Simulacro ICFES de Inglés: las 7 partes del Saber 11 con respuestas

Colombia’s water factories

Páramos are high mountain ecosystems (1) ______ are found mainly in the Andes. Colombia has about half of all the páramos in the world, (2) ______ they cover less than 3 % of the country’s territory. These ecosystems work like giant sponges: they absorb water from rain and fog and release it slowly into rivers. In fact, much of the water used in Bogotá (3) ______ from the páramo of Chingaza. Páramos are also home to unique plants such as the frailejón, which grows only about one centimetre per year.

However, farming, mining and climate change are putting these areas at risk. Scientists warn that if we (4) ______ protect them now, millions of people could face water shortages in the future.

Colombia’s water factories

Páramos are high mountain ecosystems (1) ______ are found mainly in the Andes. Colombia has about half of all the páramos in the world, (2) ______ they cover less than 3 % of the country’s territory. These ecosystems work like giant sponges: they absorb water from rain and fog and release it slowly into rivers. In fact, much of the water used in Bogotá (3) ______ from the páramo of Chingaza. Páramos are also home to unique plants such as the frailejón, which grows only about one centimetre per year.

However, farming, mining and climate change are putting these areas at risk. Scientists warn that if we (4) ______ protect them now, millions of people could face water shortages in the future.

My school day

My name is Laura and I live (1) ______ Bucaramanga with my family. Every morning I (2) ______ up at half past five because my school starts at seven. My mother usually (3) ______ breakfast for everyone: arepas, eggs and hot chocolate.

Last year I (4) ______ to a new school near the park, so now I walk there with my best friend, Camilo. He lives (5) ______ to the school than I do, so he always waits for me at the corner. In the afternoons we do our homework together. Camilo is very good at maths, but he (6) ______ speak English very well, so I help him.

Next month our class (7) ______ visit the Chicamocha National Park. I have never (8) ______ there before, and I am very excited because my grandparents say the views of the canyon are amazing.

A Week Without My Phone — by Daniel, 16, Pereira

Last month our English teacher gave us a strange challenge: spend seven days without using our phones, except to call our parents. Most of my classmates laughed. I laughed too, but I accepted, mainly because the prize was an extra point in the final exam.

The first two days were terrible. I kept touching my pocket, looking for something that wasn’t there. At night I didn’t know what to do, so I went to bed at nine, which my mother found very suspicious. On the third day, I took out an old guitar that my uncle gave me years ago. I couldn’t play a single song and there were no online tutorials to follow, so I just tried, again and again, until my fingers hurt.

By the end of the week, I could play two simple songs, I had finished a novel I’d started in January, and I had talked more with my grandfather than in the whole previous year. He told me how he met my grandmother at a dance in Manizales.

I’m using my phone again now. But I leave it in the kitchen when I go to sleep, and the guitar is next to my bed.

My school day

My name is Laura and I live (1) ______ Bucaramanga with my family. Every morning I (2) ______ up at half past five because my school starts at seven. My mother usually (3) ______ breakfast for everyone: arepas, eggs and hot chocolate.

Last year I (4) ______ to a new school near the park, so now I walk there with my best friend, Camilo. He lives (5) ______ to the school than I do, so he always waits for me at the corner. In the afternoons we do our homework together. Camilo is very good at maths, but he (6) ______ speak English very well, so I help him.

Next month our class (7) ______ visit the Chicamocha National Park. I have never (8) ______ there before, and I am very excited because my grandparents say the views of the canyon are amazing.

A Week Without My Phone — by Daniel, 16, Pereira

Last month our English teacher gave us a strange challenge: spend seven days without using our phones, except to call our parents. Most of my classmates laughed. I laughed too, but I accepted, mainly because the prize was an extra point in the final exam.

The first two days were terrible. I kept touching my pocket, looking for something that wasn’t there. At night I didn’t know what to do, so I went to bed at nine, which my mother found very suspicious. On the third day, I took out an old guitar that my uncle gave me years ago. I couldn’t play a single song and there were no online tutorials to follow, so I just tried, again and again, until my fingers hurt.

By the end of the week, I could play two simple songs, I had finished a novel I’d started in January, and I had talked more with my grandfather than in the whole previous year. He told me how he met my grandmother at a dance in Manizales.

I’m using my phone again now. But I leave it in the kitchen when I go to sleep, and the guitar is next to my bed.

A Week Without My Phone — by Daniel, 16, Pereira

Last month our English teacher gave us a strange challenge: spend seven days without using our phones, except to call our parents. Most of my classmates laughed. I laughed too, but I accepted, mainly because the prize was an extra point in the final exam.

The first two days were terrible. I kept touching my pocket, looking for something that wasn’t there. At night I didn’t know what to do, so I went to bed at nine, which my mother found very suspicious. On the third day, I took out an old guitar that my uncle gave me years ago. I couldn’t play a single song and there were no online tutorials to follow, so I just tried, again and again, until my fingers hurt.

By the end of the week, I could play two simple songs, I had finished a novel I’d started in January, and I had talked more with my grandfather than in the whole previous year. He told me how he met my grandmother at a dance in Manizales.

I’m using my phone again now. But I leave it in the kitchen when I go to sleep, and the guitar is next to my bed.

My school day

My name is Laura and I live (1) ______ Bucaramanga with my family. Every morning I (2) ______ up at half past five because my school starts at seven. My mother usually (3) ______ breakfast for everyone: arepas, eggs and hot chocolate.

Last year I (4) ______ to a new school near the park, so now I walk there with my best friend, Camilo. He lives (5) ______ to the school than I do, so he always waits for me at the corner. In the afternoons we do our homework together. Camilo is very good at maths, but he (6) ______ speak English very well, so I help him.

Next month our class (7) ______ visit the Chicamocha National Park. I have never (8) ______ there before, and I am very excited because my grandparents say the views of the canyon are amazing.

A Week Without My Phone — by Daniel, 16, Pereira

Last month our English teacher gave us a strange challenge: spend seven days without using our phones, except to call our parents. Most of my classmates laughed. I laughed too, but I accepted, mainly because the prize was an extra point in the final exam.

The first two days were terrible. I kept touching my pocket, looking for something that wasn’t there. At night I didn’t know what to do, so I went to bed at nine, which my mother found very suspicious. On the third day, I took out an old guitar that my uncle gave me years ago. I couldn’t play a single song and there were no online tutorials to follow, so I just tried, again and again, until my fingers hurt.

By the end of the week, I could play two simple songs, I had finished a novel I’d started in January, and I had talked more with my grandfather than in the whole previous year. He told me how he met my grandmother at a dance in Manizales.

I’m using my phone again now. But I leave it in the kitchen when I go to sleep, and the guitar is next to my bed.

Colombia’s water factories

Páramos are high mountain ecosystems (1) ______ are found mainly in the Andes. Colombia has about half of all the páramos in the world, (2) ______ they cover less than 3 % of the country’s territory. These ecosystems work like giant sponges: they absorb water from rain and fog and release it slowly into rivers. In fact, much of the water used in Bogotá (3) ______ from the páramo of Chingaza. Páramos are also home to unique plants such as the frailejón, which grows only about one centimetre per year.

However, farming, mining and climate change are putting these areas at risk. Scientists warn that if we (4) ______ protect them now, millions of people could face water shortages in the future.

The Floating Library

In 2019, a retired teacher named Elvira Rojas had an unusual idea. Many children in the small villages along the Magdalena River did not have books at home, and the nearest public library was more than two hours away by road. Elvira bought an old wooden boat, painted it yellow and blue, and filled it with 600 books donated by families from Barranquilla and Cartagena.

Today, the boat visits eight villages every month. It stops in each village for two days. On the first day, children choose books and listen to stories under the trees near the river. On the second day, they return the books they borrowed on the previous visit and take new ones home.

At the beginning, Elvira worked alone. Now four university students help her during their holidays, and a local fisherman, Don Aurelio, drives the boat. The project does not receive money from the government; it depends on small donations and on a book fair that Elvira organizes every December.

“The river was always our road,” Elvira says. “Now it is also our library.”

A Week Without My Phone — by Daniel, 16, Pereira

Last month our English teacher gave us a strange challenge: spend seven days without using our phones, except to call our parents. Most of my classmates laughed. I laughed too, but I accepted, mainly because the prize was an extra point in the final exam.

The first two days were terrible. I kept touching my pocket, looking for something that wasn’t there. At night I didn’t know what to do, so I went to bed at nine, which my mother found very suspicious. On the third day, I took out an old guitar that my uncle gave me years ago. I couldn’t play a single song and there were no online tutorials to follow, so I just tried, again and again, until my fingers hurt.

By the end of the week, I could play two simple songs, I had finished a novel I’d started in January, and I had talked more with my grandfather than in the whole previous year. He told me how he met my grandmother at a dance in Manizales.

I’m using my phone again now. But I leave it in the kitchen when I go to sleep, and the guitar is next to my bed.

My school day

My name is Laura and I live (1) ______ Bucaramanga with my family. Every morning I (2) ______ up at half past five because my school starts at seven. My mother usually (3) ______ breakfast for everyone: arepas, eggs and hot chocolate.

Last year I (4) ______ to a new school near the park, so now I walk there with my best friend, Camilo. He lives (5) ______ to the school than I do, so he always waits for me at the corner. In the afternoons we do our homework together. Camilo is very good at maths, but he (6) ______ speak English very well, so I help him.

Next month our class (7) ______ visit the Chicamocha National Park. I have never (8) ______ there before, and I am very excited because my grandparents say the views of the canyon are amazing.