“Año de la Universalización de la Salud”
PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH
ENGLISH AREA 2020
NAME:
ORDER NUMBER:
GRADE and
5th “___”
SECTION:
LEVEL: SECONDARY
TEACHERS:
Maria Elena Fabian Q. / Raul Camarena.
DATE:
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Read each instruction carefully before developing each of them.
- Write using blue or black pen; your handwriting must be clear and legible.
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The use of rubber or correction pen must not alter your answer´s pulchritude, otherwise it will be annulled.
Lee diversos tipos de textos en inglés como lengua extranjera:
USE OF ENGLISH 1
For questions 1–12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on the separate answer
sheet.
Example: A certain B accurate C clear
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B
C
D evident
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THE WORLD’S LANGUAGES
We cannot say for (0) ___ how many languages are spoken in the world today, but it has been
(1) ___ that the number is somewhere between three thousand and ten thousand. Why is it so
difficult to tell? There are several reasons. Firstly, even today in some (2) ___ parts of the world –
particularly in South America and Africa – new languages are being (3) ___ by scientists.
Secondly, because languages can become extinct remarkably quickly, it is not always easy to
know whether a language which has been recorded by scientists is still being used by (4) ___
speakers. Thirdly, there is not always agreement between linguists (5) ___ whether the language
spoken by a certain group of people is a language in its own (6) ___, or is merely a dialect of
another language.
Several modern linguists believe that, although we often (7) ___ on the differences between
languages, all the world’s languages – without (8) ___ – share many fundamental similarities.
(9) ___, it has been argued that if a Martian came down to Earth, he or she would probably think
that everyone in the world spoke essentially the same language, as the similarities far (10) ___the
differences. There is no (11) ___ language in the world, for example, which makes questions by
(12) ___ the word order of sentence, or which doesn’t have subjects and verbs.
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1
A worked
B valued
C estimated
D charged
2
A vacant
B empty
C discarded
D remote
3
A invented
B discovered
C developed
D created
4
A native
B natural
C normal
D typical
5
A at
B in
C under
D over
6
A permission
B right
C justice
D claim
7
A direct
B focus
C aim
D regard
8
A difference
B exclusion
C exception
D variety
9
A Nevertheless
B Lastly
C Indeed
D Still
10 A outweigh
B outlive
C outdo
D outgrow
11 A distinguished
B experienced
C known
D notorious
12 A reversing
B driving
C correcting
D designing
USE OF ENGLISH 2
For questions 13–24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
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ABORIGINAL MYTHS
The native people of Australia, often referred (0) to as Aborigines, have many myths. These stories are
set in a mythical time in the past, the 'dreamtime', and most (13) ______ them concern animals, like the
story of Gurukmun the frog.
Gurukmun was the biggest frog in the whole land. One day, while the rest of the animals (14) ______
drinking at the waterhole, Gurukmun came along and started to drink. He was (15) ______ greedy that he
drank all the water. He went on to the next waterhole and drank that (16) ______ well. Soon, there was no
water (17) ______ anywhere in the land. Gurukmun climbed to the top of a mountain and sat there, looking
down.
The other animals were worried. They knew they could not survive (18) ______ water. They called a
meeting. The wise wombat suggested making Gurukmun laugh so that all the water would (19) ______
returned to the land. The kookaburra tried first and (20) ______ Gurukmun a joke, but it didn't work. Next
was the emu, who did a funny walk, but that didn't work (21) ______. Finally, the snake decided to
(22) ______ a go. He twisted and wriggled and curled, but still Gurukmun didn't laugh. Suddenly, the snake
stopped. He had tied (23) ______ into a knot! Gurukmun started to laugh! The water started to come out of
his mouth and ran down the mountain. The animals were saved and Gurukmun hasn't been seen (24)
______ that day.
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