Estudio de inglés: Textos de comprensión lectora con respuestas, vocabulario y gramática para estudiantes

Ejercicios de comprensión lectora en inglés

A continuación encontrarás varios textos con sus ejercicios de comprensión lectora, vocabulario y gramática. Lee cada texto con atención y responde las preguntas.

1. Cafeína y alcohol: una mezcla peligrosa para los jóvenes

CAFFEINE AND ALCOHOL: A POTENT MIX FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

1A) Ideas principales

This kind of drinks masks the effects of alcohol by caffeine, that's why they are dangerous.

1B) Verdadero o falso

• B1. FALSE: ... the caffeine masks the effects of the alcohol, keeping consumers from realizing just how intoxicated they are. (lines 5 & 6)
• B2. FALSE: ... a fruit-flavored malt beverage that has... as much caffeine as a cup of coffee... (lines 7 & 8)
• B3. TRUE: ... your body's natural defense is to get sleepy and not want to drink, but in this case you're tricking the body with the caffeine. (lines 16-18)

1C) Selección de respuesta

This new alcohol mixture is… b) a line of alcoholic energy drinks.

• a) very healthy.
• b) a line of alcoholic energy drinks.
• c) a tea-flavored malt drink.

2) Preguntas y transformaciones

2A) Nine students have been hospitalized after mixing excessive amounts of Four Loko. How many students have been hospitalized after mixing excessive amounts of Four Loko?

2B) Caffeine will be removed from the drink recipe, though the creators believe it is safe. Begin with: Four Loko creators said that…
Four Loko creators said that caffeine would be removed from the drink recipe, though they believed it was safe.

2C) Four Loko has already been banned in several states. This beverage made young drinkers extremely ill.
Four Loko, which made several young drinkers extremely ill, has already been banned in several states.

2D) If she had drunk a lot of beer, …
If she had drunk a lot of beer, she wouldn't have come back home.

3) Vocabulario: sinónimos

• a) marketable name: brand (line 7)
• b) a list of ingredients and directions for making something: recipe (line 16)
• c) hides: masks (line 5)
• d) especially: particularly (line 9)
• e) somnolent: sleepy (line 17)

2. Fotografía de fantasmas: ¿prueba o engaño?

GHOST PHOTOGRAPHED: PROOF OR FAKE?

1) Comprensión general

• 1a) Because it appears that paranormal researchers have photographed someone dressed in medieval style as part of an experimental investigation.
• 1b) False. Experts admit that these two images don't seem to have been digitally modified (lines 14-15).
• 1c) Professor Wiseman is a psychologist. The oldest of the two pictures was taken by Grace Lamb. The walls of Tantallon Castle are made of stone.

2) Preguntas

• 2a) Richard Wiseman, whose methods I don't trust, is running this research on the paranormal.
• 2b) Skeptics conjectured that the face in the picture might just be another visitor.
• 2c) I will not believe in ghosts unless I get serious evidence.
• 2d) What / who / whom did the image appear to show?

3) Vocabulario: sinónimos

• 3a) ignorant or not conscious → unaware (line 5)
• 3b) absurd or contrary to good sense → nonsense (line 13)
• 3c) excursion → trip (line 9)
• 3d) sort → kind (line 11)
• 3e) modified → altered (line 15)

3. Televisión por cable, Internet y el miedo de las empresas

CABLE, BIG FEAR: INTERNET TV

1) Comprensión

• 1a) Just because he is used to doing it, since he doesn't really need it.
• 1b)
  b1. False: online video viewing has risen… (lines 7-8)
  b2. False: Nielsen recently reported that TV viewing is still done on a traditional TV. But that's not the case for younger people (lines 7 y 9).
• 1c) The next generation will get the shows – Cable companies don't know what to do.

2) Preguntas

• 2a) What is a powerful thing?
• 2b) Most calls are made by my wife and me on our cell phones.
• 2c) My sister wondered why Mark spent $200 per month for a package of Internet TV and telephone, most of which he didn't really need.
• 2d) Dan Frommer, who can't get everything he'd like to see, downloads shows from the Internet via a Macintosh computer.

3) Vocabulario: sinónimos

• 3a) extremely effective → powerful (line 1)
• 3b) cease or → fail
• 3c) informed → reported (line 7)
• 3d) friend → pal (line 9)
• 3e) feasible → workable (line 16)

4. ¿Por qué los electrodomésticos inteligentes son tan tontos?

WHY ARE SMART APPLIANCES SO STUPID?

1) Ideas principales

1a) The fridge can show you the weather, the news, and with your app you can also add an item to the shopping list.

1b) Verdadero o falso

• b1. True (lines 5-6)
• b2. True (lines 5-6)
• b3. False (lines 10-11)
• b4. False (lines 15-16)

2) Preguntas

• 2a) A shopping item can be added.
• 2b) I would eat expensive food.
• 2c) What kind of fridge do people want?
• 2d) are arguing, shows

3) Vocabulario: definiciones y sinónimos

• 3a) person who purchases goods and services for consumers → consumer
• 3b) showed
• 3c) reveal → unveil; ridicules → stupid; employ → use

5. Los padres dan menos dinero de bolsillo a sus hijos por la recesión

PARENTS PAY CHILDREN LESS POCKET MONEY BECAUSE OF RECESSION

1) Comprensión

• 1a) Children must mow the lawn and tidy the room to earn a small amount of money.
• 1b) b1. True (line 4) · b2. False (line 9) · b3. False (line 10)
• 1c) due to the weak economy.

2) Preguntas y gramática

• 2a) I would have avoided the problem.
• 2b) A book was given by Jonas last month for his birthday.
• 2c) Their mother advised that they would not waste money on useless things.
• 2d) How many months does it take you to save for a computer game?

3) Vocabulario

• 3a) a period of general economic decline → recession
• 3b) cutting down the grass with a mechanical device → mowing
• 3c) acknowledge → admit
• 3d) assist → help
• 3e) manners → education

6. Acceso a la universidad en Gran Bretaña

ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY IN GREAT BRITAIN

1) Comprensión

• 1a) UCAS is the admissions service of universities and colleges, which administer applications for higher education courses.
• 1b) All the universities and colleges → False (lines 6-7). Students may apply to higher education → True (lines 11-12).
• 1c) Students organize the list of the courses they apply for by placing their first choice at the top. A university or college will cancel their conditional offer if the student does not finally meet certain conditions.

2) Preguntas y gramática

• 2a) An admission test is required by some universities.
• 2b) Will submit / could
• 2c) Our Head Teacher explained that a conditional offer from a university means that certain conditions must be met.
• 2d) Oxford and Cambridge are the most prestigious universities of Great Britain, and their application deadlines are the earliest.

3) Vocabulario

• 3a) dates before which something must be done → deadlines
• 3b) concerning money → financial
• 3c) preceding → previous
• 3d) evaluate → interview

7. La maldición de la belleza

THE CURSE OF BEAUTY

1) Comprensión

• 1a) Because teachers pay more attention to attractive children.
• 1b) b1. True (lines 1-2) · b2. False (lines 2-3) · b3. False (lines 10-11)
• 1c) If men think a woman is ugly, it actually works in her favour.

2) Preguntas

• 2a) Studies have shown that attractive people are more successful than unattractive ones.
• 2b) OkCupid said the more men disagreed, the more the group ended up liking her.
• 2c) Wouldn't cry.
• 2d) OkCupid, which determined the kind of woman most men find attractive, is the second most popular online dating site.

3) Vocabulario

• 3a) appealing to the senses or mind through beauty → attractive
• 3b) acceptance of the truth of something → belief
• 3c) complexities → intricacies
• 3d) carácter → personality
• 3e) distraction → pastime

8. Robos en masa por adolescentes en aumento

TEENAGE FLASH MOB ROBBERIES ON THE RISE

1) Comprensión

• 1a) Flash mobs are groups of teenagers that suddenly break into dance anywhere.
• 1b) b1. True (lines 5-6) · b2. True (lines 17-19) · b3. False (line 9)
• 1c) Thieves act very quickly.

2) Preguntas

• 2a) What allows the thieves to strike fast?
• 2b) It is said that the suspects select a time…
• 2c) Young people who steal things in groups are…
• 2d) Had we done a flash mob, we could have had a very good time.

3) Vocabulario

• 3a) to give away or sell something → sell off
• 3b) something manufactured or produced for sale → goods
• 3c) unexpectedly → suddenly
• 3d) shameless → brazen
• 3e) vigilant → watchful