| PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A ENSEÑANZAS UNIVERSITARIAS OFICIALES DE GRADO CASTILLA Y LEÓN CONVOCATORIA 2014 |
| LENGUA EXTRANJERA: INGLÉS Propuesta 4 2014 |
| OPCIÓN A |
| TEXTO PROPUESTO: NETFLIX'S GAIN IS HBO'S LOSS IN SUBSCRIBER WARS |
| REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA: How do you like to have on-demand offerings to watch movies or TV shows? |
| Examen realizado el martes 10 de junio de 2014 |
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| [1] | FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS A, B, C. (3 POINTS AS A WHOLE) |
| A. | Answer the following question using your own words (10 to 20 words) (1 point) |
| What is the main idea in the report from the NPD Group? | |
| Streaming services are becoming more and more popular while premium pay networks are losing viewers. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. El pasaje más relevante del texto es: People can't get enough Netflix... the streaming service and others like it have been gaining subscribers as premium pay networks like HBO and Showtime have been losing them. (lines 3-5) Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré. |
| B. | Are the following statements true or false? Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice. (1.5 points as a whole: 0.5 points each) |
| B1. | HBO is gaining subscribers. |
| FALSE: ... the streaming video service and others like it have been gaining subscribers as premium pay networks like HBO and Showtime have been losing them. (lines 3-5) |
| B2. | Premium networks subscriptions have decreased in the last two years. |
| TRUE: ... over the past two years, the number of households subscribing to premium networks has fallen by 6%. (lines 6-7) |
| B3. | Nowadays Netflix is hardly used. |
| FALSE: ... Netflix is the most widely used service... (line 11) |
| C. | Choose a, b or c in the question below. Only one choice is correct. (0.5 points as a whole) |
| Amazon Prime... | |
| a) has to do with horses. b) is becoming popular. c) is unknown. |
| [2] | COMPLETE TASKS a, b, c, d ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. (2 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH) |
| a) | Complete: If I had access to Netflix I... |
| If I had access to Netflix I would spend a lot of time watching films. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. La clave está en reconocer que puede tratarse de una oración condicional de tipo II y completarla con una oración que contenga la estructura MODAL PASADO + VINF. Otras respuestas posibles serían oraciones condicionales mixtas. Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré. |
| b) | Put into the passive: Netflix has offered cheap subscriptions. |
| Cheap subscriptions have been offered by Netflix. |
| c) | Transform into reported speech: "Some of this could be caused by the economy." Begin with: It was noted that... |
| It was noted that some of that could have been caused by the economy. It was noted that some of that could be caused by the economy. It was noted that some of this could have been caused by the economy. It was noted that some of this could be caused by the economy. |
| d) | Write a question for which the underlined words are the answer: The number of households subscribing to premium networks has fallen. |
| What has fallen? |
| [3] | VOCABULARY (1 POINT AS A WHOLE: 0.2 EACH). |
| Find one word in the text for each of the following meanings: | |
| a) | a business enterprise: company (line 6) |
| b) | favour of the general public: popularity (line 12) |
| Find synonyms in the text for each of the words below: | |
| c) | increase: rise (line 2) |
| d) | honest: fair (line 12) |
| e) | charges: bills (line 16) |
| [4] | WRITE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC USING BETWEEN 100-120 WORDS. (4 POINTS) |
| How do you like to have on-demand offerings to watch movies or TV shows? |
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