Pruebas de Acceso a Estudios Universitarios II.

CHOOSE TWO OUT OF THE THREE QUESTIONS:

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 Duración de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
 Esta hoja no se entrega.
Anisakis: Is fish safe to eat?
Ever since the first humans became so, one of our main worries has been
eating safely. For prehistoric people, eating safely meant not being eaten by their food-
to-be, or getting killed when hunting prey. Thousands of years later, technology has
made it possible for us to enjoy our food without worrying about anything but the sauce
or the garnish, to the extent that cooking today is often seen as a pleasure and an art
rather than as a necessity.
But is it really true that we don't have to worry about food safety any more? Is
everything we put on our plate really safe to eat?
Let's take a look at raw fish and meat: carpaccio, steak tartare, Japanese sushi
and pickled mackerel. Such delicacies have been gradually incorporated into the diet
of even those who never used to eat anything raw; except for their lettuce. As
uncooked fish in its various forms increases in popularity, real concern has been
expressed over the dangers of eating saltwater fish, and this danger has a Japanese
name: Anisakis.
Anisakis is a parasitic worm found in raw fish that can invade the
gastrointestinal tract of humans, causing mild to serious complications. In the former
case, the symptoms may be too minor to notice, causing only inflammation or
diarrhoea. In the latter case, the dangers are serious: anisakis can cause anaphylactic
shock and even death.
A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
1. have pleasure with something
2. the things you eat
3. the animals they intended to hunt and eat
4. uncooked
B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
1. Is the vowel sound in pleasure pronounced /e/ as in 'end' or /i:/ as in 'see' ? (0,25)
2. Find another word in the text that contains the sound /ju:/ as in 'human'
3. Find two words from the text with the sound /ʃ/ as in ‘push’.
III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)
Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given.
1. They eat raw fish in Japan and other countries in Asia.. Raw fish…..
2. You must freeze the fish before preparing it , the cook The cook said
said.
3. Fish isn't really safe to eat if you don't cook or freeze it. Unless….
4. I didn't buy the fish because it was too expensive Use enough
5. Scientists are trying to find a way to destroy anisakis. It Use a relative
is a dangerous parasite.
6. Write the correct question for the underlined words: ….?
I cooked pickled mackerel for dinner
IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS)
Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on the following topic. Specify your
option.
 Did our grandparents eat better than we do?

QUESTIONS

I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer)

Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
NO marks are given for only true or false.
1. More people eat raw fish in different dishes today that they used to.
2. Anisakis can be easily eliminated by cooking the fish or freezing it.
3. Prehistoric people didn't have to worry about food safety.
4. Anisakis infections can pass unnoticed but they may also cause death.