Examen de Inglés PAU Andalucía 2023 · Ordinaria Titular (Admisión)

TEXT 1: MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

1 The customer sat on the terrace, sipping lemonade and pretending to look at a holiday brochure. His sunglasses masked his

2 eyes, but I knew he wasn't reading it: he hadn't turned a page for the last fifteen minutes.

3 As I brought him his order of grilled beef, he coughed up a simple "thank you" and hardly paid attention to me. I tried not to

4 stare at the tiny scar across his cheek. I walked back inside with my empty tray, shaking my head. He seemed familiar, but I

5 couldn't quite remember where from.

6 Then it hit me. The car accident. The mysterious stranger who had helped me out of my smashed car, just before it exploded

7 on that crucial night. I rushed back to his table. He was gone. As I was removing the remains of his lunch, I lifted his plate and

8 found a small envelope underneath, along with a card: "I am deeply grateful to you. The night of your accident, I was on my way

9 to rob a jewelry store. Saving your life brought things back in perspective. I now live an honest life, thanks to you."

10 I shivered. The night of my car accident I was heading for an interview in a dance club that had a terrible reputation. Missing

11 that job interview and seeing human kindness through his heroic gesture made me see things differently and change my life.

12 I opened the envelope. Among a bunch of one-dollar bills, there was a brand-new thousand-dollar bill with a pen mark

13 underlining the printed words "In God We Trust." I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work, smiling.

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

1.

According to the text, the mysterious stranger was...

2.

According to the text, the stranger...

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.

The narrator found the stranger's eyes attractive.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

The stranger had a birthmark on his face.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

The narrator never got to his/her destination on the night of the accident.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

After the mysterious visit, the narrator decided to take the rest of the day off.

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: CAN DOGS TALK?

1 Throughout human history, storytellers and scientists alike have wondered what it would be like if we could talk to animals, and

2 what animals would say if they could talk back. And some people, both fictional (Dr. Dolittle) and real (Francine Patterson, who

3 taught sign language to gorillas), have tried to bridge our communicative gaps.

4 Dogs certainly have ways to interact with us —they scratch at the door when they want to go out or they make puppy-dog eyes

5 at us to beg for a bite of whatever we're eating. But instead of learning their language, humans want them to learn ours.

6 First came Christina Smith, a speech-language pathologist, who taught her dog Stella to express herself using alternative

7 communication devices. Smith inspired Alexis Devine to teach her dog Bunny how to use buttons to communicate. "I didn't really

8 know what I was doing," says Devine, speaking from home while her famous dog sleeps on the couch nearby. She modeled the

9 buttons for Bunny, starting with one meaning 'outside', which eventually worked for the dog. When Bunny pressed it on her own

10 for the first time, "her ears flipped up and she seemed so proud of herself," Devine says. "If she can understand one button, then

11 she can understand them all," she adds.

12 When professor Federico Rossano, who studies dogs and primates within the field of cognitive science at the University of

13 California, saw the Bunny and Stella videos, his reaction was entirely skeptical. Despite that, he considers that whether or not they

14 can learn to talk, the dogs will inevitably develop close bonds with their owners because of the many hours of training. And maybe

15 that's a reward in itself.

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

9. According to the text, humans...

10. According to the text, Bunny was happy when...

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.

Dogs know how to express that they want to be fed.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

Alexis Devine came up with the idea of the experiment all by herself.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

After watching the videos, professor Rossano was convinced that the dogs could actually talk.

TRUE

FALSE

14.

According to Rossano, dogs and their owners will build stronger relationships during the instruction.

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.

“Would you mind

John a hand at tomorrow’s meeting?” (lend)

17.2.

“Please, stay in your seats until the bell

” (ring)

18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

18.1.

“Shall we take the poster... the wall? It's outdated.”

18.2.

“Emily invited some friends to her birthday dinner but... declined.”

19. TURN THIS SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “Who is Peter being tutored by in his Study Abroad Programme?”

20. TURN THIS SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “They are going to pay Lisa’s debts as soon as the money gets through.”

21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “They could afford to go to France on holiday by saving every cent.”

22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “The sound was like a shot. It woke me up.”

23. REWRITE THE NEXT SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “I advise you not to stay in the blazing sun without a hat.” You’d…

24. COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE: “I finished all my assignments on Friday so that…”

Check your sentence against the suggested solutions. Ensure it uses a past modal (like 'could' or 'would') expressing purpose.

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

“I didn’t notice that the man was in trouble, so I didn’t help him.” If I...

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

“Everybody here are looking forward to see you.”

27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH:

“‘I’m sorry I have torn your shirt,’ Jake said.”

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:

money

her

enough

not

bank

was

the

account

in

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

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

III * WRITING (3 points)

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

29.1.

Describe important moments or special people that have made a difference in your life.

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

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

III * WRITING (3 points)

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

29.2.

How can animals help people? Explain.