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EVALUACIÓN PARA EL ACCESO A LAS ENSEÑANZAS UNIVERSITARIAS
OFICIALES DE GRADO
SEPTIEMBRE
Curso 2014-2015
MATERIA: INGLÉS OPCIÓN A
INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y CALIFICACIÓN QUESTIONS
Después de leer atentamente los textos y las cuestiones siguientes, el alumno deberá escoger una de 1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
las dos opciones propuestas y responder en INGLÉS a las cuestiones de la opción elegida. marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
CALIFICACIÓN: Las cuestiones 1ª, 2ª y 4ª se valorarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la pregunta 3ª a) According to the text, traffic lights are essential for the safety of cyclists.
sobre 1 punto y la pregunta 5ª sobre 3 puntos.
TIEMPO: 90 minutos.
b) Nowadays, driving gives you more liberty than cycling.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

Go on Two Wheels 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
“Beat the Tube strike, get a bike!” During the 48-hour shutdown of London Do not copy from the text.
Underground in February 2014, thousands did just that and took to two wheels. During a) Explain how Londoners reacted to the transport strike in 1926 and in 2014.
the General Strike of 1926, the middle-class volunteers who drove trains were strike b) How did cycling affect women in the past?
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
breakers. Similarly, these two-wheeled commuters were trying to beat the Tube strike.

3.- Find the words in the text that mean:

With every turn of a bicycle wheel, human freedom is advanced. Cyclists do not have
a) exactly (paragraph 1)
to face timetables; through their own sweat, they make their way in the world, free from
b) schedules (paragraph 2)
following rigid lines of steel and electricity. The bike is individualism in action.
c) created (paragraph 4)
d) get rid of (paragraph 4)
The bicycle is a reminder of the freedoms people enjoyed in the lost Victorian days. (Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
You pay no taxes or duties; you need no licence, permit or certificate of proficiency -
you just get on your bike. And any cyclist with road sense will have a relaxed attitude 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets
towards highways regulations. It is absurd to give dog-like obedience to a red light when given.
when your eyes and ears tell you it is safe to go. a) I remember _______ (bike) with my friends when I was a teenager in the village
_______ I was born.
The bike has always pedalled individual freedom forward. The Lady Cyclists’ b) The Lady's Association to protect women’s health _______ (found) by Victorian
Association, founded in 1892, knew that it not only gave women an escape from home women, who were much more advanced _______ you can imagine.
and husband, but also a reason to throw off constricting dresses. Many lady cyclists, for c) “Cyclists _______wear a helmet”. This statement appears in UK parks where it is
practical reasons, made cause with the Rational Dress Society who opposed “the compulsory _______ (do) so.
introduction of any fashion in dress that either deforms the figure or impedes the d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
movement of the body”. “Why don’t we go for a walk tomorrow if the weather is fine?”
John suggested _______________________________________________
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
The car is no longer a symbol of freedom, so if you want to feel free, go on two wheels.
5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of cycling in big cities?
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)
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OFICIALES DE GRADO
SEPTIEMBRE
Curso 2014-2015
MATERIA: INGLÉS OPCIÓN B
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 sobre are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
1 punto y la pregunta 5ª sobre 3 puntos. TIEMPO: 90 minutos. a) An expert said that we are having more in-person conversations now than we used to in
the past.
Use or Abuse of Technology b) Dr Cassidy believes that the overuse of technology by young people only damages their
brain.
People in Britain now spend more time watching TV, gaming, and using their mobile (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
phones and computers than they do sleeping. Research by a British communications 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
agency found that the average UK adult uses technology for eight hours and 41 Do not copy from the text.
minutes a day, 20 minutes longer than they spend sleeping. One of the biggest reasons a) Why do British people make more use of technology nowadays?
for this is Wi-Fi. People can get online almost anywhere, so they spend more time b) What are the research findings regarding children and teenagers?
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
online. Nowadays, it is very common that people make telephone calls or surf the
3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
web while watching television.
a) nearly (paragraph 1)
The study, which examined the use of technology by different age groups, also found b) discovery (paragraph 2)
that six-year-olds understand how to use gadgets such as tablets and mobile phones c) due to (paragraph 3)
at the same level as 45-year-olds. Another finding was that people understand digital d) associated (paragraph 4) (Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
technology better when they are 14 or 15. 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
given.
According to Dr. Arthur Cassidy, a social media psychologist, technology is a) She uses her computer, _______ is in her living room, to keep _______ touch with her
changing the way people communicate with each other. He warned that we are family.
becoming more and more anti-social and we are moving away from face-toface b) People ________ (not communicate) so easily if the Internet _______ (not exist).
conversations because of technology. He added that people are now saturated with c) After _______ (get) home, she found out that her son _______ (use) the PlayStation
digital technology and are becoming psychologically dependent on their smart while she was out.
phones. d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
They shouldn’t have sent the report off for printing yet.
The report _______________________________________________
Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing cases of Internet and social media addiction among (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
youngsters with problems in mental and physical development. Perhaps we should 5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.
think of recreational screen time as a form of consumption in the same way that we What differences do you find between the use of technology by teenagers and by adults?
think of sugar, hours of sun, ... – measured in units of hours per day. (Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)