EXAMEN DE INGLÉS V

Inglés V

1. - Have you ever ______ anything in the a) Of.

lottery? b) Out.
a) Earned. c) On.
b) Won. d) Over.
c) Gained.
d) Profited. 9. - They were within two points
_____winning the game.
2. - My goodness you're fat. ¡I’ve _____ a lot a) Of.
of weight! b) Out.
a) Won. c) In.
b) Gained. d) About.
c) Profited.
d) Earned. 10. - I might have gone, if ____________.

3. - She _____ the contest with little a) I will have time.

competition. b) I had had the time.
a) Gained.
b) Profited. 11. - If the wind had blown harder
c) Earned. _________________________.
d) Won. a) It had destroyed the crops.
b) It would have destroyer the crops.
4. - Excuse me, can you _________ me the c) It would have been save.
time? d) It will be.
a) Say.
b) Tell. 12. - If I had listened to my father, I
c) Speak. ___________ and not business
d) Talk administration.
a) I had been studied.
5. - Have I ______ you the latest news? b) Would have been studied.
a) Spoke. c) Would have studied medicine.
b) Said.
c) Told. 13. - If a cancer vaccine had been
d) Talked. discovered in 1060, millions of lives.
a) It will be saved.
6. - _______lies is a bad habit of mind. b) It had saved.
a) Speaking. c) Would have been saved.
b) Saying.
c) Telling. 14. - I'm sorry there's __________ for you in
d) Talking. the mail today.
a) Nobody.
7. - The apparatus is the point ______ falling b) Nothing.
to pieces. c) Nowhere.
a) Out. d) Anything.
b) In.
c) Of. 15. - Are you going to the movies tonight?
d) About. No, I'm going ________.
a) Nothing.
8. - Can you point ______the way please? b) Nowhere.

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c) Nobody. 23. - She jealously watched us ________

d) Anywhere. together.
a) To dance.
16. - That _______ me of a joke I wanted to b) Dancing.
tell you. c) Dance.
a) Reminds. d) Boiling.
b) Remembers.
c) Memories. 24. – They _______us do all sports of
d) Memory. difficult things.
a) Make.
17. – She ______us to be here early. b) To make.
a) Talked. c) Making.
b) Said. d) Do.
c) Told.
d) Sung. 25. – He ________them write a page a day.
a) Having.
18. - I'll be home _______earlier today. b) Has.
a) A few. c) Had.
b) A little. d) Did.
c) Many.
d) Near. 26. _________me be quiet. If you can!
a) Makes.
19. – How _______money do you earn a b) Made.
week? c) Make.
a) Many. d) Done.
b) Much.
c) A lot. 27. - She found her lost child in
d) Various. __________ the park.
a) To play.
20. - I was _______what happened to our b) Playing.
car. c) Play.
a) Reminding. d) Stealing.
b) Wandering.
c) Wondering. 28.- He met his wife while in ________ the
d) Singing. army.
a) Serve.
21. - Ten soldiers were seen _________up b) To serve.
the hill. c) Serving.
a) Creep. d) Kissing.
b) Creeping.
c) Wondering. 29. - I used to catch moths _______
d) Flying. near the light.
a) Flying.
22. - I notice, he keeps _______ his glass. b) Serve.
a) Spilling. c) To serve.
b) Spill. d) Throwing.
c) To spill.
d) Eating. 30. - Don't you remember him ______
glasses.
a) To wear.

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b) Wearing. c) Seaward.
c) Wear. d) Offward.
d) Eating.
38. - Many of us are mistaken for
31. - He's helping his father ______ the weather balloons going _____.
crop. a) Backward.
a) Harvesting. b) Sideward.
b) To harvest. c) Upward.
c) Harvest. d) Goward.
d) Robbing.
39. - The table is too close the heater.
32. - Do what I told you. _______away. Move ______, will you?
a) Take. a) Upward.
b) Right. b) Sideward.
c) Go. c) Seaward.
d) Keep. d) Goward.

33. - Some things are impossible. It is 40. - If you step _______you'll fall. Be
necessary to ________them' away to careful behind you?
save. a) Forward.
a) Eight. b) Backward.
b) Keep. c) Upward.
c) Throw. d) Inward.
d) Drink.
41. - Your popcorn _______delicious.
34. - That chair is still wet. ____ away a) Am.
please. b) Is.
a) Take. c) Are.
b) Right. d) Will.
c) Keep.
d) Throw. 42. - PBC news ______on the air now.
a) Are.
35. - You had better ______away. I b) Am.
don't want to see you again. c) Is.
A Go. d) Would.
b) Right.
c) Keep. 43. - American politics ______ easy to
d) Throw. understand.
a) Is.
36. – He _____away my toys and won't b) Am.
give them back. c) Are.
a) Took. d) Would.
b) Went.
c) Kept. 44. - Mathematics _____to difficult for
d) Throw. me.
a) Are.
37. - Most important rivers flow b) Am.
________ c) Is.
a) Upward. d) Might.
b) Sideward.

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45. - Fish plentiful this time of d) Accept.

year.
a) Am. 53. - I'd like to ______you, but I don't
b) Are. know what to do.
c) Is. a) Accept.
d) Should. b) Except.
c) Attend.
46. - Didn't I tell _____ you the water? d) Assist.
a) To turn off.
b) Turning off. 54. - Everyone here _____Dimitri.
c) Turn off. a) Except.
d) Turns off. b) Accept.
c) Attend.
47. - Do you expect me _____like I am? d) Assist.
a) Coming.
b) Come. 55. - How did you hurt yourself
c) To come. _____my horse.
d) Comeing. a) In.
b) At.
48. - Permit me _____the door, madam. c) For.
a) To open. d) Off.
b) Open.
c) Opening. 56. - All right you people, fall _____
d) Opens. line!
a) In.
49. - They got her _____ their favorite b) At.
song. c) For.
a) Singing. d) Off.
b) To sing.
c) Sing. 57. - How could you have fallen
d) Singed. _____his line?
a) of.
50. - I'm sorry, I'm late, but I had to b) At.
_______a meeting. c) For.
a) Agreed. d) In.
b) Accept.
c) Attend. 58. - Have you ever tried to explain fall-
d) Assisted. ing _____love?
a) For.
51. - Do you _____ this man to be your b) In.
husband, Mary? c) At.
a) Except. d) Off.
b) Agree.
c) Assist. 59. - I can't ______do it.
d) Accept. a) Easily.
b) Smooth.
52. - Really, I don't ______with you. c) Easy.
a) Assist. d) Accurate.
b) Except.
c) Attend. 60. - Why did you turn out so badly?

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Because he fell ____ with the wrong. c) In.

a) At. d) For.
b) Off.

61.- It smells so
_______________
a) Near.
b) Smooth.
c) Delicious.
d) Deliciously.

62.- My car used to drive

until a had an accident.
a) Accurate.
b) Nearly.
c) Smoothly.
d) Delicious.

63.- How
a) Accurately.
b) Smoothly.
c) Delicious.
d) Accurate.

64.- I'm done

a) Near.
b) Nearly.
c) Deliciously.
d) Smoothly.

65.- One usually wears suit for a funeral.

a) Mayor.
b) Dark.
c) Compliment.
d) Sensitive.

66.- Coming from you, that's a

a) Major.
b) Complement.
c) Compliment.
d) Opaque.

67.- It's very logical and

Don't you agree.
a) Complement.
b) Sensible.
c) Compliment.
d) Mayor.

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68.- It was a task.

a) Mayor.
b) Complement.
c) Major.
d) Sensible.

69.- How many live there.

a) Inhabitants.
b) Hanilitants.
c) Major.
d) Sensible.

70.- How long have you been ill the flu?

a) With.
b) Of.
c) To.
d) On.

71.- She's overweight, she's

a) Solve.
b) Fat.
c) Burned.
d) Constructed from.

72.- The cake's overdone, the cake's

_______________
a) Burned.
b) Finished.
c) Repeatedly.
d) Solve.

73.- The game's over, the game is

a) Troubled ourselves.
b) Burned.
c) Finished.
d) To be crazy..

74.- I've heard it over, I've heard it

a) - Developed from.
b) Dance.
c) Repeatedly.
d) Have none.

75.- Give me a match, I'm all out, 1

a) - Developed a plan.
b) Have none.
c) Developed from.
d) To be crazy.

76.- Must we out of way for the? Must we

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a) Technically.
b) Trouble ourselves.
c) Reflecting about are.
d) Understood his.
y
ou be?
can

77.- The computer grew out of advances in electronics. The computer

the advances.
a) To be a crazy.
b) Dance the.
c) Fat.
d) Developed from.

78.- What's the block out made of?

What's the block ------------
a) Developed from.
b) Dance the.
c) Repeatedly.
d) Have none.
79.- He's out of his mind, he is
a) All out.
b) Out of way.
c) Grew out of.
d) Crazy.
80.- She said,
a) Get out of my terrible boys you flower bed.
b) Get out of my terrible flowerbed you boys.
c) Get out of my flowerbed, you terrible boys.
d) Get out from my terrible flowerbed out.
81.- I said,
a) You are irresponsible you people.
b) You, people are irresponsible.
c) You irresponsible are people.
d) You are people irresponsible.
82.- They said,
a) Be careful.
b) Be carefuls.
c) Let's be careful.
d) Careful be.
83.- I what happens.
a) Ask.
b) Asked.
c) Believe.
d) Try.
84.- They for the menu.
a) Shouted.
b) Asked.

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c) Told.
d) Shouted.
85.- Have you ever about
the possibility.
a) Wondered.
b) Screamed.
c) Told.
d) Shouted.
86.- Has she you for a
date?
a) Screamed.
b) Told.
c) Asked.
d) Shouted.
87.- It's only human nature to
about the future.
a) Ask.
b) Wonder.
c) Shout.
d) Scream.
88.- Help! Help! she ------------
a) Screamed.
b) Shouted.
c) Wondered.
d) Asked.
89.- I you about the Joke
I heard yesterday, didn't I?
a) Called.
b) Screamed.
c) Told.
d) Shouted.
90.- There was so much noise I
to make myself understood.
a) Said.
b) Shouted.
c) Told.
d) Screamed.
91.- They for me at 5:30 A.M.
a) Told.
b) Called.
c) Screamed.
d) Shouted.
92.- I didn't get what he , did
you?
a) Said.
b) Shouted.
c) Screamed.
d) Called.
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shot to death.
a) Hung.

b) Hanged.
c) Proceed.
d) Besides.
94.- The post office is the
bank.
a) Eluded.

b) Beside.
c) Besides.
d) Alluded.
95.- Al Capone the FBI for
many years.

a) Hanged.
b) Advise.
c) Eluded.
d) Alluded
96.- I need some can you help
me?

a) Elude.

b) Allude.

c) Advise.
d) Advice.
97.- Let's
------------
a) Allude.
b) Hung.
c) Precede.
d) Proceed.
98.- Who is in of going now?

a) Take.
b) Favor.

c) Aware.
d) Fond.

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99.- Are you in of this

department?

a) Favor.

b) Care.
c) Charge.

d) Aware.
100.- I wasn't of his
----------
being left off the list.

a) Aware.
b) Favor.
c) Take.
d) Fond.Preparatoria Abierta
101.- Can you of me
while I shop?
a) Charge.
b) Aware.
c) Favor.
d) Take care.
102.- It out of the question.
a) Is.
b) Put.
c) Hold.
d) Cut.
103.- I don't think I can cut
----------

any longer.
a) Hold.
b) Cut.
c) Be.
d) Put.
104.- I'm sorry, but you weren't
out to be an engineer.
a) Be.
b) Cut.
c) Hold.
d) Put.
105.- How many volts does this machine
out?
a) Have.
b) Put.

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c) Hold.
d) Cut.
106.- This _ ___ has been declared historically important_
a) Sight.
b) Hall.
c) Piece.
d) Site.
107.- This truck can 10 tons of
gravel.
a) Haul.
b) Alter.
c) Fair.
d) Sight.
108.- The and love symbol
was first used in 1952.
a) Hall.
b) Peace.
c) Fair.
d) Altar.
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109.- Can you my suit by this afternoon?
a) Alter.
b) Altar.
c) Fair.
d) Peace.
110.- What's the to New York?
a) Sight.
b) Fare.
c) Altar.
d) Fair.
111.- He was a deep and used to be invited to give many lec-
tures.
a) Throught.
b) Thinker.
c) Water.
d) Sleep.
112.- I was deep in When I was asked another question.
a) Water.
b) Sleep.
c) Thought.
d) Debt.

113.- She was deep in hearing absolutely nothing about the noise.
a) Water.
b) Debt.
c) Sleep.
d) Thought.
114.- They were deep in consequently, they went broke.
a) Water.

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b) Debt.
c) Sleep.
d) Thinker.
THE WHITE HORSES OF THE SPANISH RIDING ACADEMY OF VIENNA.
The last riding academy in Europe where classical horsemanship is still cultivated in its
purest form, dates back to the sixteenth century. And the building which houses it and
where horse shows are held today was also built long ago.
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History tells us that the art of riding was known in ancient times. The Athenians,
between 430 and 354 B.C. were enthusiastic horsemen but the barbarian invasion wiped
out all memory of the developed Greek skill.
Later, in the Middle Ages, the fighting technique and the armored knights required only
mounts that could walk or gallop along a straight line.
Horses trained only for attack did not prove adequate until the invention of small
firearms called for mounts of great maneuverability . The horses had to be steady in all
paces to enable the horseman to have sure and steady aim. Thus, as a result of necessity
the art of riding was rediscovered.
The new art was received in all European courts since equestrian skill, was most
important in courtly education.
Emperor Charles VI of Austria ordered that the Winter Riding School be constructed in
1729-1735. It is an impressive structure, decorated in ivory white with enormous
chandeliers. Forty-six columns support the gallery and the ceiling is suspended from the
roof. Many festivities were held there at first, masquerade balls, banquets and ladies'
equestrian competitions. But from 1894 on, the building has been used exclusively for
the training of horses and riders and for horse ballets.
Horses with talent for classical horsemanship were found on the Iberian Peninsula and
brought to Austria where a breeding farm was started. The term "Spanish" is the
academy's name is derived from these horses. Later, another breeding farm was founded
in Lipizza, near Trieste. This had a decisive influence on the history of the riding school
for up to this day the white Lipizzaner stallions have been the chief actors in the horse
ballets.
The Lipizzaners result from centuries of breeding Spanish, Italian and Arabian -
Oriental blood. They mature late but reach advanced age, between 28 and 32 years. A
brown Lipizzaner is rare for they turn white at the age of four or as late as ten years old,
but new-born foal is always dark brown.
Training of both horses and riders is a slow process. For the first year, the horse is
taught straight-forward riding. This teachers him discipline and to trust his trainer. The
second year, the rider learns to guide the horse and both learn to keep their balance
doing turns and figures. The horse is made to change paces paces and speed by lateral
work. The third and final year he is taught a number of exercises or "steps" like the Piaf,
the Pirouette, the Passade and the Capriole, where the horse jumps and throws himself
forward. One practically sees him floating in air. All these exercises and gym-
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nastic training have helped him to achieve a harmony of the seemingly effortless
movements required by the horse ballet.
Hard times came upon the academy through the fall of monarchy and wars. The horses
had to be moved where they would be safe from mishaps. During the Second Word
War, General George S. Patton after attending a performance that was put on for the
North American occupation troops, sent armored freight cars to transport the horses to
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continue to treat people to a wonderful spectacle of the finest horsemanship.

115.- Where is the classical horseman-ship still cultivated?
a) In the middle ages.
b) In the European courts.
c) In Lapizzan near trieste.
d) During the second world war.
116.- What kind of mounts did the armored knights require?
a) Only mounts that could walk or gallop on a straight line.
b) Mounts that make fantasy paces.
c) Mounts that respect Greek soldiers.
d) Mounts that trained only in Lapiza.
117.- When was the first riding school constructed in Vienna?
a) Between 28 and 32 years old.
b) Between 430 and 354 BC.
c) Later, in the middle ages.
d) In 1729-1735.

118.- What has it been exclusively used for from 1549 onward?
a) The winter riding school.
b) The hall for masquerade balls.
c) The ladies equestrian competitions.
d) The horse ballets.
119.- Where does the term "Spanish" in the name of the academy come from?.
a) From the ancient Greeks.
b) It was named by the general Patton.
c) It as derived from the horses found in the Iberic peninsula.
d) From the Lipizzaners.120.- What is the horse taught during the first year of training?.
a) The rider learns to guide the horse.
b) The taught them a number of exercises or steps.
c) It is taught a long and slow process.
d) It is taught straight-forward riding.
121.- What did General Patton do after attending a performance of the Lipizzaners?
a) They were employe for the north-american troops.
b) They suffered hard times through the fall of monarchy.
c) He sent armor freight cars to transport the horses to safety.
d) The horses were brought hack to Vienna. EDWARD JENNER.
We rarely hear that a person has smallpox nowadays, and everybody can be safe from it,
for we now have a vaccination.
But only a century ago there was always danger of this dreaded disease which nearly
killed all its victims and doctors hardly knew what to do about it.
A long time ago people in the East had found a way to fight the disease. They found that
when a person had a mild case of it, they would inoculate another person from the first
and the second one would then be safe or immune from any bad attack. This secret had
come to England from Turkey but nothing much had been done about it.
The conquest of these disease is due to Edward Jenner, a country doctor who was born
in Gloucester, England in 1749. He had first studied medicine in Sodbury and later in
Lon-don. Then he went back to the country.
One day a milkmaid told him that she was not afraid of smallpox because she had
already had cowpox and everybody knew that if you had either of these, you would
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thought that there might be something in it, so he started to investigate. He studied case
histories for about eighteen years and discovered that the popular theory was true.
Cowpox is a disease that cows used to have; and milkmaids would get it from them. He
thought that if he could give a person a mild form of cowpox, he could save them from
the terrible attacks of a smallpox.
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Of course he met violent opposition but when in 1789, risking his career, he inoculated
a boy with cowpox by making a slight cut in his arm and placing in the cut material
taken from a sore on the hands of a milkmaid, ill with cowpox, the boy developed
cowpox. When later he tried to give the boy smallpox infection failed to have any
affect. After they found that deaths from smallpox had dropped by two-thirds within
two years there was little room for doubt or argument. Jenner had conquered one of
man's worst foes.
What he discovered is called vaccination be-cause it comes from the Latin word vacca.
Although he was not the first to inoculate with cowpox, he was the first to publish his
results and to establish the practice of vaccination on a scientific basis. His work
inspired Louis Pasteur and ultimately led to the science of vaccination and
immunization and preventive vaccines of the present day.
122.- How can everybody be safe from a smallpox now?
a) Only a century ago there was always danger.
b) Doctors hardly know what to do about it.
c) Now we have vaccination.
d) In the east had found a way to fight disease.
123.- Who had first found a way to fight
the disease?
a) Edward Jenner, a country doctor.
b) People in the east.
c) A mild case of it.
d) The inoculated.
124.- What important information did Jenner get from a milkmaid one day?
a) She was not afraid of smallpox, because she had already had it.
b) He started to investigate it.
c) He studied case stories.
d) The popular theory was true.

125.- Where did milkmaids get the disease?

a) From a perwon mild dase.
b) From the terrible attacks of smallpox.
c) From other milkmaids.
d) From cows that used to have the disease.126.- How did he inoculate the boy?
a) In 1798, risking his career.
b) With smallpox.
c) Making a slight cut in his arm, and placing the material taken from a sore on the
hands of a milkmaid.
d) Trying to give the smallpox boy infection.
127.- What is the thing he discovered called?
a) It is called cowpox.
b) It is called vaccination.
c) It is in latin word "vacca".
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128.- What science did his work lead to?

a) To publish his results.
b) The practice of vaccination on a scientific basis and immunization.
c) The firs to inoculate with smallpox.
d) To establish the cows as preventive treatment.
POLLUTION AND MAN'S ENVIRONMENT.
Twenty-eight years ago when the smog of autumn had lifted from Donora,
Pennsylvania, twenty-one persons had died from toxic pollutants and hundreds more
were required to be treated. Five years later (1952) four thousand people died in a
London smog due to a heavy concentration of sulfur dioxide present in the air. The
Cuyahoga River in Ohio in 1969 became so polluted that the river caught on fire when a
cigarette was thrown into the river. In a Japanese port city fifty-one persons died a
decade ago when people had eaten fish with lethal dosages of mercury. Over six million
metric tons of oil are said to be floating in the oceans due to ships cleaning out their
tanks while out to sea. How this oil will affect marine life is difficult to determine.
These examples are only a few of the many that could be noted.
For a million years man has endeavored to subjugate nature to his will. But now he is
realizing that the whole Earth is an ecological unit were all organisms have mutual
dependence be they hostile or not. Nature can, and has, as in the example given,
threaten man with extinction in his own environment.
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tion with himself. Noise, for example, from air-craft, automobiles, trucks and buses in
urban areas may have effects that are as harmful to man's mental health as his physical
health through pollutants.
Until we have sufficiently large bodies of data to determine how much man can
withstand, it should be the job of government and industry as well as individuals to try
to eliminate wastes from streams, rivers and oceans; to reduce the noise as much as
possible in the environment. On the other hand, if government insists on industry and
citizens complying with restrictions that cause undue hardship in the social and
economic spheres we run the risk of creating another sort of stagnation-lose of
employment and taxes. It is hoped that governments, businesses and individual citizens
will act prudently as a group, insuring that man's environment will be productive yet
free from pollution.
The campaigns of Woodsie the Owl-"Give a hoot, don't pollute", "Pitch in, every litter
bit hurts", the Boy Scouts re-cycling of metals, glass and paper as well as other
organizations at-tempts to clean the environment are positive signs that the environment
is no longer some-thing to be subjugated but taken care of by man.

129.- What has the man realized recently?

a) Has endeavored to subjugate nature to his will.
b) The whole earth is an ecological unit.
c) Many examples could be noted.
d) What are two basic forms of pollution.
130.- What are two basic forms of pollution.
a) The threat of contaminated nature and man's own interaction.
b) Air and noise.
c) Industry and productive pollution.

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131.- What shouldn't government do?

a) To have sufficient bodies of data.
b) To reduce noises as much as possiblein the environment.
c) Creating another sort of stagnation.
d) To eliminate wastes from nature and reduce noise.
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132.- What should industry do?

a) Complying with restrictions chat cause undue hardship.
b) Making loss of employment and taxes.
c) The threat of pollution is not only a contaminated nature.
d) Cooperating with individuals a and government.
133.- What is hoped for the future?
a) That environment is no longer some-thing to be subjugated but taken care of by man.
b) To insist on industry and citizens to comply loss of environment and taxes.
c) The boy scouts replying of metal glass and papers.
SHOPPING CENTERS.

The predecessor of the shopping center, the supermarket took the place of the nearby
grocery store where people used to buy their groceries, had a friendly chat with the
grocer who was familiar with their life stories, bought on credit sometimes, and had
their goods delivered if they wished. All this was lost with the appearance of the
supermarket.
What did a supermarket have to offer? The greatest advantage in this day of high-cost
living: lower prices.
Why can a supermarket sell at lower prices than the corner grocer? This is a quite easy
to figure out: they buy enormous quantities at a time and, in turn, get a lower price.
They also save labor costs since their goods are sold on a self-service basis. Although
they sell at a very low profit, they sell such large quantities that they have a big gross
profit.
Their goods are clearly displayed and one may choose exactly what one needs. This also
gives you a chance to familiarize yourself with the new products which appear at the
market every day.
The shopping cart was a brilliant and lucrative idea. With them at hand, a person easily
buys much more than his arms can carry, and if the customer is carrying a baby, the
baby can sit comfortably in the cart and the customer can continue his shopping with
ease.
Now perhaps your curiosity has been aroused and you ask
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yourself, "When and where did supermarkets originate?" Most likely, no one knows.
Around supermarkets, with large parking areas, other stores -clothing, hardware,
jewelry -immediately arise, thus creating a shopping center.
These shopping centers are taking in most of the downtown trade, leaving a desolate
and not very attractive downtown section in some cities.
Now, instead of just a supermarket and the stores surrounding it, there are fabulous
shop-ping centers coming to life. Some of these have theaters, movie houses, churches,
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Let's take, for instance, the Farsta shopping center near. Stockholm Sweden. It is a
wonderful place with eight buildings and a church. It has four large parking areas
besides a garage that holds three hundred cars.
It has a beautiful plaza which was thought out very carefully. The central attraction of
the plaza is the thirty years-old oak tree. There are also statues, a fountain, beautifully
colored flower-beds, whit benches surrounding them. Likewise, there are flag poles,
show cases and room enough for temporary ornamental elements. You will also find in
de plaza a small supervised area where children can play while their parents leisurely do
their shopping.
The Farsta has very large stores, all kinds of shops,
offices, a postoffice and a church. It also has several specialized doctors, dentist, a
maternity clinic, a public library, a social service office, a youth center, drugstores, a
movie house, a theater, a police department, an auto-repair shop and restaurant. Would
you like to spend a day at Farst in Stockholm?
A completely different aspect of the previous shopping center, is "The Cannery" in San
Francisco, California. As the name suggest, it used to be a canning center factory.
The entire place was remodeled by an architect named Joseph Esherick and, in the
matter of architecture, he omitted nothing on create "life" or intensity the original
aspects of the building. He restored the three stories and these were turned into stores,
shops, and restaurants. Narrow winding streets, gas lanterns, stairs, balconies, archades
and early century motifs were added.
"The Cannery" is supposed to be a tourist attraction, but as difficult as it is to explain,
the fact remains that there are many San Franciscans who prefer "The Cannery" for their
shopping.
Several questions have arisen as to the reason: Is it a reaction to the skyscrapers in many
American cities? Is it to elude modern structures, the shopping centers, the self-service
cafeterias? Is it "snob appeal" -when qualities in
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a product, as a high price, rarity or forcing origin appeal to the snobbery of the
purchaser?
But then, perhaps, it could merely be romantic taste for gas-lit lanterns, and narrow-
winding streets!
134.- That was the predecessor of the supermarket?
a) The nearby grocery store
b) The shopping center.
c) The Farsta shopping center near Stockholm.
d) The cannery in San Francisco California.
135.- What does the supermarket have to offer?
a) A friendly chat with the grocer.
b) Buying in credit terms.
c) Being familiar with their life stories.
d) Lower prices and saving labor on a self- ser-vice basis.
136.- Why do supermarkets buy at a lower price than the corner grocer?
a) Because they buy enormous quantities at a time.
b) Because they save cost labors.
c) Because they nay choose exactly what one needs.
d) Because they familiarize whit new products.
137.- Why do you buy more when you use a cart?
a) Because you can sit comfortably to your baby in car.
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c) Because it has a brilliant and lucrative idea.

d) Because it can carry a baby.
138.- What was the cannery before it became a shopping center.
a) It was a reaction to skyscrapers in many American cities.
b) It was supposed to be a tourist attraction.
c) It was self-service cafeteria.
139.- What could be the reason of many
San Franciscans preferring the shop at the center "The Cannery".
a) Being a tourist attraction.
b) It's difficult to explain.
c) It could a romantic place taste for gas lanterns and narrow winding streets.
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Desiderata.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in
silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak
your truth quickly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they
too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare your-self with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there
will be greater and lesser per-sons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career,
however humble; it is a real opportunity of possession in the changing fortunes of times.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not
blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere
life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical
love; for in the face all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take
kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture
strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with
imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a whole-some discipline, be
gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars
you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe
is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be in peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be, and whatever your
labors and aspirations; in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with the soul. With all
its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to
be happy.
140.- We can consider the text is mainly.
a) A lesson to learn how to be human being.
b) A philosophical text.
c) A religious reading.
d) A reflect of XVI century thought.
141.- "Go placidly amid the noise and haste" means that.
a) Any person can destroy plans.
b) Most people only looks for harming others.
c) Some people harms others in any sense.
d) We must be can eful of others.Preparatoria Abierta
142.- "The word is full of trickery" means that:
a) Any person can destroy our plans.
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c) Some people harms others in my sense.

d) We must he careful of others.
143.- The world "misfortune" on line eighteen, means:
a) Good luck.
b) Well fortune.
c) Change.
d) Bad fortune.
144.- Why do the text say loud that and aggressive persons are vexations of spirit.
a) Because the are bad spirits.
b) Because the are bad souls ghosts.
c) Because the are good but don't know it.
d) Because the are harming persons.
145.- "All aridity and disenchantment is perennial as the grass" me:
a) The feelings are obvious.
b) The feelings are human.
c) The feelings are atennial.
d) The feelings are nurtures of love.
146.- The world "loneliness" in line 19 means:
a) Lack of company.
b) To jave company.
c) To avoid company.
d) To look for company.
147.- The text says that you have right to be here because...
a) The universe is unfolding as it should be.
b) You are a child of universe.
c) The universe is endless.
d) No less then trees and the stars.
148.- How can man be in peace with god?
a) Being a religious person.
b) Being a devoted christian person.
c) Being a human being.
d) Conceiving him what tever he could.
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