Examen de Inglés PAU Andalucía 2024 · Ordinaria Titular (Acceso)

BLOQUE A (Comprensión lectora)

COMPREHENSION (4 points). CHOOSE TEXT 1 OR TEXT 2 AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THAT TEXT ONLY.

TEXT 1: YOUNG PEOPLE'S SCREEN TIME

1 As we can attest from firsthand experience, regular TV viewership has been decreasing as streaming services like Netflix are

2 becoming increasingly popular. The amount of time kids and teens spend watching TV has dropped. In 2013, young people spent

3 an average of 3 hours per day in front of the television screen; today, it's an hour and 12 minutes. So, have youth reduced their

4 screen time? Not really. Studies show that they have rather traded the TV screen for their phone and laptop. Now the average

5 youth watches 97 minutes of YouTube and 95 minutes of TikTok per day.

6 A few years ago, two Oxford researchers captured the media's attention by concluding that screen time was as bad for teen

7 mental health as... potatoes! Their paper even stated that social media had no psychological negative effects. However, most

8 evidence points to the contrary. Two Spanish researchers argued that the Oxford study's conclusions were "extremely misleading",

9 after they found that the use of social media was strongly linked to mental health issues, while TV and gaming were only weakly

10 related. Other studies confirmed this and added that the worst effects impacted girls 50% more than boys.

11 It's time to abandon the idea that screen time doesn't matter for mental health. It does. It's just that some screen time matters

12 more than others. Social media seems the most problematic. For practical purposes, that's good news. Parents, policymakers,

13 and teens themselves don't need to consider giving up technology; instead, they can focus on cutting back on social media time.

14 There are other ways teens can stay in touch with friends virtually, like texting, gaming together or meeting on FaceTime or Zoom.

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

1.

According to the text, young people today...

2.

The Oxford research on social media...

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.

People watch less conventional TV than they used to.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

Spanish researchers studied the effect of videogames on young people.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

The author is emphatic that screen devices have an unquestionable psychological impact.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

The author suggests that adolescents should avoid interacting with friends online.

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: CHARLES DICKENS

1 Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers in English literature. His stories such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist

2 continue to shape the way in which we understand nineteenth-century England.

3 Forget the idea that Dickens was always a rich, benevolent gentleman. His family moved around a lot in Dickens’s youth, from

4 Portsmouth to Kent, and from there to London. Dickens’s father was getting deeper and deeper into debt, and the family were

5 literally running away from their creditors. When he was 12, Dickens was sent to live with a family friend and to work at Warren’s

6 shoe polish factory. In his youth, Dickens thought of becoming an actor. However, he fell in love with a woman whose parents were

7 middle-class and disapproved of her association with an aspiring actor —actors being seen as of a low social status at the time.

8 Once he was a famous writer, Dickens became a well-known philanthropist who committed himself to many charities,

9 particularly focusing on issues of child poverty and education. On the same altruistic note, Dickens was also the editor of magazines

10 that, at popular prices, brought literature to everybody. They featured stories by different writers, established novelists, including

11 himself, and also women, like the first salaried female journalist, Eliza Lynn Linton.

12 Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol rapidly, taking just six weeks from beginning to end. He was forced to pay half the publication

13 costs himself as his publishers failed to see the value of a Christmas story. Ironically, it’s never been out of print since its publication

14 in 1843 and it’s been considered one of Dickens’s finest literary achievements, as well as an inspiration for numerous films.

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

9.

As an editor, Charles Dickens...

10.

According to the text, A Christmas Carol...

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 Dickenses had a hard time due to the father’s spending habits.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

Dickens did not have experience as a manual worker.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

Actors were well regarded in Dickens’s times.

TRUE

FALSE

14.

Dickens supported numerous good causes.

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.

“Please, let me

when you are coming.” (know)

17.2.

“When you arrived, we

” (already / leave)

18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:

18.1.

“Neither Tom

Claire came to the meeting.”

18.2.

“You need to follow the recipe step

step.”

19. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE:

“The accident has been caused by a driver using a mobile phone.”

20. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:

“Is somebody going to order the pizzas in the end?”

21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “They sold Anna’s car in just one week.”

22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “Detroit is the city. They lived there when they were young.”

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

“I’d rather you didn’t stay long at the party.” → You had...

You had

24. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “Unless Jake finds a proper solution,...”

Unless Jake finds a proper solution,

25. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY:

“Despite of the challenges, we managed completing the project on time.”

26. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH:

“The policewoman asked to see my driving license.”

27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH:

“'I must return the car to my father next weekend,' Paul 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:

should

apple

for

be

the

everyone

bakery

enough

at

pie

there

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

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

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.

What do you think about using mobile phones in schools? Give reasons.

BLOQUE C (Redacción)

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

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.

“Young people do not read books anymore.” Discuss.