Reverdecer el Sahara y otros temas en inglés: ejercicios resueltos con respuestas y corrección

Ejercicios de comprensión lectora y gramática en inglés

A continuación encontrarás una serie de textos con ejercicios de verdadero/falso, comprensión, vocabulario y gramática. Las respuestas correctas aparecen indicadas en cada apartado.

1. Greening the Sahara

Greening the Sahara: 1: a) True. Egypt's population is expected to double by 2050… b) False. So the government is keen to encourage people to settle in the desert by moving ahead with an expensive plan to reclaim 3.4 million acres of desert over the next 10 years.

2: a) Tarek el-Kowmey is proud of his crops. b) Desert tourism can be more profitable and will not destroy fragile flora and fauna.

3: a) vast b) likely c) because d) rather than.

4: a) as... from b) travelling… most ancient… was built c) on d) which… to promote.

2. The International Year of the Potato

1: a) False. Only in Antarctica is the potato neither cultivated nor consumed. b) False. Over the next two decades, the world's population is expected to grow on average by more than 100 million people a year.

2: a) call global attention to the important role of this nutritious plant. b) Apart from being a staple food, it has played a role in their history, traditions and culture.

3: a) goal b) flavour c) abundant d) surely.

4: a) which… in/of b) stronger… more productive c) was introduced… to solve d) Politicians asked if/whether the new food policy would be successful.

3. Music therapy can help children with communication problems

1: a) False. But, after the operation… speak. b) False. The toddlers undergoing… introverted.

2: a) Since music has very particular features which make it very appropriate. Music is a good communicative way and it is non-verbal, which is perfect for children who are not yet able to speak. b) They have some musical activities and, on the other hand, they play with games but without any kind of music, to increasingly improve their communicative skills.

3: a) undergoes b) toddlers c) suitable d) researchers.

4: a) which… between b) are videotaped… to c) so much… by d) The mother said that her son had improved his communication with music therapy.

4. Not Without My Dog

1: a) False. Mary Marcus of… policy. b) True. Marcus can't… rooms.

2: a) Pluto is a very happy dog which is always doing funny things to make people laugh. b) Pets are now more important for American families than they used to be only ten years ago.

3: a) inappropriate b) vivacious c) trend d) realizing.

4: a) so… them. b) to admit… don't like. c) began… between. d) leaving… on.

5. Where does Dracula come from?

1: a) True. Stoker, the author… London. b) False. When his ship… dog.

2: a) Whitby is the little town where the author probably got the inspiration to write his famous novel. b) Countess Báthory was an aristocrat from Hungary who killed girls in the 1600s and was arrested for it. She is important because she supposedly bathed in the blood of her victims to keep her skin young.

3: a) picturesque b) engaged c) appears d) habit.

4: a) though… than. b) has been… what. c) deals… is explained. d) what else she had seen.

6. Mobile phones in social life

1: a) True. Now everywhere… mobile phones. b) True. If you really… outset.

2: a) Because using the mobile phone at a social event such as a wedding, a birthday or a friends' meeting could be understood as a synonym of boredom. b) The text tells us it could be a good idea to ask them to move away if they are disturbing us, even if they are inside our car.

3: a) perhaps b) outset c) apologize d) come across.

4: a) using… is applied. b) have been… than. c) who… from. d) if she had a mobile phone in her bag.

7. The truth about bears

1: a) True. And he… on maps. b) False. And so he… animals.

2: a) The biologist has discovered that they prefer larvae to honey, berries and nuts. b) He thinks that humans are dangerous because they kill more people than bears do.

3: a) creatures b) trust c) detachment d) wave.

4: a) believes… to eat. b) about… must. c) don't need to dissect an animal to know a lot about it. d) the bear not to worry when he went near him.

8. India's economic revival

1: a) True. Europeans… dust. b) True. By 1870… nation.

2: a) The Chinese emperors of the Ming dynasty are mentioned in the text because they were not enemies of the Indian Mughal dynasty. b) The Portuguese, Dutch and British had a bad economic influence on India.

3: a) wealth b) dust c) peak d) famine.

4: a) which… longest. b) from… means. c) long… takes. d) the… defeating.

9. Self-driving Google cars

1: a) False. With someone… interventions. b) True. Because the… consumption.

2: a) Google's self-driving cars have a small size and, if you see them from above and outside, you will notice that this new Google device has a cylindrical object which holds various technical devices to record and see other cars.

3: a) harder b) eventually c) reducing d) proof.

4: a) bought… has been complaining. b) than… are. c) are… driving. d) by… an.