| UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD Curso 2013-2014 |
| LENGUA EXTRANJERA INGLÉS |
| OPCIÓN A |
| TEXTO PROPUESTO: Married at Eleven |
| REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA: Should teenagers decide about their own future alone or guided by their parents? Explain. |
| Examen realizado el jueves 12 de junio de 2014 |
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| RESPUESTAS PROPUESTAS: |
| 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. |
| NOTA: Aunque en el enunciado se te pida expresar la respuesta en tus propias palabras, según los criterios de corrección en cada una de las tres primeras preguntas obtendrías 0,50 puntos copiando textualmente los pasajes relevantes, por demostrar comprensión. El esfuerzo de formular la idea en tus propias palabras te daría los 0,50 puntos restantes. |
| 1 | Why did Nada turn to YouTube? |
| Nada turned to YouTube to give her reasons for fleeing home. |
| NOTA: Esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. La parte relevante del texto es: Nada Al-Ahdal...posted a video on YouTube explaining why she ran away to avoid a forced marriage... (lines 2-3) Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré. |
| 2 | What was Nada's first reaction to her parents' marriage arrangements? |
| Nada's first reaction to her parents' marriage arrangements was to refuse to accept them and leave home, going to live with a relative. |
| NOTA: Esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. La parte relevante del texto es: The girl said she would not accept it, and went to live with her uncle, potentially risking her life. (line 5) Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré. |
| 3 | What did Nada's uncle do to avoid the marriage? |
| Nada's uncle told the man who wanted to marry her that it was not a good match. |
| NOTA: Esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. La parte relevante del texto es: "... I called the groom and told him Nada was not suitable for him. I told him she did not wear the veil and he asked if things were going to remain like that. I said 'yes, and I agree because she chose it.'" (lines 11-13) Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré. |
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| ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. |
| 4 | She is the first child to react radically to their parents' decision in Yemen. |
| FALSE: "Some children decided to throw themselves in the sea, and they're dead now." (lines 5-6) |
| NOTA: Esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 5 | Nada's parents had tried to marry her before. |
| TRUE: Nada's uncle, Abdel, said it was the second time he protected his niece from being married at such a young age. (lines 7-8) |
| NOTA: Esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
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| II* | USE OF ENGLISH (3 points: questions 6-9, 0.25 points each; 10-13, 0.5 points each) |
| 6 | FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR "stay" (verb). |
| remain (line 12) |
| 7 | GIVE ONE SYNONYM FOR "run away" (verb) (line 3) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT. |
| escape |
| 8 | FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: "A man who is about to be married". |
| groom (line 11) |
| 9 | FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION: "Nada's uncle did what he could to prevent her from getting married". of / for / from / to |
| 10 | TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: Nada asked: "Don't they have any compassion?" |
| Nada asked whether they didn't have any compassion. Nada asked if they didn't have any compassion. |
| 11 | TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: "Children are forced to get married at an early age all over the world". |
| People force children to marry all over the world. They force children to marry all over the world. |
| 12 | GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: "I did all I could to prevent that marriage". |
| What did you do to prevent that marriage? |
| 10 | JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: Nada must also have an opportunity to live her own life. She lives in Yemen. |
| Nada, who lives in Yemen, must also have an opportunity to live her own life. |
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| III* | PRODUCTION (3 points) |
| 14 | WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT: |
| Should teenagers decide about their own future alone or guided by their parents? Explain. |
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