Test 1.

Name: __________________________________ Date: __________

I. Look at this headline, taken from The economist.com, and choose the sentence that best describes the
possible content of the article.

Battle ready
The global effort against AIDS is changing gear
change gear:

A)
B)
C)
D)

cambio de
Inicia la batalla: el esfuerzo internacional se enfila en el cambio de estrategias para luchar en contra del SIDA
estrategia
alrededor del mundo.
against: en contra
Se detendrn las iniciativas en contra de la lucha del SIDA ya que ha disminuido en pases industrializados y es
de
la misma tendencia en pases pobres.
Una propuesta de plan facilitar tratamientos (drogas, pldoras, asesora) para el tratamiento del SIDA en pases
pobres alrededor del mundo.
Norteamrica lista para el cambio de estrategia para luchar en contra del SIDA en los distintos estados que conforman
este pas .

II. Read the following article and decide which title is best suited.
Information professionals manage information organizations ranging in size from one employee to several hundred
employees. These organizations may be in any environment from corporate, education, public, government, to nonprofit. Information professionals excel at managing these organizations whose offerings are intangible, whose
markets are constantly changing and in which both high-tech and high-touch are vitally important in achieving
organizational success.
A)
B)
C)
D)

El logro del xito organizacional a travs del empleo de varios profesionales.

Los profesionales de la informacin como gerentes de organizaciones de la informacin
La gerencia de las organizaciones de la informacin en entes pblicos o privados.
Las organizaciones y sus ambientes de trabajo altamente exigentes.

range in size: variar en tamao

high-touch: alta comunicacin

III. Read the following article. Write a suitable title for it.
Ttle: _________________________________________________________________
On sale: a la venta
Lying: permanecer
Unseen photos of The Beatles are going on sale after lying in a family album for nearly 50
Unseen: no vistas
years. The 20 black-and-white snaps have never been published and show the Fab Four on
Snaps: fotos
Cusp: cspide
the cusp of becoming a world phenomenon.
They were taken as the band filmed A Hard Day's Night in March 1964 at the Scala Theatre in London

IV. Read the following text and identify its topic.

An Information Professional (IP) strategically uses information in his/her job to
advance the mission of the organization. The IP accomplishes this through the
development, deployment, and management of information resources and services. The IP
harnesses technology as a critical tool to accomplish goals. IPs include, but are not
limited to librarians, knowledge managers, chief information officers, web developers,
information brokers, and consultants.
another: otra

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Anti-whaling: anti caza de

ballenas

V. Read the title, first and last paragraph for the following text. Can you guess what the main idea
is?

as well as: as como

attempt: un intento de
bloodied: sangriento
boats: botes

Anti-whaling activists

butchered: masacrada

The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says its boats are following five Japanese ships. The group released
video footage apparently showing three dead whales on board, as well as a bloodied deck where another
whale appears to have been butchered.

?
Last year Australia took Japan to the International Court of Justice in an attempt to force it to cease
whaling. A decision on the case is expected later this year. But environmentalists here have criticised the
Australian government for not doing enough to stop the Japanese.
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cease: detener
dead: muertas
deck: cubierta
enough: suficiente
follow: seguir
footage: imgenes
on board: a borde de
released: hicieron pblicas
says: dice
took: llev
enviromentalists:
ecologistas