Respuestas de examen de inglés: lecturas, vocabulario y gramática resueltos

Solucionario de inglés: textos, vocabulario y gramática

Texto 1: The hermitage cats

21-22. Text 1. The hermitage cats.

• 1: c
• 2: d
• 3: True (2-4)
• 4: True (8)
• 5: True (9-10)
• 6: False (12)
• 7.1: arrivals
• 7.2: special
• 8.1: inheritance
• 8.2: amuse

Texto 2: Would you like to live for 1000 years?

• 9: b
• 10: d
• 11: False (3-4)
• 12: True (6)
• 13: True (8-10)
• 14: True (11-12)
• 15.1: struggle
• 15.2: worry
• 16.1: fear
• 16.2: dream

Gramática

• 17.1: going
• 17.2: photocopied
• 18.1: on
• 18.2: taking
• 22: Greenland, where you can enjoy the wildlife, is a nature sanctuary.
• 26: People are never aware of consumerism at Christmas.
• 25: Joanna doesn't need to pay for the coat right now.
• 24: ...I had left home earlier.

Texto 3: It began 50 years ago

21-22. Text: 1. It began 50 years ago.

• 1: b
• 2: c
• 3: False (1-2)
• 4: True (3-4)
• 5: False (6)
• 6: False (11)
• 7.1: opportunity
• 7.2: canned
• 8.1: smashing
• 8.2: partnership

Texto 2: Colour psychology

• 9: c
• 10: a
• 11: True (2)
• 12: False (3)
• 13: False (11-12)
• 14: True (14-15)
• 15.1: negatively
• 16.1: tools familiar
• 16.2: sighted

Gramática

• 28: If only Robert would not chew gum all the time.
• 26: There aren't many people who rely on James.
• 22: I would love to come back to Venice in August, when we fell in love.
• 19: They will pass the new law by the end of the term.
• 17.1: calling
• 17.2: aren't allowed
• 18.1: the other
• 18.2: on

Texto 4: It's a good day to be a dog

21-22. Text 1: It's a good day to be a dog.

• 1: b
• 2: d
• 3: False (1-2)
• 4: True (7-8)
• 5: False (8)
• 6: False (11)
• 7.1: cruelty
• 7.2: wild
• 8.1: prescribe
• 8.2: seeds

Texto 2: Women's rights to vote in the United Kingdom

• 9: c
• 10: b
• 11: True (6)
• 12: True (8-9)
• 13: True (11-12)
• 14: False (13-15)
• 15.1: tactics
• 15.2: spread
• 16.1: frustrated
• 16.2: protest

Gramática

• 17.1: to sign
• 17.2: had started
• 18.1: to
• 18.2: had
• 19: They had already investigated the crime.
• 20: The boxes should be kept in the fridge.
• 22: Henry VIII, who married six times, became king in 1509.
• 27: "Have you understood the film?" she asked.

Texto 5: Busking: street musicians in Dublin

21-22. Text 1: Busking: street musicians in Dublin.

• 1: a
• 2: b
• 3: False (5)
• 4: False (9)
• 5: False (13-14)
• 6: True (14-15)
• 7.1: unique
• 7.2: rude
• 8.1: queue
• 8.2: fee

Texto 2: A thousand huts

• 9: c
• 10: c
• 11: True (5-6)
• 12: True (8-9)
• 13: True (11-12)
• 14: False (14-16)
• 15.1: countless
• 15.2: appreciative
• 16.1: minimalist
• 16.2: flow

Gramática

• 28: If only he had listened to her advice.
• 26: He can go out with you this weekend because he doesn't have to look after his brothers.
• 23: My neighbours are nicer than yours.
• 22: My eldest sister, who was playing against a foreign competitor, won the match.
• 17.1: quitting
• 17.2: traveled
• 18.1: to
• 18.2: to live