Examen de Inglés PAU Andalucía 2021 · Ordinaria Reserva

TEXT 1: SHOULD DOGS BE ALLOWED IN CAFÉS?

1 Almost half of all UK adults own a pet, and 24% have a dog, with the pet dog population now estimated to be around 9.4 million.

2 Mostly, those pet dogs are not welcome inside shops, restaurants and other places with their owners. Naturally, there are exceptions for

3 assistance dogs, but the rest find themselves left at home or outside, on the pavement, while the owner pops into a café for a cup of tea.

4 People think dogs are not allowed into shops and cafés for hygiene reasons, but there is nothing in law to prevent a dog from being

5 in a café —only from food-preparation areas. If adequate steps are taken to keep food safe, it is up to a café owner whether or not to

6 admit pets.

7 The “Be Dog Friendly” campaign was designed to encourage businesses and public places around the UK to allow dogs. Not all

8 dogs would be desirable, however. Badly behaved ones could ruin a pleasant outing —a café in Singapore got into trouble when two

9 canines fought each other in front of customers. For this reason, the campaign promotes “petiquette” guidelines to make sure your dog

10 will be welcome wherever it goes. Ensuring the dog is clean, well-behaved and under the owner's control at all times serves everyone's

11 welfare.

12 For some people, though, the presence of a dog is extremely unwelcome, perhaps because of pet allergies or fear of dogs.

13 Dog-friendly cafés may be increasing in “pup-ularity”, but they should be well signposted so that anyone who prefers to dine dog-

14 free can continue to do so with ease.

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

1.

“Be Dog Friendly” is a campaign designed to...

2.

Some people do not like being near dogs because...

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.

Service dogs are allowed to enter public buildings.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

The law forbids dogs to be in areas where food is cooked.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

According to the campaigners, dogs needn't be supervised.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

Cafés ought to notify their customers that they are pet-friendly publicly.

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: THE AGED WOMAN

1 Long ago, a poor farmer lived with his aged mother in the land of a tyrannical leader who disliked weak and sick people. One day,

2 the ruler decided that old people had to die. Though the farmer loved his mother deeply, he couldn’t disobey an order from the governor

3 and so, with a heavy heart, he led his mother to the desolate mountain summit known as Obatsuyama (meaning “abandoning of the

4 aged”).

5 Along the journey, the farmer had trouble navigating the difficult paths of the mountain and his mother grew anxious at the thought

6 of her son getting lost and dying on his return. Going unnoticed by her son, she decided to make a way for him to follow by breaking

7 twigs off the trees and throwing them along the path. At last, she revealed what she had done and the farmer, moved by her actions,

8 proclaimed that he would not leave her there and both would go back to die together.

9 The farmer hid his mother at home and for a time it seemed that all was peaceful. However, again the governor ordered something

10 unreasonable: the people had to make a rope of ashes. When the woman heard the news, and with the wisdom cultivated throughout

11 her years, she asked her son to make a rope of straw and burn it on a large flat stone.

12 The governor heard what the farmer had done and wanted to know where he had acquired such wisdom. It was then that the poor

13 man revealed the whole story. The governor listened and finally recognized that the land needed more than the strength and vitality of

14 young people and abolished his cruel laws.

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

9.

The governor of the land…

10.

The story suggests that…

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

FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

15.1.

15.2.

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.

"Why don't we go out? I fancy a drink with you." (have)

17.2.

"When they arrived home, they realised they the door open." (leave)

18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

18.1.

"The final exam consists ten brief questions."

18.2.

"I apologised being late at work."

19. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE:

"Life quality is being improved by several interesting discoveries."

20. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:

"She has just given us the exam."

21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “He has been waiting in the queue for thirty minutes.”

22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “Jimmy is my favourite cousin. Jimmy’s partner is my classmate.”

23. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “I regret not going to your birthday party yesterday.”

I wish

24. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If you ever get bored watching youtubers,...”

“If you ever get bored watching youtubers,

”

25. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “Mike is fixing my car right now.”

I...

26. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY: “My uncle didn’t seen nobody breaking into my house last night.”

27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH: “Pam advised me to stop drinking coffee.”

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:

driving · am · to · getting · the · I · left · used · on

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.

Eating out or eating at home? Discuss.

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 would you change to have a better world? Explain.