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PART 1
TEST SOLVED BY VALENTINA ROMERO FLOREZ .
GRADE 1102

ADVERTISEMENTS

Read the signs and choose the best option.

Where can you see it?

1.

​A​.​ In a language school

B. In a building
C.​ ​ In a park.

2.

A. in a shop
​B. in a library
C​. ​in a hotel

3.
A.In a city square
B. In a house
​ C​. ​In a waiting room

A.​ ​in a museum

B.​ ​in a hotel
​ C.​ ​at a market

5.
A.​ ​at a parking lot
​ B.​ ​In a building construction
C.​ ​in a museum
 PART 2

VOCABULARY

Read the definition and choose the best option.

Which word correspond to the definition? There are more words than definitions.

PART 3

CONVERSATIONS

Read the conversation and choose the best option.

How can you finish the conversation?

11. What do you do?

A. I am a
B. I am single
C. I am George

12. Is your sister home?

A. She's A student
B. I don´t know
C. That's O.K.
13.​ ​Why don't we go to the shopping center?
A. We don´t
B. Sure, why not?
c. It's fine

14​. ​Are you OK?

A. Yes, inside
B. Yes, please
C. Yes, I am

15. How would you like your steak?

A. It’s nice
B. Not really
C. Well cooked

PART 5
TEXT

Read the text and choose the best option.

What is the answer to each question ?

ANIMAL TRAFFICKING: A CRUEL BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS 

At least 110,000exotic birds, most from Latin America, brighten the homes of Italian families with their songs and
colors. They are the few survivors of the cruel and lucrative business of International trafficking in wild animals. In
Italy and throughout the rest of Europe, lizards, turtles, and small monkeys are sold as pets, and crafts are made from
turtle shells, whale barbs and the feathers of multicolored birds. The jungles of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil,
and other fragile ecosystems of Central America, Mexico, Argentina and Paraguay, have become the main sources of
wild species trafficking to the European Union, the world's leading destination for reptile skins, parrots, and boa and
python snakes, and the second for monkeys. Africa and Asia are also major suppliers of wild plant and animal
species for the global market.

Although legal trade in wildlife is regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora ( CITES ), an estimated one- third of the global sales of 25 billion dollars a year is illegal _an illicit
business surpassed only arms and drug trafficking. “There is enormous demand for wild species in Europe .

“The market varies according to the fashion and customs of each country. Italy loves and cares for birds, and has
always been involved in that trade, as have Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium ”,Massimiliano Rocco, director of
watchdog group Traffic International in Italy, said.
 “The illegal trafficking of animals coming from Latin America has Spain as its main entry point. From there they are
exported to the rest of the region”, said Miguel angel Valladares, spokesman for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Signs are that the business is growing. From 1997 to 2000, Italian police conducted a thousand searched and seized
150,000 animals - dead and alive - arriving from Latin America ,Africa and Eastern Europe.

“Trafficking in species is mostly tolerated by society, and that means that the perpetrator is not pursued by the
authorities as much as drug or arms traffickers “, said Oscar Moctezuma, director of the Mexican non- governmental
group Naturalia.

22. Where are most of the birds taken from ?

A. Latin America to Europe

B. Italy to Europe
C. The jungles of Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico

23. What animal parts are sold as souvenirs ?

A. Turtle shells, whale barbs and f​eathers of multicolored birds.

B. Many monkey parts are sold as souvenirs in Europe
C. Parrots and boas are sold as pets

24. What business is more lucrative than animal trafficking ?

A. Plant illegal market

B. Monkeys illegal trafficking

​C. ​Drug and arm trafficking

25. Where is enormous demand of wild species?

A. in Europe
B. in Spain
C. in Belgium

26. What is the main entry point of animal trafficking from Latin America to Europe ?

A. Belgium
B. Spain
C. Italy

27. Which entity is against animal trafficking ?

A. Netherlands and Belgium are against animal trafficking

B. World Wildlife Fund
C. The society
 PART 7

PARAGRAPH

Read the paragraph and choose the best option.

Which word completes the paragraph ?

COLOMBIA’S GUADUA

Bamboo has (34)__​_the__​___ most perfect structure that exists in nature. Guadua, a very tall strong (35) _​_​_type_​____
of bamboo, has been of (36) _​_great​_​__ use. People have used guadua to build their homes as guadua is not expensive,
it (37) __​_grows_​_easily, and is very solid.

Guadua has been planted (38) _​_by_ Colombians in rural areas for building their homes, but Guadua is (39) _​_too___​___
beautiful that it is being sent to other countries. It can be (40) __​_used_​__ for windows, roofs, stairs, or creative arts. In a
local newspaper article, a journalist writes, “the fibers inside guadua are long and strong. (41) _​_therefore_​_,it deserves to
be (42) __​called​__ the plant of steel.” As part of Colombian culture, (43) _​several​_ songs have been written about this
plant, one of (44) _​which​_ says, “The guadua cries because it has a heart.”

34. A.​ ​the ​

B​. a C.​ ​one D. some

35. A​. ​amount B.​ ​type C​. ​group D.​ ​number

36. A.​ ​huge B.​ ​big C.​ ​large D.​ ​great

37. A.​ ​increases B.​ ​raises C.​ ​grows D.​ ​climbs

38. A.​ ​by B.​ ​with C.​ ​in D.​ ​for

39. A.​ ​just B.​ ​so C.​ ​too D.​ ​very

40. A.​ ​used B.​ ​created C.​ ​made D.​ ​spent

41. A.​ ​instead B.​ ​therefore C.​ ​furthermore D.​ ​however

42. A.​ ​talked B.​ ​told C.​ ​said D.​ ​called

43. A​. ​no B.​ ​all C.​ ​several D.​ ​every

44. A​. ​whose B.​ ​which C.​ ​whom D.​ ​what