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1 Which of the following statements expreses the main idea of the text?
R - Stores are fine recreations.
The octopus is often cast as a villainous monster in adventure movies. It is said to hide in dark
places, waiting for unsuspecting divers to pull them to their deaths. In reality, the octopus is not a
fearsome monster at all, rather it is an intelligent, timid and very interesting animal.
The octopus is not nearly as aggressive as it's close reality, the ten—armed squid. One octopus will
indeed attack, and even sometimes cat another octopus that enters it's Territory, but divers report
that it will usually try to avoid contact with man. Interestingly enough, however, octopi in captivity can
become, very friendly with and will human company rather that avoid it.
Octopi are sometimes playful and clever. A naughty laboratory specimen waited for the technicians to
leave the laboratory to make nightly trips to a nearby tank to eat fish. The technicians were mystifíed
by the disappearance of the fish until they caught the octopus on one of its nightly raids.
Far from being a monster to be feared, the octopus is another of the interesting members of nature.
Squid ----- a marine mollusk with a long body and the arms are and the mounth.
4 The phrase " The octopus is not nearly as aggressive as it's relative, the ten—armed
squid" means:
R - Octopi become aggressive when they are near squids.
9 The secretary should get the documents back before the meeting.
10 Peter is being busy with that book for the last three days.
26 Con "a" .
R = Mother travel to Europe three times a year.
27 Con "the"
R = I was in the jail for one year.
28 Sin “the”
R = You will have fun in ___Andes.
35 The president and his wife themselves cut the ribbon last night.
41 Sam and Kim are sick. They must not go out to play lately.
50 Con "the"
R = Bob want across the Pánuco River.
51 Sin "the"
R = Die you close ____ Edward's car.
54 It was Robert.
62 The students are not lazy. I'm sure that none of them will arrive late.
69 Mike typed a few letters. It was Sam who typed most of them.
70 Con *the"
R = They shouldn't play in they street.