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Test 5: El mar y el tiempo

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Un test mixto de nivel de dominio sobre la navegación, las tormentas y las costas: colocaciones precisas, condicionales, comparativos y formación de palabras.

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

Elige la palabra o expresión que mejor completa cada frase.

The islanders ___ out a modest living from fishing and a little farming.
- a) eked
- b) edged
- c) stretched
- d) pulled
A thick fog ___ in from the sea, and within minutes the harbour had vanished.
- a) rode
- b) rolled
- c) rang
- d) rowed
Had the crew heeded the warning, the ship ___ safely into harbour.
- a) would sail
- b) had sailed
- c) would have sailed
- d) sailed
The forecast was so ___ that nobody could decide whether to sail.
- a) equivocal
- b) equitable
- c) equable
- d) equivalent
Sailors are famously ___ about omens and luck.
- a) suspicious
- b) supercilious
- c) superficial
- d) superstitious
The ship ran ___ on a sandbank and had to wait for the tide.
- a) afloat
- b) aground
- c) abeam
- d) adrift
The more the wind rose, ___ the sea became.
- a) the rougher
- b) rougher
- c) the roughest
- d) as rough
Whatever the season, the coast road is liable ___ flooding at high tide.
- a) for
- b) of
- c) to
- d) with

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

Escribe la palabra o palabras que faltan en cada hueco. Escribe una sola palabra, a menos que el ejercicio necesite claramente una frase corta.

Scarcely had the boat left the harbour ___ the wind began to rise.
The crossing, ___ in good weather takes an hour, took nearly four.
Had the crew not been experienced, they ___ never have reached the shore.
The tide is due to turn at noon, ___ which point the channel will be impassable.
The island is cut off from the mainland ___ high tide.
Rough ___ the weather was, the ferry kept to its timetable.
She had no ___ but to turn back when the wind veered.
It was not ___ the fog lifted that they saw how close they had come to the rocks.

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.

The ___ of the coastline makes navigation difficult without local knowledge. (REGULAR)
The captain’s ___ saved the ship when the engine failed. (COMPOSE)
Fishermen are often remarkably ___ about the weather. (KNOW)
The storm struck with ___ force, tearing the sails to ribbons. (PRECEDENT)
The sea can look ___ calm and still be dangerous below the surface. (DECEIVE)
The ___ of the water near the rocks made landing impossible. (TURBULENT)
Her ___ was beyond question, even in the worst gale. (SEAMAN)
The sea is notoriously ___ in autumn. (PREDICT)

Respuestas

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

a) ekedTo eke out a living significa sobrevivir con dificultad. Es un verbo con partícula fijo.
b) rolledFog rolls in es la colocación habitual. Los demás verbos no se combinan con fog.
c) would have sailedEste es un tercer condicional: had + participio pasado en la oración con if, would have + participio pasado en el resultado.
a) equivocalEquivocal significa que admite más de una interpretación. Equable describe un temperamento o un clima estable.
d) superstitiousSuperstitious significa que cree en los presagios y en la suerte. Los demás tienen otros significados.
b) agroundRun aground significa quedar varado en el fondo en aguas poco profundas. Afloat sería lo contrario.
a) the rougherThe more ... the + comparativo es la estructura correlativa.
c) toLiable to significa propenso a sufrir algo. Liable for significaría legalmente responsable.

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

when / beforeScarcely ... when/before es el par habitual, con inversión después de Scarcely.
whichUna oración de relativo explicativa necesita which, no that.
would / could / mightEste es un tercer condicional invertido, así que la oración de resultado usa un modal + have + participio pasado.
at / by / after / fromAt which point, by which point, after which point y from which point sirven todos en esta oración de relativo explicativa.
at / duringAt high tide y during high tide son ambos naturales.
as / thoughRough as/though the weather was significa although the weather was rough.
choice / option / alternativeNo choice, no option o no alternative but to es un patrón fijo.
until / tillIt was not until/till ... that es la estructura hendida para el tiempo.

Parte 3: Formación de palabras

irregularityEl sustantivo es la forma negativa irregularity.
composureComposure es el sustantivo para la calma bajo presión.
knowledgeableEl adjetivo es knowledgeable.
unprecedentedUnprecedented significa que nunca había ocurrido antes.
deceptivelySe necesita un adverbio antes de calm: deceptively.
turbulenceEl sustantivo es turbulence.
seamanshipSeamanship es la habilidad para manejar un barco.
unpredictableEl adjetivo negativo es unpredictable.