TEC THE English College - Gijón

Pruebas de Aptitud para el Acceso a la Universidad (6)

INGLÉS

Read the text and then answer the questions:

A thousand years ago York was one of the largest, richest and most famous cities in the whole of Britain. A monk at that time described it as packed with a huge population, rich merchandise, and merchants “from all parts, especially Danes”. People in the 10th century called it Jorvik, and knew it as capital of the North of England, and one of Europe’s greatest ports. It owed its prosperity to the hard work and commercial enterprise of the Vikings from Scandinavia who had captured it in AD 866 and almost totally rebuilt it.
Most of the city’s buildings were made of wood, and have long since then been demolished, or have burnt down or rotted away. In some parts of modern York, however, archaeologists have found that remains of Jorvik do still survive. They are below the streets and buildings of the 20th century city. These same archaeologists believe that whole streets of houses, shops, workshops will be found in the future, and that every aspect of life at the time will be reconstructed.

Questions

1. Why was Jorvik a prosperous city in the 10th century? (1 punto)

2. Why will we be able to know how Vikings lived in Jorvik? (1 punto)

3. Why did many of the houses of Jorvik disappear? (1 punto)

4. Put the following sentences in the passive: (1 punto)
(a) Archaeologists have found remains of houses and workshops.
(b) People knew Jorvik as the capital of Northern England.

5. (2 puntos)
A.-Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense:
When the Vikings first…..(attack) England, York….(be) a very small village. But in a few years
it…..(grow) to a wonderful size. It in fact …..(become) a famous port, because it…..(carry) a lively trade
with many other commercial areas of Europe.
B.- Find a synonym in the text for each of these words:
Wealthiest / traders / entirely / think

6.- Describe a town or a city that you like. (100-120 words). (4 puntos)