“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. - 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 0 A B C D evident D 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. 1 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). 0 to 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. 2
