The history of discos
Have you ever wondered where the modern disco
started? Before the Second World War, men and women going to nightclubs danced
in couples to live bands. But in Paris during the war, jazz bands were banned
in clubs. People still wanted to dance, so they took along their gramophone
players instead, and the first ‘Discotheques' were created.
The idea remained popular after the war, partly
because it was cheaper to pay a DJ than a whole band, and soon Parisian
Discotheques were copied in the USA and other countries.
It was the arrival of a dance craze called ‘The
Twist' in 1961 that really made discos though, as for the first time couples
danced without touching each other. Even Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of the US
President, was photographed doing the dance.
Fashion, music and technology have moved on
quite a bit since then, but the basic idea was never forgotten.
(Adapted from Cunningham, S. & Moor, P.
(2002) New Cutting Edge Intermediate, p. 71)
1. Where were Gramophones invented? (6 puntos)
a. To the soldiers’ houses
b. To the war
c. To the President’s house
d. The reading doesn´t
say it.
2. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
(3 puntos)
a. describe how women and men dance twist
b. giving an
explanation about the begining of the disco
c. encourage the reader to have more fun in
life
d. recommend a famous discotheque
3. Which of the following best describes the
reader’s opinion about Twist? (3 puntos)
a. This music was
intended for soldiers from the Second World War
b. Jazz was more popular than twist because the
couples could dance together
c. Its movements still inspire modern music
d. Twist was never popular
Texting Trolls
Well, it happened once again. Tremor Troll had
another crush. This time it was the new girl in class, Tina Troll.
Tremor was very shy and reluctant to actually
talk to a girl. “How can I introduce myself to her?” he asked his close friend,
Trogmire Troll.
“Send her a nice text message,” Trogmire
suggested. “I can get her number from her friend, Tammy Troll.
Tremor had gotten his first cell phone just two
days earlier so this would be the perfect time to enter the world of texting.
“Great idea!” Tremor said, “I can think all day in school about what I’ll say.”
The boys got together after school and Tremor
was ready. “I’ll say, ‘Hi, I’m Tremor,’” he told his friend.
Trogmire entered Tina’s number for Tremor and
quickly typed and sent the message for him. It seemed like forever to Tremor,
but in less than a minute a response triggered a musical tone from his phone.
“She sent me an answer!” Tremor gasped, shaking
all over.
Trogmire, who considered himself to be a cell
phone expert, said, “No, she sent you a reply!”
Tremor stared at the screen with a confused
look. “This is hard to read,” he groaned.
“That’s because we texters use all kinds of
shortcuts to make typing go faster,” Trogmire explained. “Here, let me
translate for you. It says, ‘Tremor, you are ugly and you smell bad too.’”
“Did she really say that?” Tremor asked.
“Yes, she really did,” Trogmire replied.
Tremor jumped up and shouted, “This is the
happiest day of my life!”
And so, Tremor Troll and Tina Troll became good
friends. But as things often go, true romance did not blossom. Tremor’s crushes
were always fleeting and Tina Troll was more interested in her hobby,
collecting rare bed bugs, than in having a serious relationship.
However, Tremor Troll’s love of texting had
been born and went on and on and on.
4. How much time did Tremor plan to spend on
creating a message? (3 puntos)
a. a little more than two days
b. Meanwhile a student
goes to school during a day
c. less time than it takes to blink
d. thirteen years
5. How much time did Tremor plan to spend on
creating a message? (3 puntos)
a. thirteen years
b. less time than it takes to blink
c. a little more than two days
d. about the length of
one school day
6. This experience led Tremor to _______. (6
puntos)
a. order pizza by phone
b. marry Tina
c. love texting
d. hate bugs
7. Trogmire was proud of his _______. (6
puntos)
a. athletic abilit
b. knowledge about
cell phones
c. lack of interest in texting
d. buttermilk pancakes
8. The best translation for the following
sentence: Se vende pan (3 puntos)
a. Bread is selled
b. It is bread sold
c. it was bread sold
d. Bread
is sold
9. For twenty-five years, female athletes
competing at the international level were
tested (test) to see whether they were really female. Women who failed (fail) were barred (bar) from competition and told to fake a career-ending
injury, thus destroying their dreams of medals and careers in sports. Also, for
the women who failed (fail) the
test, the process called (call) into
question their very identities as women. The suspicion that several Eastern
European women medalists were in fact men driven
(drive) the push to begin testing. For the first test in 1966, the athletes were told (tell) to strip for a medical
examination. Every woman who attended
(attend) passed (pass) the test, but
not every woman showed up. Perhaps the justification to continue this testing was fueled (fuel) by these no-shows. (30
puntos)
10. Change to active voice: two million dollars
are robbed from the bank on Baker Street by "the dog gang" (6 puntos)
a. "the dog gang" robs two million
dollars from the bank on Baker Street
b. on Baker Street
were robbed two million dollars from the bank
c.
"the dog gang" were robbed two million dollars from the bank on Baker
Street
d. Baker Street robbed two million dollars from
the bank
11. Change active voice to passive voice: Strangers
stole a valuable artifact from the art museum. (6) puntos
a. a valuable artifact
was stolen from the art museum by strangers
b. a valuable artifact was steal by strangers
from the art museum
c. a
valuable artifact was stole from the art museum by strangers
d. a valuable artifact stole from the art
museum by strangers
CALIFICACION 60/75