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Parte A: Indique la contestación que complete la frase de la forma mas correcta.

01. Is this your wife’s? Yes, it is ___.

a) of her b) of hers c) of she d) hers

02. A landlady is a woman ___ takes in lodgers.

a) who b) whose c) whom d) which

03. The girl ___ at that bus stop over there is David’s sister.

a) who stand b) standing c) she is standing d) is standing

04. She let me ___ next to her.

a) sit b) to sit c) sitting d) sat

05. Shall I answer it? Oh no, you ___ get up.

a) don’t need b) don’t have c) needn’t d) haven’t

06. Very ___ have we been offered a bribe.

a) few b) seldom c) only then d) nowhere

07. Your father is very late. He ___ an accident.

a) may have b) might have c) could have d) may have had

08. The telegram read: “We regret ___ you of the death of your son James.”

a) to inform b) informing c) saying d) to say

09. The teacher said it was not difficult. Nobody knew the answer ___ .

a) although b) even if c) despite d) though

10. Do you think she is ___ to do it alone?

a) too clever b) clever too c) clever enough d) enough clever

11. We’d better buy more food ___ your cousins come.

a) otherwise b) in case c) whether d) provided

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12. I wish I ___ so much last night!

a) hadn’t drink b) hadn’t drunk c) didn’t drink d) haven’t drunk

13. I ___ that if I were you.

a) wouldn’t do b) have done c) did d) do

14. If you had accepted, what ___?

a) would happen b) would have happened c) happened d) would happened

15. “Tomorrow we’ll go shopping,” he said. He said that ___ go shopping.

a) tomorrow he’d b) the next day they’ll c) the previous day they’d d) the next day they’d

16. The job ___ next Saturday.

a) it’s expected to finish b) is expected it will finish

c) it’s expected to be finished d) is expected to be finished

17. “What have you been doing?” Well, I’ve been watching TV ___ five o’clock.

a) for the last b) since c) since the last d) for

18. He said he wasn’t used ___ lectures.

a) to give b) give c) to giving d) giving

19. The fire was at last under control, but not before a lot of damage ___.

a) had been caused b) was causing c) had being caused d) has been caused

20. If you spoke a little more loudly, I ___ understand.

a) would be able b) would be able to c) can d) may

Parte B: Indique la contestación que debería ser sustituida para que la frase fuera correcta.

21. There was four groups of twenty rats each involved in the test.
A B C D

22. Formally, when he lived in his country, he was a university professor, but now he is working
A B C D
toward a higher degree at an American university.

23. Men who lived thousands of years ago, long before alphabets were devised, they used
A B C
pictures to record events and to communicate ideas.
D

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24. To avoid jet lag, many doctors recommend that their patients begin adjusting one week
A B
before departure time by shifting one hour each day toward the new time schedule.
C D

25. Although the name suggests otherwise, the ship known as “Old Ironsides” was built of oak
A B
and cedar rather than it was built of iron.
D

26. In order to grow well, the Blue Spruce, like other pine trees, require a temperate climate.
A B C D

27. I suggest that the instructor react to the situation by changing the textbook instead of
A B
to modify the objectives of the course.
C D

28.Although Emily Dickinson publishes only three of her verses before she died, today there are
A B C
more than one thousand of her poems printed in many important collections.
D

29. The southern part of the United States has ideal conditions for raising cotton because the
A
climate is sufficiently warm enough to allow a six-month growing period.
B C D

30. The six main parts of a business letter are the address, the inside address, the salutation, the
A B C
body, the closing, and signing your name.
D

31. In spite of being a professor of chemical engineering, one of the people who know the most
A B C
about theoretical mathematics is Dr. Johnson.
D

32. He can’t hardly remember the accident because he was only a three-year-old boy when it
A B C D
occurred.

33. Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly because the person who delivered it
A B C
had such a dynamic style.
D

34. When babies are around fifteen months old, they can pick up objects and put themselves
A B C D
into small containers.

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35. One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly and lovely
A B C
Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina.
D
36. X rays are too powerful that they can penetrate most solids as easily as light passes through
A B C D
glass.
37. All mammals have hair, but not always evident.
A B C D
38. Asparagus grows well in soil that is too much salty for most crops to grow.
A B C D
39. Whenever there are red, orange or brown coloring in sandstone, iron ore is probably present.
A B C D
40. All living creatures pass on inherited traits from one generation to other.
A B C D

Parte C: Indique la contestación que podría sustituir a la palabra o frase subrayada manteniendo
su significado original.

41. In the fall the weather is cool in the morning but warm by midday.
a) chilly b) rusty c) silly d) fluffy

42. In many states, when someone has an accident while driving a friend’s car, both the driver
and the owner of the car share the responsibility.
a) blame b) shame c) fame d) game

43. The food at the picnic attracted a large number of bees.

a) swarm of b) herd of c) pack of d) flock of

44. The little red colt belongs to that brown female horse.
a) hog b) gander c) rooster d) mare

45. As a result of severe illness or treatments one may become temporarily hairless.
a) bald b) hoarse c) lame d) stiff

46. We will need to leave out some of the preliminary exercises at the graduation because of
the large number of students receiving degrees.
a) outfit b) omit c) audit d) quit

47. During the electrical storm the lights began to shine unsteadily.
a) bicker b) wicker c) flicker d) snicker

48. The blank space of the paper must be 2 inches at the top and 1 inch at the bottom.
a) frames b) borders c) shutters d) margins

49. Many people enjoy visiting their friends at Christmas time.

a) calling to b) calling up c)calling on d) calling off

50. The couple had to postpone their wedding because the bride’s mother was very ill.
a) put away b) put off c) put out d) put back

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Para las preguntas numeradas de la 51 a la 100, elija la única respuesta correcta a, b, c ó d, y
márquela en su hoja de respuestas.

51. His company empowered him to

negotiate
the contract. 58. Her only chance to elude her pursuer was
to mingle with the crowd.
a) helped b) forbade
c) authorized d) ordered a) friend b) lawyer
c) follower d) captor
52. After the alien spacecraft had hovered
over the park for a short while, it 59. The president of the company will resign
vanished. at the end of the fiscal year.

a) landed b) disappeared a) quit b) relocate

c) attacked d) rose c) reserve d) get a raise

53. If the crops are not irrigated soon, the 60. Professor Johnson has a thorough
harvest will be sparse. knowledge of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

a) watered b) plowed a) complete b) hazy

c) planted d) fertilized c) wonderful d) scientific

54. The ancient Greek temple is perched on 61. They live ___ the other side of the road.
top of Athens’ highest hill.
a) in b) for
a) paramount b) seen c) on d) by
c) viewed d) located
62. I should have asked her for a plan of the
55. Most of the wounded passengers were house. If I ___ I would have found
quickly removed from the aircraft. everything.

a) unconscious b) injured a) did b) have

c) deceased d) distressed c) would d) had

56. An unsuccessful attempt was made to 63. When my wife ___ back tomorrow, she’ll
salvage the yacht and its contents. find everything in order.

a) save b) surface a) will come b) comes

c) sink d) submerge c) shall come d) come

57. It was difficult to apprehend the criminal 64. After ___ information without success,
because of the sketchy details supplied by we bought a book on the subject.
the witness.
a) asking b) to ask for
a) complicated b) gruesome c) to ask d) asking for
c) artistic d) vague

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65. He’s ___ his sister. 72. He’d done that before, ___?

a) much more tall that a) hadn’t he

b) much taller than b) shouldn’t he
c) much more tall than c) didn’t he
d) much taller that d) wouldn’t he

66. She had three sons, all ___ became 73. She left the children ___ to play.
doctors.
a) go out
a) of whom b) that they went out
b) which c) to go out
c) who d) going out
d) of which
74. I’m going to spend a few days with some
67. He made me ___ . ___ of mine, who live in the north of
Scotland.
a) that I got
b) to be angry a) companies
c) be angry b) familiars
d) angry c) neighbours
d) relatives
68. We usually have fine weather ___
summer. 75. I didn’t write it. That isn’t my ___ on the
check.
a) in
b) at a) signature
c) while b) firm
d) on c) letter
d) mark
69. ___ of them understood him.
76. We arrived ___ England a week ago.
a) Anyone
b) No one a) to b) on c) in d) at
c) Someone
d) None 77. He paid ___ in five-pound notes.

70. That’s the firm ___ . a) how much the car

b) for the car
a) we’ve been dealing with c) the car for
b) what we’ve been dealing with d) the car
c) what we’ve been treating with
d) we’ve been treating with 78. The office is only ___ from here.

71. He isn’t ___ to reach the ceiling. a) at 100 yards away

b) about 100 yards far
a) enough tall c) at 100 yards far
b) so tall d) about 100 yards away.
c) tall enough
d) as tall

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79. ___ problem for foreigners remembering 85. They ___ on holiday in Switzerland and
to drive on the left. became good friends.

a) It’s so much a) found

b) That’s such a b) met
c) That’s so much c) knew
d) It’s such a d) encountered

80. We’ll have to drive carefully ___ home. 86. The committee has met and ___ .

a) on the way to a) they have reached a decision

b) on the way b) it has formulated themselves some
c) in the way opinions
d) in the way to c) its decision was reached at
d) it has reached a decision
81. I told them how to get here but perhaps I
___ them a map. 87. John’s score on the test is the highest in
the class; ___ .
a) should have given
b) had to give a) he should study last night
c) ought give b) he should have studied last night
d) must have given c) he must have studied last night.
d) he must had to study last night
82. What a nuisance! I ___ to all this trouble
if I’d known they weren’t coming. 88. Having been served lunch, ___ .

a) mustn’t have gone a) the problem was discussed by the

b) didn’t need to go members of the committee
c) needn’t have gone b) the committee members discussed the
d) hadn’t to go problem
c) it was discussed by the committee
83. He won the first ___ in the competition. members the problem
d) a discussion of the problem was made
a) reward by the members of the committee.
b) prize
c) premium 89. Florida has not yet ratified the Equal
d) price Rights Amendment, and ___ .

84. Sixty percent of television viewers chose a) several other states hasn’t either
him as their ___ actor. b) neither has some of the others states
c) some other states also have not either
a) favourite d) neither have several other states
b) popular
c) preferred
d) favoured

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90. The chairman requested that ___ .
a) the members studied more carefully the
problem
b) the problem was more carefulnessly
studied
c) with more carefulness the problem
could be studied
d) the members studied the problem more
carefully
91. California relies heavily on income from
fruit crops, and ___ .
a) Florida also
b) Florida too
c) Florida as well
d) so does Florida
92. The professor said that ___ .
a) the students can turn over their reports
on the Monday
b) the reports on Monday could be
received from the students by him
c) the students could hand in their reports
on Monday
d) the students will on Monday the
reports
turn in
93. The teachers have had some problems
deciding ___ .
a) when to the students they shall return
the final papers
b) when are they going to return to the
students the final papers
c) when they should return the final
papers to the students
d) the time when the final papers they
should return for the students
94. She wanted to serve some coffee to her
guests; however, ___ .
a) she hadn’t many sugar
b) there was not a great amount of the
sugar
c) she did not have much sugar
d) she was lacking in amount of the sugar
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95. There has not been a great response to the
sale, ___?
a) does there
b) hasn’t there
c) hasn’t it
d) has there
96. Tommy was one ___ .
a) of the happy childs of his class
b) of the happiest child in the class
c) child who was the happiest of all the
class
d) of the happiest children in the class
97. ___ he began to make friends more easily.
a) Having entered school in the new city,
it was found that
b) After entering the new school,
c) When he had been entering the new
school,
d) Upon entering into the new school
98. Mr. Roberts is a noted chemist ___ .
a) as well as an effective teacher
b) and too a very efficient teacher
c) but he teaches very good in addition
d) however he teaches very good also
99. Manufacturers often sacrifice quality
___ .
a) for a larger profit margin
b) in place of to earn more money
c) to gain more quantities of money
d) and instead earn a bigger amount of
profit
100. Automobile production in the United
States ___ .
a) have taken slumps and rises in recent
years
b) has been rather erratic recently
c) has been erratically lately
d) are going up and down all the time
SOLUCIONES

01.D 02.A 03.B 04.A 05.C 06.B 07.D 08.A 09.D 10.C
11.B 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.D 16.D 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.B
21.A 22.A 23.C 24.D 25.D 26.D 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.D
31.C 32.A 33.B 34.D 35.C 36.A 37.C 38.C 39.B 40.D
41.A 42.A 43.A 44.D 45.A 46.B 47.C 48.D 49.C 50.B

51.C 52.B 53.A 54.D 55.B 56.A 57.D 58.C 59.A 60.A
61.C 62.D 63.B 64.D 65.B 66.A 67.D 68.A 69.D 70.A
71.C 72.A 73.D 74.D 75.A 76.C 77.B 78.D 79.D 80.B
81.A 82.C 83.B 84.A 85.B 86.D 87.C 88.B 89.D 90.D
91.D 92.C 93.C 94.C 95.D 96.D 97.B 98.A 99.A 100.B