TALLER 9

Parte 1.
¿Dónde puedes ver estos avisos?
En las preguntas 1 – 5, marque A, B ó C en su hoja de respuestas.
1. A. in a shop
25 cents per day B. in a library
for late return of books C. in a hotel

2.
A. in a museum
All fish on sale here caught
B. in a hotel
fresh from the sea today C. in a market

A. n a classroom
Please work in your
3. B. in a museum
math groups until the
C. in an office
break

4. Fourth floor A. in a school

toys and clothes B. in a hospital
C. in a department store

5. A. in a theater
TICKET OFFICE B. in an airport
for international trains C. in a station

Parte 2.
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 tu hoja de respuestas.

6. You need these if you do not see very well. A. glasses

7. Young people usually wear these informal B. Jacket

trousers all the time. C. jeans

8. People that study in the same place usually D. skirt

wear this. E. sneakers

9. People have this to tell the time. F. suit

10. Women usually wear this, but men don’t. G. uniform

H. watch

Parte 3.
Complete las cinco conversaciones
En las preguntas 11 – 15, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

A. Yes, inside.
11. Are you OK? B. Yes, please.
C. Yes, I am.

A. I don’t know.
12. Is your mother home? B. That’s fine.
C. She’s a nurse.

A. We don’t.
13. Why don’t we go to the cinema? B. Sure, why not?
C. It’s fine.

A. Where is it?
14. I’ve got a pain. B. Why is it?
C. What is it?

A. It’s nice.
15. How would you like your steak? B. Not really.
C. Well cooked.

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 A. I agree.
16. This place is very dirty. B. It´s ready.
C. Thank you.

A. Yes, twice.
17. Have you been to the doctor´s lately? B. Tomorrow morning.
C. What time?

Parte 4 A.
Lea el texto de la parte inferior y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.
En cada pregunta 18 – 25, marque A, B, o C en su hoja de respuestas.

COFFEE
Many people all over the world like drinking coffee. In Britain, for example, people drink about 60 million cups
of coffee ___18___ day. In some countries, like Italy, people like ___19___ small cup of strong coffee, usually
without milk. In other countries, like the USA, people have coffee made ___20___ a lot of milk and sugar.

Coffee first arrived ___21___ Britain in the 17th century. Many coffee houses ___22___ then. But only rich en
went to ___23___ places to meet friends, talk and do business. Women did not go to coffee houses ___24___
they were much too dangerous. Today, coffee is ___25___ than before and people drink it everywhere, at home,
at work and in cafés.

18. A. every B. all C. most

19. A. some B. the C. a
20. A. up B. with C. by
21. A. on B. in C. at
22. A. open B. opened C. opening
23. A. these B. this C. their
24. A. that B. or C. because
25. A. cheapest B. cheap C. cheaper

Parte 4 B.
Lea el texto de la parte inferior y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.
En cada pregunta 26 – 33, marque A, B, o C en su hoja de respuestas.

Superman
Kal-El ___26___ the last Kryptonian. Jor-El, Kal-El's father, sent the spaceship to Earth.

Jonathan and Martha Kent found the baby. ___27___, they brought him to their farm in Smallville, Kansas.
The Kents called him Clark and loved him as their son.

___28___ Clark was older, his Kryptonian body began to ___29___ super-human abilities. ___30___ telling
his childhood friend Lana Lang where he really.

At first, people ___31___ know who was helping them, But Clark decided to do it in public to prevent the
accident of a NASA space-plane. Later, he and ___32___ parents thought of a name. They called him
“Superman.”

Later on, Clark got a job at the Daily Planet newspaper, ___33___ he works until now.
26. A. is B. be C. being
27. A. Before B. Now C. Then
28. A. Still B. How C. When
29. A. develop B. developed C. developing
30. A. Until B. After C. Since
31. A. weren’t B. didn’t C. hadn’t
32. A. her B. my C. his
33. A. who B. which C. where

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Parte 5.
Lea el articulo y luego responde las preguntas.
En las preguntas 34 - 40, marque A, B, o C en su hoja de respuestas

Same family – different lives

Vilma Williams lives in London. Her sister Paula lives in the USA and their cousin Carol lives in Jamaica. Here they talk
about their lives.

VILMA PAULA CAROL

I was six when I came to I went to England when I was I’m 30. I studied business at
England from Jamaica with my three. After I finished school, I college and I’ve had a few jobs,
parents and Paula. Now I am studied medicine and worked but at the moment I’m without
29 and a nurse at a London as a doctor. Then I married work. I will have my first baby
hospital. I have two sons, but Brad and moved to the USA. next month. I like the Jamaican
I’m not very happy in England. Now, I have my own clothes people and my parents have a
Jamaica still feels like home shop. We had our first child six house in the next town, but I
and I’d like to go and live months ago, and I’m very would like to live somewhere
there. My mother went back to happy in New York. else and have a change.
Jamaica five years ago.

A. Vilma
A. Vilma 37. Who has the most children? B. Paula
34. Who is living in England now? B. Paula C. Carol
C. Carol
A. Vilma
A. Vilma 38. Who lives near her mother? B. Paula
35. Who is the youngest? B. Paula C. Carol
C. Carol
A. Vilma
A. Vilma 39. Who wants to live in Jamaica? B. Paula
36. Who doesn’t have a job now? B. Paula C. Carol
C. Carol
A. Vilma
40. Who is the happiest? B. Paula
C. Carol
Parte 6.
Lea el articulo y luego responde las preguntas.
En las preguntas 41 - 45, marque A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas.

My Love of Traveling by Sam Harris

I grew up in Australia and was introduced to traveling at an early age. We moved around a lot because of my
father’s work. My main hobby was radios - I repaired old sets and listened to various programs from around the
world. I had a map of the world on my bedroom wall with pins on it and I wrote postcards to foreign radio stations.
I was an only child and I didn’t have many friends; instead I tried to contact the outside world. We didn’t have a
television, so what I learned came from the radio and from encyclopedias. By the age of 13, I could draw maps
of countries from memory and name all the capital cities.

I didn’t actually leave Australia until I was twenty-five, when I went on a long trip through Asia. I arrived in
Thailand thinking I was well prepared, but in fact, I knew little about its rich culture. Then I went to India, where
my taste for adventure and different experiences grew. Every city there was different; there were cows on the
streets, old cars, interesting food, and people everywhere.
I went from country to country without realizing how dangerous some of them were at that time. There was very
little advice available. But now it’s different - you can learn so much from the internet and just about everywhere
you go, you’ll find an internet café. It’s really changed the way people travel.

The things I now like most about a trip are eating and shopping. I also love sitting on trains and talking to different
people. I’m sure I’ll never get bored with traveling, even though I’ve explored most countries in the world.

41. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

A. talk about the towns where he used to live
B. describe the people he met while traveling abroad
C. compare the different countries he has been to
D. explain how his interest in travel has developed

42. What can you learn about the writer from this text?
A. He had always wanted to work on the radio.
B. Very little surprised him on his first visit to Asia.
C. His early knowledge of the world came from the radio.
D. He liked sharing his interest in geography with other people.

43. What do we learn about the writer’s life as a child?

A. He spent time fixing radios that were broken.
B. His father was unemployed for long periods.
C. His friends thought he was rather strange.
D. He watched programs about people in other countries.

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 44. What does the writer say about traveling abroad?
A. There are many countries he would still like to visit.
B. Information about other countries has become easier to find.
C. The things he enjoys while traveling have not changed.
D. Knowing something about maps is useful when traveling.

45. Which of the following statements would the writer make?

A. B.
I find it hard to talk to people I meet on Areas with only a few people are the best
my travels because I hardly knew places to visit since they are quiet and
anyone when I was a child. relaxing.

C. Learning about the world from books and D. The world’s a smaller place now
the radio was nothing like the real because of the internet, and so travel
experience. has become less exciting.

Parte 7.
Lea el texto de la parte inferior y seleccione la palabra correcta para cada espacio.
En cada pregunta 46 – 55, marque A, B, C o D en su hoja de respuestas

Bamboo has the most perfect structure that exists in nature. Guadua, a very tall strong ___46___ of bamboo,
has been of ___47___ use. People have used guadua to build their homes as guadua is not expensive, it
___48___ easily, and is very solid.

Guadua has been planted ___49___ Colombians in rural areas for building their homes, but Guadua is
___50___ beautiful that it is being sent to other countries. It can be ___51___ for windows, roofs, stairs, or
creative arts. In a local newspaper article, a journalist writes, “the fibers inside guadua are long and strong.
___52___, it deserves to be ___53___ the plant of steel.”

As part of Colombian culture, ___54___ songs have been written about this plant, one of ___55___ says, “The
guadua cries because it has a heart.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 HOJA DE RESPUETAS
TALLER 9
Marca aquí tus respuestas.

1. (A)(B)(C) 20. (A)(B)(C) 39. (A)(B)(C)

2. (A)(B)(C) 21. (A)(B)(C) 40. (A)(B)(C)
3. (A)(B)(C) 22. (A)(B)(C) 41. (A)(B)(C)(D)
4. (A)(B)(C) 23. (A)(B)(C) 42. (A)(B)(C)(D)
5. (A)(B)(C) 24. (A)(B)(C) 43. (A)(B)(C)(D)
6. (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H) 25. (A)(B)(C) 44. (A)(B)(C)(D)
7. (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H) 26. (A)(B)(C) 45. (A)(B)(C)(D)
8. (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H) 27. (A)(B)(C) 46. (A)(B)(C)(D)
9. (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H) 28. (A)(B)(C) 47. (A)(B)(C)(D)
10. (A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H) 29. (A)(B)(C) 48. (A)(B)(C)(D)
11. (A)(B)(C) 30. (A)(B)(C) 49. (A)(B)(C)(D)
12. (A)(B)(C) 31. (A)(B)(C) 50. (A)(B)(C)(D)
13. (A)(B)(C) 32. (A)(B)(C) 51. (A)(B)(C)(D)
14. (A)(B)(C) 33. (A)(B)(C) 52. (A)(B)(C)(D)
15. (A)(B)(C) 34. (A)(B)(C) 53. (A)(B)(C)(D)
16. (A)(B)(C) 35. (A)(B)(C) 54. (A)(B)(C)(D)
17. (A)(B)(C) 36. (A)(B)(C) 55. (A)(B)(C)(D)
18. (A)(B)(C) 37. (A)(B)(C)
19. (A)(B)(C) 38. (A)(B)(C)