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READING COMPREHENSION C) Literature develops the intellect,

stimulates pleasure and promotes
TEXTO 1 the sociability of readers.
D) Students, through reading
Literature helps students develop a literature, can improve their
reading habit and this habit has a personality, and social behavior.
positive impact on the academic E) Literature stimulates the pleasure
studies. Students can enrich their of readers and benefits the
vocabulary by reading literature. They intelligence of students.
can develop their writing skill by
reading literature also. 2. The word DELIGHTFUL connotes
A literary text does not have one A) harmony.
meaning only. It often has a surface B) beauty.
meaning and an underlying C) desire.
connotative meaning. In order to D) doubt.
understand a literary text fully a E) enjoyment.
reader has to delve deeper into it. So,
a literary text can be interpreted in 3. From the positive development of
different ways. All this develops the emotions thanks to the reading of
thinking capacity of the readers, for literature, we can affirm that
this reason, they enjoy a greater A) the literal meaning has the power
ability to think and reason about the to generate sympathy.
world than other people. B) probably two people can fall in love
It is universally admitted that reading if they admire the same writer.
literature is delightful. It gives C) people can feel anger towards
readers immense pleasure. Young those who write fiction books.
readers read different kinds of literary D) a writer of fiction books can come
works basically for pleasure. to love all his enemies.
Literature can help readers to get rid E) only students console their
of bad emotions like anger, heartache heartache by reading fiction.
and loss. In that sense, literature helps
readers develop positive emotions like 4. When a man has an excellent ability to
love and sympathy for others. write, it is possible to infer that
A) the person could have a standard
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D) the works he has read should be
1. Which is the best synopsis of the recommended.
passage? E) he should feel a lot of pleasure with
A) Literature benefits the vocabulary, his readers.
writing skills and other intellectual
skills that students need. 5. If the literary texts would have only a
B) Literature benefits the academic superficial meaning, then
habit of students, for example it A) the literature would not provide any
enriches their vocabulary. interesting information about the
world.

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B) readers and non-readers would E) Nowadays, there is still an economic

probably have the same capacity to gap between men and women in the
think. world.
C)the literary texts would inevitably
disappear in the bookstores and 7. What do you think Mr. Behar meant
libraries. when he said the current economic
D)all the writers of works of fiction system is BROKEN?
would have to get other more A) That he does not like it.
delightful jobs. B) That it is unfair.
E) newspapers and magazines would C) that is doesn’t work.
be exactly the same as literary D) That it is an old system.
fiction texts. E) That he is affected by it.
TEXTO 2
Social unrest is happening in almost 8. According to the text, what is the
every country. Although what started relation between inequality and social
each particular movement changes unrest?
among countries, concerns about
inequality are always part of the
reason. The ‘Time to Care’ report A) There is no relation between them
presents figures that explain people’s because the causes of social unrest
anger. are all different.
It highlights that women are the B) The majority of problems that led to
most affected by inequality, in order social unrest appear because of
for a female domestic worker to earn inequality.
what the CEO of a technology C) only if both factors coincide do they
company makes in one year, she cause economic problems in the world.
would have to work 22,277 years. D) The effects of social unrest are felt
According to the Oxfam report, the 22 at different levels across society.
richest men in the world have more E) Social unrest is generating
wealth than all the women in Africa. inequality by making ordinary men
Mr. Behar, who directed the study and women feel angry.
says that our current economic system
is broken, it benefits billionaires and 9. Which of these is an example the text
big business by harming ordinary men uses to illustrate economic inequality?
and women. “No wonder people are A) CEOs are more likely to commit tax
starting to question whether evasion than domestic workers.
billionaires should even exist”. B) There are no African women in the
list of the 50 richest people.
6. How would you summarize the text? C) Men are more likely than women to
A) The cases of social unrest be found in high paying positions.
worldwide all began because of D) All the women of Africa have less
poverty and hopelessness. wealth than the 22 richest men.
B) Women around the world are the E) there are more well-known men
least affected by economic inequality. than women in all the world now.
C) The current economic system
benefits rich people and hurts 10. According to the text, what is the
everyone else. main reason people started to
D) Economic inequality has become so question the existence of billionairies?
obvious that people are rejecting the A) They work lesser than ordinary
statu quo. people.

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B) They are jealous of their extreme cards. In the US you need ID when you
wealth. buy a drink, go to a club, use a credit
C) The should not let ordinary people card, or take an intercity train.
be harmed. Starbucks isn’t British, of course, but I
D) They should not exist in an prefer the Starbucks in Britain. They
equitable economy. are nice, friendly places where people
E) They are harming the current read the newspaper and drink good
economic system. coffee.

11. From the passage we can say that

the text is mainly about
A) the activities chemists carry out in
pharmacies.
B) some comparative advantages of
life in Britain.
C) the usage of identity cards in public
places.
D) the spare time activities of British
people.
E) the work of employees in state
banks.

TEXTO 3 12. From the passage, we can say

that the word BOOTS in bold means
Mark Vanhoenacker, an American
journalist who lives in London, says the
UK’s not just OK — it’s paradise. These
are some of his reasons:
Britain isn’t a good place for cyclists, A) stores where you can drink a coffee
But for pedestrians it is wonderful. and having a good time.
When you walk on a Zebra crossing, all B) locations where you can eat, read
the drivers stop. and talk with friends.
British banks are great –you do C) leather shoes we wear in cold
everything online, and you don’t pay winter to protect our cold feet.
when you take money out of an ATM. D) the noise that the car horns
And if you want to change banks, the produce when you want to alert.
banks do all the work, not you. E) places where you can find
The British are very polite when they everything and not only medicines.
drive. They don’t hoot, and they are
patient with other drivers. They always 13. Talking about transportation in
say thank you when you let them Britain, we can say that it is
pass. A) neither a good place for cyclists nor
Chemists in the UK are wonderful, for pedestrians.
friendly shops and completely different B) not a good place for cyclist, but
from US pharmacies. Boots sells pedestrians.
everything you want, not just C) not good enough, due to poor driver
medicine, and the shop assistants give behavior.
you good advice. D) not just good for bikes, but for
Britain is one of the only places in the motorcycles as well.
world where people don’t have ID

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E) not easy to be a driver in the main

cities.

14. From the use of ID cards in Great

Britain, we can deduce that
A) in other countries people don’t need
ID cards.
B) ID cards are mandatory for
everyone.
C) ID cards are optional documents in
Britain.
D) only old people use ID cards in
Britain.
E) it takes a short time to get ID cards
in the UK.

15. After reading carefully the

information, we can extrapolate the
following idea.
A) Authorities do not care about
helping citizens in the country.
B) British people are not reliable
because they have no ID cards.
C) The amenities in Great Britain are
not the same as in Peru.
D) British people should avoid
changing banks to save time.
E) Zebra lines are sometimes
respected when crossing the road.

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