Preguntas tipo ICFES (Inglés)

En el enunciado de estas preguntas se plantea una situación. A partir de ésta usted debe escoger la opción que complemente mejor el enunciado, teniendo en cuenta que su organización y coherencia sean correctas.

1. Paul and Carol ran into each other in the park. While they are talking, Carol asks him where he is going this summer. Paul says:

A. I am thinking to go to Germany.

B. I am thinking of going to Germany.

C. I am thinking to going to Germany.

D. I am thinking of go to Germany.

2. Carol is doing research on the book Moby Dick. She asks her literature teacher about the author of this book. The teacher answers:

A. Moby Dick was writing by Herman Melville.

B. Moby Dick was write by Herman Melville.

C. Moby Dick was wrote by Herman Melville.

D. Moby Dick was written by Herman Melville.

3. Peter.s room smelled like cigarettes yesterday.

A. In the room somebody had been smoking.

B. Smoking had been somebody in the room.

C. Somebody had been smoking in the room.

D. In the room smoking had been somebody.

4. Two boys are talking about their duties at home. Aurelio says:

A. I hate ironing, but I have to do it once a week.

B. I have to iron, but I hate once a week to do it.

C. I hate to ironing, but I have to do it a week once.

D. I have iron but, I hate to do it a week once

5. Tom is talking about his dreams.

A. If I had money enough, I would buy a car.

B. If I had enough money, I would bought a car.

C. If I had enough money, I would buy a car.

D. If I had money enough, I would bought a car.

TEXTOS INCOMPLETOS

El enunciado de estas preguntas es un texto con espacios en blanco numerados, cada número corresponde a una pregunta. Usted debe leer detenidamente el texto y escoger la opción que en cada pregunta lo complete en forma lógica y coherente.

6 - 8

Matter is the name given to everything _6_ has weight and _7_ space. It may usually be detected by the senses of touch, sight _8_ smell. Matter may exist in three states: solid, liquid and gas.

6. A. what

B. where

C. who

D. which

7. A. occupied

B. occupies

C. occupying

D. occupy

8. A. or

B. by

C. of

D. nor

ORGANIZACIÓN DE PÁRRAFOS

En el enunciado de estas preguntas se presentan varias oraciones numeradas y en las opciones aparece el orden de éstas para organizar un párrafo. Usted debe leer cuidadosamente el enunciado, organizar las oraciones en forma lógica y coherente, y escoger la opción que contenga el orden correcto.

9. One of the little peculiarities of the way in which houses are bought and sold in England and Wales is the estate agent system,

1. whereby the selling of a house is handed over to a group of professionals

2. who do their best to exaggerate

3. its virtues and play down its defects

4. in a very special language of their own.

A. 2, 3, 1, 4

B. 3, 2, 1, 4

C. 2, 1, 3, 4

D. 1, 2, 3, 4

10. The first real counting machine was invented by a Frenchman called Blaise Pascal in the XVII century.

1. One man who inspected the machine was Gottfried Leibniz, who was born in Saxony in 1646.

2. Leibniz used the binary system to simplify the number of wheels and cogs a calculator needed. It was a very important improvement,