HABILIDAD VERBAL
INGLÉS
SAN MARCOS - 2018
PRÁCTICA DIRIGIDA
FINDING THE MAIN IDEA
1. Juan loves to play games. His favorite game is chess be-
cause it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to
play less demanding board games that are based mostly
on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and
skill. If he’s alone, Juan likes to play action video games as
long as they aren’t too violent.
What is the main idea of this paragraph? Do you want to keep up with the latest research and
A) Juan dislikes violence.
B) Juan likes to think.
C) Juan enjoys Monopoly.
D) Juan enjoys playing games.
E) Juan is very lucky.
2. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t
be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet,
some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those aw-
ful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time
reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV!
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
A) Watching a lot of television isn’t good for Maria.
B) Books are good.
C) All cartoons are bad.
D) Some cartoons are bad for Maria.
E) Maria has bad behavior.
3. Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal
servants. They will look and behave much like real hu-
mans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers
and they will be able to respond in kind. Amazingly, the
robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.
They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose
only goal will be to make our lives easier.
What sentence from the paragraph expresses the main
idea?
A) Someday we will all have robots that will be our perso-
nal servants.
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B) We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and
they will be able to respond in kind.
C) They will look and behave much like real humans.
D) Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn
from experience.
E) They will be smart, strong and untring workers.
SCIENCE NEWS
discoveries in science? There are many good websites that
you can visit to make that easy.
One great site is called Science News for Kids. This site
reports science news covering a wide range of subjects.
The articles are written with the interests and educational
experience of younger readers in mind, but adults will find
this site suitable for them as well.
Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day, is
called Science Daily. The site is constantly updated with
news, often about exciting findings that change how we
look at the world and the universe. Whether it’s newly
unearthed discoveries about creatures that have been ex-
tinct for millions of years or the latest advances in cures for
human diseases, you’ll find it at Science Daily.
These sites post stories as they become news and also ar-
chive all the past articles. That way you can enter a search
term and find articles on just about anything related to
science that they’ve ever published.
4. The author believes that adults ................................
A) won’t understand a site for kids.
B) will find Science News for Kids useful.
C) don’t like science as much as kids.
D) prefer other website.
E) aren't interested in science
5. What does “daily” mean?
A) never at night
B) only for scientists
C) every day
D) sometimel
E) weekly
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6. What does “unearthed” mean in the paragraph? probably goes on to ........................

A) dug up A) say why vitamin C is also important

B) from another planet B) explain why you should brush your teeth after eating
C) shot into space beetles
D) something unknown C) give some examples of foods that are rich in vitamin D
E) from no where D) say which diseases might be prevented by vitamin D
E) explain how we have to exposed to sunlight
7. What does “archive” mean?
5. Which statement is false?
A) a nest in a boat
B) read carefully A) Some foods contain vitamin D.
C) keep in a safe place B) Our bodies can use sunlight to make vitamin D.
D) a discovery C) Some people don’t have to get vitamin D from food.
E) human diseases D) Vitamin D is essential for humans.
E) When our skin is exposed to sunlight, our bodies can
PRÁCTICA DOMICILIARIA make vitamin D
VITAMIN D
OUTER SPACE

Scientists have known for a long time that vitamin D is

essential for humans. If children have a vitamin D or cal-
cium deficiency, they can develop rickets, a softening of
the bones. New studies are showing that people of all ages
need vitamin D to help them fight off diseases by keeping
their immune systems strong.
Our bodies can make vitamin D when our skin is exposed
to sunlight. However, it’s best to eat a diet that is rich in the
vitamin.
1. The main idea of this paragraph 1 is that vitamin D
..................
A) is found in milk
B) has been studied by scientists
C) is no secret
D) is important for good health
E) is good only for children
2. If something is essential, it is ..........................
From far out in space, Earth looks like a blue ball. Since
water covers three - fourths of the Earth’s surface, blue is
the color we see most. The continents look brown, like
small islands floating in the huge, blue sea. White clouds
wrap around the Earth like a light blanket. The Earth is sha-
ped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around! It
would take more than a year to walk around the whole
planet. A spaceship can fly around the widest part of the
sphere in only 90 minutes.
Even though spaceships have traveled to the Moon, peo-
ple cannot visit the Moon without special suits. The Moon
has no air or water. Plants and animals can’t live there
either. Astronauts first landed on the Moon in 1969. After
that, there were six more trips to the Moon. They brought
back Moon rocks, which scientists are still studying. There
are holes, or craters, all over the Moon’s surface. Scientists
believe that meteorites smashed into the Moon millions of
years ago and formed the craters.

A) harmful The Sun is the closest star to Earth. A star is a hot ball of
B) expensive burning gas. The Sun looks very big because it is so close.
C) dreadful But the Sun is just a medium - sized star. Billions of far -
D) needed away stars are much bigger than our Sun. The burning
E) deficiency gases from the Sun are so hot that they warm the Earth
from 93 million miles away! Even though the Sun is always
3. When you have a deficiency of something, you ............. glowing, the night here on Earth is dark. That’s because the
Earth rotates, or turns around, every 24 hours. During the
A) have all you need day, the Earth faces the Sun. Then we see light. During the
B) do not have enough night, the Earth turns away from the Sun. Then it faces the
C) look like an onion darkness of space.
D) are rich Each day we learn more about the Earth, the Moon, and
E) fight off diseases the Sun.
4. The remainder of the last paragraph that is incomplete 6. What is the main idea of the article?

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 A) Plants and animals can’t live on the Moon.
B) Without the Sun we would have no heat or light.
C) We know a lot about the Earth, Moon and Sun, but there
is still more to learn.
D) From outer space, the Earth looks tiny, even though it is
thousands of miles around.
E) The Sun is a medium - sized star.
7. Why is blue the color we see most when looking at Earth
from outer space?
A) Because most of the Earth is covered in land.
B) Because the Sun’s rays make the Earth look blue.
C) Because most of the Earth is covered in water.
D) Because clouds wrap around the Earth.
E) Because the Earth’s shape is like a sphere.
8. What does formed mean?
A) hit
B) made
C) broke
D) stopped
E) crushed
9. What causes daylight on Earth?
A) The full Moon causes daylight.
B) Daylight is caused by Earth facing away from the Sun.
C) The heat of the Sun’s rays causes daylight.
D) Daylight is caused by the Earth facing toward the Sun.
E) The burning gases from the Moon cause daylight.
10. Which of the following sentence best describe the Sun?
A) The Sun looks small because it is so far from Earth.
B) The Sun is a ball of burning gases that gives the Earth
heat and light.
C) The Sun is a smaller star.
D) The Sun is not as hot as it looks.
E) The Earth turns around the Sun every 24 hours.