Escuela Normal Superior en Lenguas Vivas

“Sofía B. de Spangenberg”
PROFESORADO Y TRADUCTORADO TÉCNICO, CIENTÍFICO Y LITERARIO DE INGLÉS
Entrance Examination

CANDIDATE NUMBER: ………………

Nombre Profesor Puntaje

Profesorado ____
A: _____________________ ___ / 10
C: _____________________ ___ / 30
Traductorado ____
D: _____________________ ___ / 10

B: (1º corr)______________ ___ / 50

B: (2º corr) _____________ ___ / 50

READING

A) You are going to read an extract from a novel. For each of the seven questions below,
choose the answer which fits best according to the text.

1) How was Lisa feeling as she approached her home?

A tired
B anxious
C depressed
D relieved

2) What does “pick up‟ mean in line 4

A contact
B visit
C collect
D check

3) What first led Lisa to think there was a burglar in her house?
A Something had been broken.
B Something had been left outside.
C Something was in the wrong place.
D Something was moving inside.

4) Why didn’t Lisa wait at her neighbour's until the police arrived?
A She was worried about losing her television set.
B She wanted to know what was happening.
C She noticed something from her neighbour's window.
D She realised that the burglar was leaving.

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5) What does “Lisa saw red‟ (line 15) mean?

A She got impatient.

B She felt frightened.
C She got angry.
D She felt brave.

6) What happened when Lisa shouted at the burglar?

A He tried to explain why he was there.

B He fell over as he ran towards her.
C He pretended not to have heard her.
D He dropped the TV set and attacked her.

7) What did Lisa’s father do when he arrived?

A He told her off.

B He comforted her.
C He praised her.
D He argued with her.

For questions 8, 9 and 10, state what the underlined words in the text refer to.

8) “his grandmother’s house nearby”

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9) “Oh no, you won’t”

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10) “drop it now”

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The Burglar

Lisa Tyler was weary after a long, hard day at the pottery factory where she works, but as she
approached her home in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, her heart lightened. Soon she would be
having a nice cup of tea, putting her feet up and watching Friends, her favourite TV series. But first,
she needed to change out of her work clothes and pick up her three-year-old son from his
grandmother’s house nearby.
As Lisa walked up her garden path, she noticed a light flashing on and off in an upstairs bedroom. A
shiver went down her back. What if it was a burglar? Quietly, she crept round to the back of the
house to see if there was any sign of a break-in. Sure enough, a window was open and someone’s
coat was hanging on the gatepost!
Well, 26-year-old Lisa didn’t fancy coming face to face with a burglar, so she ran to a neighbour’s
house and rang the police. But as she sat waiting for the police to arrive, Lisa’s curiosity got the
better of her and she decided to go back and see what was going on. That’s when she saw a leg
coming out of the downstairs front window. It was a man climbing out. Lisa gasped in shock. The
burglar was carrying her portable television!
At this point, Lisa saw red. She didn’t have many possessions and she’d saved long and hard to buy
that set. Besides, nobody was going to stop her watching Friends.
“Oh, no you won’t,” she muttered under her breath, as fury swelled inside her. Without even
stopping to think, she tore across the garden and started shouting at the burglar. “Give me my TV
set - drop it now!” she screamed.
Ignoring her, the man fled across the garden, so Lisa threw herself at him and successfully
rugby-tackled him to the ground. The burglar struggled to escape, but Lisa hung on like the best
kind of guard dog, despite being punched and kicked. As she looked up, she realised that she
recognised the burglar’s face. She was so surprised that she lost her grip and the burglar got away,
leaving the TV set behind in the garden.
By the time the police and her father arrived, Lisa was in tears. ‟I can’t believe you were so foolish,
Lisa,' scolded her father. “You could have been killed.”
“I know, but at least he didn’t get my TV set,” she replied.
Lisa later remembered the name of the burglar, who had been in the same year as her at
school. He was later caught and jailed for 15 months after admitting burglary and assault. In
May last year, Lisa was given a Certificate of Appreciation by Staffordshire Police, for her
“outstanding courage and public action.” But in the future she intends to leave household
security to a new member of her family, Chan, who is a real guard dog.

B) POST-READING WRITING TASK

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“Sofía B. de Spangenberg”
PROFESORADO Y TRADUCTORADO TÉCNICO, CIENTÍFICO Y LITERARIO DE INGLÉS
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CANDIDATE NUMBER: ………………

Without even stopping to think, she tore across the garden and started shouting at the burglar.
“Give me my TV set - drop it now!” she screamed.

Write a different ending in about 180 words. Make sure you organise your text effectively
by writing clear paragraphs. You must include and develop the following:

a) the burglar reacting to Lisa’s screaming in a way different from that in the text
b) Chan joining Lisa’s household

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C) USE OF ENGLISH: Transformations

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

1) I sometimes regret coming to live in this city.

There are times when I wish

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2) Could you deliver the goods to my home?

Could I
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3) He didn’t give any reason for his strange behaviour that day.

He didn’t explain why

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4) If you don’t hurry, you’ll miss the bus.

I think you’d
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5) You got lost because you didn’t follow their instructions.

If you
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6) This train should have left 20 minutes ago.

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CANDIDATE NUMBER: ………………

This train was
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7) Some people refuse to believe the news because it is too upsetting.

The news is
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8) I wish you would tidy up your bedroom!

It’s high
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9) The ship was unable to sail because of strong winds.

Strong winds
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10) Ben had difficulty using a computer.

Ben found ………………………….

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D) USE OF ENGLISH: Cloze Test

Circle the only correct choice for each number.

In the UK holidays began as religious festival days or “holy days”. The idea of a holiday as a “no
work” day seems to have first 1 ………………………. around five hundred years ago. In 1871 the
Bank Holidays Act established certain days when, by law, banks closed. Bank holidays soon became
public holidays, but by tradition, not law.

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“Sofía B. de Spangenberg”
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CANDIDATE NUMBER: ………………

Until this century working people rarely took holidays. In fact, for some, paid holidays 2 ……………
a luxury until the second half of the twentieth century. 3 ……………, working people enjoyed
outings for the day to nearby places.

The 4……….. of the railways made it possible for working people and their families to go further
afield on their day trips, 5 …………………. wealthy people had, for many years, taken holidays. As
6………………… as outings became possible for more people, 7 ……………. of them travelled to
the seaside. Seaside towns started to boom. Piers were built over the sea, funfairs opened and boat
trips were 8 ……………….. by local fishermen. Many of the towns that 9 ……………. from all
these day trippers were near large cities or were at the end of railway lines. Towns 10…………
Blackpool in the north of England and Brighton in the south have remained popular destinations.

1 A. appeared B. grown C. come D. arrived

2 A. became B. remained C. continued D. were

3 A However B Thus C Yet D Instead

4 A. size B. growth C. rise D. increase

5 A. because B. so C. although D. despite

6 A. far B. soon C. well D. much

7 A. piles B. rows C. crowds D. blocks

8 A. done B. performed C. raised D. offered

9 A. grew B. benefited C. achieved D. advantaged

10 A. as B. such C. how D. such as