Instituto Cervantes 04

Question 1

1. Cuenta la leyenda
2. un SINFÍN de misterios
3. en lo que COMÚNMENTE se conoce como
4. las aguas pluviales
5. terrestral

Answer 1

1. Legend has it + According to legend
2. an ENDLESS NUMBER of mysteries
3. in what is COMMONLY known as
4. rainwater
5. terrestial + ground

Question 2

1. VAGÓ por muchas tierras (vagar)
2. a su ARRIBO (Fromm arribar = to arrive at a place = llegar)
3. SE TORNABA gris con nubes (tornarse en = convertirse en)
4. una gran tormenta, RAYOS y truenos

Answer 2

1. he ROAMED through many lands (to wander)
2. at his ARRIVAL (explain origin N + syn)
3. it TURNED grey with clouds (to turn into ie become + what sub?)
4. a big storm, LIGHTENING BOLTS and thunderclaps

Question 3

1. ACTO SEGUIDO + alzó las manos al cielo (alzar)
2. punzándose con espinas de maguey (punzar - to throb)
3. el desempeño de su pariente (desempeñó-> desempeñar = lograr -> logro)
4. ideó un perverso plan (idear)

Answer 3

1. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS + he LIFTED UP his hands to the sky (vb
2. PRODDING him with cactus THORNS (what else verb mean?)
3. the ACHIEVEMENT of his RELATIVE (explain achievement + syn)
4. he THOUGHT UP a perverse plan (to come up with)

Question 4

1. una orden de doncellas (damisela)
2. estaba tan extasiado
3. una sacerdotisa de su culto, rompiendo su celibato
4. se sintió inmundo
5. navegó CON RUMBO (rumbo = in the direction of + on your way)

Answer 4

1. an order of damsels (+ old fashioned word for same eg in distress)
2. he was so ENTRANCED
3. a PRIESTESS of his cult, breaking her CELIBACY
4. he felt FILTHY + DISGUSTING
5. he sailed TOWARDS

Question 5

1. bajaron al inframundo a recoger
2. buscó al maíz en lo alto de las montañas
3. les enseño a pulir la piedra de jade
4. los astros

Answer 5

1. they went down to the UNDERWORLD to collect
2. he searched for maiz ON TOP OF the mountains
3. he taught them to POLISH the JADE stone
4. the STARS (as in heavenly bodies)

Question 6

1. decide ponerle una trampa (poner/tender una trampa)
2. estaba embriagado muy gustoso
3. se fue con ellos a sus aposentos
4. para poder enmendar el error

Answer 6

1. he decides to SET A TRAP FOR him
2. he was getting drunk VERY WILLINGLY
3. he went with them to their BEDCHAMBERS
4. so as to be able TO PUT RIGHT the error (to rectify)

Question 7

1. el resplandor áureo de las armaduras
2. los presagios augurados (augurar)
3. profecías
4. le rindieran culto (rendir culto)

Answer 7

1. the golden glow of his armour
2. the predicted omens (to predict)
3. prophecies
4. they worshiped him (to worship)

Question 8

1. tras más de diez años ALEJADOS DE los escenarios
2. Con 70 años DE RETRASO
3. debido al ESTALLIDO de la Guerra Civil
4. en un acto cargado de EMOTIVIDAD

Answer 8

1. after more than 10 years AWAY FROM the stage (a band)
2. 70 years LATE + BEHIND SCHEDULE
3. due to the OUTBREAK of the civil war
4. in an emotionally charged act

Question 9

1. Estuvo PREVISTO para las seis de la tarde
2. La Orquesta iban a interpretar Himno a la alegría
3. , que YA ENTONCES era considerado …
4. en el último ENSAYO de la obra antes del ESTRENO

Answer 9

1. It was PLANNED for 6 pm
2. The orchestra was going to PERFORM-PLAY Song of Joy.
3. that EVEN THEN was considered
4. in the last REHEARSAL of the work before the PREMIERE

Question 10

1. el ALZAMIENTO militar contra la República (alzar - to raise, alzarse - to rise up)
2. le INSTÓ a SUSPENDER el ensayo (instar)
3. se temía que la violencia ESTALLARA DE UN MOMENTO A OTRO en la calle
4. las lágrimas no le dejaron ver LA PARTITURA
5. muchos de los protagonistas de aquella VELADA (vb velar - to stay up late, in past only do with velas ie candles)

Answer 10

1. the military UPRISING against the Republic (explain uprising word)
2. he URGED him to CANCEL the concert (vb) (vb2, when abrupt)
3. he feared that violence would AT ANY MOMENT + BREAK OUT in the street
4. the tears didn´t let him see the SHEET MUSIC-SCORE
5. many of the protagonists from that NIGHT OUT + EVENING EVENT

Question 11

1. Yo llegué justo cuando estaba a punto de empezar la obra.
2. Ayer hubo un AVERÍA en los ordenadores
3. El sistema SE AVERIÓ justo cuando ME estaban ATENDIENDO (averiarse) (atender)
4. Alfonso es un poco MANIÁTICO (also fanatical)
5. Yo ya había comido

Answer 11

1. I arrived just when the show was about to start.
2. Yesterday there was a FAULT in the computers (also breakdown)
3. The system BROKE DOWN just when they were TAKING CARE OF me (vb1) (vb2, deal with + look after)
4. Alfonso is a little OBSESSIVE (what else mean?)
5. I had already eaten

Question 12

1. el arado (from vb arar)
2. la pólvora
   3 la máquina a vapor
3. dos policías NOVATOS

Answer 12

1. the plough (explain origin)(Top 10 inventions)
2. gunpowder
3. the steam engine
4. two ROOKIE policemen (+ INEXPERIENCED)

Question 13

1. Se imaginaba que esto tuviera algo que ver con la ARRAIGADA tradición DE AYUDARSE MUTUAMENTE
2. Él le comentó HABER asistido a una universidad
3. en el que solo los ricos podían COSTEARSE una educación
4. ME ESFORCÉ mucho EN escribir ese cuento (esforzarse)

Answer 13

1. he supposed that it had something to do with the STRONG tradition OF SELF-HELP (when talking about a group)
2. He told her HE HAD attended a university
3. in which only the rich could AFFORD an education
4. I PUT a lot of EFFORT INTO writing that story (vb)

Question 14

1. to differentiate it from other nouns the same or similar ie a black skirt, not a red one or white one
2. educated language + want to give emphasis to the quality in a slightly exaggerated way
3. when referring to a type of thing
4. adj describes origin, shape-form or colour

Answer 14

1. Why put an adj after a noun? La condesa llevaba una falda negra
2. when put adjs before noun? un extraordinario gol de Fernando
3. which adjs only after noun? un diccionario bilingüe. él agua mineral
4. what 3 types of adjs only after noun? un escritor español, una mesa cuadrada, zapatos rojos

Question 15

1. A ESTAS ALTURAS ya no había nada que hacer.
2. A PARTIR DE AQUEL INSTANTE supo que nada volvería a ser como antes.
3. no existe una POLÍTICA clara
4. 10 por ciento de los VÍRGENES biológicos de la tierra (unspoilt)

Answer 15

1. AT THIS STAGE there was nothing to do.
2. FROM THAT MOMENT I knew that nothing would be like before.
3. there IS no clear POLICY (is NOT ser or estar)
4. 10% of the biological VIRGIN LANDS of the earth (what does vírgin mean as adj)

Question 16

1a. Si utilizas COMO suena más fuerte (con más enojo), como una amenaza más que condición
1b. Si utilizas SI suena más sutil, más como condición que amenaza
3. que SE ENMARQUEN DENTRO del concepto de turismo verde (enmarcar - to frame, enmarcarse - to classify, enmarcarse dentro - to fit or fall within, as in to place in context)
4. que ENCAUCEN A la industria hacia (encauzar - to guide, channel, ie idea towards a good path) (cauce = river bed + irrigation channel)

Answer 16

1. what is the difference between:
   a. como + vuelvas (verbo en subjuntivo presente)
   b si + vuelves (verbo en presente)
2. that FALL WITHIN the concept of green tourism (explain the verb)
3. that CHANNEL industry towards (vb, what is its idea?) (explain origin of vb?)