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Direccin General de Formacin Profesional Inicial y Educacin Permanente

PRUEBA ACCESO A CICLOS FORMATIVOS DE GRADO SUPERIOR Junio 2015

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Instrucciones:
Lee atentamente las preguntas antes de contestar.
La puntuacin mxima de cada pregunta est indicada en cada enunciado.
Revisa cuidadosamente la prueba antes de entregarla.

A. COMPRENSIN DE UN TEXTO. (4 puntos)

UK leads world in mobile web use.

Britain has become a gadget-obsessed nation, watching more television online and using smartphones and tablets to
access the web more than any of the worlds leading economies, according to new research.
The British love of the latest devices has even seen the UK leave Japan behind in mobile internet use, according to a
new report from the UK media regulator Ofcom. The research compared data across 17 countries, including the US,
China, India, Russia, Brazil, Sweden, France and Germany.
An obsession with Facebook, Twitter and videos on YouTube has seen UK consumers download 424 megabytes of data
each per month on their smartphones and tablets. The percentage is almost 60%more than a year ago.
Much of the increase in use of mobile devices, especially smartphones, has been driven by the popularity of social
networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, with 40%of UK adults accessing their profiles on the move. British
18to-24-year-olds are the worlds top mobile social networkers, with 62%accessing their profiles from smartphones
and tablets.
UK internet users spent an average of 728 minutes (more than 12 hours) a week online in total, although this is a slight
reduction from the 746 minutes recorded in the last report.
The British love of the latest gadgets is also seen in the changing face of the living room. Almost 24%of TVs sold in the
UK in the first quarter of this year were super large bigger than 84cm.
The popularity of video-on-demand services such as the BBCs iPlayer has made British people the most likely to watch
TV online. Almost a quarter of the British use an online TVservice each week, ahead of second placed US on 17%.
Despite the rise of digital technology, TV viewing is showing no signs of losing its popularity. TV viewing in the UK has
remained stable at 242 minutes more than four hours per person daily.
Artculo original de Mark Sweney, adaptado por Janet Hardy-Gould.

1. Escribe cada palabra tras su definicin. (2 puntos; 0,5 por apartado)

gadget device profile - slight
A. Small in amount, degree, etc. slight
B. A short, informal piece of writing about someone. profile
C. A small mechanical or electronic apparatus. gadget
D. A thing made for a particular purpose, an invention. device
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2. De acuerdo con el texto, di si estas frases son verdaderas (V) o falsas (F) e indica la(s) lnea(s) donde has
encontrado la respuesta. (2 puntos; 0,5 por apartado completo correcto)
[ F ] The new research studied technology use among children in the UK. Line(s).
Britain has become a gadget-obsessed nation, watching more television online and using smartphones and
tablets to access the web more than any of the worlds leading economies, according to new research.
[ V ] The amount of data downloaded on mobile devices in the UK has clearly increased compared to last year.
Line(s)
An obsession with Facebook, Twitter and videos on YouTube has seen UK consumers download 424
megabytes of data each per month on their smartphones and tablets. The percentage is almost 60%more
than a year ago.
[ V ] The rise in the use of mobile devices in the UK has been caused by the increase in people accessing social
networking sites away from home. Line(s)
Much of the increase in use of mobile devices, especially smartphones, has been driven by the popularity of
social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, with 40%of UK adults accessing their profiles on
the move.
[ F ] The British more frequently buy expensive TV sets than people in other countries. Line(s)
The British love of the latest gadgets is also seen in the changing face of the living room. Almost 24%of TVs
sold in the UK in the first quarter of this year were super large bigger than 84cm.

B. GRAMTICA Y VOCABULARIO. (3 puntos)

3. Responde a las siguientes cuestiones (3 puntos; 0,75 por apartado)

A. Find in the text a synonym for INVESTIGATION/ STUDY:
RESEARCH

B. Write an interrogative sentence asking for the underlined words.

UK internet users spent an average of 728 minutes a week online.
HOWLONG/ HOWMANYMINUTES (A WEEK) DID UK INTERNET USERS SPEND ONLINE?

C. Link the two sentences to form a relative clause.

UK consumers download 424 megabytes of data each per month. They are obsessed with social networks.
UK consumers, who are obsessed with social networks, download 424 megabytes of data each per month.

D. Complete the following sentence to make a conditional.

British people would have more family life.
Respuesta libre (Segundo condicional).

C. REDACCIN DE UN TEXTO. (3 puntos)

4. Escribe un texto de entre 60 y 80 palabras sobre uno de los siguientes temas.

What is your attitude to the latest technologies?
Respuesta libre.

Do you prefer using a smartphone or a computer to surf the Internet?

Respuesta libre.