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1. División de Control de Calidad
Ujarrás / Tercer Ciclo de la E.G.B.A. 1
Ministerio de Educación Pública
División de Control de Calidad y
Macroevaluación del Sistema Educativo
Departamento de Pruebas Nacionales
Convenio MEP-ICER
Programa de Tercer Ciclo de la E.G.B.A.
Prueba de Inglés Ujarrás
Convocatoria 02-2004
Total de puntos: 55
Selection 55 ítemes
Look at the family tree.
In the picture we see Bill with his parents, brothers, a sister and his uncle. Bill says:
"my_______________ are Miguel and Betty. Bob is a cap driver, he is 28, he is
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my_____________. My father is Rubén, he doesn´t have ______________. He has a
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beautiful _________________, she is my mother. Inés, my sister, is Miguel and Betty´s
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_______________________. My mother Alice is my grandparents' _________________.
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David and Andrés are my_____________________. I love my family.”
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Choose the appropriate alternative to complete each sentence, according to the
previous information.
1)
A) granddaughter
B) grandchildren
C) grandparents
D) grandson
Miguel
Betty
Alice
Andrés
Bob
Rubén
David
InésBill
Bill’s Family

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2)
A) brother – in- law
B) nephew
C) brother
D) uncle
3)
A) daughters
B) brothers
C) sisters
D) sons
4)
A) wife
B) aunt
C) sister
D) cousin
5)
A) granddaughter
B) sister -in –law
C) grandchildren
D) grandson
6)
A) daughter- in-law
B) mother-in-law
C) sister-in- law
D) daughter
7)
A) uncles
B) cousins
C) brothers
D) nephews

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous
text.
8) The word Spring in the text means a _____________________.
A) fast movement
B) season of the year
C) cool water from the mountain
D) place where water comes naturally
9) The word fresh in the information is a (n) _______________________.
A) adjective
B) preposition
C) conjunction
D) abbreviation
10) The meaning of the word leaves in the paragraph is ___________________________.
A) parts of plants or trees
B) mornings or noons
C) weather or spring
D) trees or changes
11) The word changes in the text means to _____________________________.
A) have trees
B) give leaves
C) get everything
D) become different or transform
Spring is very nice. Everything is fresh and green with new leaves on the
trees.
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The weather changes a lot. Sometimes it is cool in the morning and at noon it
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is warm.

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous
text.
12) Peter doesn't like to ___________________________.
A) get up early
B) go home at 12
C) be far from home
D) go to the movies on working days
13) Peter comes home ____________________.
A) at noon
B) at night
C) before 12 o'clock
D) some hours in the morning
14) Peter doesn't like to ____________________.
A) read books
B) do housework
C) listen to music
D) dance at home
15) Peter ____________________ visits his friends.
A) never
B) rarely
C) always
D) sometimes
I'm Peter. I enjoy life more now. I like to get up late. I just go to work
some hours in the morning and I can't enjoy my job. I come home at 12
noon everyday.
I enjoy to go to the movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
I like to go to a different place far from my house once a month. I always
enjoy to visit my friends. My weekends are really exciting. I spend my
time writing or listening to music. I also like to dance at home. Why don't
I clean my house or wash my car? I guess I just got lazy. I like to read
and my favorite hobby is to buy books.
Lazy: a person who doesn't like to work.
Adapted from New Interchange

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16) Peter likes to go to the movies ____________________.
A) now
B) just on Mondays
C) every afternoons
D) three times a week
17) Peter spends some of his free time ____________________.
A) cleaning his house
B) listening to music
C) washing his car
D) visiting friends
18) Peter enjoys to ____________________.
A) dance at home
B) guess names of books
C) work many hours all day
D) play music on Wednesdays
19) One hobby Peter has is to ____________________.
A) come home at noon
B) get up early
C) do his work
D) buy books
20) One leisure activity Peter loves to do once a month is ____________________.
A) writing books
B) travelling nearby
C) going to far places
D) cleaning the house
21) Peter __________________________.
A) is always busy
B) thinks he is lazy
C) likes his job very much
D) dislikes to read and write

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Read the following information
Mauren, 18, a professional young model is in pasarela now. She is thin with long
straight hair. Her eyes are big and black.
Sandry, 30, is a middle aged secretary. She has brown, curly, short hair. Her eyes
are brown and small. Her nose is wide and short.
Paul, 53 is a dressmaker. He's bald and wears a hat for protection of the sun. His
wife Alice works with him.
Peter, 20, a young soccer player is blond with long straight hair and blue eyes. He
is a tall boy.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete each sentence, according to the
previous information
22) The person who wears a hat is ______________.
A) Paul
B) Peter
C) Sandry
D) Mauren
23) Peter _________________________________.
A) is fifty-three years old
B) has a wide and short nose
C) has long hair and blue eyes
D) is a professional young model
24) Sandry´s hair is _________________.
A) curly and long
B) blond and long
C) curly and short
D) long and straight
25) Mauren ____________________________.
A) is the youngest person
B) has brown curly hair
C) has small blue eyes
D) is the oldest model

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the
previous information.
26) David is ________________________.
A) older than Max and Wendy
B) the youngest in the group
C) as young as Wendy
D) as old as Max
27) Girls like Max because he ________________________.
A) plays the guitar
B) is a good singer
C) is the youngest of the three
D) has beautiful eyes and long hair
28) Wendy ________________________.
A) sings very well
B) is great playing the guitar
C) has green eyes and dark hair
D) is two years younger than Max
The Carter Kids
In this fabulous new pop group from Chicago, Illinois, there are two
brothers and a sister. Max is fifteen years old and he plays the drums. Girls
like him because he has green eyes and long black hair.
Wendy, 14 years old, plays the guitar. She's great! She has long blond
hair and brown eyes. David is twelve years old. He has brown eyes and
blond hair. He is very handsome as his brother. He's the singer.
Enjoy their concert on March 17 in school.
Adapted from Best Friends

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, from the previous text.
29) How often does "La Periférica" leave?
Each ________________ minutes.
A) ten
B) ninety
C) eleven
D) twenty
30) How is "La Periférica"?
A) nice and expensive.
B) expensive and comfortable.
C) uncomfortable and cheaper.
D) comfortable and inexpensive.
32) What's "La Periférica"? It's ______________________________.
A) just a tourist bus
B) the most expensive bus in Guadalupe
C) a bus stop across the street from Monpik
D) a bus that goes through the urban and suburban areas
For some tourists who want to visit some places near San José, the
capital of Costa Rica, there is a cheap and comfortable way to tour. For
¢110. "La Periférica" bus takes you in a 90 minutes trip through the urban
and suburban places around the city. It’s not expensive. This bus leaves
very early in the morning every 20 minutes.
One can take this bus in front of the University of Costa Rica. To go to
Zapote or San Fransico, take the bus across the street from Monpik’s front
door. To Guadalupe, you just walk to the other side. The bus stop is around
the corner and across the street. This bus is more than a mean of
transportation. It’s an easy way of travelling in a short period of time
visiting San José.

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions, according to the
information above.
33) Where are Peter and Grace? In ________________________.
A) the baseball field
B) Time Square
C) Central Park
D) a hotel
34) What do Peter and Grace plan? To ________________________________.
A) go to Central Park
B) take a walk near the hotel
C) rent boats in Time Square
D) play at the baseball field with some boys
35) What do Peter and Grace do just before they get to the hotel again? They
_______________.
A) take a taxi
B) travel in a boat
C) walk in Central Park
D) drink something in a coffee shop
GOING TO CENTRAL PARK
Peter and Grace are in a hotel. They plan an activity. They want to go
out for a walk. They want to go to Central Park. That place is not near the
hotel. First, they take a bus and then they take a taxi to get to that park.
There, they begin to walk. Then they arrive at a baseball field and say
“Hello” to some boys who are playing. A special park service rents boats to
sail in the lake. Peter and Grace decide to travel by boat for few a minutes.
After the boat travel, Peter wants to continue the walking to Time Square,
but Grace is tired and thirsty. They decide to go to drink something to a
cafeteria. Then, they take a taxi to come back to their hotel again.
Adapted From “Basic English”, 1999

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Read the dialogue.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous
dialogue.
36)
A) turn
B) stop
C) walk
D) cross
37)
A) turn
B) stop
C) move
D) direct
38)
A) go
B) drive
C) direct
D) change
Situation: A person on the street wants to go to the Public Library. This
person doesn’t know where it is.
A: Excuse me. Where’s the Public Library?
B: It’s easy. The Public Library is near….
________________ straight ahead for a block.
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________________ left on the corner.
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________________ north for 2 blocks. The Public Library is there.
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A: Thank you.

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Read the text.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous
text.
39) Police officers receive a training to _____________________________.
A) be very glad
B) call more officers
C) keep everyone in a town
D) know how to solve problems of people in necessity
40) Police officers use "radios" to _____________________________.
A) get help
B) call women
C) call men in trouble
D) get special training
41) People are happy because officers help them to be _________________.
A) in necessity
B) in a team
C) in trouble
D) safe
Police Officers
Everybody is grateful because there are police officers. They are men and
women who help to keep everyone safe in a city or town.
The police in an area works as a team and help people in necessity. They
go through special training so that they will know how to solve problems as
quickly as possible.
Police officers use special radios so that they can talk to other officers.
When they see someone in trouble they can call more officers to come and
help.
Being a police officer is a rewarding job. The police officers know people
look for them in order to find safety and guidance.
Taken from McGraw Hill

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42) The police in an area ______________________________.
A) works as a group
B) offers special radios
C) comes to know everyone
D) gives rewards to city people
43) According to the text, police officers can call _________________ to get help if a
person has problems.
A) everybody
B) more officers
C) trouble people
D) women teams
44) This job of "Police Officer" ________________________________.
A) isn't a risky job
B) is for men and women
C) isn't to solve problems of people
D) is to keep everyone in the city with a special training
45) Police officers work _________________________.
A) in towns and cities
B) in town teams
C) only in towns
D) only in cities

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Read the texts.
Spanish-English Tourist
Guide Available Only
Weekends
Bus service
222-1110
259-1030
Spanish-German
Translator
Letters, documents, forms
For information call
382-4020
Office hours
Want to go anywhere
anytime?
Call Jorge
French-Italian
Translator
Good prices
French/Italian spoken
222-1011
Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous
information.
46) If you need information about a Spanish German translator call __________________.
A) 222-1110
B) 382-4020
C) 222-1011
D) 259-1030
47) If you have English tourists and want to travel on weekends ask for information to a
___________________ guide.
A) French-Italian
B) French-German
C) Spanish-English
D) Spanish-German
48) When you want to go anywhere, anytime call Jorge to get information about
_____________________________.
A) good prices
B) Spanish-German forms
C) Spanish-German tourists
D) the guide available only weekends

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Read the ads.
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the
previous text.
49) When you have to ____________________ something, you call "Maridos de Alquiler".
A) fix
B) cut
C) bake
D) deliver
50) "Maridos de Alquiler" has ____________________. They can fix the pipes in your
house.
A) plumbers
B) carpenters
C) electricians
D) delivery people
51) If you need to change or repair closet doors, "Maridos de Alquiler" also has
___________.
A) painters
B) plumbers
C) gardeners
D) carpenters
52) "Maridos de Alquiler" has ___________________, too. They can change the wires.
A) painters
B) plumbers
C) gardeners
D) electricians
"Maridos de Alquiler"
Do you have any problems at home? Problems with locks, closet doors,
pipes, wires in bad condition? Need painting, have leaking roofs? We
have good painters, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, locksmiths,
painters delivers, gardeners, etc.
Call us, we do the job for you. 293-92-11 San Antonio de Belén Good
prices! English Spoken.

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Read the information. Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the
sentences.
53) Is this a large ball? Yes, it is.
The word "large" is a (n) ____________________ in this question.
A) noun
B) adverb
C) adjective
D) preposition
55) An elephant never talks.
The word "never" is a ___________________ adverb.
A) time
B) place
C) manner
D) frequency

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SOLUCIONARIO
Programa: III Ciclo Convocatoria: 02–2004
Asignatura: Inglés Ujarrás Total de ítemes: 55
ÍTEM RESPUESTA ÍTEM RESPUESTA ÍTEM RESPUESTA
1. C 21. B 41. D
2. D 22. A 42. A
3. C 23. C 43. B
4. A 24. C 44. B
5. A 25. A 45. A
6. A 26. B 46. B
7. C 27. D 47. C
8. B 28. B 48. A
9. A 29. D 49. A
10. A 30. D 50. A
11. D 31. C 51. D
12. A 32. D 52. D
13. A 33. D 53. C
14. B 34. A 54. B
15. C 35. D 55. D
16. D 36. C
17. B 37. A
18. A 38. A
19. D 39. D
20. C 40. A