Ingls Zapand/Tercer Ciclo de la E.G.B.A.

Ministerio de Educacin Pblica

Divisin de Control de Calidad y
Macroevaluacin del Sistema Educativo
Departamento de Pruebas Nacionales
Convenio MEP-ICER

Programa de Tercer Ciclo de la E.G.B.A.

Prueba de Ingls Zapand
Convocatoria: 02-2004
Total de puntos: 55

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Read the following paragraph.

Things you can admire in your free time

Last July, several Costa Rican artists, and Hotel Punta Islita members
transformed the tiny town of Islita into a community art project. The work
took place during an intense one- week stay. The town of Islita turns around
a large soccer field bordered by several houses with murals painted by the
internationally aclaimed artist Luis Chacn. There, young boys and girls
played different games during their free time. One side of the field is a large
communal room where the community enjoyed parties and other events,
decorated with Chacn's more abstract images. Next to it there is a small
cafeteria, painted with bright chickens where the 35 children from the one room schoolhouse run and play here during their free time.
Artist Florencia Urbina, known for her paintings on San Jos city
buses, created the lollysigns.
Adapted from Tico Times

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the

previous reading.
1) A Costa Rican artist ________________________ in a small building of Islita town.
A)
B)
C)
D)

bought murals
taught children
painted some animals
played different games

2) For entertainment, ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

school children aclaim artist Luis Chacn

Islita people always paint some murals
the community builds a small cafeteria
children play on the field
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3) According to the text, Luis Chacn painted ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

buses
schools
children
mural of houses

4) Some young boys and girls relaxed by ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

playing in a soccer field around their homes

growing chickens around the soccer field
working hard in hotels in Punta Islita
teaching in a one-room schoolhouse

5) Florencia Urbina is a woman known for her paintings about _____________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

city buses
dirty roads
bright chickens
one room schoolhouse

6) The large communal room is painted by ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Luis Chacn
international artists
the artist Florencia Urbina
Hotel Punta Islita members

7) In the town of Islita people enjoy ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

going to parties and events in a communal room

teaching the children in a one- room school
making coffee in a small cafeteria
working on the Pacific coast

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Read the text.

Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano
Pavarotti,
an
Italian famous tenor, with 40
years of successful career sings
songs of famous musicians like
Puccini,
Loncavallo,
Verdi,
among others. He loves classical
music. His father Fernando,
integrated the chorus in the
town of Modena, Italy where
Luciano started his career.
When Luciano was a
teenager he went to Gales where
he sang in many places and won
the first award in an international
competition in Hagollen city.
Another award was won by him
in 1961 as opera interpreter.
Later on, he began to sing in
many theaters of Italy. He went
to many places around the world
to give concerts such as in
Metropolitan Opera in New York,
Bastille in Paris, La Finece in
Venecia, Teatro Coln in Buenos
Aires and National Stadium in
Costa Rica.
He has help institutions
about health, education and
national disasters. Luciano has
visited
Halls,
Sands,
and
stadiums in America, and other
countries.
During the last years of
Pavarotti career, the pianist
Leone Magiera has directed the
most important concerts of
Pavarotti, transmitted by TV
programs from London, New
York and Paris.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences,

from the previous information.
8) Luciano has performed ________________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

just in Italy
around the world
only in one place
just in Metropolitan Opera

9) Luciano won his first award when he was _______________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

young
in Modena
40 years old
in the chorus

10) Luciano started his career in ________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Italy
Paris
London
New York

11) Leone Magiera is a/an ____________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

international tenor
opera composer
famous pianist
opera singer

12) Luciano has made presentations to help

________________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

his father
his director
other tenors
some institutions

13) Luciano gave concerts ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

in open and close places

just in stadiums
just in theaters
only in Europe

14) Luciano is a famous tenor because he ___________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

is a good piano player

is an excellent opera singer
integrated a famous chorus
directed TV famous programs

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Read the information.

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the

previous text.
15) The last step to cook rice is to ________________________.

Instructions for the

Multi-Use Rice
Cooker
1. Make sure the
appliance is unplugged.
2. Measure raw rice
desired with the
measuring cup
provided 180 ml. (One
cup of uncooked rice
will make about two
cups of cooked rice)
3. By using the measuring
cup provided, add
proper amount of water
to the rice inside the
pot.
4. Set the pot into the
cooker.
5. Cover with lid. Do not
operate this appliance
uncovered. Steam is
generated during use.
6. Plug the cord into an
electrical outlet. Switch
the Multi-Rice Cooker
by pushing the switch
button down. Make sure
the red power light is
on.
7. Mix the rice. After
mixing, cover the inner
pot with lid.
8. When your rice is
cooked, the yellow
warm light will turn
on.
9. Allow the appliance to
cool completely before
cleaning.
Adapted from Oster Cook
Book Instruction Manual

A)
B)
C)
D)

set the pot

mix the rice
measure rice
put the lid after mixing rice

16) One important instruction is to ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

make sure the yellow light is off

clean the appliance when cooking
add the appropriate quantity of water
plug the appliance when it is not in use

17) You know the rice is cooked when the ________________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

rice is mixed
red light is on
yellow light is off
yellow light is on

18) For cooking rice, "plug the cord", and ________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

clean the cool pot

turn on the yellow light
be sure the red light is on
put the pot into the cooker

19) If someone wants to have two cups of cooked rice, it is necessary to put
________________ cup(s) of rice to cook.
A)
B)
C)
D)

two
one
four
three

20) The Multi-Use Rice Cooker starts to cook when you _______________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

plug the cord

unplug the cord
uncover the pot
push the switch button down

21) Before cleaning the appliance allow it to be ________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

cooked
plugged
operated
totally cold

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Read the following article.

Kids answer kids'

problems

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from

the previous text.
22) The child asking for help is a/ an _______________________.

A) male
Dear Kidsday: I am a
B) baby
9 year -old girl, and I
C) female
have a brother who is 3.
D) three-year-old child
He hits me and takes
everything I have. If I
take my stuff back, he 23) The brother likes to ________________________.
cries to my parents.
What should I do?
A) cry all the time
Mad sister.
B) take the girl's things
Dear Mad Sister.
C) take the parents'things
Remember that he is
D) give his toys to his sister
very young, and he is
going to try to get away 24) Kids answering the problem recommends __________________.
with as much stuff as
possible. Don't hit him
A) to catch the things with force when the baby has them
back. Tell your mom he
B) not to push the brother with force
is taking your things all
C) to play with the parents
the time. Try to stay calm
D) to hit the brother back
with him, and let him use
some of your stuff some
of the time. You don't 25) The counselor recommends the Mad Sister to tell ______________
what the baby does.
have to be aggressive
with him, but you also
A) her grandmother
don't need him to push
B) all the family
you around, either.
C) her mother
We think he just
D) her father
wants to spend time with
you.
26) The parents of this story have ________________________.
Stuff: things
A) two children and one girl
B) one son and one daughter
Adapted from Tico Times
C) three brothers and three sisters
D) one son in-law and one daughter in-law
27) According to the text, the baby only wants to _________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

go to his parents and cry all day long

hit her sister and produce her pain
be more time with his sister
play with his parents

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Read the texts.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the

sentences, according to the previous texts.

The Internet
The Internet is a computer
network which connects computers
from all over the world. With the
Internet,
people
can
share
information. They can go shopping,
send and receive letters (e-mail),
play games, and find information for
school projects or for fun.
The Internet is wonderful there are lots of things to do and
lots of interesting people to contact.
But you have to be careful! There
are good people and bad people
everywhere and it's hard to tell the
difference sometimes, especially on
the Internet.

28) Students should not answer frightening e-mails

before showing them to
________________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

bad people
people you don't know
their parents or their teacher
a person you met on the Internet

29) Internet is wonderful because people

________________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

are very careful

follow simple rules
send dangerous e-mails
play games, find information and have fun

Rules for Internet Safety

30) The Internet is ________________________.
Do not give personal information
to people who you don't know.
This includes your address, your
phone number, you school, or
you computer password. No
one should ask you for this
information.
Do not send your picture, or
pictures of your family or friends,
to anyone on the Internet.
Never arrange to meet a person
who you met on the Internet.
This is very dangerous.
Sometimes people send scary
e-mails to people who they don't
know.
Don't answer these
e-mails. Show them to your
parents or your teacher.
Follow these simple rules and you'll
see that the Internet is a fun,
informative, and exciting place to
be!

A)
B)
C)
D)

very dangerous to use

only personal information
arranging people to meet friends
a connection through a computer all over the
world

31) The Internet is fun and informative if people

________________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

answer all scary e-mails

follow safety rules to use it
give all personal information
share pictures of their families and friends

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Read the paragraph.

There are over 200 bones in the human body. The bones are joined
together to make a skeleton. The bones help us stand and protect organs
like the heart, lungs and brain. Ben is convinced that his bones are
unbreakable.
Taken from Mc Graw Hill

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences from the previous
text.
32) Three words that have a suffix are _______________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

bones, organ and convinced

brain, skeleton and together
organs, lungs and joined
make, lungs and human

33) A word with a prefix and a suffix is _______________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

unbreakable
joined
heart
body

34) There are affixes in the words _______________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

heart and lung

human and body
joined and organs
skeleton and brain

35) The words: joined, organs and convinced have _______________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

only roots
only prefixes
roots and suffixes
prefixes and roots

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Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions according to

the previous text.
Read the following text.
36) Why will the world's rainforest disappear? Because _______________.

The Disappearing Rain

Forest
Every year an area of
rain forest, twice the size of
Costa Rica, is destroyed
around the world.
If they
continue to be destroyed as
fast as this, most of the
world's
rain
forest
will
disappear.
The rainforests are cut
down sometimes for wood, to
plant crops, to make way for
roads, but mainly for urban
development. Unfortunately,
the rainforest does not
regrow unless we give it a
chance.
There are many good
reasons for saving the rain
forests: they produce food,
they are rich in wild life, they
supply oxygen to the world,
and many medicines are
found there.
If the rain
forests are destroyed much
land will become desert and
the world's climate will
change.
Temperatures will
go up, sea levels will rise and
there will be many disasters
as heavy floods, soil erosions
and droughts.
Adapted from Have Fun

A)
B)
C)
D)

it grows very fast

man is regrowing it
man is cutting down most of it
it supplies oxygen to the world

37) How much of rainforest is destroyed each year? A(n) area ___________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

as big as Costa Rica

bigger than Costa Rica
shorter than Costa Rica
similar to Costa Rica's size

38) Why do rainforests have to be saved? Because ___________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

they regrow easily

they aren't important
the world's climate doesn't change
they have to supply the world's oxygen

39) What can the destruction of rainforests produce?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Wild life.
High temperatures.
The world's oxygen.
Food and medicines.

40) Why do people destroy rainforests? Because they need to __________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

change lands to deserts

develop urban areas
rise sea levels
get oxygen

41) What will happen if rainforests disappear? There will be _____________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

many lands
a lot of wood
crops and roads
heavy floods and droughts

42) What can man do to save rainforests? To _______________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

destroy much land

get wood from them
stop cutting them down
produce more medicines

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Read the text.

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the

questions from the previous text.

Can you help?

Honk, honk, honk! Beep,
beep! Screech! Crash! The
sounds of city traffic! If you
live in a big city, you have
surely heard these familiar
noises and felt the results of
noise and air pollution.
Cars, buses, and trucks
cause air pollution. Dirty air is
bad for people, animals, and
plants. It makes our eyes hurt
and it makes some people
sick. But we have to go to
work and we have to go to
school - we take buses and
cars.
One solution is to use
public transportation. Buses
cause pollution, but a bus
with thirty people on it causes
less pollution than thirty cars
on the road. Some cities have
subways, which are trains that
travel under the city. Other
cities, like Chicago, have
trains that travel above the
roads. The air will not get as
dirty if fewer people use their
cars. Another solution is to
carpool. It is people who live
near each other, share one car
and drive together. That's one
car and not four or five on the
road. And, of course, that
causes less air pollution, too.
Taken from Best Friends

43) What can help to low pollution? Using

________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

just modern cars

public transportation
thirty cars on the road
cars, buses, and trucks

44) What does pollution produce?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Big cities.
City traffic.
Sick people.
Familiar noises.

45) What are some solutions to disminish pollution?

To ________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

produce gases and smoke.

use carpool and public transportation.
have streets full of cars and sick people.
drive subways and trains on the roads.

46) What causes air pollution?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Fewer cars on the road.

Four people on the bus.
Trucks, cars and buses.
Fewer people using trains.

47) What does carpool refer to?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Trains above the road.

Many cars in Chicago.
Subways under the city.
People sharing a car to go to work.

48) What makes people get sick?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Moving in cities with dirty air.

Driving to other cities.
Traveling by train.
Going to school.

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Choose the appropriate alternative to answer each question about the

previous information.
Read the article.

Traveling in an Old
Fashioned Way by Train

49) What did Canadians prefer? To ____________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

get regular wagon tickets

travel to Puntarenas the weekdays
return to San Jos very late at night
pay for an executive wagon to travel

50) Where did the Canadians go? To ____________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Canada
a scenic port
a black beach
a nice seafood restaurant

51) When are the trips? They are __________________________.

Four Canadians went to
Puntarenas by train. The cost of
the tickets of regular wagons is
5.000 ($11) each one and the
cost of the executive wagon is
6.000 ($14). Canadians chose
the second alternative.
Now,
trips are on Saturdays and
Sundays. People have to make
reservations. The boarding is at
"El Pacfico", the central station,
downtown in San Jos.
The Canadians took the
train at 6:00 a.m. and arrived.
Puntarenas at 10:00 a.m. There,
they saw some tourists eating in
a nice seafood and many
tourists walking on the streets.
Young people were riding on
bicycles and others walking
across the bridge enjoying the
local view some small boats on
the sea and the smell of the
ocean in the port.
The
Canadians returned San Jos at
6:00 p.m.
They felt happy
because it was a new adventure
in Costa Rica.
Adapted from The Tico Times

A)
B)
C)
D)

three days a week

only Saturdays
on weekends
only Sundays

52) What do people have to do if they want to take a trip to Puntarenas? They
have to _____________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

buy a regular wagon

go during the week
make reservations
be executive

53) What time was the arrival to Puntarenas? It was at ________________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

6:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.

54) What kind of service did Canadians pay for

________________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

6.000? Tickets for

seafood.
regular wagon.
executive wagon.
the Central Station.

55) Where is the boarding place to take the train? It is at ______________.

A)
B)
C)
D)

El Pacfico Central Station

the seafood restaurant
the Executive Wagon
Canada

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SOLUCIONARIO
Programa: III Ciclo

Convocatoria: 022004

Asignatura: Ingls Zapand

Total de temes: 55

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