Hoja de ejercicios de Comprensión lectora (exámenes de acceso) con soluciones

An email reads: “Hi team, the staff meeting has moved from Monday at 2 p.m. to Tuesday at 2 p.m. It will still be held in Room 4. Thanks, Dana.” What has changed about the meeting?

1. AThe room
2. BThe day
3. CThe time of 2 p.m.
4. DThe person in charge

Blood contains several kinds of cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body. White blood cells help fight infection. Platelets help the blood to clot when you are cut. Which cells help fight infection?

1. APlatelets
2. BRed blood cells
3. CWhite blood cells
4. DNerve cells in the blood

“Sara loves to read. For example, she finishes two or three books every week.” What does the phrase “For example” show?

1. AAn example supporting the first sentence follows.
2. BThe second sentence disagrees with the first.
3. CThe writer is about to end the story here.
4. DA different opinion is about to be given.

“Sound travels as vibrations. It moves faster through water than through air, and faster still through solids such as steel.” Through which material does sound travel fastest, according to the passage?

1. AEmpty space
2. BAir
3. CWater
4. DSteel

“Turn the oven off, then let the cake cool in the tin for ten minutes. After that, turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely before icing.” What should be done just before the cake is iced?

1. ATurn the oven back on.
2. BLet it cool completely on a wire rack.
3. CPut it in the fridge for ten minutes.
4. DLeave it in the tin for an hour.

A notice in the staff room reads: “The parking lot will be repaved on Tuesday. Staff should park in the overflow lot on Elm Street. Shuttle buses will run every 10 minutes from 6 a.m.” What is the main purpose of the notice?

1. ATo announce a new shuttle bus route to the city
2. BTo ask staff to work an extra shift on Tuesday
3. CTo explain why the parking lot is being repaved
4. DTo tell staff where to park during the repaving

Passage: “Gutenberg’s printing press, developed in the 1400s, made books faster and cheaper to produce. As more books became available, more people learned to read, and new ideas spread quickly across Europe.” Which sequence of effects does the passage describe?

1. ACheaper books, wider reading, faster spread of ideas
2. BWider reading, then the printing press
3. CFewer books, so fewer people learned to read
4. DNew ideas, then cheaper paper, then more printers

The author writes: “Some argue that we should spend money on space exploration only after solving problems on Earth. But research for space has led to inventions used in medicine and everyday life.” What is the purpose of the second sentence?

1. ATo agree that Earth’s problems come first
2. BTo argue that space travel should end
3. CTo show that space research also benefits Earth
4. DTo explain how rockets are built