PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

CONVOCATORIA SEPTIEMBRE 2016

FASE GENERAL
UNGE ASIGNATURA HISTORIA DE IDIOMA INGLÉS
ATENCION:
1. La puntuación máxima de la prueba es de 10 puntos.. Cada pregunta va acompañada de su máxima calificación, en el caso de
ser contestada correctamente.
2. La prueba consta de dos opciones (A, B), de las que sólo debe elegir una.. Una vez seleccionada la opción solamente se
valorarán las respuestas a las cuestiones de la misma.

OPCIÓN A

ISLAND PLANT LIFE

Islands are geographical formations that are completely surrounded by water, yet many islands are
covered with a rich assortment of plant life. It may seem surprising that so much plant life exists in
many islands, yet there are surprisingly simple explanations
explanations as to how the vegetation has been able
to establish itself there. Some islands were formerly attached to larger bodies of land, while others
were created on their own. Islands that were created when flooding or rising water levels cut them
off from their neighbors often still have the plant life that they had before they were cut off. In cases
where islands formed out of the ocean, they may have plant life from neighboring lands. Winds
carry seeds to islands; some plants produce extremely light seeds seeds that can float thousands of feet
above the earth and then drift down to islands where they can sprout and develop. Birds also carry
seeds to islands; as birds move over stretches of water, they can serve as the transportation system
to spread seeds from place to place.

EXERCISE ONE:: TEXT COMPREHENSION

Read this passage carefully and answer all the questions that follow it.

QUESTIONS:
1) According to this text, what is the definition of islands? 1 mark
2) explain the existence of vegetation in islands 1
According to the text, give the reasons that can explain
mark
3) According to the text, say how islands came to existence 1 mark
4) Say whether these statements are True ( T) or False( F)
A) Islands are completely or partially surrounded by water (…………) 0,5 mark
B) Some islands were created when flooding or rising water levels cut them off (……..)
C) All the vegetation in islands is the work of man (…………)
D) Birds can serve as a transportation system to spread seeds (……..)
EXERCISE TWO:: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 3 marks)
1) Putt in plural the following nouns 1 mark
Life: ……………………….; Body: …………………………….; Stretch: Stretch: ..............…; Foot:
2) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb chosen from the list in brackets
My brothers and sisters ………………………in the village (lives, livin living, live) 0,5 mark
Today, Mary ………………..to school by foot (going, goes, go)
Two weeks ago, Roberto ………………. To Spain (will go, went, gone)
Very soon, students ……………………………….classes ( will resume, resume, resuming)
EXERCISE THREE:: TRANLATION
Translate into Spanish the extract of the text starting from the beginning to ´….before they
were cut off
 OPCION B

Humans all around the world, from culture to culture, seem to have a lot in common in terms
of emotions. People from every corner of the world seem to express the same emotions: they all
experience happiness and sadness, they all experience anger and fear and surprise.
In addition to sharing the kinds of emotions that they experience, people all around the world
seem to use the same facial expressions to convey emotions. A facial expression that conveys
happiness in the northern hemisphere of the world also does so in southern hemisphere, and a facial
expression that conveys anger in the eastern hemisphere also conveys anger in western hemisphere.
These similarities in emotions around the world lead to the conclusion that the expression of
emotions is something that is intrinsically natural in humans rather than something that is acquired
from one´s individual culture. That is to say, the expression of emotions seems to be natural
throughout humanity rather than something that is learned in a specific culture.

EXERCISE ONE: TEXT COMPREHENSION

Read this passage carefully and answer all the questions that follow it.

QUESTIONS: (4 marks)
1) Give a title to this passage (1 mark)
2) Find in the text two different kinds of emotions a human being can experience (0,5 )
3) The author talks of a physical expression when one is experiencing an emotion; what is it? 1
mark
4) In one sentence, say what is the author´s conclusion concerning human emotions? 1m
5) People in western hemisphere express their emotions differently from those of the eastern
hemisphere; True (T) or False (F)?.................. ( 0,5 mark)

EXERCISE TWO: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

1) Find in the text a word that is synonym to the word ´´ joy´´ 0,5 mark
2) Drawing your inspiration from the text:
2a/ An expression that is acquired is…………. (o,5)
2b/ An expression that is linked to human nature is…………………………0,5
3) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb chosen from the list provided in
brackets 1,5 mark
A -This young man…………………… too much beer last night (drinks, drank, drink)
B- They ………… an interesting film at this moment ( watch, watched, are watching)
C- Tom and Jerry …………………………… a party tomorrow (had, will have, haven´t)

EXERCISE THREE: TRANSLATION 3marks

Translate into Spanish the first two paragraphs of the text