UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA Lengua

PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD Extranjera

CURSO 2009-2010 Inglés

Instrucciones: a) Duración: 1h 30m.

b) No se permite el uso del diccionario.
c) La puntuación de las preguntas está indicada en las mismas.

A. COMPREHENSION (4 POINTS)

ANSWER QUESTIONS1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS

1. What Happened in New Orleans in 2005?

2. According to Scientists, what role do oceans play in the formation of storms?
3. What’s the difference between Katrina and Gustav? Name two.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ASNWER WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES
FROM THE TEXT.

1. It has been proved that storm winds have increased their speed lately
2. It is hard to determine if future catastrophic storms will be caused by global warming.
 UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA Lengua
PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD Extranjera
CURSO 2009-2010 Inglés

II. USE OF ENGLISH: choose either all the a or all the b questions (3 POINTS)

7A. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSSITE FOR 7 B. GIVE ONE OPPOSITE FOR “INCREASE” (VERB) (LINE 9).
“weakness” (noun)

8 A. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME 8 B. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE
MEANING? FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
Principal/main/major/trivial “something that recalls past events”

9 A. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE WORD MEANING
“destroy” (verb)
10 A. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS
“predict” (verb)
9 B. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORECT OPTION:
You seem a little cranky today. Did you get .........
sleep last night?
Too/enough/a lot of
10 B. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS
“devastate” (verb)

11 A. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO 11 B. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL

REPORTED SPEECH SENTENCE:
“The journalist asked: Will global Warming “We would control global warming if …”
create more superstorms?”

12 A. FILL IN THE GAP WITH CORRECT OPTION: 12 B. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE
“Scientists … precise data only for the last ten VERB IN BRACKETS:
years” “They agreed ……………….. (see) me at 10
Use/ have been using/should be using/ has used o’clock”

13 A. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF 13 B. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE
THE VERB IN BRACKETS: PASSIVE VOICE:
“If the instructor (teach) …. Them to swim, “Researchers have analyzed the data of tropical
they would have saved their lives” storms since 1981”

14 A. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A 14 B. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN
MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR
WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY.
FORM. “They went to Mexico on their honey moon. The
Just Told To They Wait Been have weather was terrible”

III. PRODUCTION (3 POINTS)

15. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
OPTIONS, AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT. SPECIFY YOUR OPTION.

a) Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a tropical area like the Carebbean.

b) Do you think people should pay more attention to the environment in order to prevent natural
disasters? Give reasons.