Tourism Heritage

Respuesta correcta: B) exacerbate

• A) alleviateIncorrect. 'Alleviate' means to make something less severe, which is the opposite of what's needed.
• B) exacerbateCorrect. 'Exacerbate' means to make a problem or bad situation worse, which fits perfectly here.
• C) mitigateIncorrect. 'Mitigate' means to make something less severe, which doesn't fit the negative consequence implied.
• D) facilitateIncorrect. 'Facilitate' means to make an action or process easy or easier, which is not appropriate for a social divide.

Respuesta correcta: D) forfeit

• A) secure'Secure' is the opposite of what the sentence describes, since the mismatch appears only when readers check the facts. Nothing in it suggests the guides became more trusted.
• B) entertain'Entertain' means to consider an idea or to host people, and neither sense fits a clause about visitors forming an opinion. The sentence is about credibility being lost, not about hospitality.
• C) postpone'Postpone' means to move something to a later time, and the clause describes a consequence that has already happened to the guides' reputation. Nothing here is delayed.
• D) forfeit'Forfeit' means to lose something one had been entitled to hold, and the clause describes a loss of credibility with a specific audience. The later discovery that the account differs is what the trust was worth and no longer is.

Respuesta correcta: D) strips

• A) restores'Restores' is the opposite of what the sentence describes, since replacing original beams is what makes the loss irreversible. The word would contradict the clause about removing the record.
• B) conceals'Conceal' means to hide, and nothing in the sentence is being kept from view. The new beams are visible; what has gone is the original material, which is a removal rather than a concealment.
• C) extends'Extend' means to make longer, and the sentence is about loss rather than addition. Nothing in it suggests the building gained anything by the substitution.
• D) strips'Strips' means removes something from something, and the sentence describes a building losing the evidence embedded in its materials. The clause 'of the record it was supposed to preserve' names precisely what has been taken away.

Respuesta correcta: A) flatten

• A) flatten'Flatten' means to reduce something to a single flat level, which is what happens when a complex history is described in one evaluative label. The contrast with 'adding to it' confirms that nothing is being contributed.
• B) chronicle'Chronicle' means to record events in order, and the sentence describes a description that departs from the record rather than supplying one. Nothing in the clause suggests a careful account.
• C) authenticate'Authenticate' means to confirm something is genuine, and the coaches are presenting a label that flattens the site rather than verifying it. No question of authenticity arises in the clause.
• D) dramatise'Dramatise' means to present something in an exaggerated form for effect, which would add a layer of interpretation. The sentence says nothing is added; the history is lost rather than embellished.

Respuesta correcta: C) It praises the first area and signals that the second should be looked at closely.

• A) It intensifies the praise for both areas equally.'Conspicuously' does not praise the newer districts; it marks them as standing out in a way that is not welcome. Reading both adverbs as equally approving erases the contrast the guide builds.
• B) It softens the criticism of the second area by balancing it against the first.The comparison sharpens rather than softens the criticism, because the excellence of the first area makes the neglect of the second more glaring. 'Conspicuously' points at a problem rather than smoothing it over.
• C) It praises the first area and signals that the second should be looked at closely.'Remarkably' intensifies approval of the well-preserved quarter, while 'conspicuously' shifts to something standing out for the wrong reason. Used together the pair directs the reader's attention rather than flattening the judgement into praise.
• D) It removes the need for evidence, since the adjectives carry the judgement on their own.The adjectives carry emphasis, not proof. They make the claim more persuasive rhetorically while leaving the reader still dependent on the details behind the judgement.

Respuesta correcta: A) Barichara and its old path were worth visiting, even with little time.

• A) Barichara and its old path were worth visiting, even with little time.Correct. The writer is 'glad' to have ignored the friend's opinion and describes the town and the Camino Real positively, so the message is that the visit was worth it.
• B) Barichara is just another old town with nothing special.Incorrect. That is the friend's opinion, which the writer rejects with 'I am glad I ignored her'.
• C) Tourists should not walk the Camino Real because it is dangerous.Incorrect. The writer recommends taking water, but never says the path is dangerous; the walk is presented as a positive experience.
• D) The Camino Real was built in the nineteenth century by Spanish engineers.Incorrect. The text says it was built by indigenous people and only 'later repaired' in the nineteenth century.

Respuesta correcta: B) Because uniform restoration erases the evidence of how the buildings actually developed.

• A) Because uniformity makes the buildings easier and cheaper to restore.Ease and cost are not raised as concerns in the sentence, and efficient restoration would not by itself be a fault for a panel. The complaint concerns what is lost from the record, not what is spent.
• B) Because uniform restoration erases the evidence of how the buildings actually developed.When every element is reconstructed identically, the record of successive periods is lost with the original fabric. The panel is objecting to what 'strikingly uniform' makes invisible, not to the quality of the workmanship.
• C) Because 'strikingly' is too informal a word for a technical report.The register of the adjective is not what the panel objects to; nothing in the passage contrasts formal with informal wording. Reading the objection as stylistic would miss that the criticism is about historical evidence.
• D) Because the panel believes the original facades were never uniform.The panel does not dispute that the originals varied; it objects to what was done afterwards. Saying the originals were uniform answers a question the sentence never raises and misses the argument entirely.

Respuesta correcta: A) Because of the way families have adapted coffee farming to the mountains over a long time.

• A) Because of the way families have adapted coffee farming to the mountains over a long time.Correct. The panel says the landscape was chosen 'for the way families have adapted coffee farming to steep mountains for more than a century'.
• B) Because Hacienda La Esperanza has the most beautiful building in the region.Incorrect. The panel says the landscape was 'not chosen for one beautiful building', which directly contradicts this option.
• C) Because the farm started producing coffee in 2011.Incorrect. 2011 is the year of the UNESCO recognition; the farm has produced coffee since 1898.
• D) Because visitors can pick coffee beans on the marked paths.Incorrect. Visitors watch the process and must stay on the paths; the workers, not the tourists, pick the beans.

Respuesta correcta: D) She should go on a Sunday and arrive for the 11:00 a.m. or the 3:00 p.m. tour.

• A) She should go on a Monday holiday, when entry is free.Incorrect. The museum is 'closed on Mondays, including public holidays', so she cannot visit at all on that day.
• B) She must book in advance because she is alone.Incorrect. Booking is required only for groups of more than ten people, not for an individual visitor.
• C) She cannot take any photographs inside the museum.Incorrect. The notice says photographs are allowed, only without flash, so this option exaggerates the rule.
• D) She should go on a Sunday and arrive for the 11:00 a.m. or the 3:00 p.m. tour.Correct. Entry is free only on Sundays, and both English tour times, 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., fall within the Sunday opening hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Respuesta correcta: C) The community wants to keep its daily life authentic, not perform for tourists.

• A) The community wants to build a theatre for tourists.Incorrect. This reads 'show' as a literal performance venue; the text says nothing about building a theatre.
• B) The community does not want any tourists to visit.Incorrect. She says 'We want visitors', so the community accepts tourism; it only wants to control it.
• C) The community wants to keep its daily life authentic, not perform for tourists.Correct. Her words, together with the limit of twenty visitors per week, show that the community wants real contact, not a performance created for tourists.
• D) The community wants to sell more bags to large groups.Incorrect. The community limits visits to twenty people per week, which shows it is not trying to attract large groups.

Respuesta correcta: C) had

• A) hasIncorrect. The sentence refers to a past sequence, requiring the past perfect in inversion.
• B) wasIncorrect. 'Was' does not fit the past perfect structure required by 'Hardly'.
• C) hadCorrect. 'Hardly had...' is a classic C1 inversion structure used for sequential events.
• D) didIncorrect. 'Did' would require the base form of the verb, not the past participle 'been'.

Respuesta correcta: C) were

• A) areThe present passive would claim the visiting is still going on, which contradicts 'had almost forgotten', a past perfect located before the guiding resumed. The relevant pattern sits entirely in the past.
• B) have beenThe present perfect passive would leave the visiting open to the present, but the sentence is anchored by a past perfect auxiliary. A completed extent of years has to be expressed in the past, not in a form extending to now.
• C) were'The restored balconies were visited' is the simple past passive: the balconies receive the action and the sentence reports a completed pattern of events. The rare visiting is what the 'so rarely' clause builds on, and it is compatible with a simple past form.
• D) being'Being visited' is a non-finite form and cannot stand as the main verb of the clause on its own. It would need a modal or an auxiliary to carry the tense, and none is supplied before the gap.

Respuesta correcta: B) most

• A) mostestEnglish has no superlative ending '-est' on top of 'most'; doubling the marker produces a form that is not part of the language. The article is required, but the degree word itself stops at 'most'.
• B) mostThe superlative takes the definite article: 'the most visited'. The plural museums make the correct form 'most' and never 'the mostest'. 'Most' also pairs naturally with 'by far', which reinforces the comparison.
• C) much'Much' compares quantity rather than frequency, so 'the much visited' would suggest the museums receive a large amount of visiting rather than that one of them is visited most often. The comparison is between museums, which needs a superlative.
• D) the mostestAlthough the article belongs there, appending '-est' to an adverb of degree is not licensed; 'the most' already carries the superlative meaning on its own. Students who do this are treating the adjective 'visited' as though it were taking the ending instead.

Respuesta correcta: C) otherwise

• A) so'So' would introduce a result clause, and that would give the sentence two finite verbs with the second without a subject. The blank has to complete a noun clause that the verb 'say' already governs.
• B) because'Because' introduces a reason clause, which would likewise leave a second finite verb with no subject of its own. It also carries no content that could stand for the casting marks' claim.
• C) otherwise'Otherwise' stands for the opposite of what the guide has just asserted, which is precisely what the casting marks contradict. A nominal clause object after a verb of saying needs a word that carries meaning rather than one that introduces another clause.
• D) if'If' introduces a conditional clause, and the sentence already contains a contrast established by 'although'. Adding another clause would break the structure the reporting verb requires.

Respuesta correcta: B) less

• A) fewest'Fewest' is the superlative and requires 'in' rather than 'than'. Using it here would contradict the comparative structure that 'than' demands.
• B) lessA comparative adverb is required because the sentence compares two quantities, and 'less' is the form that pairs with the following 'than'. The clause about the museum taking more visitors confirms the direction of the comparison.
• C) little'Little' is the positive form, not the comparative, so the sentence would offer no comparison at all. The 'than' clause makes a comparative mandatory here.
• D) lesser'Lesser' cannot be used to modify a verb in English. It appears mainly in fixed phrases such as 'the lesser of two evils', so it fails on grammar before it fails on meaning.

Respuesta correcta: B) have not been

• A) were not'Were not' is the past passive, which locates the failure at a single past moment. 'Since' needs a period extending up to the present, and the upper floors are still unpainted now.
• B) have not been'Have not been' plus the past participle is the present perfect passive, which is what pairs with 'since' to link a past event to a present state. The clause about the green still being there confirms the repainting did not happen.
• C) have not'Have not' without the participle would leave the sentence without a main verb after the subject. The passive also requires 'been' before the participle, so both elements are missing.
• D) will not be'Will not be' projects into the future, and nothing in the sentence predicts any repainting. The issue is that the repainting did not happen at any point since the funding ended.

Respuesta correcta: D) The current strategy is directed towards the wrong objective.

• A) They are literally looking for something in the trees of Bogotá.Incorrect. This reads the idiom word for word; nobody in the debate is searching any trees, because the phrase is figurative and describes a mistaken strategy.
• B) The approach is too noisy and aggressive.Incorrect. 'Barking' here does not describe loud or aggressive behaviour; the idiom is about aiming at the wrong target, not about the tone of the discussion.
• C) A new environmental project involving trees should be started.Incorrect. The speaker is criticising the current approach, not proposing a new project; 'tree' is part of a fixed expression and has no literal meaning here.
• D) The current strategy is directed towards the wrong objective.Correct. 'Bark up the wrong tree' comes from hunting dogs barking at a tree the animal is not in, so it means putting effort into the wrong cause or the wrong solution.

Respuesta correcta: A) She is stating a measurable trend while explicitly marking it as an observation rather than proven evidence.

• A) She is stating a measurable trend while explicitly marking it as an observation rather than proven evidence.The final clause separates a rule she has noticed from a finding she can demonstrate. She reports the figure and limits its authority at the same time, which is what the two phrases together accomplish.
• B) She is retracting a claim she had already proved.Nothing withdraws a proven claim; a retraction would say it proved false. She is qualifying a claim she never presented as established, so nothing is taken back.
• C) She is insisting the coach parks caused the increase.The sentence reports that the increase followed the opening without asserting a cause. Naming the coach parks as the cause would be an inference the wording does not license.
• D) She is asking the other speakers to publish the visitor figures.The final clause describes what she is doing with her own statement. There is no imperative, no question and no reference to anyone else's data in the quotation.

Respuesta correcta: B) The hotel has both positive and negative effects.

• A) The hotel is dangerous because it sells weapons to tourists.Incorrect. This interprets 'sword' literally; the idiom is about mixed consequences, not real weapons.
• B) The hotel has both positive and negative effects.Correct. A 'double-edged sword' is something with good and bad consequences; Daniel gives one benefit (jobs) and two problems (traffic and noise).
• C) The hotel is completely good for the city.Incorrect. Daniel mentions traffic and noise as problems, so he does not think the hotel is only positive.
• D) He agrees that the hotel completely ruins the view.Incorrect. He does not repeat the complaint about the view; instead he balances a benefit against other problems.

Respuesta correcta: D) Waiting to see the conditions and deciding at the last moment.

• A) Listening to music during the walk in the valley.Incorrect. This is a literal interpretation of 'ear'; the expression is about flexible decisions, not music.
• B) Cancelling the trip because it will certainly rain.Incorrect. The receptionist says the weather changes a lot, so she does not know it will rain; she recommends waiting, not cancelling.
• C) Booking a fixed tour for tomorrow immediately.Incorrect. A fixed booking is the opposite of her advice, which is to decide later depending on the weather.
• D) Waiting to see the conditions and deciding at the last moment.Correct. 'Play it by ear' means to decide according to the situation instead of planning in advance; she suggests deciding in the morning when the weather is known.