Inglés, reserva 2 de 2023.
Examen de Selectividad resuelto.

El examen consta de 3 Bloques (A, B y C)

En cada bloque (Comprehension, Use of English y Writing) se plantean varias preguntas, de las que se deberá responder al número que se indica en cada uno. En caso de responder más cuestiones de las requeridas, serán tenidas en cuenta las respondidas en primer lugar hasta alcanzar dicho número. Las preguntas han de ser respondidas en su totalidad: si la pregunta tiene dos secciones, hay que responder ambas.

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

TEXT 1: THE HISTORY OF TATTOOS

1. In 1991 two Germans hiking in the Alps found by chance what they initially believed to be a modern corpse frozen in the ice.
2. Later, authorities discovered that it was anything but modern. The mummy, nicknamed Ötzi after the valley where it lay, had
3. survived in the ice for 5,300 years. Mystery surrounds the exact circumstances of Ötzi’s death although data suggest a violent end.
4. However, this isn’t the only secret Ötzi hides. He has over fifty lines and crosses tattooed onto his body —the earliest known
5. evidence of tattooing in the world. The locations of the markings are consistent with traditional Chinese acupuncture points. So,
6. Ötzi’s tattoos probably played a therapeutic role.
7. Before Ötzi, the first conclusive evidence of tattoos came from a handful of Egyptian mummies dating back to the construction
8. of the great pyramids, over 4,000 years ago. Historical texts reveal that tattooing has been practiced by almost every human
9. culture. For instance, the ancient Greeks used tattoos to communicate among spies. Later, the Romans marked criminals and
10. slaves with tattoos. During the crusades, Europeans tattooed a cross on their hands or arms to show that they had participated in
11. the war and indicate their desire for a Christian burial.
12. The popularity of tattoos has risen and fallen over time. Currently, the practice is booming. The reasons for getting tattoos vary:
13. religion, status or artistic expression. Now, a new one can be added: a webpage designer recently sold his forehead as advertising
14. space on eBay. He got $37,000 in return for having a pharmaceutical brand logo tattooed for one month. If Ötzi weren’t in deep
15. freeze at a museum, I’m sure he’d be rolling in his grave.

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

1. According to the text, tattooing…

2. According to the text, eBay…

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)

TEXT 2: ALL UK NUMBER 1 HITS

1. The UK singles chart, a weekly countdown of the most popular songs on the radio, has been a constant in our lives for seventy
2. years. But to Dave Watson, it’s a lifestyle. Watson has been collecting copies of UK Number 1 hits since the late 1980s; today, he
3. owns all 1,404 UK Number 1 singles, reaching back to the birth of the charts in 1952. He believes it’s the only complete collection
4. of its kind.
5. Watson’s devotion to music charts began more than thirty years ago. Starting a collection made sense: his mother had worked
6. in a record store, and he enjoyed collecting things. When he started his mission in 1988, the charts had already seen 605 Number
7. 1 singles. With the single “Don’t Turn Around” under his arm, he decided to find the previous 604 releases.
8. In his treasure hunt, Watson used to get trains to London to visit music fairs and second-hand record shops. He also responded
9. to selling adverts in Time Out and Loot magazines and wrote to record dealers. “I spent endless hours searching through dealers’
10. stock,” he says. “I had a handwritten list that I photocopied and took around with me to spread the word. Some sellers answered
11. back saying which singles they had and how much they would be.” His first wish list was already several pages long. Then he
12. started crossing titles out and he told himself, “Well, I have a chance of doing all this.”
13. Discovering eBay around the millennium was a turning point. With a mouse click, Watson found there the last ten singles he
14. needed. With the 1953 single “Doggy in the Window” Watson brought the collection up to date.

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

9. According to the text, the UK singles chart started…

10. According to the text, Dave Watson’s collection…

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)

II * USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each). CHOOSE AND ANSWER ONLY 6 (SIX) QUESTIONS.

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: