| SELECTIVIDAD CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2011 junio: OPCIÓN B |
| Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), universidades de Castilla y León, curso 2010-2011. Examen realizado el martes 14 de junio de 2011. |
| TEXTO PROPUESTO: CABLE'S BIG FEAR: INTERNET TV |
| REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA: Do you use the Internet? When and what for? (Haz clic en el enunciado para ver la redacción hecha, corregida y comentada.) |
| Haz clic aquí para ver el enunciado completo del examen publicado en la página web de la Universidad de Salamanca. |
EXAMEN RESUELTO:
| [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) |
| Why does the author pay for a package of Internet, TV and telephone? | |
| Simply out of inertia, because he's used to it. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. El pasaje relevante del texto es: Force of habit is a powerful thing. How else can I explain why I spend $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone... ? (LINES 1-2) 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 point as a whole: 0.5 points each) |
| B1. | Online video viewing has decreased. |
| FALSE: ... online video viewing has risen... (LINES 7 & 8) |
| B2. | Nielsen has reported that younger people watch TV on a traditional TV. |
| FALSE: Nielsen recently reported that... TV viewing is still done on a traditional TV. But that's not the case for younger people... (LINES 7-9) |
| C. | Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct. (1.0 points as a whole: 0.5 points each) |
| C1. | The next generation... |
| a) will sign for cable TV. b) will get the shows from Internet. c) will likely never watch a movie. |
| C2. | Cable companies... |
| a) will fight the Internet. b) don't know what to do. c) will welcome Internet. |
| [2] | COMPLETE TASKS a, b, c and d ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. (2 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH) |
| a) | Write a question for which the underlined words are the answer: "Force of habit is a powerful thing." |
| What is a powerful thing? |
| b) | Put into the passive: "My wife and I make most calls on our cell phones." |
| Most calls are made by my wife and me on our cell phones. |
| c) | Transform into reported speech: "Why do you spend $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone - most of which you don't really need?" Begin with: "My sister wondered why Mark..." |
| My sister wondered why Mark spent $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone - most of which he didn't really need. |
| d) | Combine into one sentence containing a relative clause: "Dan Frommer downloads shows from the Internet via a Macintosh computer. He can't get everything he'd like to see." |
| Dan Frommer, who can't get everything he'd like to see, downloads shows from the Internet via a Macintosh computer. |
| [3] | VOCABULARY (1 POINT AS A WHOLE: 0.2 EACH ANSWER) |
| Find one word in the text for each of the following meanings: | |
| a) | extremely effective: powerful (LINE 1) |
| b) | cease or fail to remember: forget (LINE 6) |
| Find synonyms for each of the words below: | |
| c) | informed: reported (LINE 7) |
| d) | friend: pal (LINE 9) |
| e) | feasible: workable (LINE 16) |
| [4] | WRITE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC USING BETWEEN 90-120 WORDS. (4 POINTS) |
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