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JUNIO 2015 B1
COMPRENSIÓN DE LECTURA
PRUEBAS UNIFICADAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
Apellidos: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Nombre: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Marca con una X lo que corresponda:
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INSTRUCCIONES PARA LA REALIZACIÓN DE ESTE EJERCICIO:

o Duración: 60 minutos
o Este ejercicio consta de dos tareas. Deberás realizar las dos.
o En la tarea 1 deberás leer un texto y completar cada enunciado con una de las
opciones dadas (A, B o C).
Obtienes: 2 puntos por cada respuesta correcta; 0 puntos por cada respuesta
incorrecta o no dada.
Muy importante: al final, comprueba que has elegido una sola opción (como en el
ejemplo); si eliges dos opciones, se anula la respuesta a esa pregunta.
o En la tarea 2 deberás leer un texto y completar una tabla marcando 14 casillas como
máximo.
Obtienes: 1 punto por cada respuesta correcta; 0 puntos por cada respuesta incorrecta
o no dada.
Muy importante: al final, comprueba que has marcado un máximo de 14 opciones; si
marcas más de 14 opciones, obtendrás 0 puntos en esta tarea.
o No escribas en los cuadros destinados a la calificación de las tareas.

o Sólo se admiten respuestas escritas con bolígrafo azul o negro.
NO ESCRIBAS AQUÍ
PUNTUACIÓN DEL EJERCICIO: _____ / 30
CALIFICACIÓN: ⃞ Superado ⃞ No Superado
NIVEL INTERMEDIO INGLÉS

2015
TAREA 1 - 16 puntos: Read the text on page 3. Choose the correct option (A, B, or C) to
complete each sentence. The first one (0) is an example.
ANSWER
Love at First Sight
Ex.: 0. The writer fell in love…

A. …after getting to know Matt. B ✔
B. …immediately.
C. …with Matt’s personality.
1. The writer was in New York...
A. …on business.
B. …to take a course.
C. …visiting friends.
2. At that moment the writer...
A. ...had split up with somebody else.
B. ...was engaged to her boyfriend.
C. ...was uncertain about her relationship.
3. The writer thinks that...
A. ...love at first sight may be disappointing.
B. ...we confuse love at first sight with sexual attraction.
C. ...you may suddenly identify your lifelong partner.
4. The writer remembers...
A. …a museum they visited later on in detail.
B. …her first talk with Matt perfectly.
C. …Matt’s body language very well.
5. Matt says that his own reaction was…
A. …hard to believe.
B. …identical to hers.
C. …slightly different from hers.
6. They decided to start living together after…
A. …a couple of weeks.
B. …a short period in London.
C. …he changed his job.
7. Now she considers...
A. …her children should live a similar experience.
B. ...Matt and her took a risky decision.
C. …she was wrong to follow her intuition.
8. In her opinion, Matt …
A. …has a peculiar sense of humour.
B. ...has the same character as her.
C. ...is quite predictable.
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2015
Love at First Sight
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
At the exact moment that Matt walked into the bar in New York, I looked up, saw him and caught my
breath. I didn’t know him. I’d never met him. But that was it. Love at first sight.
I was 26 and working on a glossy magazine in London. I’d gone out to Manhattan because three male
friends from university had all, coincidentally, got jobs there. At the time I was in the middle of an on-off
relationship that had been drifting along for years. I wasn’t sure where it was going – or even if it was going
anywhere at all.
One evening we all got together in a bar in the East Village. I glanced up as the door opened, and there he
was. He was wearing a black coat with the collar turned up. But I could see his face. And my heart missed a
beat.
That was over 20 years ago. We’ve been together ever since. We’ve had three children. We have a
mortgage, two cats and an ancient green Volvo. There’s been only one argument that I can remember,
although I’ve no idea what it was about. I stomped off into the night and found myself in the next street,
quivering with rage, wearing one black court shoe and a gardening boot.
Cynics say that love at first sight is the stuff of fiction, dreamt up to explain the madness of sexual
desire. But you never hear stories about glimpsing someone across a crowded room, feeling a surge of joy.
That lightning bolt is significant. It’s about recognising your soul mate.
I don’t remember much of my first conversation with Matt. But I do remember his eyes and his smile and
the way he listened to what I said. I managed to twist someone’s arm and get Matt invited along on a
weekend upstate to see another old friend, Nina. I remember white clapperboard houses and visiting some
kind of Amish community. I vaguely remember an art gallery with paintings of voluptuous female nudes.
But really all I remember is Matt. We kept lagging behind everyone else to talk.
Matt says he felt exactly the same way – that he knew, the moment he met me, that we’d be together
forever. But I’m not sure I believe him. He loves me, so he tells me what I want to hear. What is true,
though, is that the pull between us was so strong that we moved in together after spending only a
fortnight in each other’s company.
He left his job and came back to Britain, and there we were in glorious, unromantic south-east London. I
look at it now and I think, “Oh, I really hope none of my children ever does anything quite so insane.” But
at the time it seemed perfectly logical. There were times when we scrambled to keep up with the pace of
what was happening. I remember panicking early on when someone official asked for my partner’s date of
birth, and I realised I didn’t know.
But something about Matt felt right. And it still does.
I don’t think we’re that similar as personalities. He makes me laugh all the time with a kind of pessimism
inherited from his late father.
I never really know what he’s going to think or say about anything, which makes life constantly surprising.
But maybe that’s a good thing. I don’t think I’d want every day to be a cup of tea and a chocolate digestive.
When I met my husband, it was love at first sight. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
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2015
TAREA 2 - 14 puntos: Read the text on page 5 and decide which castle(s) or palace(s)
match(es) each statement. For each statement, the number of correct answers may be 0, 1 or more.
ALTOGETHER, THE NUMBER OF CORRECT ANSWERS CANNOT BE MORE THAN 14. OTHERWISE THE TASK
WILL NOT BE VALID. The first one (0) is an example, and is not included in your total of 14. Tick (✔) the
14 correct answers as in the example.
A. The Potala Palace, Tibet
B. Mont Saint-Michel, France
C. Predjamski Castle, Slovenia
D. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
E. Matsumoto Castle, Japan
F. Hunyad Castle, Romania
G. Palacio da Pena, Portugal
H. Prague Castle, Czech Republic
A B C D E F G H
Fascinating Castles and Palaces
0. It can be seen from the distance. 0. ✔

1. It has been a sacred building at some
1.
point.
2. A member of the Royal Family was
2.
executed here.
3. It can be used as an observatory. 3.
4. It has been turned into a film studio. 4.
5. It is on an island. 5.
6. It mixes typical elements of different art
6.
movements.
7. It stands on a flat area of land. 7.
8. Its architectural elements are typical of a
8.
different style and period.
9. It served as a jailhouse. 9.
10. It stores valuable ornaments. 10.

11. It was built in phases over several
11.
centuries.
12. It was seriously damaged by a natural
12.
disaster.
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Apellidos y Nombre: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Fascinating Castles and Palaces

Source: unusualearth.com
A. The Potala Palace is perched upon a hill above the Lhasa valley in Tibet. Its structure stood from 637
until the seventeenth century, when it was incorporated into the foundations of the greater buildings, still
standing today. The Potala Palace was only slightly damaged during the Tibetan uprising against the
invading Chinese. Unlike most other Tibetan religious structures, it was not sacked by the Red Guards
during the 1960s and 1970s; all the chapels are very well preserved.
B. Mont Saint-Michel is situated on a place at the Normandy coast which at high tide is almost entirely
separated from the mainland. Only a narrow causeway constructed in the 1880s preserves a link to the
coast. Unlike other castles in France, which began as defensive structures or pleasure palaces, Mont St
Michel had its beginnings as a monastery. The Castle has been featured in numerous films, cartoons, and
even videogames.
C. Predjamski Castle in Slovenia is probably the only one in the world integrated in a cave. The castle
wasn't built in one go; first written records exist from the 13th century, though the first part (left wing) was
probably built in the first half of the 12th century. The middle part was added during the Renaissance, the
right wing being built around 1570. Some things were added and changed later, but it has been restored to
the original 16th-century look.
D. Neuschwanstein Castle, in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, is the most famous of three royal palaces built
for Louis II of Bavaria. Its construction began in 1869 and was left unfinished at Louis's death in 1886. The
castle is the embodiment of 19th-century Romanticism. In a fantastic imitation of a medieval castle, it
boasts towers and spires and is spectacularly sited on a high point over the Pullat River gorge.
E. Matsumoto Castle is one of the most complete and beautiful among Japan's original castles. It is built on
a plain. Matsumotojo's castle tower and smaller, second turret were built between 1592 and 1614 and
were both well defended, as peace was not yet fully secured at the time. In 1635, when no more military
threats existed, a third, barely defended turret for moon viewing was added to the castle.
F. Hunyad Castle in Hunedoara, Romania, was part of Principality of Transylvania, and is believed to be the
place where Vlad III of Wallachia, commonly known as Dracula, was held prisoner for seven years after he
was deposed in 1462. It was built in Gothic style, but has Baroque and Renaissance architectural elements.
It is a large and imposing building with tall and diversely coloured roofs, towers, and myriad windows and
balconies adorned with stone carvings.
G. Palacio da Pena in Portugal is the oldest palace inspired by European Romanticism. It stands on the top
of a hill above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon. First built in the 15th
century as a palace, it was later reconstructed and donated to the Church as a monastery. An earthquake
in 1755 ruined most of it, but in 1838 Prince Fernando purchased and rebuilt it. The style of the palace is
an eclectic combination of the original and subsequent styles, plus Romantic, Bavarian, and Moorish
architecture.
H. Prague Castle is, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the biggest ancient castle in the world. It is
about 570 metres in length and an average of 130 metres wide. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here, and
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it was the place where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the
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JUNIO 2015 B1

Marca con una X lo que corresponda:

Alumno/a OFICIAL (Indica el nombre de tu profesor/a tutor/a durante el curso

Alumno/a LIBRE Grupo: ...........................

INSTRUCCIONES PARA LA REALIZACIÓN DE ESTE EJERCICIO:

o No escribas en los cuadros destinados a la calificación de las tareas.

PUNTUACIÓN DEL EJERCICIO: _____ / 30

CALIFICACIÓN: ⃞ Superado ⃞ No Superado

NIVEL INTERMEDIO INGLÉS

Ex.: 0. The writer fell in love…

0. It can be seen from the distance. 0. ✔

4. It has been turned into a film studio. 4.

10. It stores valuable ornaments. 10.

Fascinating Castles and Palaces

Czech Republic had their offices.

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