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OFICIALES DE GRADO
JUNIO
Curso 2015-2016
MATERIA: INGLÉS OPCIÓN A
INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIÓN QUESTIONS
Después de leer atentamente los textos y las cuestiones siguientes, el alumno deberá escoger una de
las dos opciones propuestas y responder en INGLÉS a las cuestiones de la opción elegida. 1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks
CALIFICACIÓN: Las cuestiones 1ª, 2ª y 4ª se valorarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la pregunta 3ª are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
sobre 1 punto y la pregunta 5ª sobre 3 puntos.
a) The title’s recommendation is an old oriental proverb.
TIEMPO: 90 minutos.
b) Life usually gives you indications about what might arise.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
No Fear, No Surprise, No Hesitation 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do not
copy from the text.
Where does this saying come from? It’s from a seventeenth-century samurai warrior. a) What does the text recommend people to do in order to get rid of fear?
This was his key to successful living. b) Why is it not a good idea to spend too much time wondering what to choose in life?
Give at least two reasons.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
No fear. There should be nothing in this life that you are afraid of. If there is, you
might need to overcome that fear. Here I have to confess to a certain fear of heights. 3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
Recently, owing to leaky rain gutters, I had to crawl out on our roof. I gritted my a) enormous (paragraph 3)
teeth and kept repeating, “No fear, no fear”, until the job was done. Oh yes, and of b) take place (paragraph 3)
course I didn't look down. Whatever your fear, face it head on and defeat it. c) vanished (paragraph 4)
d) considered (paragraph 4)
(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
No surprise. Life seems to be full of them. You’re going along swimmingly and
4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
suddenly something huge rears up ahead of you. But if you look carefully, there given.
were clues all along the way that it was going to happen. So why does life seem to a) Thirty years ago, scientists _______ (begin) to study the link _______ fear of
surprise us then? Because we are asleep half the time. Wake up and nothing can heights and other phobias.
sneak up on you. b) “How _______ do you go up and clean your roof?” “I usually do it once _______
month.
No hesitation. Weigh up the odds and then just get on with it. If you spend too long c) If you _______ (have) a vertigo attack in a hot air balloon, _______ would you do?
thinking, the opportunity will have passed. Once we have looked at the options, we d) This is the first self-help book I know that _______ (focus) on personal
make a choice; then, go for it. No hesitation means not waiting around for other psychology. All aspects of human behaviour _______ (explain) with clarity and
people to help out or make up our minds for us. No hesitation means if there is a precision.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
certain inevitability about a situation then just throw yourself in, head first, and
enjoy the ride. If there is nothing to be done then waiting doesn't help. 5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic. What are you most afraid of?
Explain why. (Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)
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JUNIO
Curso 2015-2016
MATERIA: INGLÉS OPCIÓN B
INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIÓN QUESTIONS
1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks
Después de leer atentamente los textos y las cuestiones siguientes, el alumno deberá escoger una de las are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
dos opciones propuestas y responder en INGLÉS a las cuestiones de la opción elegida. a) It hasn’t been proved that Spaniards’ working schedule affects their standard of living.
CALIFICACIÓN: Las cuestiones 1ª, 2ª y 4ª se valorarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la pregunta 3ª sobre b) In the text there is no suggestion that it is necessary to improve working conditions in
1 punto y la pregunta 5ª sobre 3 puntos. TIEMPO: 90 minutos.
Spain.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
Working Hours 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
Do not copy from the text.
It has long been a cliché that Spain is a great place to live but a terrible country to a) What do children demand from their parents?
work, and over the last five years many of those lucky enough to have a job are b) How are working hours affecting women’s way of life?
finding themselves working harder, often for fewer wages and with fewer resources. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
Spaniards sleep fewer hours and work longer days than their European neighbours, 3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
but are less productive. a) requested (paragraph 2)
b) balance (paragraph 3)
One of the most popular advertisements on the social networks this year shows
c) complete (paragraph 3)
children being called on to write a letter to their parents asking for something.
d) do something (paragraph 4)
Surprisingly, they don’t ask for toys or sweets. Instead, they ask to spend more time (Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
with their parents: time to play, to read stories … in short, time for loving. 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
given.
Surveys show the important role that our working timetables have on inequality and
a) Instead of _______ (try) to do our best at work, ours is a culture of being seen on the job
the quality of life in our country. Spanish working women are the most stressed out rather _______ being effective.
in Europe. They sleep less and have to juggle family and professional commitments, b) _______ the crisis, this is still a great place to live_______ the climate, the food and the
given that they are still overwhelmingly responsible for housework. Figures also way people interact with each other.
show that, as a result of our timetable, not only children’s performance at school c) Productivity would increase if office hours _______ (be) more rational. Bringing the
suffers, but their overall development is damaged by lack of sleep as well. prime time _______ TV to 9 p.m. would help.
d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
We don’t want to be a country built on prejudice and irrationality. We must have the “Why have you applied for a new job if your salary seems to be reasonable?” he asked
courage to take steps to introduce a more balanced and sustainable approach to me.
working similar to that of other European countries. Future generations will He wanted to know ________________________________________________.
appreciate this and children will hopefully no longer have to write asking their parents (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
to spend more time with them. 5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.
Working in Spain or abroad. What would you prefer and why?
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)