Forma

Simce Inglés 2014

III Educación Media

Serie
PAPER 1 Reading Sample Test 2

45 minutes

Additional materials:
Answer sheet

Time 45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheet.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.
You must complete the answer sheet in the time allowed.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

There are seven parts to the test.
Each question carries one mark.

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 Part 1
Questions 1 – 5

Which notice (A – H) says this (1 – 5)?

For questions 1 – 5, mark the correct letter A – H on your answer sheet.

Example:

0 You cannot use your phone. Answer: A B C D E F G H

0

1 You should put things back in the right

place. A

2 Go here if you have lost something.

B
3 You must walk in this place.

4 These students do not have a lesson.

C
5 You cannot go in through here.

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 Part 2
Questions 6 – 10

Read the sentences about an internet café.

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.

For questions 6 – 10, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Example:
0 Last month an internet café ………… near Ivan’s house
A opened B began C arrived Answer: A B C
0

6 The internet café quickly became ............ with Ivan and his friends.

A favourite B popular C excellent

7 It only ............ Ivan five minutes to get to the café.

A takes B has C gets

8 Ivan often ............ his friends there after school.

A waits B meets C goes

9 The café has different ............ of computer games that they can play.

A things B ways C kinds

10 Ivan thinks there is a lot of ............ information on the internet.

A certain B sure C useful

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 Part 3
Questions 11 – 15

Complete the five conversations.

For questions 11 – 15, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Example:

0
A New York
Where do you
come from? B School

C Home

Answer: A B C
0

11 Why didn’t you come to the pool yesterday? A I didn’t see them there.
B It was a great time.
C I was doing something else.

12 I have to go home now. A Have you been before?

B It’s still quite early.
C How long was it for?

13 Whose phone is that? A It’s not there.

B Wasn’t it?
C I’m not sure.

14 There weren’t any more tickets for the match. A That’s a pity.
B It isn’t enough.
C I hope so.

15 Shall we play that new computer game? A It’s all right.

B Yes, it is.
C If you’d like to.

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Questions 16 – 20

Complete the telephone conversation between two friends.

What does Josh say to Matt?

For questions 16 – 20, mark the correct letter A – H on your answer sheet.

Example:

Matt: Hi, Josh. It’s Matt.

C A B C D E F G H
Josh:: 0 ………… Answer: 0

Matt: Oh, sorry. I’m phoning about the

skateboarding competition this
afternoon.
A I’d like a new one but I don’t think I’m good
enough to win.
Josh: 16 …………

Matt: Really? There was some information B I didn’t see it. Is the competition on all
afternoon?
about it in our club magazine.

Josh: 17 ………… C Hi. You’re calling early!

Matt: Just from 2.30 till 5 pm. They give out

the prizes at 6 pm. D Do the winners get CDs like last year?

Josh: 18 ………… E I wasn’t very good then.

Matt: The prizes are better this time. The

top prize is a skateboard. F I didn’t know that was today.

Josh: 19 ………… G I haven’t got one of those.

Matt: You’re much better than you were

last year! H Maybe, we’ll see. Shall we meet in the park
at 2.00?
Josh: 20 …………

Matt: Great! See you then.

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Questions 21 – 27

Read the article about a young swimmer.

Are sentences 21 – 27 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)?
If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

For questions 21 – 27, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Ana Johnson
Ana Johnson is a 13-year-old swimmer who lives in Melbourne in
Australia. Her dream is to swim for Australia in the next Olympics.
She swims in both long and short races and she has already come
first in many important competitions.

As well as spending many hours in the pool, Ana also makes time for studying and for friends. ‘I
have lots of friends who swim and we’re very close. It’s much easier to have friends who are
swimmers because they also have to get up early to practise like me and they understand this kind
of life. But I’m not so different from other people my age. In my free time I also enjoy going to
the movies and parties. There are also some good things about swimming for a club. I travel a lot
for competitions and I’ve made friends with swimmers from other Australian cities and from other
parts of the world.’

Ana is becoming well known in Australia and she believes it is important to get more young people
interested in swimming. ‘I don’t mind talking to journalists and having my photograph taken. But
last year I was on TV and that was much more fun.’

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Example:

0 Ana’s home is in Melbourne.

A B C
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say Answer: 0

21 Ana hopes she will become an Olympic swimmer.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

22 Ana knows that she is better at short races than long ones.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

23 Ana has won a lot of swimming competitions.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

24 It is difficult for Ana to make friends with other people who swim.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

25 Ana likes doing the same things as other teenagers.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

26 Ana has met people from different countries at swimming competitions.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

27 Ana prefers speaking to journalists to being on television.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

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 Part 5
Questions 28 – 34

Read the article about Ingrid McFarlane and then answer the questions.
For questions 28 – 34, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Ingrid McFarlane
Zoo Keeper
When I left school at eighteen, I got a job at a zoo as a student
keeper. Now, five years later, things have changed – I have
passed my exams and I am a full animal keeper.

The money is not good. I only get £9,000 a year. You have to be outside in rain and snow, which is
hard work, and you get very dirty. But this doesn’t matter to me because animals are the most
important thing in my life!

There are a hundred monkeys and fifty deer in my part of the zoo and I give them their food and
clean their houses. I also need to watch them carefully to be sure that they are all well. In fact,
rhinos are my favourite animals and so last year I went to Africa with a colleague for a month to study
them.

The zoo is open every day and I work five different days each week. I live in a small flat twenty
minutes away and I get up at ten to seven and start work at eight. The first thing I do when I get
home at quarter past five is have a shower!

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Example:

0 Ingrid left school A five years ago.

B nine years ago.
C eighteen years ago.
Answer:
A B C
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28 Ingrid would like to A take some exams.

B earn more money.
C change her job.

29 How does Ingrid feel about working in bad A She hates getting dirty.
weather?
B She doesn't mind it.
C She likes the snow.

30 If Ingrid doesn't check the monkeys, A they may become ill.

B they may get hungry.
C they may run away.

31 The animals Ingrid likes best are the A monkeys.

B deer.
C rhinos.

32 Ingrid travelled to Africa A to have a month's holiday.

B to visit a colleague there.
C to learn more about some animals.

33 The zoo is open A only five days a week.

B seven days a week.
C on different days every week.

34 Ingrid arrives at her flat in the evening at A five fifteen.

B twenty past five.
C ten to seven.

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Questions 35 – 42

Read the article about a circus.

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.

For questions 35 – 42, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

A famous circus
The circus, Cirque du Soleil, began (0) ………… Montreal,
Canada. It was started (35) ………… the Canadian Guy
Laliberté in 1984. When he left college, Laliberté travelled
around Europe and earned money (36) ………… music in the streets. Not long after he
returned home, he started Cirque with (37) ………… friend, Daniel Gauthier. During the
1990s, Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows (38) ………… over the world and the
number of people working for it has grown from 73 to (39) ………… than 3,500.

The Cirque does not have any animals, but (40) ………… is music and dance and each
show tells a story. (41) ………… show, which is called Varian, is about a man who could
fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and tells the story of how he
(42) ………… to learn to fly again.

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Example:

0 A in B at C to Answer: A B C
0

35 A from B by C of

36 A played B plays C playing

37 A their B his C its

38 A some B all C enough

39 A more B much C most

40 A this B it C there

41 A One B Each C Both

42 A need B must C has

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Questions 43 – 50

Read the article about penguins.

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.

For questions 43 – 50, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.

PENGUINS
There (0) ………… seventeen different types of
penguins. They can be (43) ………… forty centimetres
to more than one metre tall. They all (44) ………… in
the south part of the world. In winter, they swim
(45) ………… long way to find warmer weather.

In spring, (46) ………… penguins come together on the beaches of Antarctica. The
female penguin has one or two eggs. She puts (47) ………… eggs on the ground and
sits there to keep (48) ………… warm. But she doesn't sit all the time because penguins
can move with one egg between their legs.

(49) ………… the female penguin is sitting on the eggs, the male penguin brings her food.
He also (50) ………… this after the baby penguins are born.

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Example:

0 A is B are C be Answer: A B C
0

43 A from B by C between

44 A lives B live C lived

45 A one B the C a

46 A lots B much C many

47 A her B hers C she

48 A it B them C their

49 A When B How C Who

50 A does B do C doing

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