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MODELO DE EXAMEN DE INGRESO PARA LOS ASPIRANTES QUE OPTEN POR LA OPCION B

PART ONE

READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. 
 

         Saddell  Castle, ‘fair pile and a strong’, was built by the Bishop of Argyll in 1508. By the end of the century it was the house of the Campbell family, who then held it for nearly four hundred years. It is a fine and complete tower-house with a walk-walk round the roof; and it stands at the mouth of a little river, facing the Isle of Arran across a narrow stretch of sea. When we bought it there were small trees growing from the roof, all the windows had gone, and it had not been lived in for many years-indeed it has all but fallen into ruin several times in its long life. 
 

        Inside, one bedroom has eighteenth-century woodwork, which was damaged but has now been repaired, and there is a good mid-nineteenth century sitting room. All the windows are set deep into the thick walls and, as usual in such buildings, a number of little cupboards have been hollowed out too. The floor just inside the front door was once removable so that unwelcome visitors could fall straight into a prison below, but it has now been screwed down. 
 

         Many Scottish castles and tower-house stand alone. Like that they are impressive, but a good deal less interesting than where, as here, the walls of all the out-buildings survive. The dairy, cattleshed, barn, stable and mill  were built at  the side of the castle for protection.

All the later structural repairs seem to have been a struggle-carried out with whatever was at hand, even poles from old carts, used as door-frames, and lengths of railway track. 
 

         Here and there in the castle buildings there are ornamental stones from the ruins of         Saddell Church which is a short distance up the valley. On the ground under the trees in that peaceful spot are many gravestones showing wild Scotsmen gripping their long swords or standing in their ancient ships of war-a reminder, as is all Saddell, of Scotland’s history, half sorrowful, but half splendid as well. 
 
 

1. Where is Saddell  Castle?

             A On the Isle of Arran.

             B By the sea.

             C In a small wood.

             D On a rocky hill. 
 
 

2. What has happened to Saddell  Castle over the centuries since it was built?

             A It has had a series of different owners.

             B Its owners have looked after it carefully.

             C It has nearly fallen down several times.

             D It has remained in much the same condition.

3. What is felt to be interesting about the inside of the castle?

             A The walls are very thick.

             B The woodwork was made in the eighteenth century.

             C The front door can  be lifted out.

                   D  Several windows have been blocked up.

4. What is thought to be interesting about the outside of the castle?

             A Bits of old gravestones have been built into the walls.

             B  Several doors are missing.

             C It is a difficult structure to repair.

             D The original farm-buildings are still standing. 
 

5. Today Saddell  Castle is

             A in ruins.

             B someone’s house.

             C a working farm.

             D part of a church 
 

USE OF LANGUAGE

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 
 

EXAMPLE: I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.

ANSWER: It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.

1. We had never been so happy before.

We were ………………………………………………………………………………….

2. I’m sorry that I didn’t learn to ride a bicycle when I was younger.

I regret ……………………………………………………………………………………

3. The police made the boat turn back.

       The boat …………………………………………………………………………………..

4. I have never been to the ballet before.

It’s ………………………………………………………………………………………..

       e)He spoke so quickly that I couldn’t understand what he said.

He spoke too ……………………………………………………………………………...

f)She asked John to repeat what he had said.

      Please ……………………………………………………………………………………

g)She  didn’t work hard enough, so she lost her job.

     The reason ………………………………………………………………………………..

h)I’m grateful that you looked after my mother so well.

      Thank you ………………………………………………………………………………...

i)It’s impossible to cross the road because of the traffic. 
 

The traffic makes it ………………………………………………………………………

j)The switch  was too high for him to reach.

      He wasn’t tall…………………………………………………………………………….. 
 

PART TWO

COMPOSITION

Write one of the following compositions. Your composition must be between 150 and 200 words. 
 
 

1. You are unable to keep an appointment  owing to your train breaking down. Write a letter explaining the situation  and asking for another appointment. Make the beginning and the ending as those of an ordinary letter.
2. If you had to spend two days completely alone, how would you occupy your time?
3. Describe any film that you have particularly enjoyed.

PART THREE

INTERVIEW

You will be given a passage to comment on. 
 

Read one of the following passages and decide. 
 

1. whether you think it is written or spoken.
2. Who is writing or speaking.
3. What the passage is about.
4. What you think about the subject.

(i)I was to start on the Monday, so along I went. They  took me to the general office and you should have seen the mess! There was no floor covering whatsoever, and so dusty everywhere. The box files on the shelves were falling to pieces and old papers were scattered everywhere. The worst shock of all were the tea cups. It was my duty to make tea mornings and afternoons. The tea things were kept in an old orange-box, and the cups were all cracked. After three days I told Mum, and she was upset… 
 

(ii)I find it very difficult to be optimistic…I’ve applied for 130 jobs in the last two years and it’s always the same story …Come back when you’ve got a bit of experience . I mean, how can I get the experience if nobody wants to give me any work? I suppose I shouldn’t have left school quite so early but I thought it would  be easier to get a job if I did…I don’t know what I’ll do. 
 
 

(iii)SENIOR EXECUTIVES? DIRECTORS. To be or…?

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