Problema 3 · Inglés PAU Galicia Ordinaria (2ª lengua extranjera) 2025

3. In this text, fill in the gaps with the most suitable option from the four options given for each gap. (2.5 points; 0.25 each)

What are the chances of slipping 1.

a banana skin, being hit by lighting or being struck by a meteorite? These are not the sort of unlucky events that most people spend their time thinking about,

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one, has already happened to them. A surprising number of people have

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some time in their lives, imagined aliens kidnapping them. Some even have recurring nightmares about it,

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afraid of dying from flu, even though it is something that is likely

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No doubt many people who go rock climbing will be among the people

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bottled water on the grounds that is safer than drinking tap water. Amazingly, our fear of flying outweighs our fear of driving, but the statistics show that going by plane is so much safer. The best explanation is that people

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about the possibility of dropping

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the air than of crashing on land.

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an attempt to educate people about the real and imagined risks of life, scientists have constructed a scale of risk which they can use to compare any new and unfamiliar risks,

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those involved in taking new medicines, in terms of real events.