sent to other countries. It can be (21) ________ for windows, roofs, stairs, or creative arts. In a local newspaper article, a journalist writes, “the fibers inside guadua are long and strong. (22) ________ , it deserves to be (23) ________ the plant of steel.”

As part of Colombian culture, (24) ________ songs have been written about this plant, one of (25) ________ says, “The guadua cries because it has a heart.”

Ejemplo:

0. A. the B. a C. one D. some Respuesta: A

16. A. amount B. type C. group D. number

17. A. huge B. big C. large D. great

18. A. increases B. raises C. grows D. climbs

19. A. by B. with C. in D. for

20. A. just B. so C. too D. very

21. A. used B. created C. made D. spent

22. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. However

23. A. talked B. told C. said D. called

24. A. no B. all C. several D. every

25. A. whose B. which C. whom D. what

PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA PREGUNTA # RESPUESTA

16 B 21 A

17 D 22 B

18 C 23 D

19 A 24 C

20 B 25 B

PARTE 5

Lea el texto y responda las preguntas. En las preguntas 26 a 30, responda A-B-C ó D

From far out in space, Earth looks like a blue ball. Since water covers three-fourths of the Earth’s surface, blue is the color we see most. The continents look brown, like small islands floating in the huge, blue sea. White clouds wrap around the Earth like a light blanket. The Earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around! It would take more than a year to walk around the whole planet. A spaceship can fly around the widest part of the sphere in only 90 minutes.

Even though spaceships have traveled to the Moon, people cannot visit the Moon without special suits. The Moon has no air or water. Plants and animals can’t live there either. Astronauts first landed on the Moon in 1969. After that, there were six more trips to the Moon. They brought back Moon rocks, which scientists are still studying. There are holes, or craters, all over the Moon’s surface. Scientists believe that meteorites smashed into the Moon millions of years ago and formed the craters.

The Sun is the closest star to Earth. A star is a hot ball of burning gas. The Sun looks very big because it is so close. But the Sun is just a medium-sized star. Billions of far-away stars are much bigger than our Sun. The burning gases from the Sun are so hot that they warm the Earth from 93 million miles away! Even though the Sun is always glowing, the night here on Earth is dark. That’s because the Earth rotates, or turns around, every 24 hours. During the day, the Earth faces the Sun. Then we see light. During the night, the Earth turns away from the Sun. Then it faces the darkness of space.

Each day we learn more about the Earth, the Moon, and

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