oa Secoi6n Departamantal de Ioiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 4. Astute Vessels Astute is the largest, most advanced and most formidable vessel of its kind ever operated by the Royal Navy. She incorporates the latest stealth technology combined with a world beating sonar system and equipped with Spearfish torpedoes and state of the art Tomahawk land attack missiles to make her a supremely effective naval asset, According to the text There is art work on the ship The sonar system will beat the world €3 _The ship is the most impressive one of the Royal Navy 8) The technology is very astute 2. The Neediest Cases The Neediest Cases Fund raises millions of dollars to help thousands of individuals and families in distress. The assistance is rendered by seven New York City social service agencies. The New York Times Company pays the Fund's expenses, so all contributions go directly fo provide services and cash assistance to those in need. After you give, your transaction is processed and the funds are sent to the organization along with an acknowledgement via email confirming the transaction Which of the following statements is true? Your contribution goes directly to The New York Times Company. The needy don't receive money from the Fund &&) The organization will let you know if your money has been received, The organization has to pay for its own expenses 3. Strategic missile submarines (SSBN) Vanguard class ‘These remain the largest submarines in service in any navy except those of the USA and the Russian Federation. In order to maintain a high level of availability each boat is allocated two full crews, known as Port and Starboard. SSBNs are armed with the Trident DS weapon, representing the UK.'s sole strategic weapons platform. Which of the following statements is true? ‘The SSBN are larger in the UK than Russia The UK has only the Trident DS weapons platform The Starboard has two full crews ~ ‘The Port crew is available and ready to go 2252, 4. The Happiest Pig ‘The ‘happiest pig in Spain’ has hit the headlines three years after he was rescued by a vegetarian from Galicia. Pedro paid to avoid him being slaughtered during the San Martin fiestas in 2008. = Now that his story has come to light, Quinin has become the most famous pig in the country. He lives in a farmhouse and weighs 300 kilos. Pedro says Quinin likes to go for walks around the countryside and that he follows him everywhere, Pedro says Quinin enjoys hugs and being stroked and brushed, SLP2N12-CE-01 l | w |Secci6n Deoartamental de laiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO Wh of the following statements is true? a) tro is the happiest pig in Spain. b) —_h Quinin is a vegetarian from Galicia. ©) The pig was fo be killed in 2008. @) _ d) The pig is unsociable. 5, Chinese Aircraft China's Jian-20 (J-20) ‘Black Silk/Black Eagle’ prototype fifth-generation combat aircraft made its maiden flight from the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute (CAD!) and ‘Aircraft Plant No 132 aerodrome on 11 January, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The prototype took off for its first fight at 1250 h, according to the report. During the flight the aircraft made several wheels-down passes over the aerodrome, during which it was followed by two-seat J-10S chase planes. Which of the following statements is correct? a) The Jian-20 “Black SikiBlack Eagle" made its first fight in January b) The Jian-20 "Black Silk/Black Eagle” has been flying for 5 years c) The Jian-20 “Black Sillk/Black Eagle” flew alone d) The Jian-20 “Black Siik/Black Eagle” flew with the wheels inside the plane 6, MBNA Platinum In these times of economic hardship, many of us find the cost of day-to-day living simply too high and grab any opportunity to save money with both hands, Often, the best way to keep extra cash in your pocket is fake a look at how you spend it and your credit card is a great place to start. IF you're coking for a great deal, then the MBNA Platinum Visa Credit Card gives you 0% on your balance transfers for a whopping 18 months Which of the following statements is true? a) Youneed two hands to save money. b) Some people have trouble to make ends meet. any c) You should keep your credit card in your pocket. Me d) 18 months is very little time. Abril 2012 7. Basel Zoo Shows Off Rare Snow Leopard Triplets Rare snow leopard triplets have made their first public appearance at Basel Zoo in northwestem Switzerland, The zoo is showing off the eight-week-old cubs Wednesday alongside their mother, Mayhan and father, Pator. The pair were matched mid-January through a preservation program run by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Snow leopards are an endangered species and only 4,000-8,000 are belived to stil live in the wild, They are mainly found in the mountains of Central Asia and the Himalayas. ~ Which statement is true according to the reading: a) Snow leopards usually come from Basel b) This snow leopard family was caught in Central Asia 6) There is no danger of extinction of snow leopards d) The Basel z00 has five snow leopards altogether SLP2N12-CE-01 2Secoién Departamental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 8. Libya After the 1969 take over, Qadhafi closed American and British bases on Libyan territory and partially nationalized all foreign oil and commercial interests in Libya. He also played a key role in promoting the use of oil embargoes as a political weapon for challenging the West, hoping that an oil price tise and embargo in 1973 would persuade the West-especially the United States—to end support for Israel. Qadhafi rejected both Soviet communism and Western capitalism and claimed he was charting a middle course. Libya's relationship with the former Soviet Union involved massive Libyan arms purchases from the Soviet bloc and the presence of thousands of east bloc advisers. Libya's use-and heavy loss~of Soviet-supplied weaponry in its war with Chad was a notable breach of an apparent Soviet-Libyan understanding not to use the weapons for activities inconsistent with Soviet objectives. As a result, Soviet-Libyan relations reached a nadir in mid-1987. Which of the following statements is true? a) Qachafi reached the Government in 1968. b) Libya supported Israel until 1973, ©) The Soviet Union was at war with Chad. d) The Sovist Union bought arms from Libya. 9. A Leaner NATO Needs a Tighter Focus U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have an opportunity this weekend as they address the Munich Security Conference to suggest ways to stabilize NATO's ailing defense capabilities European nations have slashed their defense budgets to record low levels without much regard for NATO's overall defense requirements. And last week the United States announced that it would remove two of its four Brigade Combat Teams from Europe. ‘Those European reductions are beginning to weaken NATO's core military capabilities. Most European defense cuts have been across the board, creating the potential for hollow forces with low readiness and low sustainability levels. More recently key allies like the British and Dutch have eliminated entire military categories such as carrier aviation and armor. The alliance is certainly not doomed. In 2011, Europe still had two million personnel under atms and spent about €215 billion on defense; those numbers are declining. According to the text a) NATO budgets have been considered in different country's defense cuts b) The US wil be retiring some troops from Europe c) Budget cuts have been selective 7 d) NATO members are ready for any situation SLP2N12-CE01 3Secci6n Departamental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO | 10. East Coast Parasail Feel like you're flying! Soar 500 feet over the Atlantic Ocean and beaches, getting a bird's eye view of the southern Cape. Its like parachuting, ballooning, saliing and gliding all wrapped up into one. Take off and land directly from USCG-approved winch boats: Chutfaced, Hungover or Highstrung. If you want fo cool off on a hot summer day, you can be dipped into the ocean during your flight. Or stay dry the whole time. “The boat trips last about an hour and a half. You'll be in the air for about 15 minutes. Parasail by yourself or with another person in tandem, The boats fil fast so i's best to make your reservations early Which of the following statements is true? a) Youwill be able to see birds. b) You can go parachuting. ) You should book in advance. d) The afield is used for taking off and landing. 41. Spared in War, Libya's Oil Flow Is Surging Back ‘The bullet holes in the oil tanks have been patched, the damaged backup generator is being repaired, and most important, the pipeline. that feeds the giant oil refinery here has been reopened. ll production is quickly being restored in Zawiyah and around the country, in large part because both the Qaddafi regime and the former rebels, nnow the interim ‘leaders of Libya, took pains to avoid permanently crippling the country's most important industry during their sixemonth civil war. “Qaddafi wanted to keep the refinery going because he needed the fuel, and the rebels 1) wanted the refinery safe because it belongs to the Libyan people,” sald Khaled Rashed, coordinator at the Zawiyah refinery’s control room. Libya's oil production remains at about 40 percent of the level that it was before the revolution began, But none of the country's 40 critical oil and gas ficlds were seriously damaged in the war, according to Libyan officials and international olf experts. According to the above: a) Both Qaddafi and the rebels wanted the refineries unharmed - b) There was no damage done to the oil tanks c) . The oll and gas fields were seriously damaged d) "No repairs needed to be done on anything ” SLP2N12-CE-01 4‘Seccién Departamental de Idiomas ‘NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 12. Vacant Warehouse The recent purchase of the long-vacant Macy's warehouse site off Route 70 is expected to generate nearly 150 new jobs in the township. Michael Bown , vice president of Industrial, said Wednesday he hopes to lease the 230,000- square foot warehouse on Perina Boulevard to several different tenants. "We're looking to divide up the building into 40,000- to 50,000-square foot units,” Bown said. ‘And we're very pleased to have already signed a tenant for about 20 percent of the building.” A portable, on-demand storage business has already leased 50,000 square feet of space, according to Bown, The Macy's site, vacant for several years, had fallen into disrepair, according to Bown, “But we're fixing up the entire property and bringing it up to modem standards,” he said. Cherry Hill Mayor Bernie Pistt said the purchase "proves that the township is a destination in which developers continue to want to do business.” Which of the following statements is true? a) The building is going to be divided into thousands of units b) The whole building will be rented to an industrial company c) Bown had fallen in despair before fixing the property d) The mayor is optimistic about the future of his town’ 13. The Space Age The Space Age has been a success. Telecommunications, weather forecasting, agriculture, forestry and even the search for minerals, have all been revolutionized. So has warfare. No power can any longer mobilize its atmed forces in secret. The exact location of every. building on the planet can be known. And satellite-based global-positioning systems will guide a smart bomb to that location on demand, None of this was the Space Age as envisaged by the enthusiastic ‘space cadets" who got the whole thing going, Though engineers like von Braun, who built the rockets for both Germany's second-world-war V2 project and America’s Apollo project, sold their souls to the military establishment in order to pursue thelr dreams of space travel by the only means then available, most of them had their eyes on a higher prize. "First Men to a Geostationary Orbit” does not sound the same ring as "First Men to the Moon’, a book von Braun wrote in 1958. According to the paragraphs above: 2) Warfare can be kept secret 7 b) "Space Cadets" had a different vision of the future of Space, ©) Von Braun didn’t care about going to space d) ‘The military had nothing to do with space travel SLP2N12-CE-01 5Secgién Departamental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO_ 14, Marine Who Saved Many Lives WASHINGTON — President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to a young former Marine who ignored orders to stay put and fought his way five times into an ambush in an Afghan ravine, helping to rescue three dozen comrades and to recover the remains of four dead American servicemen. The president draped the medal over Dakota Meyer, describing him as a humble young man who repeatedly placed himself in extraordinary danger to save men he regarded as his brothers. “Today we pay tribute to an American who placed himself in the thick of the fight — again and again and again,” the president said. Mr, Meyer was the first living recipient from the Marine Corps to receive the award, the ination’s highest award for valor, for actions during the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. “It may be a platform for representation of the guys who are out there fighting every day," he ,~> said in a talephone interview before the award ceremony. “My story is one of millions, and’ ~ ‘the others aren't often told." Which of the following statements is true? a) The Marine disobeyed command. b) Meyer saved several of his brothers. c) Meyer was paid for his heroism. d) Meyer was Killed in Afghanistan. 45. 2044 Worst Year for Movie Ticket Sales Since 1995 The sky may not be falling in Hollywood, but in 2011,. movie box office sales sure did. Despite grosses of $10 billion, revenue likely will decline by at least 3.5 percent from 2010, projected Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for Hollywood.com. He expects the number of fickets sold to dip by 4.3 percent, making for the smallest number of American moviegoers since 1995. oO Though summer box office retums were buoyed by the final Harry Potter film, The Hefp, The Hangover Part Il, and Bridesmaids, 2011 was the worst of times, the worst in 16 years. Dergarabedian remains optimistic, but Len Klady, who tracks box office revenue, for moviecitynews.com, does not. Kiady said he thought Hollywood was witnessing "a seismic shift in moviegoing habits." He projected that at midnight on, New Year's Eve, revenue for the year would be down by 5 percent, with ticket sales down by 8 percent. ( ‘According to the paragraphs above: a) Movies have made a bigger profit this year b) Mr. Klady is optimistic about movie profits c) Mr. Kiady predicted that profits in movies would go down d) Mr. Klady believes people go to the movies as they always have a SLP2N12-CE-01 6Seocién Departemental de idiomas ‘NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 16. Prep for Ramadan Violence Despite the calm in most of the country over the past few months, U.S. forces throughout Iraq are prepping for an increase in violence during Ramadan, which starts Tuesday. The Musiim religious celebration marks the month that the Quran was revealed fo the prophet Muhammad. Multi-National Force Iraq officials pushed cultural and security memos to all patrols last week, warning them-of expected changes and suspicious activity to look out for. ‘Among the notes are reminders thet traffic patterns will change as many of the Muslims will change their daytime work habits, and that most Iraqi security forces will fake part in the daily daylong fasting required by thelr faith, The holiday ends with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration of feasting, gift-gifting and gathering with friends and relatives. “Daylight operations should include expanded rast plans. for (Iraqi Security Forces)," one memo notes. "Expect higher absenteeism ... Expect celebratory gunfire around sunset, marking the time of “Iftar,” referring fo the evening meal that ends each day's fast. Which of the following statements is true? a) U.S. forces will start preparing for Ramadan next Tuesday. b) Prophet Muhammad will celebrate Ramadan. ). ‘Some Iraqis will work fewer hours during Ramadan. d) Iraqis start fasting in the evening. 17, Global Bicycle Race In 2014, Vin Cox of Britain set a record circuminavigating the world by bicycle: He spent 183, days riding more than 18,000 miles through 17 counities, all by himself. In 2012, he is organizing a race so that someone can try to beat his record. The event is scheduled to begin on Feb. 18 in Greenwich Park in London. The timing is set so that participants will have 140 days of cycling and 15 days for transit to arrive back in July just before the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, hosted this year by Britain, Riders choose their own route — following certain guidelines — and can either head eastward, which has more optimal winds, or westward, which can get them to warmer climates faster. So far, 20 people — from Australia to Brazil to Britain — have signed on. The hurdles are likely to go beyond the occasional fiat tire: During his journey, Mr. Cox lost time to dysentery in India and Libya and sandstorms in Tunisia. According to the paragraphs: 2) They cannot have retumed by the time the Olympic Games start b) fa cyclist goes east, he will get find warm weather faster c)___ Riders will have a fixed route. @) He wants someone to try to beat his record, SLP2N12-CE-01 1Secoi6n Departmental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 18. Chief of naval personnel visit ‘The chief of naval personnel received an up-close and personal look at how Sailors are prepared to join the fleet Nov. 16 during a visit to Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) training activities located in Hampton Roads. ‘The focus of Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk’s visit was observing training and Sailor support operations. Van Buskirk received a summary of the various services at the Center for Personal and Professional Development, Navy & Marine Intelligence Training Center, Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit (CSCSU), Training Support Center Hampton Roads and the Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) Learning Site Chesapeake. During the tours, Van Buskirk was accompanied by Rear Adm. Clifford Sharpe, NETC's chief operating officer. Sharpe provided details and insight for the training being conducted at the learning sites. During his tour of the Center for Information Dominance's intelligence schools and the Human Intelligence (HUMINT) training course, Van Buskirk visited classrooms, tactical interrogation booths and the HUMINT village modeled to simulate a small third-world country. Which of the following statements is true? a) Sailors are trained in several areas. b) Van Buskirk trained at NETC. c) Sailors are interrogated before they join the fleet. d) Sailors sometimes train in a third-world country village. 19, Eating Meat Americans eat more meat than any other population’in the world; about one-sixth of the total, though we're less than one-twentisth of the population. But that's changing. Until recently, almost everyone considered their dinner plate naked without a big old hunk of meat on it. And we could afford it: our production methods and the denial of their true costs have kept meat cheap beyond all credibility. This, in part, is why we spend a smaller percentage of our money on food than any other country, and much of that goes toward the roughly half-pound of meat each of us eats, on average, every day. But that's changing, and considering the fairly steady climb in meat consumption over the last half-century, you might say the numbers are plummeting. The department of agriculture projects that our meat and poultry consumption will fall again this year, to about 12.2 percent Jess in 2012 than it was in 2007. ‘According to the paragraphs: a) 20% of the US population eats meat b) The average American eats about a half of a pound of meat a day c) People are eating more meat and poultry than ever _ d) Americans spend a lot of money on food SLP2N12-CE-01 8Secoién Departamental do Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION BN BSTE CUADERNILLO | 20, Camouflage Patterns Army uniform officials have tapped five finalists to develop the service's new family of camouflage patlems. ‘The Jan. 10 announcement is the result of the Army's exhaustive Phase IV Camouflage effort. The five vendors have been awarded contracts to make camoufiage-patterned material for uniforms and equipment that will be field-tested later this year, uniform officials say. "These selectees were chosen following a rigorous technical evaluation backed by solid scientific analyses and incorporating oritical Soldier input from the field,” Program Executive Soldier spokeswoman Debi Dawson said in the media announcement Each finalist submitted a family of camouflage patterns for desert, woodland, and transitional along with @ single coordinated pattern for individual equipment such as body armor and load-bearing gear so soldiers wouldn't have to change out their kit from one environment to the-next. Rangers units, for some time, have wom equipment in a shade known as “Ranger green." And Marines chose coyote brown to wear with its woodland and desert camo uniforms. Which of the following statements is true? a) There is one single camouflage pattern. b) The soldiers’ opinions have been taken into account. ) Camouflage patterns will be mads by a family. <) The contracts were awarded January 10. 24, Spain and U.S. Near Accord on Atomic Cleanup Forty-five years after narrowly avoiding nuclear obliteration in a U.S, Air Fores accident, the villagers of Palomares, in southern Spain, have grown hopeful that the governments in Washington and Madrid will finaly rid their land of contamination, Washington has now invited a Spanish delegation to visit a U.S. rehabilitation site, although no date has yet been agreed. ‘The case of Palomares helps illustrate the ways that radioactive debris can continue to tear at a community decades later, About 6,000 barrels of contaminated earth were shipped from Palomares to South Carolina in the aftermath of the 1966 collision, when a U.S. bomber hit a refueling tanker in mid-air and dropped four hydrogen bombs, two of which released plutonium into the atmosphere, though no warheads detonated. Madrid insists that leftover plutonium will also need to be shipped to the United States because Spain still does not have any facility to store such soil According to the above a) Soil was contaminated 46 years ago in Palomares b) Spain stored some of the contaminated soll c) Spain and the US cannot agree on the clean up d) Palomares is not concerned any ionger about what happened 45 years ago SLP2N12-CE-01 9Seoeién Departar NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO idjornas 22. Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Canada on Monday became the first country to declare it was formally exiting the pact, a reversal that will save it billions of dollars in fines, and poured scom on the landmark treaty for hampering attempts to taokle pollution. ‘The decision reflected the reality of Canada's rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto protocol, adopted in 1997, is the only global treaty that sets down targeted curbs In global emissions, but thse curbs apply only to rich countries, excluding the United States, which refused to ratify the accord. "We are invoking Canada's legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto," Environment Minister Peter Kent said after returning home from a marathon UN climate conference in South Africa, at which nations agreed to a new roadmap for worldwide action. "Kyoto is not the path forward for a global solution to climate change," Kent said. "If anything, i's an impediment. "A new agreement with legally binding commitments for all major emitters that allows us as @ country to continue to generate jobs and economic growth represents the path forward.” Which of the following statements is true? a) Canada has no right to exit the pact. b) Kent ran a marathon in South Africa before returning home. c) Canada won't have to pay for breaking the Kyoto protocol. d) Kent believes Kyoto will help the economy. 23. How the Cruise Ship Industry Sails The very public dispute between Captain Schettino and the owners of his vessel is a symptom of lax regulation and supervision that can only add to pressure for the cruise line industry to be subjected to closer scrutiny. ‘The mudslinging over who decided the Costa Concordia should sail within 150 meters of the (> shoreline of an Italian island in a maneuver known as a "salute" to show the ship off has exposed wider concerns over how such vast ships should be controlled and how safe they really are. "During the past two decades, cruise lines have maintained the best safety record in the travel industry,” the European Cruise Council reassured holidaymakers. Research by Reuters has revealed, however, that patchy safety data and poor accident reporting standards make it difficult to verify how safe the industry really is and impossible for members of the public to easily compare the relative safety standards of different operators, According to this: a) _Itis clear who made the decision to show off the ship with the “salute” maneuver b) —_Allicruise shipping accidents have been verified c) The data about safety is very clear d) The public cannot be sure that accidents have been reported SLP2N12-CE-01 10Secoién Departamental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO. 24, Squatting Activism Just around the comer from the centre of Madrid the windows of what used to be an abandoned hotel are covered with banners which announced that the hotel was in the hands of the people. Inside, as we walked up some dark stairs full of rubble, with just a small torch to guide us, a woman with her baby in one arm and a huge torch in the other passed by and disappeared downstairs into the darkness, This Madrid hotel was squatted after a world wide demonstration in October against the economic crisis. It was destined to accommodate around 100 people of all ages and backgrounds who had been evicted. ‘We need to start taking matters into our own hands,’ said a man who helped run the place. Since our visit the hotel had been brutally evicted by police, who threw everyone out onto the street. Now the winter Is here and those who were evicted will have to face the courts. Which of the following statements is true? a) People from all over the world live in the hotel b) Some people will have to appear before the judge. °) You can see the curtains on the windows. d) The hotel was in perfect living conditions. 25. The Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show gets under way at Le Bourget on June 20th with many of the exhibitors keen on promoting greener aviation, Besides aircraft powered by biofuel and new lightweight fuel-saving designs, such as Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, there-are plenty of other promising ideas to help make aircraft more efficient. But nothing could match the rather ungainly bird that touched down on runway 21 in the evening on June 14th. The aircraft, known as HB-SIA, has the wingspan of a jumbo jet but just a tiny single-person ‘cockpit. It is designed to be powered only by sunlight. HB-SIA was built by a Swiss-based project called Solar Impulse, which was set up by Bertrand Piccard, an adventurer who helped to pilot the first balloon to fly around the world, and André Borschberg, a fighter pilot and engineer. Their ultimate aim with Solar. Impulse is to build an aircraft that can circle the world using only the power of the sun, According to the paragraphs: a) Abig bird landed on the runway b) The HB-SIA can receive both fuel and solar'energy, °) ‘The designers want this to be used like commercial jumbo jets ¢) ‘The HB-SIA has a one man cockpit 26, Winery Analysis by a UCLAed team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the oldest ‘complete wine production facility ever found, including grape seeds, withered grape vines, remains of pressed grapes, a rudimentary wine press, 2 clay vat apparently used for fermentation, wine-soaked potsherds, and even a cup and drinking bow. The facility, which dates back to roughly 4100 B.C. — 1,000 years before the earliest comparable find — was unearthed by a team of archaeologists from Armenia, the United States and Ireland in the same mysterious Armenian eave complex-where the discovery of an ancient leather shoe was announced last summer. This is, so far, the oldest relatively complete wine production facility, with its press, fermentation vats and storage jars in situ," said Hans Bamard, the @ UCLA Cotsen Institute archaeologist. ‘The cave is outside a tiny Armenian village still known for its wine-making activities, The closest comparable collection of remains'was found in the late 1960s in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian king, dating to around 3150 B.C. Which of the following statements is true? a) American scientists didn't take part in the discovery. b) Wine is no longer made in this area. c) There have been several finds in these Armenian caves. d) The previous find was 1000 years ago SLP2N12-CE-0tSeccién Denartamental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 27. Grapes Born of Volcano and Sea Vines on Lanzarote grow in the black soil of volcanic ash, which is carved into circular hollows that resemble craters on the Moon, On the sea side of the hollows, low stone walls are constructed to guard the huddled vines from the hot, humid breath of the Atlantic, which blows in mercilessly. Often the vines are the only things growing. Not all of the Canaries’ vineyards are so exotic. But many are highly unusual, planted at high elevations on terraces carved into steep volcanic hillsides and in myriad microclimates. Wine has been made on the Canary Islands for more than 500 years. Lanzarote is a relative newcomer, though. Vines there have been traced back only to the mid-18th century, perhaps because of a volanic eruption — the source of all that rich, black earth — that lasted for six years. Much of the island is now protected as Timanfaya National Park. ‘According to the paragraphs above: 2) Walls protect the vines from the climate b) _Crops are grown between the vines ©) Wine has been made in Lanzarote for 500 years ) Vines planted before the volcanic eruption have been found. 28. Chocolate Quintessential Chocolates Co. Inc., which bills itself as the only U.S. company that hand- casts chocolates with liquid centers rather than use an injection method, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday in San Antonio. i Lecia Duke, who has owned and operated the Fredericksburg business for 27 years, blamed the Chapter 11 fling on a long-running dispute with the Internal Revenue Service Said Duke, “I am not shutting down. !am reorganizing.” Quintessential Chocolates’ websites says it uses an almost 200-year-old technique for casting liquid-centered chocolates. The chocolates are filled with bourbon, spiced rum, whiskey and vodka, or wine, It also makes nonalcoholic chocolates. Duke operates a store at 251 W. Main St. in Fredericksburg. Quintessential Chocolates’ bankruptcy is unrelated to its performance, Duke.said, “We're growing like crazy,” Duke said. "We had a 51 percent increase in sales last year. We have new contracts and new things that we ere working on that are very promising.” Which of the following statements Is true? a) Quintessential’s bankruptoy is due to its problems with sales. - b) Quintessential Chocolates inject liquid into the chocolates’ centers. c) Quintessential won't have to close. ) Quintessential has promised new contracts. : SLP2N12-CE01 12Secci6n Departemental de Idiomas NO HAGA NINGUNA ANOTACION EN ESTE CUADERNILLO 29. A less unsightly rival to offshore wind Most of America's tidal-energy capacity is in Alaska, too far from big population centres. Industry analysts reckon that tidal power could generate 13 gigawatts nationwide, small beer compared with the 35 gigawatts of wind generation that already exists. Still, areas like Maine could benefit if the costs go down, A recent study shows that Maine could generate 250 megawatts from the tide, 100 of that in the town of Eastport. Perhaps the biggest benefit could be to Eastport’s economy. In an area where unemployment reaches 13% in some months, young people are moving away. ‘If | wasn't doing this I wouldn't have a local job,” says Ryan Beaumont, an Ocean Renewable Power Company employee who used to work in the sardine industry. The town is striving to maks the venture succeed: offering cheap office space and allowing use of its port and tugboats. This month Eastport received a $1.4m. federal grant to build a manufacturing plant for the ocean-snergy industry. ‘According to the paragraphs: a) __ Alaska’s tidal energy will supply eneray to many cities b) "Unemployment is iow in Easport due to the sardine industry c) _ Eastport has provided free office space to the tidal power company d) The town has received money fo develop the tidal energy industry 30. Black Ice One of the deadliest dangers when driving during the winter season, black ice forms on roadways when ice or snow melts then re-freezes again when temperatures fall, usually at night, when visibility is low. Additionally, black ics is almost invisible, Pavement. having black ice may look like dry pavement, but appears darker-in color and duller-looking than normal pavement. This Indicates the presence of black ice, To help avoid being in an accident, be especially cautious on bridges, overpasses and funnels and in early morning when the air temperature is rising faster than the pavement temperature. Also, keep your distance while driving, The distance needed to stop on ice is twice as fong as under normal driving circumstances. Keep at least a three-car distance from the vehicle directly in front of you. Lastly, never brake while driving on ice. Following these simple measures can help you avoid black ice accidents and have a safe winter-driving season ~ Which of the following statements is true? a) _Dry pavement and pavement with black ice look alike, : b) Black ics makes the pavement brighter. c) The pavement temperature rises faster in the moming. d) The ice can break while you are driving on it. ia SLP2N12-CEOt B