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Madrid 2016
Opcin A
Examen real
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Estrategia de redaccin
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Modelo
Curso 2015-2016
MATERIA: INGLS
OPCIN A
QUESTIONS
1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
Despus de leer atentamente los textos y las cuestiones siguientes, el alumno deber escoger
una de las dos opciones propuestas y responder en INGLS a las cuestiones de la opcin
elegida.
CALIFICACIN: Las cuestiones 1, 2 y 4 se valorarn sobre 2 puntos cada una, la
pregunta 3 sobre 1 punto y la pregunta 5 sobre 3 puntos.
TIEMPO: 90 minutos.
2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do
not copy from the text.
What would happen if our oil supply were shut off in a day? First, there is
transportation. With the overwhelming majority of the oil we produce
devoted to powering our vehicles, the impact on getting around would be
most dramatic. Price-speculation would begin right away, and long lines
would form at gas stations. Soon, we would all be looking for an electric car
or converting our vehicles to run on natural gas. But it would not be long
before natural gas supplies were also driven to extinction.
a)
b)
c)
d)
immediately (paragraph 1)
tools (paragraph 2)
collapse (paragraph 3)
anarchy (paragraph 3)
Fuel shortage is not the only problem our enslavement to black gold would
cause. We also need to keep the lights on and blackouts would soon begin. It
gets much worse still, of course, because a world without oil would quickly
become a world without all of the products made from petroleum that we
have come to know, love and depend upon. The list of essentials that we
would soon be doing without is prodigious: medicines, paints, utensils and
equipment, virtually all plastics, etc.
Eating would get tougher, too. If no one can truck fresh vegetables from
across the country, we might be inclined to go back to basics and grow our
own food. Local farmers would become a necessity, not just people who sell
us honey at the street fair. It is an interesting thought experiment to picture
such a world. Though the scenario is unreal, of course, taken to its logical
conclusion, it encompasses so much more. A complete extinction of oil
would lead to a rapid breakdown of society, desperation, lawlessness, wars
and untold suffering.
4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets
when given.
a) You can save money by _______ (grow) fruits and vegetables; its actually much
simpler _______ it sounds.
b) Last year, a research team _______ (find) signs that the amount of oil left in the
worlds reserves has decreased _______ (significant) since the 1990s!
c) By growing food organically, that is to say, _______ pesticides or herbicides, youre
_______ ensuring the quality of your products, but also growing healthier food.
d) _______ would happen if oil _______ (run) out in 100 years?
(Puntuacin mxima: 2 puntos)
What should local authorities do to improve transport and mobility in large cities?
(Puntuacin mxima: 3 puntos)
Respuestas - Opcin A
How Would We Live in a World Without Oil?
Respuestas
Pregunta 1
a) False. With the overwhelming majority of the oil we produce devoted to powering our vehicles,...
b) False. A complete extinction of oil would lead to a rapid breakdown of society, desperation,
lawlessness, wars and untold suffering.
Pregunta 2
a) The price of gas would increase, and we would have to wait in long lines at gas stations.
b) We would have to eat food produced closer to where we live.
Pregunta 3
a)
b)
c)
d)
Right away
Utensils
Breakdown
Lawlessness
Pregunta 4
a)
b)
c)
d)
Growing, than
Found, significantly
Without, not only
What, ran
Pregunta 5
Transport and mobility are a serious problem in many large cities. There is too much traffic. This is because
too many people use their car instead of public transportation. Local authorities can improve the situation
by getting more people to use public transportation.
To achieve this, they should do two things. First, they should make public transportation more attractive by
reducing prices, and increasing the frequency of buses and subways. Second, they should make it more
difficult to use your car in the city. I recommend increasing the price of public parking. I also think they
should prohibit private vehicles in the city center. (104 words)
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Como puedes ver en la redaccin en Ingls, aprovech prcticamente todas las palabras del enunciado,
en algunos casos incluso dos veces. Si analizas la redaccin hay palabras que se repiten. De hecho slo
hay 66 palabras nicas, la mitad de ellas palabras muy bsicas de 1 a 5 letras (I, they, this, think, etc.).
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Vocabulario:
Del texto que te dan a leer, destacara las siguientes palabras como quizs las ms raras.
Oil - En ingls, oil puede significar aceite pero tambin, como en este artculo, se usa como alternativa a
la palabra petroleum o petrleo.
Shut off - Esta frase puede usarse como verbo o adjetivo. Como verbo significa apagar o cortar, en el
sentido de apagar la luz o un aparato, o cortar el flujo, trnsito o suministro de algo. Ejemplos de ese uso:
Shut off the lights quiere decir Apaga las luces. Our escape route was cut off quiere decir que nuestra
ruta de escape fue cortada. Como adjetivo significa apagado o cortado.
Overwhelming - Abrumadora.
Devoted - Comprometido a.
Shortage - Escasez. Una frase relacionada es To be short o To be short of. Se usan para indicar la
cantidad de algo que te falta para llegar al total. Im 5 dollars short quiere decir que Me faltan 5 dlares.
My jump was 2 centimeters short of the record quiere decir que Mi salto no alcanz el rcord por 2
centmetros.
Blackout - Apagn
To be inclined to - Estar ms predispuesto a
Thought experiment - Experimento mental
Untold - Puede significar no contado, como en la frase The untold truth (la verdad no contada). En este
texto sin embargo quiere decir demasiado para contar o medir.
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