PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDADY PRUEBA DE ADMISIÓN
ANDALUCÍA, CEUTA, MELILLA y CENTROS en MARRUECOS
CURSO 2024-2025
LENGUA EXTRANJERAINGLÉS (ACCESO)
Instrucciones:
a) Duración: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
b) Todas las cuestiones deben responderse en el papel entregado para la realización del examen y nunca en los folios que contienen los enunciados.
c) Este examen consta de varios bloques. Debe responder a las preguntas que se indican en cada uno.
d) La puntuación está indicada en cada uno de los apartados.
e) 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. Se deberá responder al número que se indica. En caso de aportar más de una respuesta, solo se tendrá en cuenta la que aparezca en primer lugar. Las preguntas han de ser respondidas en su totalidad: si la pregunta tiene dos secciones, hay que responder a ambas.
BLOQUE A (Comprensión lectora)
Puntuación máxima: 4 puntos
Debe responderse a las 8 preguntas del texto propuesto.
COMPREHENSION (4 points). READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
A PROPER HALLOWEEN
- “What are you going as this Halloween?” The discussion at home starts in the spring, takes all the summer, and usually settles
- towards the end of September. This year we have been through John Lennon, a clown, and Pikachu. We have finally settled on
- Willy Wonka for my son and Snow White for me. As for my daughter, you can bet she will be wearing the same costume she wore
- last year. In a moment of weakness at an American shopping centre, I had bought her a $40 inflatable costume of a “dark spirit
- riding a dinosaur,” and she loved it. She was really excited at the school’s Halloween fair surrounded by kids disguised as sumo
- wrestlers, aliens, Wednesday Addamses or the occasional inanimate object, a popular subcategory of costume in the US.
- This year is the first time in almost two decades that we will be in the UK for Halloween, and most people I talk to seem to
- suggest that Halloween preparations here are out of control. Current research proves that Halloween spending has tripled since
- 2013, with an average spend of £25 a person, rising to £43 in London. And while these increases are predominantly pushed by
- gen Z and millennials, the data suggests that their elders are being brought along to the party behind them.
- However, Americans still take Halloween much more seriously than the British. Every year entire streets in our Manhattan
- neighbourhood are transformed, culminating in the Hollywood-level effects and decorations put into the houses on 69th Street,
- which annually draws crowds from across the city. As far as I can tell, Britain has not gone this far yet. Most houses aren’t
- decorated, and it’s common to see online warnings against knocking on houses without clear signs that the occupants are into
- Halloween. Also, the costumes in Britain are still based on the conventionally spooky rather than on funny or outrageous images
- that pop into your head and that you spend weeks trying to make wearable. Shops are another story: In the supermarkets pumpkin
- spice and similar products can be found everywhere.
- My American children have no doubt about it: Halloween in Britain cannot compare yet. When I asked if they thought British
- Halloween had caught up with its American equivalent, my daughter gave me the same pitying look she used the day she asked
- me: “You really don’t know what a meme is?”
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
A1. According to the text, the author’s family…
Solución
(d) give a lot of thought to their Halloween outfits.
En casa empiezan a hablar del disfraz en primavera y no lo deciden hasta finales de septiembre (líneas 1-2): “The discussion at home starts in the spring, takes all the summer, and usually settles towards the end of September.”
Sí compran disfraces, como el de 40 dólares de su hija (a); cada uno irá de algo distinto, Willy Wonka, Blancanieves y el espíritu sobre un dinosaurio (b); y el texto no dice que les guste decorar la casa (c).
A2. According to the text, …
Solución
(a) there is a lack of creativity in British Halloween costumes.
En Gran Bretaña los disfraces siguen siendo los típicos de miedo, no ideas divertidas u originales (líneas 15-16): “the costumes in Britain are still based on the conventionally spooky rather than on funny or outrageous images that pop into your head”.
Los estadounidenses se toman Halloween mucho más en serio (“Halloween in Britain cannot compare yet”) (b); hay avisos para no llamar a las casas sin decoración (“online warnings against knocking on houses”) (c); y las generaciones mayores también se están sumando (“their elders are being brought along to the party”) (d).
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT. (0.5 points each)
A3. The author had planned to buy the dinosaur costume.
Solución
FALSE. “In a moment of weakness at an American shopping centre, I had bought her a $40 inflatable costume of a ‘dark spirit riding a dinosaur,’ (and she loved it).” (líneas 4-5).
Lo compró por impulso, en un momento de debilidad, no porque lo tuviera planeado.
A4. On Halloween people gather in a certain area of Manhattan.
Solución
TRUE. “(Every year entire streets in our Manhattan neighbourhood are transformed,) culminating in the Hollywood-level effects and decorations put into the houses on 69th Street, which annually draws crowds from across the city.” (líneas 11-13).
Cada año, gente de toda la ciudad acude a ver las casas de la calle 69.
A5. There are British families who do not want to be disturbed on Halloween night.
Solución
TRUE. “(Most houses aren’t decorated, and) it’s common to see online warnings against knocking on houses without clear signs that the occupants are into Halloween.” (líneas 13-15).
Se recomienda no llamar a las casas que no muestran claramente que celebran Halloween, porque a esas familias no les gusta que las molesten.
A6. In Britain, Halloween is especially noticeable in commercial establishments.
Solución
TRUE. “Shops are another story:” // “In the supermarkets pumpkin spice and similar products can be found everywhere.” (líneas 16-17).
Aunque las casas apenas se decoran, en las tiendas y supermercados Halloween está por todas partes. Basta con una de las dos partes de la cita.
A7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
A7.1. ONE SYNONYM FOR: “scary” (adjective).
Solución
spooky (línea 15): “the conventionally spooky”.
A7.2. ONE OPPOSITE FOR: “living” (adjective).
Solución
inanimate (línea 6): “the occasional inanimate object”.
A8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
A8.1. ONE WORD MEANING: “an idea, image, video or piece of content that spreads very quickly on the Internet.”
Solución
meme (línea 20): “You really don’t know what a meme is?”.
A8.2. ONE WORD MEANING: “an entertainer who makes people laugh by behaving in a playful or silly way.”
Solución
clown (línea 2): “John Lennon, a clown, and Pikachu”.
BLOQUE B (Uso de la lengua)
Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos
Debe responder a las 6 preguntas de la opción escogida.
USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each). CHOOSE OPTION 1 OR OPTION 2 AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THAT OPTION ONLY.
OPTION 1
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THE ORIGINAL MEANING. THE NEW SENTENCE MUST CLEARLY PRESENT A DIFFERENT LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE.
- BEGIN AS INDICATED OR USE THE WORD IN BRACKETS.
- THE WORDS PROVIDED MUST NOT BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY.
B1. What a pity you couldn’t come along to the theatre yesterday.
(WISH)
Solución
I wish you had (been able to) come along to the theatre yesterday. (o I wish you could have come along to the theatre yesterday.)
Para lamentar algo del pasado se usa wish + pasado perfecto. Como could no tiene pasado perfecto, se puede usar had been able to o could have + participio. La oración pasa a afirmativa porque se desea lo contrario de lo que ocurrió.
B2. Elena didn’t have a driving license, so she couldn’t get the job.
If Elena…
Solución
If Elena had (had) a driving license, she would have got / would have been able to get the job.
Tercer condicional, para una situación pasada que no ocurrió: if + pasado perfecto (had had), would have + participio. Las dos oraciones pasan a afirmativas.
B3. Steven left early because he needed to pick up his son from nursery school.
In order to…
Solución
In order to pick up his son from nursery school, Steven left early.
La causa (because he needed to…) se expresa como finalidad con in order to + infinitivo. Al empezar la oración con la finalidad, se separa con una coma.
B4. It is possible that we will go to Isla Mágica tomorrow.
We…
Solución
We may / might / could go to Isla Mágica tomorrow.
It is possible that + futuro se sustituye por un modal de posibilidad (may, might o could) + infinitivo sin to.
B5. A lot of people fear spiders.
(SCARED)
Solución
A lot of people are scared of spiders.
El verbo fear se sustituye por el adjetivo scared, que va con be y la preposición of.
B6. The environment shouldn’t be polluted.
We…
Solución
We shouldn’t pollute the environment.
Se pasa de pasiva a activa: el sujeto de la pasiva (the environment) se convierte en objeto, y el modal se mantiene con el infinitivo activo pollute.
OPTION 2
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THE ORIGINAL MEANING. THE NEW SENTENCE MUST CLEARLY PRESENT A DIFFERENT LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE.
- BEGIN AS INDICATED OR USE THE WORD IN BRACKETS.
- THE WORDS PROVIDED MUST NOT BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY.
B7. All my friends have passed their driving test.
None…
Solución
None of my friends have failed their driving test.
All… have passed equivale a none… have failed: con none la oración ya es negativa, así que el verbo va en afirmativa y se cambia por su contrario (pass → fail).
B8. Is this sweater yours?
(BELONG)
Solución
Does this sweater belong to you?
El pronombre posesivo yours se sustituye por el verbo belong to + pronombre objeto. Al ser un verbo léxico, la pregunta se forma con el auxiliar does.
B9. Bill’s car broke down and he had to take a taxi.
(WHOSE)
Solución
Bill, whose car broke / had broken down, had to take a taxi.
El genitivo Bill’s se sustituye por el relativo posesivo whose, en una relativa explicativa entre comas. Dentro de la relativa vale el pasado simple o el pasado perfecto, porque la avería fue anterior.
B10. ‘I’m sorry I dropped your tablet,’ said Stephen to him.
(APOLOGISED)
Solución
Stephen apologised (to him) for dropping / having dropped his tablet. (o Stephen apologised that he (had) dropped his tablet.)
En estilo indirecto, I’m sorry se resume con apologise (to somebody) for + -ing, o con apologise that + oración. El posesivo your pasa a his, porque la tableta es de la persona a la que habla Stephen.
B11. The last time Taylor Swift sang “Change” at a concert was five years ago.
(FOR)
Solución
Taylor Swift hasn’t sung “Change” at a concert for five years.
The last time… was + periodo + ago equivale al present perfect negativo con for + periodo: hace cinco años que no la canta.
B12. I regularly make financial decisions at work.
I am used…
Solución
I am used to making financial decisions at work.
Be used to (“estar acostumbrado a”) expresa algo habitual. Aquí to es una preposición, así que va seguido de -ing (making), no de infinitivo.
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.
WRITING (3 points)
C. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST 120 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:
C1. Share a memorable experience you’ve had during your favourite holiday or celebration.
C2. Holidays and festivities encourage us to spend more than we should. Discuss.