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NIVEL – intermedio
30 minutos cada ejercicio
CARNIVAL
 
Rio Carnival. Barcelona: photo: barcelonaphotoblog.com (Carlos Lorenzo)
En la prueba del cloze debes seleccionar la palabra correcta a partir de una
de las cuatro opciones y poner la palabra en el espacio enumerado.
Consejos:
1. Lea el artículo completo rápidamente para entender el tópico.
2. Lea cada párrafo cuidadosamente.
3. Y entonces adicione la palabra correcta (NO la letra de elección)
Una regla general: tomate al menos cinco minutos al final de la prueba para verificar tus respuestas. ¡No es un crucigrama!
The biggest carnivals are traditionally held in the weeks before Lent (Cuaresma) (1) ……………….... and end on the (2) …………..…. before Ash Wednesday, this being Mardi Gras, which in French means ‘Fat Tuesday’.
Carnival was a great (3) ……..……………. for people to enjoy themselves before the rigors of lent.
RIO DE JANEIRO CARNIVAL IS SPECTACULAR
The most spectacular (4) ………………… in the world is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lasts for four days. It attracts more (5) ...…..………. 750,000 tourists, including cruise ships.
It is (6) ….……………… for its samba parades with their beautiful colors and even more beautiful (7) ….………..…..
The famous samba parade is presented in the Sambadromo, a specially developed avenue with stands and seats for 60,000 people.
Carnival sets off street (8) ……….………… all over Brazil. The parades are (9) ……………….. on live television in many countries and the exciting (10) ……………....... are reported in newspapers all over the world.
MARDI GRAS, A FAMOUS CARNIVAL
In normal times Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, is (11) …………………. the best
(12) ………………. carnival. It runs from 6 January to Mardi Gras, but
(13) ………..…….…. of the action is in the last two (14) ………….……….
 
Mardi Gras, New Orleans. Rio Carnival
The Mardi Gras carnival is strongly linked with French traditions, jazz bands and concerts. It also (15) ………………… many thousands of tourists.
One curious thing about Mardi Gras is that spectators buy or
(16) ………….………. wooden stepladders of about five or six feet so that they can put them up at the curb [not at the back] and (17) …….………….. up them to see the parade – and also to catch more than their share of the beads that are thrown from the passing floats.
THE VENICE CARNIVAL
In Europe, the Venice Carnival is a big event with a long
(18) …….…………. They often mix past and (19) ………………….; recently they showed carnival costumes from the 12th to 19th century, and they had a massive masked parade.
Masks are always linked with the Venice festival and this,
(20) …………………. with the mystery of the city itself, seems to make the Venice festival more serious than the others.
 
Venice Carnival. Preston Carnival, England
ELECCIONES:
1. a) fasting b) fish c) church d) begins
2. a) coal b) feet c) day d) diet
3. a) way b) margin c) multiple d) was
4. a) race b) carnival c) tooth ache d) fight
5. a) than b) of c) over d) some
6. a) lucky b) tired c) famous d) however
7. a) tires b) girls c) wheels d) after
8. a) parties b) washing c) parking d) cats
9. a) blank b) shown c) shed d) shout
10. a) scores b) results c) referees d) events
11. a) will b) probably c) hiding d) under
12. a) outside b) downside c) known d) none
13. a) most b) happy c) ever d) major
14. a) streets b) weeks c) shops d) minutes
15. a) attracts b) suffers c) bores d) drowns
16. a) posts b) rent c) burn d) draw
17. a) fall b) carnival c) eat d) climb
18. a) road b) history c) curtain d) table
19. a) before b) bother c) carnival d) present
20. a) masks b) about c) together d) sadden
Respuestas:
1d, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7b, 8a, 9b, 10d, 11b, 12c, 13a, 14b,
15a, 16b, 17d, 18b, 19d, 20c.
Cloze 1 Taj Mahal
Cloze 2 Yosemite
Cloze 4 Las Vegas
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