Examen de Inglés PAU Andalucía 2020 · Examen H

TEXT 1: DISNEY PRINCESSES: NOW AND THEN

1 Linguists Carmen Fought and Karen Eisenhauer have analyzed all the dialogue from the Disney princess films. “A lot of young

2 girls watch these movies, often on constant repeat, so we should examine what the films are teaching about gender roles”, says

3 Fought. “Girls aren’t born liking a pink dress. At some point we teach them. So a big question is where girls get their ideas about

4 being girls”.

5 To modern eyes, the classic trio of Disney princess films —Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty— are painfully

6 retrograde. However, in them women speak as much as, or even more than men. When Disney released The Little Mermaid, critics

7 praised this modern heroine for thinking and acting independently, even rebelliously. And yet, men make up 68% of the dialogue.

8 In the princess movies that followed —Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas and Mulan— the women speak even less. On average,

9 male characters have three times as many lines as women in those films.

10 Fortunately, newer films like Tangled and Brave are better at giving dialogue to men and women in equal shares. Furthermore,

11 what the characters say in those dialogues is also in the right direction. The classic Disney princess films were focused on physical

12 appearance: 55% of the compliments that women received referred to their looks. By contrast, in the latest films Merida, Elsa or

13 Rapunzel are admired for their skills or achievements.

14 Disney is clearly proud of its efforts to modernize the princess movie genre, but it still has a lot of work to do. “It’s also important”,

15 the linguists say, “to consider the kinds of worlds these princesses inhabit and who has the power in them”.

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

1.

The classic trio of Disney princess films...

2.

The latest Disney princesses...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

3.

Many girls love to watch their favourite Disney movies over and over.

4.

According to the text, girls have an instinct for pink color.

5.

The Little Mermaid is depicted as a free and autonomous person.

6.

Fought and Eisenhauer think that attention should be paid to the worlds in which princesses live.

7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

7.1.

7.2.

8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

8.1.

8.2.

TEXT 2: SPANISH GUIRI

1 The word guiri is commonly used in Spain to describe a certain type of traveler, a foreign tourist who struggles to understand

2 the local culture, or someone from abroad who, once retired, decides to move here.

3 Apparently, the word guiri took on its current meaning thanks to a man named Gary Bedell. Bedell was born in Canada in 1954

4 and learned Spanish at a young age. He joined Canada's diplomatic service, and in 1992, he oversaw the Canadian pavilion at

5 the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo'92). During the six months the Expo was on, the Canadian diplomat got to know the city.

6 He discovered Andalusian beers and took long walks across the city. Bedell has now lived in Spain for more than 20 years. In an

7 interview, he claimed "Andalusians have everything". While Gary is his birth name, he became known as Guiri in Seville. Bedell

8 took on the nickname and used it in his favor —for a while, it was even part of the name of his travel website on Spain, The guiri's corner.

10 Today everyone uses the word in their own way to refer to tourists. It is not insulting, but it is also difficult to give it an entirely

11 positive meaning. In a recent Twitter debate, one user who identified himself as a foreign visitor to Spain argued that the word

12 perpetuates unfair stereotypes. According to him, the Spanish use the word to describe tourists who travel across Spain eating

13 "fluorescent paella" and going to bars no local would ever enter. In other words, he said, the word is used to describe someone

14 who is not one of us, and will never be.

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

9.

According to the text, the word guiri...

10.

Gary Bedell...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

.

TRUE

FALSE

15. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

15.1.

15.2.

16. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

16.1.

16.2.

17. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:

17.1.

“This time next month we...

Mount Kilimanjaro.” (climb)

17.2.

“He will call you when he...

home.” (get)

18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

18.1.

“I thought she could get...

her illness easily.” with / about / over / up

18.2.

“He went into surgery...

a heart attack.” unless / so that / due to / in spite

19. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “The search was given up after three hours.”

20. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “Someone has to inform the students about the situation.”

GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “The new teacher is so boring.”

JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “I love this watch. My grandfather gave it to me.”

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “Mike is so tired that he can’t go on.”

Mike is too

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE:

If the neighbours call the police,

Comprueba tu respuesta con la estructura sugerida en la solución.

25. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED:

“She hasn’t seen her parents for two years.”

The last...

26. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY:

“You don’t work more hard than she do.”

27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH:

“A foreigner asked me how far the City Hall was.”

28. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM:

don’t

going

like

I

out

them

feel

with

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos. Deberá realizar una redacción de aproximadamente 120 palabras de SOLAMENTE 1 de los dos temas propuestos.

III * WRITING (3 points)

29. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:

29.1.

Do you like cartoon movies? Explain.

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos. Deberá realizar una redacción de aproximadamente 120 palabras de SOLAMENTE 1 de los dos temas propuestos.

III * WRITING (3 points)

29. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:

29.2.

Why is Andalucía so attractive for tourists? Discuss.