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INSTITUTO DE ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR

EN LENGUAS VIVAS “J. R. FERNÁNDEZ”

ENTRANCE EXAM FEBRUARY 2010 CANDIDATE Nº:

EXERCISE B

Choose ONE of the following and write between 250 and 300 words on it:

A) A popular magazine has invited readers to send in articles for their series “The

Generation Gap”. Readers are invited to write an ARTICLE entitled: “Parents and

children: a love and hate relationship.” Write your ARTICLE.

B) A friend of yours would like to change schools and he has asked you for advice.

Write a LETTER to him/her recommending him/her a school you know well. In the

letter you should include the following information:

a) Location.

b) Facilities.

c) Academic standards (homework, tests, international exams).

d) The teachers.

e) Why you recommend this school.

Write your LETTER.

B) A school magazine is organizing a special writing contest. Readers are invited to

submit stories starting with the following sentence: “I remember my school days

were the best days of my life.” Write your STORY

INSTITUTO DE ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR

EN LENGUAS VIVAS “J. R. FERNÁNDEZ”

ENTRANCE EXAM FEBRUARY 2010 CANDIDATE Nº:

EXERCISE C

Read the following text carefully and choose the most appropriate alternative A, B, or C

below for each blank

“Voyage To The Bottom Of The Ocean”

I’ve often wondered why (1) that humans (2) distant planets, while we still know (3) about

the oceans here on Earth. So it was something of a dream (4) true when I was invited (5)

researchers filming the Mariana Trench for the first time.

Fascinated, I watched on the TV screen as the ten-foot submarine descended to 10,898

metres, (6) point in the world. All of us above on the mother ship were (7) excited as the

tiny vessel’s video camera showed it (8) the bottom of the Pacific, at what (9) a snail’s

pace.

(10) it touched the ocean bed, which the submarine’s lamp (11) to be like a smooth,

brown-red desert. The water was totally still, and at first (12) seemed to be moving, but

suddenly we (13) a sea slug, and then a shrimp. The scientists were over the moon, and I

shared (14)

1 A. is it B. it is C. was it

2 A. started to explore B. have started to explore C. might have started to explore

3 A. that much B. so much C. so little

4 A. come B. coming C. comes

5 A. for joining B. with joining C. to join

6 A. the

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