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El examen de Inglés de la convocatoria ordinaria (junio de 2024) de Selectividad en Andalucía ha contado con 3 Bloques (A, B y C).
Con la ayuda de la Inteligencia Artificial hemos respondido a las diferentes preguntas del examen.
El examen consta de 3 Bloques (A, B y C). En cada bloque (Comprehension, Use of English y Writing) se plantean varias preguntas, de las que se deberá responder al número que se indica en cada uno. En caso de responder mas cuestiones de las requeridas, serán tenidas en cuenta las respondidas en primer lugar hasta alcanzar dicho número. Las preguntas han de ser respondidas en su totalidad: si la pregunta tiene dos secciones, hay que responder ambas.
Tabla de contenidos:
BLOQUE A (Comprensión lectora)
Puntuación máxima: 4 puntos
Debe responderse a las 8 preguntas de uno de los 2 textos propuestos.
COMPREHENSION (4 points).
CHOOSE TEXT 1 OR TEXT 2 AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THAT TEXT ONLY
TEXT 1: YOUNG PEOPLE’S SCREEN TIME
As we can attest from firsthand experience, regular TV viewership has been decreasing as streaming services like Netflix are 2 becoming increasingly popular. The amount of time kids and teens spend watching TV has dropped. In 2013, young people spent 3 an average of 3 hours per day in front of the television screen; today, it’s an hour and 12 minutes. So, have youth reduced their 4 screen time? Not really. Studies show that they have rather traded the TV screen for their phone and laptop. Now the average 5 youth watches 97 minutes of YouTube and 95 minutes of TikTok per day. 6 A few years ago, two Oxford researchers captured the media’s attention by concluding that screen time was as bad for teen 7 mental health as… potatoes! Their paper even stated that social media had no psychological negative effects. However, most 8 evidence points to the contrary. Two Spanish researchers argued that the Oxford study’s conclusions were «extremely misleading», 9 after they found that the use of social media was strongly linked to mental health issues, while TV and gaming were only weakly 10 related. Other studies confirmed this and added that the worst effects impacted girls 50% more than boys. 11 It’s time to abandon the idea that screen time doesn’t matter for mental health. It does. It’s just that some screen time matters 12 more than others. Social media seems the most problematic. For practical purposes, that’s good news. Parents, policymakers, 13 and teens themselves don’t need to consider giving up technology; instead, they can focus on cutting back on social media time. 14 There are other ways teens can stay in touch with friends virtually, like texting, gaming together or meeting on FaceTime or Zoom.
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
1. According to the text, young people today…
(a) watch Netflix more than other age groups.
(b) use multiple devices for entertainment.
(c) prefer regular television to YouTube.
(d) only watch content online.
2. The Oxford research on social media…
(a) was contradicted by several researchers.
(b) showed it harmed girls more than boys.
(c) is supported by extensive data.
(d) went unnoticed in the press.
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)
3. People watch less conventional TV than they used to.
Answer: True.
Justification: «The amount of time kids and teens spend watching TV has dropped from an average of 3 hours per day in 2013 to an hour and 12 minutes today.»
4. Spanish researchers studied the effect of videogames on young people.
Answer: False.
Justification: «Two Spanish researchers argued that the Oxford study’s conclusions were ‘extremely misleading’, after they found that the use of social media was strongly linked to mental health issues, while TV and gaming were only weakly related.» The focus was on social media, not specifically on videogames.
5. The author is emphatic that screen devices have an unquestionable psychological impact.
Answer: True.
Justification: «It’s time to abandon the idea that screen time doesn’t matter for mental health. It does. It’s just that some screen time matters more than others.»
The author suggests that adolescents should avoid interacting with friends online.
Answer: False.
6. Justification: «There are other ways teens can stay in touch with friends virtually, like texting, gaming together or meeting on FaceTime or Zoom.» The author suggests alternative online interactions rather than avoiding online interaction altogether.
7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
7.1. ONE SYNONYM FOR: «change» (verb)
Answer: «trade»
Justification: «Studies show that they have rather traded the TV screen for their phone and laptop.»
7.2. ONE SYNONYM FOR: «audience» (noun)
Answer: «viewership»
Justification: «As we can attest from firsthand experience, regular TV viewership has been decreasing as streaming services like Netflix are becoming increasingly popular.»
8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
8.1. ONE WORD MEANING: «someone responsible for making new rules, laws, etc.»
Answer: «policymakers»
Justification: «Parents, policymakers, and teens themselves don’t need to consider giving up technology; instead, they can focus on cutting back on social media time.»
8.2. ONE WORD MEANING: «to send a message from one mobile phone to another.»
Answer: «texting»
Justification: «There are other ways teens can stay in touch with friends virtually, like texting, gaming together or meeting on FaceTime or Zoom.»
TEXT 2: CHARLES DICKENS
Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers in English literature. His stories such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist 2 continue to shape the way in which we understand nineteenth-century England. 3 Forget the idea that Dickens was always a rich, benevolent gentleman. His family moved around a lot in Dickens’s youth, from 4 Portsmouth to Kent, and from there to London. Dickens’s father was getting deeper and deeper into debt, and the family were 5 literally running away from their creditors. When he was 12, Dickens was sent to live with a family friend and to work at Warren’s 6 shoe polish factory. In his youth, Dickens thought of becoming an actor. However, he fell in love with a woman whose parents were 7 middle-class and disapproved of her association with an aspiring actor —actors being seen as of a low social status at the time. 8 Once he was a famous writer, Dickens became a well-known philanthropist who committed himself to many charities’ 9 particularly focusing on issues of child poverty and education. On the same altruistic note, Dickens was also the editor of magazines 10 that, at popular prices, brought literature to everybody. They featured stories by different writers, established novelists, including 11 himself, and also women, like the first salaried female journalist, Eliza Lynn Linton. 12 Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol rapidly, taking just six weeks from beginning to end. He was forced to pay half the publication 13 costs himself as his publishers failed to see the value of a Christmas story. Ironically, it’s never been out of print since its publication 14 in 1843 and it’s been considered one of Dickens’s finest literary achievements, as well as an inspiration for numerous films.
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D).
(0.5 points each)
9. As an editor, Charles Dickens…
(a) published some stories written by women.
(b) focused on promising new writers.
(c) was seeking to make a lot of money.
(d) published stories about working women.
10. According to the text, A Christmas Carol…
(a) was seen as a great story by publishers.
(b) was quite hard to write.
(c) had to be co-financed by Dickens himself.
(d) is claimed to be a minor work.
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)
11. The Dickenses had a hard time due to the father’s spending habits.
Answer: True.
Justification: «Dickens’s father was getting deeper and deeper into debt, and the family were literally running away from their creditors.»
12. Dickens did not have experience as a manual worker.
Answer: False.
Justification: «When he was 12, Dickens was sent to live with a family friend and to work at Warren’s shoe polish factory.»
13. Actors were well regarded in Dickens’s times.
Answer: False.
Justification: «Actors being seen as of a low social status at the time.»
14. Dickens supported numerous good causes.
Answer: True.
Justification: «Dickens became a well-known philanthropist who committed himself to many charities, particularly focusing on issues of child poverty and education.»
15. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
15.1. ONE OPPOSITE FOR: «consent» (verb)
Answer: «disapprove»
Justification: «Her parents were middle-class and disapproved of her association with an aspiring actor.»
15.2. ONE OPPOSITE FOR: «wealth» (noun)
Answer: «debt»
Justification: «Dickens’s father was getting deeper and deeper into debt.»
16. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
16.1. ONE WORD MEANING: «something done successfully with effort, skill or courage.»
Answer: «achievement»
Justification: «It’s been considered one of Dickens’s finest literary achievements.»
16.2. ONE WORD MEANING: «a person to whom money is owed.»
Answer: «creditor»
Justification: «The family were literally running away from their creditors.»
BLOQUE B (Uso de la lengua)
Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos
Debe responder a 6 de las 12 preguntas propuestas.
USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each). CHOOSE AND ANSWER ONLY 6 (SIX) QUESTIONS.
17. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
17.1. «Please, let me … when you are coming.» (know)
Please, let me know when you are coming.
17.2. «When you arrived, we …» (already / leave)
When you arrived, we had already left.
18. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT OPTION:
18.1. «Neither Tom … Claire came to the meeting.» nor / or / either / neither
Neither Tom nor Claire came to the meeting.
18.2. «You need to follow the recipe step … step.» at / by / on / for
You need to follow the recipe step by step
19. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: «The accident has been caused by a driver using a mobile phone.»
Active Voice: «A driver using a mobile phone has caused the accident.»
20. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: «Is somebody going to order the pizzas in the end?»
Passive Voice: «Are the pizzas going to be ordered in the end?»
21. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: «They sold Anna’s car in just one week.»
Question: «What did they sell in just one week?»
22. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: «Detroit is the city. They lived there when they were young.»
Joined Sentence: «Detroit is the city where they lived when they were young.»
23. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: «I’d rather you didn’t stay long at the party.» You had…
Rewritten Sentence: «You had better not stay long at the party.»
24. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: «Unless Jake finds a proper solution, …»
Completed Sentence: «Unless Jake finds a proper solution, we will have to postpone the project.»
25. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY: «Despite of the challenges, we managed completing the project on time.»
Corrected Sentence: «Despite the challenges, we managed to complete the project on time.»
26. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO DIRECT SPEECH: «The policewoman asked to see my driving license.»
Direct Speech: «The policewoman said, ‘Can I see your driving license?'»
27. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: «‘I must return the car to my father next weekend,’ Paul said.»
Reported Speech: Paul said that he had to return the car to his father the following weekend.
28. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM:
- should
- apple
- for
- be
- the
- everyone
- bakery
- enough
- at
- pie
- there
Everyone should be at the bakery for there should be enough apple pie
BLOQUE C (Redacción)
Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos. Deberá realizar una redacción de un mínimo de 120 palabras de UNO de los dos temas propuestos SOLAMENTE.
WRITING (3 points)
29. WRITE A COMPOSITION ONE TOPIC ONLY: OF AT LEAST 120 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:
29.1 What do you think about using mobile phones in schools? Give reasons.
The use of mobile phones in schools is a topic that sparks considerable debate. On one hand, mobile phones can be valuable educational tools. They provide instant access to information, enabling students to research topics in real-time, participate in interactive learning, and utilize educational apps that enhance their understanding of various subjects. Furthermore, mobile phones can facilitate communication between students and teachers, making it easier to coordinate assignments and provide timely feedback.
However, the potential distractions posed by mobile phones cannot be overlooked. Social media, games, and other non-educational apps can divert students’ attention away from their studies, leading to a decline in academic performance. The temptation to text friends or browse the internet during class can disrupt the learning environment, not just for the individual but for their peers as well.
Another concern is the issue of cyberbullying. With the increased use of mobile phones, the chances of students encountering online harassment or bullying rise, which can have severe psychological effects. Schools must implement strict policies to address and prevent such issues, ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment for all students.
Moreover, excessive screen time can have adverse effects on students’ health, including eye strain, sleep disturbances, and reduced physical activity. Encouraging students to focus on face-to-face interactions and participate in physical activities during school hours is crucial for their overall well-being.
In conclusion, while mobile phones can offer significant educational benefits, their use in schools should be carefully managed. Implementing clear guidelines and promoting responsible use can help maximize the advantages while minimizing the potential drawbacks. Schools should strive to create a balanced approach that leverages technology to enhance learning without compromising students’ focus and health.
29.2. «Young people do not read books anymore.» Discuss.
The statement «Young people do not read books anymore» is a sweeping generalization that does not hold entirely true. While it’s evident that the rise of digital media has transformed the way young people consume information, it does not necessarily mean that they have abandoned books altogether.
Firstly, it is undeniable that the advent of smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices has led to a shift in reading habits. Many young people now prefer to consume content in short, easily digestible formats such as social media posts, articles, and videos. This change has contributed to the perception that young people do not read books anymore. Additionally, the increasing availability of digital content has made it more convenient for them to access information without turning to traditional books.
However, this shift does not equate to a complete abandonment of books. In fact, many young people still read books, but their preferences may have evolved. E-books and audiobooks have gained popularity among the younger generation, offering a convenient alternative to physical books. These formats cater to their on-the-go lifestyles, allowing them to enjoy literature while commuting, exercising, or multitasking.
Moreover, the rise of online platforms like Goodreads and BookTube has fostered a vibrant community of young readers who share book recommendations, reviews, and discussions. These platforms have helped reignite interest in reading among young people by creating a sense of community and making reading a more social activity.
It’s also worth noting that many educational institutions continue to emphasize the importance of reading. Schools and universities encourage students to engage with literature as part of their curriculum, which helps maintain a level of interest in books.
Furthermore, young people often read books that align with their interests and current social issues. Genres like young adult fiction, fantasy, and dystopian novels remain popular, addressing themes that resonate with their experiences and concerns.
In conclusion, while the ways in which young people consume content have certainly evolved, it is inaccurate to claim that they no longer read books. The formats and platforms may have changed, but the interest in literature persists. Encouraging a diverse range of reading options and fostering a community around reading can help ensure that young people continue to engage with books in meaningful ways.