Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), universidades de Andalucía,
curso 2010-2011.
Eating Less Meat Could Save Lives.
I*COMPREHENSION (4 points: questions 1-3, 1 point each; 4-5, 0.5 points each)
ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
1How are the rainforests affected by meat consumption?
- Farmers take advantage of these areas to set up farms and raise their cows.
- In these areas farmers can’t raise cows, so by cutting down trees they get the land they need to produce meat.
- They cut down trees to have more land for cattle farming, which then will provide more meat for consumption.
- They are cut down to make way for cattle farms to provide meat for consumption.
Copiando del texto:
...rainforests are being chopped down to raise cows... (LINES 4 & 5)
2Why is eating too much meat so bad?
- Because it is unhealthy, it has too much fat and it affects the environment in a negative way.
- It causes diseases, a lot of deaths and it also has a negative effect on the environment.
- It leads to diseases which cause thousands of deaths each year and it also has negative effects on the environment.
Copiando del texto:
Eating too much meat, particularly processed meat, is unhealthy because it can involve consuming more fat than official guidelines recommend. (LINES 6 & 7)
Widespread change to low-meat diets would stop 31,000 early deaths from heart disease, and 9,000 from cancer... (LINES 2 & 3)
Dramatically reduced meat consumption would slow down climate change and deforestation in South America... (LINES 3 & 4)
3What arguments do meat producers give to defend themselves? Give two.
- They point out that changing only one part of the diet won’t cause any effect
- They explained that consumers already eat less proteins than they should./ Most people already eat less meat than they should.
Reducing meat consumption would have little effect.
Red meat is good for people's health.
Copiando del texto, las tres posibles respuestas serían:
The vast majority of consumers eat less than average recommendations of red meat already. (LINES 10 & 11)
It is over-simplistic to say that changing one element of the diet can have such a dramatic result. (LINES 11 & 12)
Red meat has a valuable role to play as part of a healthy diet. (LINE 12)
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
4"Eating meat twice a week is bad for you," experts claim.
FALSE: More than 45,000 lives a year could be saved if everyone began eating meat no more than two or three times a week, health experts claim today. (LINES 1 & 2)
5Diets containing big amounts of meat can cause heart disease and cancer.
TRUE: Widespread change to low-meat diets would stop 31,000 early deaths from heart disease, and 9,000 from cancer... (LINES 2 & 3)
II*USE OF ENGLISH (3 points: questions 6-9, 0.25 points each; 10-13, 0.5 points each)
6FIND IN THE TEXT ONE WORD THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
"distributed over a considerable extent" (adjective).
widespread (LINE 2)
7FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR "illness" (noun).
disease (LINE 3)
8FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR "worse" (adjective).
better (LINE 9)
9GIVE ONE SYNONYM FOR "look after" (verb) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT (LINE 7).
take care of
Propuestas incorrectas
Save, (to) care, care about, be careful, take care
10USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM:
meatunhealthytoisitredeat
It is unhealthy to eat red meat
11JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY:
John is an excellent pianist.
He plays professionally.
John, who is an excellent pianist, plays professionally.
John is an excellent pianist who plays professionally.
John is an excellent pianist, who plays professionally.
John is an excellent pianist that plays professionally.
John, who plays professionally, is an excellent pianist.
12COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE:
If we were taught to respect wild life, we wouldn’t kill animals or cut down trees.
If we were taught to respect wild life, the world would be a better place.
If we were taught to respect wild life, we would be environmentally friendly.
13TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:
They heard a strange noise at the other side of the door.
A strange noise was heard at the other side of the door
A strange noise was heard by them at the other side of the door
III*PRODUCTION (3 points)
14WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS. FOCUS STRICTLY ON THE TOPIC:
What can you do to have a healthy lifestyle?
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Those in orange are my answers for you.