PRUEBA DE EVALUACIÓN DE BACHILLERATO PARA ELACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD Y PRUEBAS DE ADMISIÓN
ANDALUCÍA, CEUTA, MELILLA y CENTROS en MARRUECOS
CURSO 2022-2023
LENGUA EXTRANJERA(INGLÉS)
Instrucciones:
a) Duración: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
b) Este examen consta de varios bloques. Debe responder a las preguntas que se indican en cada uno.
c) La puntuación está indicada en cada uno de los apartados.
d) No se permite el uso de diccionario.
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.
BLOQUE A (Comprensión lectora)
Puntuación máxima: 4 puntos
Debe responderse a las 8 preguntas de uno de los 2 textos propuestos.
I * COMPREHENSION (4 points). CHOOSE TEXT 1 OR TEXT 2 AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THAT TEXT ONLY.
TEXT 1: SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE…
- Last August, a 911 operator came to the rescue of a desperate bride, but not in the way you would expect. A bride named
- Amanda had her wedding dress stolen on the morning of her nuptials! She had been packing her car when, upon returning from a
- quick trip to the house, she discovered the dress had gone missing. Panicking, she called 911 to report the theft.
- Candice, the 911 dispatcher answering the call, couldn’t help but sympathize with Amanda. She said that all she kept thinking
- was “I have a wedding gown. Maybe she could wear that. Here we go, let’s see if she wants it.”
- On an impulse, Candice asked her supervisor if she could offer the bride her dress. Of course, she had no idea if the dress
- would fit, much less if Amanda would even want to give it a try. Luckily, her supervisor agreed and let her do it. Though grateful
- for the offer, the traumatized bride asked to see a picture of the gown first. Candice completely understood. She texted the police
- officer on the scene a picture of the gown and, thankfully, Amanda loved it.
- The operator then asked her husband to pick up the dress, which was in her parents’ attic. After overcoming a series of
- obstacles, including discovering that he had taken the wrong keys, Candice’s husband successfully delivered the dress to the bride
- in time, and the wedding went off without any further incidents.
- Some days later, newlywed Amanda surprised Candice at her office to return her dress. She wanted to say a personal and
- heartfelt thank you to the woman that she believes saved her wedding.
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
1. According to the text, the person who took Candice’s gown to the bride was…
Solución
(c) Candice’s husband.
El marido de Candice llevó el vestido a tiempo (líneas 11-12): “Candice’s husband successfully delivered the dress to the bride in time”.
Candice pidió a su marido que fuera a buscarlo (a); a la policía solo le envió una foto (b); y su supervisora únicamente le dio permiso (d).
2. According to the text, …
Solución
(a) desperate Amanda didn’t accept the offer immediately.
Antes de aceptar, Amanda pidió ver una foto del vestido (líneas 7-8): “Though grateful for the offer, the traumatized bride asked to see a picture of the gown first.”
Se conocieron días después, cuando Amanda fue a devolver el vestido (b); el marido se llevó las llaves equivocadas, no se olvidó de ellas (c); y el texto no habla de arreglos en el vestido (d).
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. Amanda left her wedding dress unsupervised.
Solución
TRUE. (She had been packing her car when,) upon returning from a quick trip to the house, she discovered the dress had gone missing. (líneas 2-3).
Dejó el vestido en el coche mientras entraba un momento en casa.
4. Candice’s manager disapproved of her kind gesture.
Solución
FALSE. Luckily, her supervisor agreed and let her do it. (línea 7).
Su supervisora estuvo de acuerdo y le dio permiso.
5. Apart from the dress incident, there were no other impediments to the ceremony.
Solución
TRUE. (Candice’s husband successfully delivered the dress to the bride in time,) and the wedding went off without any further incidents. (línea 12).
La boda se celebró sin más incidentes.
6. Amanda and Candice never met each other.
Solución
FALSE. Some days later, newlywed Amanda surprised Candice at her office to return her dress. (línea 13).
Amanda fue a verla a su oficina días después.
7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
7.1. ONE SYNONYM FOR: “perhaps” (adverb)
Solución
maybe (línea 5): “Maybe she could wear that”.
7.2. ONE SYNONYM FOR: “sincere” (adjective)
Solución
heartfelt (línea 14): “a personal and heartfelt thank you”.
8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
8.1. ONE WORD MEANING: “to be of the right size”
Solución
fit (línea 7): “she had no idea if the dress would fit”.
8.2. ONE WORD MEANING: “to understand and care about someone’s problem”
Solución
sympathize (línea 4): “couldn’t help but sympathize with Amanda”.
TEXT 2: SANAS CAN CHANGE YOUR ACCENT
- English is the world’s most widely used language. An estimated 1.5 billion people speak it, and most of them aren’t native
- speakers. In the United States alone, millions of people speak English as a second language. A new company called Sanas is
- testing out artificial intelligence-powered software that aims to eliminate miscommunication by changing people’s accents in real
- time. A call center worker in the Philippines, for example, could speak normally into the microphone and end up sounding more
- like someone from Kansas to a customer on the other end. The American accent sounds somewhat artificial, Siri-like, but they are
- working on improving the technology. The idea is that, rather than learning to pronounce words differently, you could have
- technology do it for you. And understanding would be nearly instantaneous.
- The three founders of Sanas met at Stanford University, but they’re all from different countries originally. All three say they’ve
- experienced over the years how accents can get in the way. “We all come from international backgrounds. We’ve seen firsthand
- how people treat you differently just because of the way you speak,” Maxim Serebryakov, one of the founders, says. He also
- remarks that people’s accents and identities can be closely linked, and he stresses that the company isn’t trying to erase accents
- or imply that one way of speaking is better than another.
- Eventually, they hope the app they’re developing will be used by a variety of industries and individuals. It could help doctors
- better understand patients. Someday, they say, it could also assist language learners and improve dubbing in movies. It could
- even help smart speakers in homes and voice assistants in cars understand different accents.
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
9. According to the text, the majority of English speakers…
Solución
(c) don’t have English as their first language.
La mayoría de quienes hablan inglés no son nativos (líneas 1-2): “An estimated 1.5 billion people speak it, and most of them aren’t native speakers.”
El texto no dice que la mayoría tenga acento estadounidense (a) ni que viva en EE. UU. (b); y la aplicación de Sanas todavía está en pruebas (d).
10. According to the text, Sanas…
Solución
(b) intends to improve communication.
Su objetivo es acabar con los malentendidos (línea 3): “software that aims to eliminate miscommunication”.
El cambio es casi instantáneo (“nearly instantaneous”) (a); funciona con inteligencia artificial (“artificial intelligence-powered”) (c); y cambia el acento, no traduce entre idiomas (d).
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. Sanas technology has succeeded in replicating the sound of a real human accent.
Solución
FALSE. The American accent sounds somewhat artificial, Siri-like, but they are working on improving the technology. (líneas 5-6).
El acento todavía suena algo artificial.
12. According to the text, Sanas considers some accents superior to others.
Solución
FALSE. (He also remarks that people’s accents and identities can be closely linked, and) he stresses that the company isn’t trying to erase accents or imply that one way of speaking is better than another. (líneas 11-12).
La empresa insiste en que ningún acento es mejor que otro.
13. The film industry is likely to benefit from software like Sanas.
Solución
TRUE. Someday, they say, it could also (assist language learners and) improve dubbing in movies. (línea 14).
Podría mejorar el doblaje de películas.
14. Sanas might be used as an aid to improve the performance of home devices.
Solución
TRUE. It could even help smart speakers in homes (and voice assistants in cars) understand different accents. (líneas 14-15).
Podría ayudar a los altavoces inteligentes a entender distintos acentos.
15. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
15.1. ONE SYNONYM FOR: “emphasize” (verb)
Solución
stresses (línea 11): “he stresses that the company isn’t trying to erase accents”. También vale el infinitivo, stress.
15.2. ONE SYNONYM FOR: “client” (noun)
Solución
customer (línea 5): “to a customer on the other end”.
16. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
16.1. ONE WORD MEANING: “failure to transmit information successfully to somebody”
Solución
miscommunication (línea 3): “aims to eliminate miscommunication”.
16.2. ONE WORD MEANING: “obtained or experienced by direct personal observation”
Solución
firsthand (línea 9): “We’ve seen firsthand”.
BLOQUE B (Uso de la lengua)
Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos
Debe responder a 6 de las 12 preguntas propuestas.
II * USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each). CHOOSE AND ANSWER ONLY 6 (SIX) QUESTIONS.
17. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
17.1. “Susan gave up… five years ago.” (jog)
17.2. “No, the word stunning… that!” (not mean)
Solución
17.1. “Susan gave up jogging five years ago.”
El phrasal verb give up (“dejar de”) va seguido de -ing.
17.2. “No, the word stunning does not (o doesn’t) mean that!”
Es una verdad general, así que se usa el presente simple negativo, con does porque el sujeto (the word) es singular.
18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:
18.1. “… people sing country music in Spain.” A lot / Few / Much / Little
18.2. “My brother is coming to pick me… at the bus station.” after / up / in / on
Solución
18.1. “Few people sing country music in Spain.”
People es contable, así que se descartan much y little; a lot necesitaría of. Few significa “pocos”.
18.2. “My brother is coming to pick me up at the bus station.”
El phrasal verb pick up significa “recoger a alguien”.
19. TURN THIS SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “When her parents passed away, she was brought up by a foster family.”
Solución
When her parents passed away, a foster family brought her up.
El agente (by a foster family) pasa a ser el sujeto y she pasa a her, como objeto del phrasal verb bring up (“criar”).
20. TURN THIS SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “Did they make these high-end clothes in Spain in the 1990s?”
Solución
Were these high-end clothes made in Spain in the 1990s?
Pasiva interrogativa en pasado simple: were + sujeto + participio. Se usa were porque clothes es plural.
21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “They used to go to the cinema every two weeks.”
Solución
How often did they use to go to the cinema?
Para preguntar por la frecuencia se usa how often. En interrogativa, used to se forma con did + use to.
22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “Mary has got a new boyfriend. His mother is a very well-known writer.”
Solución
Mary has got a new boyfriend whose mother is a very well-known writer.
El posesivo his se sustituye por el relativo posesivo whose.
23. REWRITE THE NEXT SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “We suggest that we make a move today.” What about…?
Solución
What about making a move today?
Una sugerencia se puede expresar con What about + -ing, en forma de pregunta.
24. COMPLETE THIS CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If she dares to do that again, …”
Solución
If she dares to do that again, she will be punished. (por ejemplo)
Primer condicional: con if + presente simple, la oración principal lleva sujeto + will + infinitivo.
25. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “First, Sophie warmed up for ten minutes. Then, she worked out for two hours.” After…
Solución
After warming up for ten minutes, Sophie worked out for two hours. (o After she/Sophie (had) warmed up for ten minutes, she/Sophie worked out for two hours.)
After puede ir seguido de -ing (si el sujeto es el mismo) o de una oración; el pasado perfecto subraya que el calentamiento fue anterior.
26. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY: “A friend of us has worked like a hairdresser in the past, but he wouldn’t like to do it again.”
Solución
A friend of ours has worked as a hairdresser in the past, but he wouldn’t like to do it again.
Primer error: a friend of va seguido de un pronombre posesivo (ours). Segundo error: para una profesión se usa as (“como, en calidad de”), no like (“parecido a”).
27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “‘We won’t meet our new literature teacher tomorrow,’ the students said.”
Solución
The students said that they wouldn’t meet their new literature teacher the following day / the next day / the day after.
Won’t retrocede a wouldn’t, we/our pasan a they/their y tomorrow a the following day.
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:
Solución
How long did you wait for the train to come?
Pregunta por la duración con how long + did. La estructura wait for + algo + to-infinitivo significa “esperar a que algo ocurra”.
BLOQUE C (Redacción)
Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos
Deberá realizar una redacción de un mínimo de 120 palabras de SOLAMENTE 1 de los dos temas propuestos.
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:
29.1. Do you like rituals and ceremonies? Explain.
29.2. What are your favourite apps? Explain.