Ejercicio Text 2 · Inglés PAU Andalucía Ordinaria Titular (Acceso) 2020

TEXT 2: THE VISION

1 He called her Bumps because when she smiled, her big cheeks grew even larger, turning pink with the natural timidity of a

2 farm girl.

3 Kevin was my college roommate, and Bumps was his girlfriend. He thought of himself as too urbane and sophisticated to marry

4 a modest, apple-cheeked farm girl, so he ended their relationship before it got too serious.

5 Months later I ran into Bumps. We sat and talked about the obvious: How was Kevin? Was he seeing anyone? I told her he

6 was doing okay and hadn't seen anyone else. Suddenly, and I have a difficult time explaining this, a thought, or maybe a scene,

7 came to my mind. I suppose you could call it a vision. From somewhere high in the air I watched Kevin and Bumps as they got

8 married next to a lake I'd never seen before. I was perplexed but I said nothing about it to her. If she and Kevin were going to get

9 back together, it wouldn't be because I told them I'd had a vision of them getting married.

10 Later, when I arrived home, I stood on the doorstep for a moment, repeating to myself my resolution not to mention what had

11 happened. However, just as I opened the door, I was unable to control my mouth and said "I think you should start seeing Bumps

12 again." It was as if someone else was speaking. Kevin let out a loud laugh. We agreed that it was weird and left it at that.

13 I never mentioned the lake or the marriage scene to anyone. The next summer, Kevin and Bumps got married next to that

14 lake.

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

9.

Kevin had broken up with Bumps because...

10.

According to the text, the narrator...

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.

Kevin called her Bumps because she smiled very often.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

Bumps asked the narrator to meet.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

In order not to interfere, the narrator did not mention "the wedding" to Bumps.

TRUE

FALSE

14.

The narrator's vision eventually came true.

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.