ICFES Mock test 1

ICFES Mock test 1

Parte 1

Lea las siguientes descripciones y escoja la palabra que mejor se ajusta a la descripción.

Multiple Choice

All memebers of the same team use this.

• competition

• uniform

• clothes

• stadium

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You need this if you want to play tennis.

• stadium

• field

• ball

• player

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At the end of this, there is a winner.

• prize

• competition

• stadium

• bike

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This is a place outdoor where you can play sports.

• field

• stadium

• home

• classroom

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If you travel on this, you will do exercise and save time.

• horse

• sport

• bike

• stadium

Parte 2

¿Dónde puedes encontrar estos avisos?

Multiple Choice

• on a rug

• on a test

• on a bookcase

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• in a school

• in a playground

• in a bathroom

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• on a boat

• in a house

• in the street

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• on a train

• in a shop

• in a park

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• in a hall

• on a beach

• in an apartment

Parte 3

Complete las conversaciones con la mejor respuesta de acuerdo al contexto.

Multiple Choice

Be careful.

• Yes, I do.

• Yes, I will

• What a pity!

Multiple Choice

Who's that girl?

• Yes, she is.

• That's right.

• My sister.

Multiple Choice

What do you think of the teacher?

• Great school.

• I think so.

• I love his classes.

Multiple Choice

Do you know Martha?

• Who?

• Which?

• How?

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Can you pass me the salt?

• Here you are!

• I like it.

• It's alright.

Parte 4

Lea el artículo y seleccione la palabra adecuada para cada espacio.

Multiple Choice

The Ozone Hole

The Ozone layer is a "blanket" ____________.

• around

• through

• between

Multiple Choice

It protects ____________ from the sun's UV rays.

• ours

• our

• us

Multiple Choice

The problem is that there is a hole in the Ozone layer over Antartica. Humans made that hole _______ poeple use some products _________ have terrible effects on the ozone.

• while & where

• but & when

• becuase % which

Multiple Choice

Scientists say that this year ________ hole broke all records.

• one

• a

• the

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It is the _________ in history.

• large

• larger

• largest

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It is 27.4 million km2. Why is this hole _______ big?

• such

• so

• too

Parte 5

Lea el texto y responda las preguntas de acuerdo al texto.

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JAMES SALTER’S DAYS IN FILM

James Salter was a pilot in the United States Air Force. He abandoned the military profession in 1957 after the publication of his first novel, The Hunters. He is best known as a novelist, but during the sixties and seventies, he worked in film making. Salter made documentaries, wrote texts for films, and even was the director of a film called Three, starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston.

James Salter played an important partin the making of movies from:

• 1960 to 1979

• 1960 to 1970

• 1960 to 1985

Multiple Choice

In Passionate Falsehoods, which was adapted from Salter’s book Burning the Days, published in The New Yorker in 1997, Salter tells the story of his life in film.

Passionate Falsehoods is:

• a newspaper

• a movie

• a play

Multiple Choice

Salter’s time in the film world is both good and bad. In Rome, he met di rectors and stars. In New York, he explored the city with Robert Redford and enjoyed being famous. Deborah Treisman and Michael Agger have talked about Salter. Nick Paumgarten in The Last Book, describes Salter’s opinion about his film career.

Salter had nice and difficult times in his:

• acting years

• big screen work

• visit to one city

Multiple Choice

Salter’s time in the film world is both good and bad. In Rome, he met di rectors and stars. In New York, he explored the city with Robert Redford and enjoyed being famous. Deborah Treisman and Michael Agger have talked about Salter. Nick Paumgarten in The Last Book, describes Salter’s opinion about his film career.

The Last Book was written by:

• James Salter

• Deborah Treisman

• Nick Paumgarten

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“Of sixteen texts for movies, only four were popular. There was money, attractive women, and entrance into rooms where there were stories more for the dinner table than for the page.” Salter thought he was wasting his time.

James Salter thinks that his work in thecinema business was:

• not useful

• not hard

• not usual

Multiple Choice

Perhaps he wasted his time in a larger artistic way, but it still makes for attractive reading. The Last Book is available to everyone in online stores.

The Last Book can be found

• in museums

• at a café

• on the web

• in a bookstore