TEC THE English College - Gijón

Pruebas de Aptitud para el Acceso a la Universidad (10)

INGLÉS

Mrs Brown was tired after her day's shopping in London, so she went into a restaurant for a cup of tea before catching the train home. When she had ordered her tea, she suddenly remembered that she had to buy some medicine for her husband, who had a cough. "Is there a chemist's near here?" she asked the waiter. "Yes, madam," the waiter said, "it's only three minutes' walk away. Turn right when you go out of the restaurant, then take the second turning on the left. You'll find a big chemist's about a hundred yards up the road on the right-hand side. It closes at five, but if you hurry, you'll just get there in time."
Mrs Brown followed the waiter's directions carefully and found the chemist's shop without any difficulty. She bought the cough mixture and started to make her way back to the restaurant. But after she had been walking for about ten minutes and there was still no sign of the restaurant, she realised she must have made a wrong turn. "Oh! I am stupid!" said Mrs Brown. "I've left all my shopping in the restaurant and now I'm lost." She was still wondering what to do when a policeman came up and asked if he could help. Mrs Brown explained what had happened. The policeman suggested going back to the chemist's and starting again, and soon they found the restaurant. Mrs Brown thanked the policeman for his help. He smiled and said that it was quite easy to get lost in a big city like London.

QUESTIONS

1. How far was the chemist's from the restaurant? (1 punto)

2. Did Mrs Brown reach the chemist's in time? Explain. (1 punto)

3. When did Mrs Brown realise that she was lost? (1 punto)

4. Find words or phrases in the passage which mean much the same as the following (1 punto):
a) instructions about how to get to a place b) to return c) to make a mistake

5. Write the dialogue between Mrs Brown and the policeman, following the information given in the last paragraph of the text. (2 puntos)

6. Describe your first visit to a big city. (80-90 words) 4 puntos.