Examen de Inglés PAU Murcia 2022 · Extraordinaria

Task 1

1. Read the text and decide whether statements 1.1 to 1.4 are true or false. Then, find a text fragment which confirms your answer in either case. Write “TRUE” or “FALSE” plus the fragment (one or two lines maximum) on your answer sheet. [Score: 4 items × 0.5 marks = 2 marks]

E.g.: Students from all over the world choose to study abroad. TRUE. Evidence: Studying abroad is a global phenomenon.

1.1.

Studying abroad can bring you different types of advantages.

1.2.

Contact with people from other cultures may help you know yourself and your country better.

1.3.

It is always better to study in the UK, the US, or Australia than in your own country.

1.4.

In the future, you will not get a job if you don't have international experience and education.

2. Complete each sentence with information from the text but using your own words ( about 10-15 words of your own per sentence). DO NOT COPY LITERALLY from the text nor from statements 1.1 to 1.4. Write the two sentences on your answer sheet. [Score: 2 items x 0.5 marks = 1 mark]

2.1.

One reason to study abroad...

2.2.

The USA, the UK, and Australia...

1. Read the text and choose the best option (A, B, or C) for items 1.1 to 1.4. [Score: 4 items x 0.5 marks = 2 marks]

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2. Complete each sentence with information from the text but using your own words ( about 10-15 words of your own per sentence). DO NOT COPY LITERALLY from the text nor from items 1.1 to 1.4. Write the two sentences on your answer sheet. [Score: 2 items x 0.5 marks = 1 mark]

2.1.

2.2.

SECTION II: OVERALL LANGUAGE ABILITY (USE OF ENGLISH) (3 marks)

3. Complete the text choosing the best option (A, B, or C) for each gap (1-15). On your answer sheet, draw a table like the one below and, for each gap (1-15), copy the letter that corresponds to your answer (A, B, or C). Use CAPITAL LETTERS. [Score: 15 items x 0.1 marks = 1.5 marks]

Having A Best Friend. A story (1) [ ___ ] that two friends were walking through the desert. At some point along the journey, they (2) [ ___ ] an argument, and one friend slapped the other one (3) [ ___ ] the face. The one who (4) [ ___ ] slapped was hurt, but without saying (5) [ ___ ], he wrote the following in the sand: "Today, my best friend slapped me." They kept on walking (6) [ ___ ] they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one (7) [ ___ ] had been slapped got stuck in the mud (8) [ ___ ] started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he (9) [ ___ ] from nearly drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today, my best friend saved my life." The other friend asked him: "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, (10) [ ___ ]?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts (11) [ ___ ] we should write it down in sand, where winds of forgiveness can (12) [ ___ ] it away. But when someone (13) [ ___ ] something good for us, we must engrave it in stone so (14) [ ___ ] no wind can ever blow it away."

Moral of the story: (15) [ ___ ] value the things you have in your life: value who you have in your life.

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seek

4. Complete THREE of the following sentences so that each sentence keeps the meaning of the sentence printed before it and includes a clear change of linguistic structure. COPY THE COMPLETE SENTENCES (including the beginnings already given to you) onto your answer sheet. [Score: 3 items x 0.5 marks = 1.5 marks]

4.1.

My aunt said yesterday: “I will give you 15€ if you look after little Carmen.”

Yesterday my aunt told

little Carmen.

4.2.

A very loud noise woke me up last night.

I

last night.

4.3.

Hollywood is the best film-making industry in the world.

No other film-making industry in the world

Hollywood.

4.4.

I wouldn’t eat that kind of food if I wasn’t really hungry.

I wouldn’t eat that kind of food

really hungry.

4.5.

I regret not studying harder when I was in high school.

If

harder when I was in high school.

SECTION III: WRITING (4 marks)

5. Choose ONE of the four options below (a, b, c, or d) and write the corresponding text (150-175 words). Write your PARAGRAPH or TEXT on your answer sheet. [Score: 1 item x 4 marks = 4 marks]

a) Argumentative writing. Influencers are unnecessary. Discuss.

WRITE AN ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT including arguments in favor of and against this statement. Make sure you provide a balanced discussion of the topic.

SECTION III: WRITING (4 marks)

5. Choose ONE of the four options below (a, b, c, or d) and write the corresponding text (150-175 words). Write your PARAGRAPH or TEXT on your answer sheet. [Score: 1 item x 4 marks = 4 marks]

b) Descriptive writing. Your dream house.

WRITE A PARAGRAPH describing your ideal house. (Make sure you describe the interior and exterior of the house as well as how you feel or would feel living in it.)

SECTION III: WRITING (4 marks)

5. Choose ONE of the four options below (a, b, c, or d) and write the corresponding text (150-175 words). Write your PARAGRAPH or TEXT on your answer sheet. [Score: 1 item x 4 marks = 4 marks]

c) Opinion writing. Climate change does not exist. Do you agree?

WRITE AN OPINION PARAGRAPH/TEXT. Make sure you adopt a position and then provide the necessary arguments to convince your reader of it.

SECTION III: WRITING (4 marks)

5. Choose ONE of the four options below (a, b, c, or d) and write the corresponding text (150-175 words). Write your PARAGRAPH or TEXT on your answer sheet. [Score: 1 item x 4 marks = 4 marks]

d)

Email writing. “I need some information, please!”

WRITE AN EMAIL to a friend who has recently finished the degree you want to study at the university you want to study. Ask him/her at least four things that you need to know about the degree itself and about life at that university.