UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER

FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH

DEPARTMENT
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SUFICIENCIA

Ccuta, ddd de mmmm de aaaa

Sr. Estudiante:
El siguiente es un modelo de pruebas de suficiencia en ingls creado por el rea
de Idiomas de la UFPS.
Le servir como orientacin para que se vaya preparando para la realizacin de la
prueba
Este modelo es de nivel bsico, no abarca toda la informacin para nivel
intermedio o avanzado
Cordialmente,

Lic. ALVARO RODRIGUEZ

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT
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TESTING FROM TOP NOTCH I

[CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Use logics, meaning, word order, grammar

construction: think before you answer
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_______________________ ?
Its on Saturday afternoon.
What time is the party?
When is the party?
Where is the party
Who is going to the party
What do you feel like eating?
________________________
Ill take the check, please
Coffee with milk
Im in the mood of pizza.
Ill drink orange juice
Excuse me. Im looking for Venture
Plaza.
_________________________________
Im sorry. I dont like bull fighting.
Im sorry. But I dont like singers.
Im sorry. Im from Venezuela.
Im sorry. Thats not my style
Shes trying to buy a PC Can you help
her?
________________________________ ?
Whats a HP 2008?
Whats she doing here?
What about a HP 2008?
Whats she trying to buy?

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT
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That Xerox machine isnt working.

__________________________
Its a pity.
How is it going?
Its making me crazy
Its a shame.

What does the serve come with?

___________________________
The check is included.
Well give the tip
Soup and salad
Forks, spoons, knives and dishes.

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A
B
C
D

Where are you from?

Im working in Mexico.
I come from Mexico.
Im from Mexico.
Im living in Mexico

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B
C
D

What does your best friend do?

He plays the guitar
He lives in Canada.
He teach French
He do not do anything.

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A
B
C
D

Mary goes to a concert every weekend.

Shes a musician.
Shes a fan
Shes a theater worker
Shes an athlete

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We have the same birth.

A Were cousins
B Were nephews

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH
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C Were twins
D Were nieces

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Children dont want

vegetables.
They love grains
They like sweets
They want cherry berries
They desire mild

fruit

and

Our TV is not working. There is no

picture no sound.
It wont turn on
It wont turn off
It wont turn in
It wont turn out
The sink is full of water. There is water
all over the floor.
It is clogged
It wont flush
It will flush
It is not clogged
Helen works at a restaurant. Shes
cooking excellent fish dishes
Shes a cooker
Shes a cook
Shes a expert in cooking fish
Shes an expert cooking fish
Nancy works for a company that
produces software. She has a large
experience in it.
Shes a programmer computer
Shes a computer programmer
Shes an inexperience worker
Shes a new worker in computing.
How often do you exercise?

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A
B
C
D

I usually walk at night

I walk usually at night
I walk at night usually
I never eat dinner at home

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B
C
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I hate to exercise. I like to watch games.

Im an athlete
Im a couch potato
Im a soccer player
Im a potato couch

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B
C
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I eat a lot of vegetables

I eat junk food
I eat canned food
I eat fatty food
I eat healthy food

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B
C
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My friend is 260 pounds of weight.

Hes normal
Hes over weighted
Hes under weight
Hes under of shape

20

Tell me about the different shirts you

sell.
Its larger than that
Its more larger than this.
Its beautiful than this
Its beautifuler than that

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B
C
D
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D
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The clerk is wrapping the shirts

Hes putting them in a stand
Hes putting them in a window stand
Hes putting them in a bag
Hes putting them in exhibition

Its warm today. You shouldnt

wear____
A Those sandals
B That V flannel

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT
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C Those gloves
D Those shorts

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B
C
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Your pants are too big

_________________________
You should need bigger ones
You should need boxers
You should need a belt.
You should need a bottom

TESTING FROM 11th 2008 PROGRAMS

ICFES STYLES
[CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Use logics, meaning, word order, grammar

construction: think before you answer
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A
B
C
D

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Does he plays soccer?
Does he play soccer?
Does he playing soccer?
Does he playings soccer

26
A
B
C
D

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Would drink beer every day?
Would you drinking beer every day?
Would you drink beer every day
Would you drank beer yesterday?

27
A
B
C

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Can I go out for a moment?
Do I can go out for a moment?
Can go out for a moment?

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D Do I can go out for a moment?
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A
B
C
D

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Did they ate fresh food?
Did they eaten fresh food?
Did they eat fresh food?
Did they eating fresh food?

29
A
B
C
D

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Have you been working here?
You have been working here?
Have been you working here?
Have you been work here?

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A
B
C
D

Which interrogative sentence is correct?

Have she understood the questions?
Has she understood the questions?
Have she understand the questions?
Has she understand the questions?

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A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

I didnt drove a taxi yesterday
I didnt driven a taxi yesterday
I didnt drive a taxi yesterday
I dont drive a taxi yesterday

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A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

He do not write novels
He does not write novels
He does not writes novels
He do not writes novels

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A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

They wasnt going to shop last week
They wasnt go to shop last week
They werent go to shop last week
They werent going to shop last week

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34
A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

She might not come to this country.
She mightnt come to this country.
She might not came to this country.
She mightnt came to this country.

35
A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

If I were a kid I would do it.
If I was a kid I would do it.
If I were a kid I did it
If I was a kid I did it

36
A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

English isnt been taught there.
English isnt been teach there
English isnt be teaching there
English isnt be teach there.

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A
B
C
D

Which negative sentence is correct?

Whisky hasnt been sold at the school
Whisky havent been sold at the school
Whisky hasnt been sell at the school
Whisky hasnt been sell at the school

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A
B
C
D

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

Jenny get up at five oclock every day.
Jenny gets up at five oclock every day.
Jenny is get up at five oclock every day.
Jenny gets up at five oclock every day.

39

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

We wake up at six thirty yesterday.
We woke up at six thirty yesterday.
We did woke up at six thirty yesterday.
We do wake up at six thirty yesterday.

A
B
C
D

40

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

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A
B
C
D

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Theyll jumpped a fence tomorrow.

Theyll jumped a fence tomorrow.
Theyll jump a fence tomorrow.
Theyll jumping a fence tomorrow.
Which affirmative sentence is correct?
I was breaking everything in the party
I were breaking everything in the party
I was break everything in the party
I were break everything in the party

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

He shall be run tomorrow.
He shall is running tomorrow.
He shall be ran tomorrow.
He shall be running tomorrow.
Which affirmative sentence is correct?
They have been lifting it for a month
They have been lift it for a month
They have be lifting it for a month
They have be lift I for a month

A
B
C
D

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

Teachers could informmed their students.
Teachers could inform their students
Teachers could informing their students
Teachers could informed their students

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A
B
C
D

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

There were a dead person last year.
There was a dead person year.
There are a dead person year.
There is a dead person year.

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION LANGUAGE DIVISION -ENGLISH
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46
A
B
C
D

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

There are people around the police station.
There is people around the police station.
There be people around the police station.
There was people around the police station

47
A
B
C
D

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

English was been speaking by Italians
English was being spoken by Italians.
English were been speaking by Italians
English were be spoken by Italians.

48

Which affirmative sentence is correct?

Lucy sent a gift to Fanny (they are
sisters)
She sent it to her.
She sent it to she.
She sent it to hers
She sent it to it.

A
B
C
D

TESTING READING COMPREHENSION

ICFES -- ECAES STYLES
Use logics, meaning, textual coherence and
reading comprehension: think before you answer
[CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER]

TEXT I
Classification, in biology, the identification, naming, and grouping of organisms
into a formal system. The huge numbers of living forms must be named and arranged in
an orderly manner so that biologists all over the world can be sure they know the exact
organism that is being examined and discussed.
Groups of organisms must be defined by the selection of important
characteristics, or shared traits, that make the members of each group similar to one
another and unlike members of other groups.

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Modern classification schemes also attempt to place groups into categories that
will reflect an understanding of the evolutionary processes underlying the similarities and
differences among organisms.
Such categories form a kind of pyramid, or hierarchy, in which the different
levels should represent the different degrees of evolutionary relationship. The hierarchy
extends upward from several million species, each made up of individual organisms that
are closely related, to a few kingdoms, each containing large assemblages of organisms,
many of which are only distantly related.
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B
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In what way should organisms be named?

According to each country biologists.
According to American biologists
According to university teachers.
According to worldwide science

50

What should the relationship be within

organisms?
They should be equally likely to others.
They should be of unlike similarity
They should be within the same trait
They should be members of different groups

A
B
C
D
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B
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D

How should organisms be defined?

By selection of all characteristics
By selection of basic traits
By selection of unshared characteristics
By selection of some characteristics

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B
C
D

Species are classified in

Thousands of kingdoms
Millions of kingdoms
Some kingdoms

Lots of kingdoms

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What item should be

classification?
Small numbers of living forms
Big numbers of living forms
Vast forms of living forms
A few numbers of living forms

named

in

New classification pretends to set groups

that show ... among them
what is the same
what is the difference
what is and what is not the same
what is not the same
From bottom to top they should indicate
evolutionary..
History
Friendship
Organization
Relationship

TEXT II
Recent Research. The metals, the halogens, and silicon have been traditional
subjects of research for inorganic chemists. Since World War II, the field of boron
chemistry has grown rapidly because of interest in the chemical similarities of boron to
carbon and silicon. For example, boron forms covalent bonds with itself and with certain
other elements, much as do carbon and silicon.
In metallic chemistry, the synthesis of organometallic and coordination
compounds, and the study of their chemical and physical properties, have attracted
interest among chemists during the past three decades. Organometallic compounds are
organic molecules containing at least one atom of a metal bonded to a carbon atom. A
familiar example of this class of substance is tetraethyl lead, which is often added to the
gasoline that fuels internal-combustion engines. Other organometallic compounds include
catalysts used in plastic manufacture and in organic synthesis.
The molecules of coordination compounds are characterized by a central metallic
atom surrounded by and bonded to nonmetallic atoms or groups of atoms termed ligands.
Examples of this class of compound include hemoglobin, chlorophyll, vitamin B12, and
many catalysts, dyes, and pigments.

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Other branches of inorganic chemistry include solid-state chemistry, which is
concerned with, among other things, the chemistry of semiconductors; ceramic chemistry;
high-temperature and high-pressure chemistry; geochemistry; and the chemistry of the
transuranium elements, the elements of the actinide series, and the rare earth elements.
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B
C
D

Elements/compounds of investigation for

inorganic chemistry are
Metals, halogens, carbon
Metals, silicon, boron
Carbon, chlorophyll, halogens
Halogens, carbon, boron
The make-up of compounds of coordination
is known as the study of
Compound chemistry
Organic chemistry
Metallic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry

Organometallic compounds are molecules

with as a bond carbon
Only one atom
Minimum has an atom
They have always many atoms
They do not have any one

Catalysts are used in..

A Production of plastics
B Production of organic make up
C Production of plastics and organic make up.
D Production of synthetic food

59

60 The chemistry of semiconductors is named:

A Solid-state chemistry

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B Solid chemistry
C Stated chemistry
D Geochemistry