Practica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Read the text. IT IS GOOD FOR YOU Research has shown that friendship can make a positive difference in the health of senior citizens, but a new study shows that relationships can have a similar impact on the health of people at every life stage. And that is especially true for teens and young adults. The new study, from researchers at the University of North Carolina, suggests that people with good, supportive relationships are also healthier. Besides, friendship helps young people to avoid social isolation, which has a negative impact comparable to a lack of exercise. Adapted from www huffingtonpost.com Choose the appropriate option to complete each sentence based on the previous text. (Items from 31 to 33) 31) Friends are in people's health, A) negative B) irrelevant XC beneficial DB) aproblem 18 Escaneado con CamScanner32) Friendship helps people to be A) fitter isolated C) ~ negative healthier 33) Friends may help young people to A¥ study better BR ao social isolation €) Brercise more frequently D) develop unhealthy relationships Practica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 78 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Read the text. VALUES IN COSTA RICA Costa Rica is a country with an extremely pleasant way of life, often based on solid family values. Costa Ricans are open-minded, friendly and liberal people, willing to consider alternative views. The social side of life is extremely important in Costa Rican life, and nothing is more cherished and sacred than family. It is normal to find the same groups living, working and playing together, and this promotes a culture of solidarity and unity. In Costa Rica, family values are strong throughout all levels of society and it is quite normal for three generations to live within one household, each one with a role to play. Spending time with their families is something Costa Ricans really love. Adapted from www.culturesmartconsulting.com Choose the appropriate option to complete each sentence based on the previous text. (Items from 34 to 36) 34) Costa Ricans are Ic open-minded B) _unsociable people ) extremely untriendly D) _allconservative people 20 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 35) Costa Ricans have A) a violent society strong family ties close-minded beliefs }) an unpleasant way of life 36) Costa Ricans really like AF being conservative B) spending time alone C) being away from their families spending time with their families 21 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Is 6 € Read the text. COSTA RICAN POPULATION IS CHANGING The population in Costa Rica is changing. Although the population level has remained stable since 2009, the size of the elderly population in society is rapidly increasing. It means that there will be fewer children, but more elderly people. According te a recent study, it is believed that by 2025 there will be ‘one million people over the age of 65. That is three times the number of seniors today in the country, This is mainly because of the life expectancy in the country, and the high standard medical services provided to the elderly. Normally, most people live in Costa Rica 79.3 years, an that is being surpassed quickly by many people. However, the challenge today is that seniors require more specialized medical attention which is increasingly expensive, Adapted from the Intemet Choose the appropriate option to complete each sentence based on the previous text. (Items from 37 to 40) 37) Asa group, senior citizens in Costa Rica, BX are decreasing rapidly do not reach 65 years re increasing very fast D) donot need medical attention Escaneado con CamScanner 22Practica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 38) The elderly population by 2025, A) will decrease rapidly will be about one milion C)_ won't get medical attention BX wont live more than 65 years 39) Most Costa Ricans live about Ys eighty years we sixty-five years cc) ahundred years ) less than sixty-five years 9 40) Medical attention for the elderly is A) very cheap By not expensive very expensive x not specialized 23 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Read the dialogue. Situation: Liza and Hanna are talking about their grandparents. | Liza: You live with your parents, right? Hanna: Yes, | live with my parents and my grandparents started living with us five years ago. | love them very much. My grandparents are very important to me, Liza: Why are they important to you? Hanna: They are very loving. They always help me and they give me advice all the time, They are retired, but they are stil very active. Liza: Really? | see they are really important in your life Hanna: Sure. What about your grandparents? Liza: Well, I don’t live with them. | live with my parents, but we often visit them. They live in Puntarenas. Hanna: How often do you see them? Liza: Once or twice a month. As well as your grandparents, my grandparents are very active and dynamic. They have a small store. Hanna: Interesting. They still work. A Liza: Yes, they do, Hanna: Thai nice. Choose the appropriate option to answer each question based on the previous dialogue. (items from 41 to 44) 41) Who does Hanna live with? With her family B) _ mother only grandparents only D) family in Puntarenas 24 Escaneado con CamScanner6 Practica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 DGEC 42) How do Hanna's grandparents help her? They A) work forher B) employ herina store Cj take her to Puntarenas give her advice all the time 43) What are Liza's grandparents like? They are A) lazy B) inactive SS veryactive D) not dynamic 44) What do Liza’s grandparents do? They A) are retired B) do not work 2% owna small store BD) do notdo anything 2 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 DOEC Read the text. ICE CUSTOMERS TO FACE INTERRUPTIONS Customers of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) in five provinces can expect interruptions in their phone, Internet and cable service this week. ICE announced that it is conducting maintenance work on all its telecommunications networks. The work will cause a rolling suspension of ICE's home and business Intemet servi and mobile phones, mobile Internet and cable TV. ICE customers in Alajuela, Guanacaste and Puntarenas will experience interruptions in s, landline their mobile lines and mobile Internet, and customers in Guanacaste will have interruptions of all ICE services. Other communities south of San José, including La Y Griega, San Francisco and Palmita, will face interruptions of all the services, too. Limon and Heredia won't have any interruptions in the services. Adapted from www-ticotimes.net Choose the appropriate option to complete each sentence based on the previous text (Items from 45 to 47) 45) Some services will be A) cancelled in Heredia B) cancelled in Alajuela only OX interrupted in five provinces D) ~ interrupted all over the country 26 Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 46) ICE will A) offer anew mobile service B) eliminate some services in Limén carry out some maintenance work interrupt some services in the whole country 47) Customers in Alajuela will have interruptions with A) all ICE services B) only their mobile lines C), their cable TV service their mobile lines and mobile Intemet a Escaneado con CamScannerPractica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Read the text. TWITTER ‘Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, called tweets, restricted to 140 characters. Twitter was created in March 2006, and the service rapidly gained worldwide popularity. In 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day. Registered users can post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface, SMS or a mobile device application. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as the SMS of the Intemet. In 2016, Twitter had more than 349 million monthly active users. ‘Adapted from the Internet Choose the appropriate option to complete each sentence based on the previous text. (items from 48 to 50) 48) Twitter is “ really popular ®) an unrestricted application €) an unpopular social network: D) available only in the United Sates 28 Escaneado con CamScanner6 Practica (B) Inglés / Bachillerato a tu Medida / Prueba N° 02-2019 Is € 49) Twitter allows unregistered users to A) _post messages read messages ‘write more than 140 characters D) send messages without any restrictions 50) Registered users can ‘through Twitter. post tweets B) onlyread tweets C) restrict messages BD) write more than 140 words 28 Escaneado con CamScanner