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Test 5: Museos y patrimonio cultural

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Un test mixto de nivel avanzado sobre museos, colecciones y patrimonio: colocaciones, inversión, oraciones de relativo y formación de palabras.

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

Elige la palabra o expresión que mejor completa cada frase.

  1. The museum's oldest galleries have ___ a major restoration.
    • a) undertaken
    • b) undergone
    • c) undermined
    • d) underlined
  2. Visitors are invited to ___ their own conclusions about the objects.
    • a) draw
    • b) do
    • c) pull
    • d) pick
  3. The curators were careful not to ___ any particular interpretation on visitors.
    • a) oppose
    • b) propose
    • c) impose
    • d) expose
  4. Many artefacts were acquired under ___ circumstances, and their ownership is now disputed.
    • a) questioning
    • b) questionable
    • c) questioned
    • d) queried
  5. The curved glass walls of the new wing are ___ of a ship's hull.
    • a) remindful
    • b) recollective
    • c) memorial
    • d) reminiscent
  6. Funding for small regional museums has been ___ in recent years.
    • a) evaded
    • b) eluded
    • c) erased
    • d) eroded
  7. Had the roof not been repaired last winter, the collection ___ irreparably damaged in the storms that followed.
    • a) would have been
    • b) would be
    • c) had been
    • d) will have been
  8. ___ to depict the museum's founder, the portrait hangs in the entrance hall.
    • a) Thinking
    • b) Thought
    • c) Think
    • d) Having thought

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

Escribe una palabra en cada hueco.

  1. Not until the 1990s ___ the site opened to the public.
  2. The collection, parts ___ which date from the Bronze Age, is on loan.
  3. So great ___ the demand for tickets that the exhibition was extended.
  4. Entry is free, ___ donations are welcome.
  5. The museum cannot afford to buy the painting, ___ much it would like to.
  6. Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits, ___ matter how tempting.
  7. The restoration took twice as long ___ anyone had expected.
  8. She devoted her life ___ preserving the traditions of the region.

Parte 3: Formación de palabras

Usa la palabra en MAYÚSCULAS al final de cada frase para formar una palabra que encaje en el hueco. Escribe una sola palabra.

  1. The painting's ___ was confirmed by laboratory analysis. (AUTHENTIC)
  2. Several treasures were ___ removed from the site by looters last century. (LEGAL)
  3. Visitors found the exhibition both ___ and thought-provoking. (INFORM)
  4. The curator spoke with great ___ about the collection. (ENTHUSE)
  5. The museum's ___ policy allows free entry on Sundays. (INCLUDE)
  6. The decision to build on the site was widely seen as ___, and protests soon followed. (ACCEPT)
  7. A ___ large number of manuscripts survive in private collections. (SURPRISE)
  8. Local volunteers have been ___ in protecting the site from erosion. (INSTRUMENT)

Respuestas

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

  1. b) undergoneUndergo significa experimentar algo. Las galerías son lo que se restaura, así que undertaken no encaja.
  2. a) drawLa colocación es draw a conclusion.
  3. c) imposeImpose something on someone significa imponérselo a alguien por la fuerza.
  4. b) questionableQuestionable significa dudoso o criticable.
  5. d) reminiscentBe reminiscent of significa hacerte pensar en otra cosa.
  6. d) erodedFunding is eroded cuando se reduce poco a poco.
  7. a) would have beenEl tercer condicional invertido (Had ... not been) se refiere aquí a un resultado pasado (in the storms that followed), así que necesitamos would have been.
  8. b) ThoughtUna oración pasiva reducida, Thought to depict, significa which is thought to depict.

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

  1. wasNot until al principio de una oración exige inversión: was the site opened.
  2. ofParts of which es una oración de relativo con una estructura partitiva.
  3. wasSo great al principio va seguido de inversión: was the demand.
  4. but / although / though / yet / and / while / whilstCualquiera de estas palabras une las dos ideas con sentido; but, although, though, yet, while y whilst añaden un ligero contraste.
  5. howeverHowever much expresa concesión: no matter how much it would like to. As necesitaría dos palabras aquí (as much as).
  6. noNo matter how + adjetivo significa however.
  7. asUn multiplicador como twice va seguido de as + adjetivo + as: twice as long as.
  8. toSe dice devote something to + -ing: devoted her life to preserving.

Parte 3: Formación de palabras

  1. authenticityEl sustantivo de authentic es authenticity.
  2. illegallyNecesitamos un adverbio negativo que modifique a removed: illegally.
  3. informativeEl adjetivo informative combina con thought-provoking después de both ... and.
  4. enthusiasmDespués de great necesitamos un sustantivo: enthusiasm.
  5. inclusive / inclusionAntes del sustantivo policy necesitamos un adjetivo: inclusive. El sustantivo inclusion también se puede usar antes de policy.
  6. unacceptableDespués de seen as el adjetivo necesita un sentido negativo: unacceptable.
  7. surprisinglyAntes del adjetivo large necesitamos un adverbio: surprisingly.
  8. instrumentalBe instrumental in significa desempeñar un papel importante en algo.

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