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 A-INSTRUCCIONES Y PUNTUACIÓN

Conteste a TODAS las preguntas de tipo test ÚNICAMENTE en la hoja de lectura óptica/hoja derespuestas. Al final del examen, entregue ÚNICAMENTE la hoja de lectura óptica y la hoja de desarrollodonde haya escrito la redacción, donde se escribirá la redacción. No olvide consignar sus datos personalesen ambas hojas. Puede llevarse el resto del examen. El examen escrito se califica en total sobre 100 puntos. Las preguntas con respuesta múltiple valen 60 puntos y la redacción vale 40 puntos. Lasrespuestas correctas valen 0.4 y cada respuesta incorrecta resta 0.1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS.

I.  USE OF ENGLISH. Choose the best answer. (Use la hoja de respuestas) 

1. Leonard succeeded ____ outplaying her arch-rival on the tennis court.

a. in b. on c. about d. Ø 

2. ______ a successful comedian in his home town in Glasgow, he later went on to becomeinternationally famous.

a. Becoming b. Become c. Had become d. Having become

3. Choose the correct inversion for the following sentence: I have rarely seen anything so beautiful. a. I rarely have seen anything so beautiful b. Rarely I have seen anything so beautifulc. Rarely have I seen anything so beautifuld. Have I rarely seen anything so beautiful

4. My sister is now furious with me. If only I ______ that.

a. didn‟t say  b. told c. hadn‟t said  d. could have told

5. The attendance at the function was disappointing because only about 20 people turned _______.a. Ø  b. up c. in d. on

6. I‟m not going anywhere this summer. After buying the flat I‟m completely _________ .a. bad off b. hard up c. rolling in it d. skint

7. I advise you not _______ precious time on unimportant matters.a. waste b. to waste c. to be wasted d. to wasting

8. This restaurant is____________ near as expensive as the one we went to last week.a. nowhere b. not c. far d. slightly

9. Choose the best rephrasing of the following sentence in terms of future probability: Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll get over your initial fear .

a. Don‟t worry, you may well get over your initial fear.   b. Don‟t worry, You‟ll presumably get over your initial fear. c. Don‟t worry, you have hope of getting over your initial fear. d. Don‟t worry, you‟re bound to get over your initial f ear.

10. I‟m fed up with this ______ job of mine. It‟s about time I started looking for a new one.  a. firing b. stormy c. dead-end d. under the weather

11. Cheryl‟s found a great new job. She always seems to _______________ .a. come with her head b. fall to her feet c. land on her feet d. come to her head

12. He climbed ______Mount Everest when he was still _______ teenager.

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  a. Ø/a b. the/ Ø  c. a/a d. Ø/ Ø 

13. The stadium was full of people, __________ supported Real Madrid.a. most of which b. most of whom c. most of them d. where most

14. The new measures have made a big difference at work. The manager has been______________.a. forced for good b. a force of good c. a force for good d. forced to good

15. They __________ there earlier than we were expecting.a. must have got b. mightn‟t have got  c. would got d. have to have got

II.  READING COMPREHENSION

Lea el siguiente texto y marque la opción correcta de las preguntas que aparecen a continuación. Porfavor, marque la opción correcta en la hoja de lectura óptica/hoja de respuestas. 

A Long Swim Looking for LaughsThe New York Times: April 5, 2011

“The Umbrella Plays,” as befits its title, is full of waterworks. There are, mostarrestingly, the white plastic buckets of water that get dumped over heads and emptiedsideways onto characters‟ bodies. And then there are the tears, the oh so many tears:

wracking sobs, misty eyes, messy heaves, all trickling and streaming out from onefraught encounter to the next.

Written by Stephanie Janssen and directed by Daniel Talbott, this 75-minute play at the Tank  is a series of not-quite-interwoven vignettes: relationships unfoldingand unraveling, a woman‟s monologue to a dead lover, an almost-suicide. Bothstructurally and in its level of sophistication, it reminds one of those romantic comediesin which disparate, loaded moments are collaged to create a larger world, a world inwhich, as it says in the “Valentine‟s Day” trailer , there is “always a chance for romance

or disaster.”

In other words, these umbrellas, even when working or not left behind, aren‟tkeeping anyone dry. (That‟s not entirely metaphorical; front-row audience members,take care.) Ms. Janssen‟s script doesn‟t leave much within these storms to the

imagination: “It feels kind of nice,” the suicidal woman (Jan Leslie Harding) tells us

from her perch on a suspension bridge. “Which is confusing. Because, I mean, I‟m indespair, right? Can something feel nice when you‟re in despair?”

Reader, it can. The pain here is never allowed to get too intense. And, in anycase, it‟s difficult to feel too much as an audience member when the actors are

impressing upon you, with each and every word, and with a vengeance, their ownemotional takes on the material. (Here it must painfully be noted that “The Umbrella

Plays” won an outstanding-play award at the New York International Fringe Festival in2008.)

The force with which feelings are manufactured and maintained grows quicklywearying. But then, this production doesn‟t ask its viewers to do much other than

withstand the deluge; it‟s theater as television show, with the audience there to provide

the laugh track. Presumably, we are also meant to get a bit choked up ourselves —  butforce feeding sometimes facilitates another, less sympathetic sort of choking.

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 16. What is true according to the text?a. The stories that make up the play are well connected. b. The force of the feelings portrayed keeps the audience interest throughout the play.c. People in the audience can get wet.d. The feeling of tragedy gets to be really strong.

17. The „Umbrella Plays‟ receive their title because of:  a. all the tears that are seen on stage. b. the water that is sprayed over the characters.c. all the waterworks.d. the characters constant weeping and the amount of water that falls onto characters.

18. All the following can be inferred from the text except:a. The play reminds the reviewer of romantic comedies. b. The play makes you choke up with laugher.c. The play reminds the reviewer of a TV show.d. Happiness and despair are connected in the play.

19. The general opinion of the reviewer is the following:a. She loved the play. b. She enjoyed the play, despite its minor flaws.c. She didn‟t like the play at all. d. Although she didn‟t like the play very much, she mentions a few positive aspects.  

20. The word „wearing‟ (paragraph 5) in the text means: a. tiring b. excitingc. relievingd. trivial

III. WRITING PRODUCTION

Choose one of these two topics to write an essay (400 words approx.):

A- What do you think about nuclear energy? Do you think its use could be affected after thecatastrophe in Japan? Do you think it could be a good opportunity to change to alternative energies?

B- Write an essay discussing the following statement: „If God didn‟t exist it would be necessary toinvent him‟ 

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