Inglés

Reading Comprehension
       Instructions: Read the following texts and choose the one, best answer to each question.
     1 It was the kind of action his men had to learn to expect. He was immensely popular with his platoon and fellow officers. For two years he had been preparing himself and his platoon for this moment. He was known to be absolutely fair, totally dedicated. He was the bestboxer in the regiment, the best marcher. On the one 25 mile march, an intraplatoon competitive hike, when everyone was pushing to the limit one of his men gave out. Mathis picked him up and carried him the last three quarters of a mile home.
      D-Day pg.23 (1994)
      In this text, the character mentioned was…
      A) not a professional soldier.
      B) a better boxer than marcher.
     C) well-liked and respected.
      D) pushing everyone to the limit.
      2 Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy Signals. Before I became a copywriter, I was a researcher. I delivered the first paper on copy-testing in the history of British advertising.
      Olgilvy on Advertising (1985)
      In this text the writer expresses thathe thinks…
      A) advertising is important.
      B) advertising people are just like generals.
      C) codes are important.
      D) research is important.
   

  3 If you are currently in the market for a new car, chances are the options you’re considering run on gasoline, not electricity. But as petroleum continues to become more expensive and less available, automakers around theglobe are hard at work developing cars that run on renewable energy rather than fossil fuels.
      Reader’s Digest (23. 02. 2011)
      According to the article, present buyers of automobiles:
      A) are seriously considering electric cars.
      B) mostly think about buying gas cars.
      C) want less expensive cars.
      D) want safer cars.
     4 Always wear robust shoes with high gripsoles and long trousers when mowing. Never mow barefoot or, for instance, in sandals. Carefully inspect the complete area in which the appliance is to be used and remove any stones, sticks, wires, bones and other foreign objects.
      Viking (2001-2008)
      The purpose of this reading is…
      A) to provide safe use of a product.
      B) to provide sports instruction.
      C) to provideinstruction for air travel.
      D) to sell and promote a product.
     5 In the business world, the notion of productivity describes the benefit received for effort or money expended. Our project measures the academic achievement a school district produces relative to its educational spending.
      www.americanprogress.org (24/01/2011)
      The study in this reading tries to show arelationship between…
      A) money spent and educational results.
      B)  business and productivity.
      C) money and effort.
      D) the business world and school districts.
      6 About 15% of the air in the average home escapes through wall openings, an inconvenience that can be remedied by spraying insulating foam sealant around holes that lead to the outside. This quick trick couldsave you as much as $150.
      Reader’s Digest (23.02.2011)
      The main idea of the reading is:
      A) to save on heating bills.
      B) to make one’s home more attractive.
      C) to increase air circulation.
      D) to increase wall openings.
    7 Samuel Agustus Maverick, a San Antonio rancher, acquired vast tracts of land and dabbled in cattle raising. When he neglected to brandthe calves born into his herd, his neighbors began calling the unmarked offspring by his name. Through process that linguists call generalization, this word has come to designate any nonconformist.
      The Play of Words (1990)
      What name does the text say is another name for nonconformists?
      A) Antonio
      B) Maverick
      C) Rancher
      D) Generalization
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