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Ministerio de Educacin Pblica

Divisin de Control de Calidad y

Macroevaluacin del Sistema Educativo

Departamento de Pruebas Nacionales

Convenio MEP-ICERPrograma de Tercer Ciclo de la E.G.B.A.

Prueba de Ingls Zapand

Convocatoria: 02-2004

Total de puntos: 55

SELECTION 55 TEMS

Read the following paragraph.

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) bought murals

B) taught children

C) painted some animals

D) played different games

2) For entertainment, ________________________.

A) school children aclaim artist Luis Chacn

B) Islita people always paint some murals

C) the community builds a small cafeteria

D) children play on the field

3) According to the text, Luis Chacn painted ________________________.

A) buses

B) schools

C) children

D) mural of houses

4) Some young boys and girls relaxed by ________________________.

A) playing in a soccer field around their homes

B) growing chickens around the soccer field

C) working hard in hotels in Punta Islita

D) teaching in a one-room schoolhouse

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

A) city buses

B) dirty roads

C) bright chickens

D) one room schoolhouse

6) The large communal room is painted by ________________________.

A) Luis Chacn

B) international artists

C) the artist Florencia Urbina

D) Hotel Punta Islita members

7) In the town of Islita people enjoy ________________________.

A) going to parties and events in a communal room

B) teaching the children in a one- room school

C) making coffee in a small cafeteria

D) working on the Pacific coast

Read the text.

Read the information.

Read the following article.

Read the texts.

Read the paragraph.

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences from the previous text.

32) Three words that have a suffix are _______________________.

A) bones, organ and convinced

B) brain, skeleton and together

C) organs, lungs and joined

D) make, lungs and human

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

A) unbreakable

B) joined

C) heart

D) body

34) There are affixes in the words _______________________.

A) heart and lung

B) human and body

C) joined and organs

D) skeleton and brain

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

A) only roots

B) only prefixes

C) roots and suffixes

D) prefixes and roots

Read the following text.

Read the text.

Read the article.

SOLUCIONARIO

Programa: III Ciclo

Convocatoria: 022004

Asignatura: Ingls Zapand

Total de temes: 55TEMRESPUESTATEMRESPUESTATEMRESPUESTA

1. C21. D41. D

2. D22. C42. C

3. D23. B43. B

4. A24. B44. C

5. A25. C45. B

6. A26. B46. C

7. A27. C47. D

8. B28. C48. A

9. A29. D49. D

10. A30. D50. B

11. C31. B51. C

12. D32. C52. C

13. A33. A53. C

14. B34. C54. C

15. D35. C55. A

16. C36. C

17. D37. B

18. C38. D

19. A39. B

20. D40. B

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

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.

Adapted from a brochure

Instructions for the Multi-Use Rice Cooker

Make sure the appliance is unplugged.

Measure raw rice desired with the measuring cup provided 180 ml. (One cup of uncooked rice will make about two cups of cooked rice)

By using the measuring cup provided, add proper amount of water to the rice inside the pot.

Set the pot into the cooker.

Cover with lid. Do not operate this appliance uncovered. Steam is generated during use.

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.

Mix the rice. After mixing, cover the inner pot with lid.

When your rice is cooked, the yellow warm light will turn on.

Allow the appliance to cool completely before cleaning.

Adapted from Oster Cook Book Instruction Manual

Kids answer kids' problems

Dear Kidsday: I am a 9 year -old girl, and I have a brother who is 3. He hits me and takes everything I have. If I take my stuff back, he cries to my parents. What should I do?

Mad sister.

Dear Mad Sister. Remember that he is very young, and he is going to try to get away with as much stuff as possible. Don't hit him back. Tell your mom he is taking your things all the time. Try to stay calm with him, and let him use some of your stuff some of the time. You don't have to be aggressive with him, but you also don't need him to push you around, either.

We think he just wants to spend time with you.

Stuff: things

Adapted from Tico Times

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.

Rules for Internet Safety

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!

scary: causing fear or alarm

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

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

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

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Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous text.

The child asking for help is a/ an _______________________.

male

baby

female

three-year-old child

The brother likes to ________________________.

cry all the time

take the girl's things

take the parents'things

give his toys to his sister

Kids answering the problem recommends __________________.

to catch the things with force when the baby has them

not to push the brother with force

to play with the parents

to hit the brother back

The counselor recommends the Mad Sister to tell ______________ what the baby does.

her grandmother

all the family

her mother

her father

The parents of this story have ________________________.

two children and one girl

one son and one daughter

three brothers and three sisters

one son in-law and one daughter in-law

According to the text, the baby only wants to _________________.

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

Choose the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, according to the previous texts.

Students should not answer frightening e-mails before showing them to ________________________.

bad people

people you don't know

their parents or their teacher

a person you met on the Internet

Internet is wonderful because people ________________________.

are very careful

follow simple rules

send dangerous e-mails

play games, find information and have fun

The Internet is ________________________.

very dangerous to use

only personal information

arranging people to meet friends

a connection through a computer all over the world

The Internet is fun and informative if people ________________________.

answer all scary e-mails

follow safety rules to use it

give all personal information

share pictures of their families and friends

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions from the previous text.

What can help to low pollution? Using ________________.

just modern cars

public transportation

thirty cars on the road

cars, buses, and trucks

What does pollution produce?

Big cities.

City traffic.

Sick people.

Familiar noises.

What are some solutions to disminish pollution? To ________________.

produce gases and smoke.

use carpool and public transportation.

have streets full of cars and sick people.

drive subways and trains on the roads.

What causes air pollution?

Fewer cars on the road.

Four people on the bus.

Trucks, cars and buses.

Fewer people using trains.

What does carpool refer to?

Trains above the road.

Many cars in Chicago.

Subways under the city.

People sharing a car to go to work.

What makes people get sick?

Moving in cities with dirty air.

Driving to other cities.

Traveling by train.

Going to school.

Traveling in an Old Fashioned Way by Train

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

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer each question about the previous information.

What did Canadians prefer? To ____________________.

get regular wagon tickets

travel to Puntarenas the weekdays

return to San Jos very late at night

pay for an executive wagon to travel

Where did the Canadians go? To ____________________.

Canada

a scenic port

a black beach

a nice seafood restaurant

When are the trips? They are __________________________.

three days a week

only Saturdays

on weekends

only Sundays

What do people have to do if they want to take a trip to Puntarenas? They have to _____________________.

buy a regular wagon

go during the week

make reservations

be executive

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

6:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

What kind of service did Canadians pay for 6.000? Tickets for ________________.

seafood.

regular wagon.

executive wagon.

the Central Station.

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

El Pacfico Central Station

the seafood restaurant

the Executive Wagon

Canada

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous information.

Luciano has performed ________________________.

just in Italy

around the world

only in one place

just in Metropolitan Opera

Luciano won his first award when he was _______________.

young

in Modena

40 years old

in the chorus

Luciano started his career in ________________.

Italy

Paris

London

New York

Leone Magiera is a/an ____________________.

international tenor

opera composer

famous pianist

opera singer

Luciano has made presentations to help ________________________.

his father

his director

other tenors

some institutions

Luciano gave concerts ________________________.

in open and close places

just in stadiums

just in theaters

only in Europe

Luciano is a famous tenor because he ___________________.

is a good piano player

is an excellent opera singer

integrated a famous chorus

directed TV famous programs

Select the appropriate alternative to complete the sentences, from the previous text.

The last step to cook rice is to ________________________.

set the pot

mix the rice

measure rice

put the lid after mixing rice

One important instruction is to ________________________.

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

You know the rice is cooked when the ________________________.

rice is mixed

red light is on

yellow light is off

yellow light is on

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

clean the cool pot

turn on the yellow light

be sure the red light is on

put the pot into the cooker

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

two

one

four

three

The Multi-Use Rice Cooker starts to cook when you _______________.

plug the cord

unplug the cord

uncover the pot

push the switch button down

Before cleaning the appliance allow it to be ________________.

cooked

plugged

operated

totally cold

Choose the appropriate alternative to answer the questions according to the previous text.

Why will the world's rainforest disappear? Because _______________.

it grows very fast

man is regrowing it

man is cutting down most of it

it supplies oxygen to the world

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

as big as Costa Rica

bigger than Costa Rica

shorter than Costa Rica

similar to Costa Rica's size

Why do rainforests have to be saved? Because ___________________.

they regrow easily

they aren't important

the world's climate doesn't change

they have to supply the world's oxygen

What can the destruction of rainforests produce?

Wild life.

High temperatures.

The world's oxygen.

Food and medicines.

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

change lands to deserts

develop urban areas

rise sea levels

get oxygen

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

many lands

a lot of wood

crops and roads

heavy floods and droughts

What can man do to save rainforests? To _______________________.

destroy much land

get wood from them

stop cutting them down

produce more medicines

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