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Student’s full name:_____________________________________________

READING COMPREHENSION (18 Marks)

Reading 1.
World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his surprise winning in the U.S.
Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr. Trump
defeated his rival Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take
office on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This
means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory speech, Mr.
Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of
rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. We will have the strongest
economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other
nations willing to get along with us."
Russia's president Vladimir Putin was among the first to congratulate Mr. Trump.
He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a
stable path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a
constructive way that avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena
Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we
should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result,
"opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world
won't end, but things will get more crazy." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said:
"Hand in hand with Mr. Trump, we will try to work together."

1) …to become the USA's 45th President. He will ______ January 20

a. take office in b. take official on c. take office on d. takes office on

2) How many U.S. Presidents were there before Donald Trump?

a. 46 b. 45 c. 44 d. 43

3) What did Mr. Trump say he would renew?

a. his Washington Post subscription b. his driving license

c. relations with Iran d. the American dream

4) What kind of economy does Mr. Trump wants to create for America?

a. the world's strongest b. an IT economy

c. a beautiful one d. a green economy

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5) Russia's president Vladimir Putin was among the first ______ Mr. Trump

a. too congratulates b. to congratulate

c. two congratulate d. to congratulates

6) What does China want to avoid?

a. Russia b. conflict c. meetings d. embarrassment

7) What did Mexico say the USA and Mexico should keep doing?

a. trading b. building bridges c. playing soccer d. collaborating

8) What kind of period did France's president say the world was entering?

a. one filled with optimism b. a happy one

c. an uncertain one d. a more secure one

9) Who said he would work hand in hand with Mr. Trump?

a) Germany's Justice Minister b) Shinzo Abe

c) Pena Nieto d) Francois Hollande

10) The world won't end, but things will ______

a. get more crazies b. get more crazy

c. get more crazily d. get more crazier

Reading 2
British wildlife in peril
Through the centuries we have hunted many animals to extinction, for their meat or
fur or feathers. But nowadays man ́s activities are having a deadly effect on our
planet as well as on wildlife and we are rapidly changing the face of the countryside.
In Britain over the last 40 years or so, many animals’ habitats have been lost.
Hedges and verges were shelter and food for all six species of British reptiles (3
kinds of snakes and 3 kinds of lizards), for at least half our butterflies and
bumblebees, and around 40 of our 200 species of breeding birds.

We have drained wetlands, reclaimed estuaries, and fell trees. There is a danger at
otters, butterflies, owls and plants, they may be lost forever. The chemical
fertilizers and pesticides now used so freely that are polluting the water, food and
air.
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The good news is that there are numerous peoples working on preserving our
natural world to make sure that their children and grandchildren will be able to see
real life, not just photographs of the animals.

The majestic sea eagle, one of the fourth largest eagles of the world, was once very
common in Britain. Over the last 100 years or so there has been increasing
pressure
on its habitat, it has been killed by shepherds and gamekeepers, and its eggs have
been stolen by collectors. In 1918 the very last British sea eagle was shot.

Read the text and mark (T) for True and (F) for False:

1. The word "̈we"̈of the first sentence is referred to all human beings. T F
2. The first paragraph is about how the man has changed the environment. T F
3. In the second paragraph there is information about mammals end their
extinction. T F
4. The third paragraph isn ́t about the use of chemicals that are causing
deforestation and pollution. T F
5. The article is talking about the American bald eagle and its disappearance. T F
6. The whole article is about bad news for planet Earth. T F

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (4 MARKS)

Choose the right word: before, after, when

1. play tennis ___when_____ I have time.

2.You watch TV. __when______ you finish work.

3.When you go shopping, do you check _before______the expiration date of

products?

Use the comparative or superlative form as needed.

4.This is the (interesting) ____more interesting_______________________ book I
have ever read.
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5.This flower is (beautiful)________more beautiful___________________than that

one.

Circle the odd word:

6.Since 2006 the eight planets of the Solar System are: Pluto / Neptune /
Uranus / Saturn / Jupiter / Mars / Earth / Venus / Mercury

7.Geographic forms are these: mountain range/ lake / river / volcano / glacier /
basin / canyon / island / dessert / strait

8.Superlative forms of adjectives are: happiest, least important, most romantic,

more expensive, thinnest, cutest
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WRITING (10 marks)

Name: ______________________________________________________
Write about a city, mention the best places to visit, the geographic places that are
characteristic in the zone, the food that you consider is the best to taste, the
weather, also write about the people, use adjectives to describe, principally use
comparative and superlative adjectives. ( Please use a pen to write minimum 130
words)
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Good afternoon, my name is Luis Enrique and today I will describe the city of Villa el
Salvador, of which it is a district that is located to the south of Lima, divided in
urbanizations, sectors, groups and blocks.
The best places to visit is the zonal park that it has with a very wide extension, of which
it has a small lake. The district has a beach area that is visited a lot by the inhabitants.
The climate is characterized by being subtropical, it is arid, semi warm and cloudy at
different times of the year, with an average temperature that fluctuates between 15 ºC
and 23ºC, the extreme values correspond to the months of January and July. One of the
characteristics of Villa el Salvador since its foundation was that it was one of the few
popular cities built in a planned manner.

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS
Universidad del Perú. Decana de América
VICERRECTORADO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO

DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ESTUDIOS DE POSGRADO

PROGRAMA DE IDIOMAS EXTRANJEROS