Examen de Inglés PAU Andalucía 2020 · Extraordinaria Titular (Admisión)

TEXT 1: JULIA AND WOLFY

1 At that time, there were many things that were wrong about my life. I worked as a freelancer, which meant staying home for

2 days on end, sitting alone in front of my laptop with a mountain of work to do. And then, when I went out, I'd go to these drinking

3 parties that were incredibly destructive to my well-being, never knowing when I would come back. I tried to make changes, but I

4 couldn't. I felt frozen in time.

5 When my boyfriend and I finally got a flat together, I realised I really wanted a dog. After many failed attempts, we found a man

6 who offered us a lurcher. On our first encounter, the dog walked towards us, sad-looking, really dirty and awfully-smelling. But he

7 was still so elegant and funny too. We felt it was exciting having this other little soul come into our tiny orbit. I immediately put

8 myself on "maternity leave". We just hung out for a while. We'd go together for lunch and on lots of walks. Wolfy, as I called him,

9 loved it.

10 It's incredible how the presence of a simple animal centred me back to a calm part of myself. Although I was only 45, my way

11 of life had made me somewhat hard, cold and distant. Wolfy softened me and helped me love unconditionally. I still went to parties,

12 but in a less destructive way. And I now had a reason to come back home.

13 Since I met Wolfy, I have been replacing those things that harm me most for those that make my short time on this earth joyful

14 and positive. He is my daily lesson on how to live happily.

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

1.

Before meeting Wolfy, Julia...

2.

After adopting Wolfy, Julia...

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.

According to the text, Julia's free time activities were not healthy.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

Wolfy was the only dog they tried to adopt.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

Wolfy ran away from Julia and her boyfriend the first time he saw them.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

Before adopting Wolfy, Julia was neither tender nor warm as a person.

TRUE

FALSE

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: THANKSGIVING DAY

1 Thanksgiving may be America's most beloved national holiday, but its history is very unclear. Even the details of the

famous feast between the Plymouth settlers and the indigenous people in November of 1621 are sketchy. The best account we

have is a letter from English settler Edward Winslow that never mentions the word 'Thanksgiving', but tells of a weeklong harvest

celebration that included sharing the table with Chief Massasoit and 90 of his men.

5 Over the centuries, that briefly-mentioned feast week has taken on a life of its own, with each generation adding something

new to the tradition. The Thanksgiving feast in Plymouth probably had little in common with today's traditional holiday meal.

Although turkeys were indigenous, there's no record of a big, roasted bird at the feast. The natives brought deer and there would

have been lots of local seafood plus the fruits of the first pilgrim harvest, including pumpkin. No mashed potatoes, though. Potatoes

had only been recently shipped back to Europe from South America.

10 America first called for a national day of thanksgiving to celebrate victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga, which took

place in 1777. However, the first official proclamation of a national Thanksgiving holiday didn't come until 1863, when President

Abraham Lincoln called for an annual Thanksgiving celebration on the final Thursday in November. In 1939 President Franklin

Delano Roosevelt decreed that Thanksgiving would be celebrated a week earlier. He was very concerned that the Christmas

shopping season was too short. Fierce opposition from Thanksgiving traditionalists finally forced Congress to officially move

15 Thanksgiving back to the fourth Thursday of November, where it has remained ever since.

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

9.

The first Thanksgiving feast...

10.

The original Thanksgiving meal...

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)

11.

The name of the holiday originates in Edward Winslow's narration of the first Thanksgiving celebration.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

Potato was not served in the original Thanksgiving meal.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

The first official Thanksgiving commemorated a military event.

TRUE

FALSE

14.

Roosevelt changed the date of the holiday for commercial reasons.

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.

“I can’t get used to

early after my holidays.” (get up)

17.2.

“I would rather

by plane; I hate flying.” (not go)

18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

18.1.

“Did you call the police... mistake?”

18.2.

“The exam was far too hard.... could pass it.”

19. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “A pay cut would never be accepted by the workers.”

20. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “They believe that more than 100 people will apply for the job.”

21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “There were few students in the school meeting yesterday.”

22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “The Big Ben stands on the River Thames. It was formally known as St. Stephen’s Tower until 2012.”

23. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “Despite being the best at Maths, he didn’t win the competition.” Although...

24. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “Had I known he wasn’t coming, …”

25. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “Bill Gates is the richest person in the world.” No one...

26. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY: “She's going away in June 22nd. She's taking me with hers.”

27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “Don't tell my secret to anybody, please,” Josh said to me.

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:

it

say

believe

silly

everything

is

to

people

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.

What kind of things have a positive effect on you? 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.

What is your favourite celebration in the year? What do you like about it?