Pruebas de Acceso a Estudios Universitarios II.

CHOOSE TWO OUT OF THE THREE QUESTIONS:

(Bachillerato L.O.G.S.E.) A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: Inglés Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
1. enormous
 No se permite el uso de diccionario ni de ningún
2. space
otro material didáctico. 3. old story that people tell
 Las preguntas deberán ser respondidas en Inglés.
4. most recent
 Duración de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
 Esta hoja no se entrega.
B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer)
a) Find in the text another word with the sound /ai/ as in ‘arrive’. (0,25)
Loch Ness Monster b) ) Is the -ed ending in ‘stopped’ pronounced /d/ or / /t/?. (0,25)
c) Find two words from the text with the diphthong / əʊ/ as in ‘hope’. (0,50)
Every year thousands of visitors arrive at Loch Ness in the hope of seeing the
Loch Ness Monster and perhaps even taking a photograph of her. ‘Nessie’, as the
creature is affectionately known, is a national treasure.
III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)
The legend of Nessie isn't new; she was first mentioned as early as the 6th Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given.

century, when Saint Columba, the Irish monk who converted most of Scotland to Nessie is
Christianity, stopped the beast from eating an innocent passer-by. However, the 1. People think Nessie is a dinosaur.
modern legend of Nessie really began in 1934 when Dr Robert Kenneth Wilson, a
London physician, claimed he had photographed a beast with a long neck emerging
out of the dark waters. There have been over 4,000 purported Nessie sightings since 2. Why don’t we travel to Scotland next year? use a modal
then.
3. Although it is a myth, Nessie attracts a lot of people In spite of….
One of the latest videos was taken in May 2007. Gordon Holmes, a lab
4. I was in Scotland but I didn't see Nessie I wish…
technician from Yorkshire, took amazing pictures of an unknown beast swimming in
the lake. ‘My initial thought was that it could be a very big eel; they have serpent-like 5. No games are as popular as violent ones Violent games
features which may explain all the sightings in Loch Ness over the years,’ he said.
6. Scientists can’t affirm the existence of Nessie because If scientists
Marine biologists take the case seriously: there is room in the lake for a huge, they haven’t found proof.
unknown beast. In fact, there’s room for a whole family of them: Loch Ness is the
largest and deepest inland expanse of water in the UK. It holds 263 thousand million
IV. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS)
cubic feet of water, resulting in such low visibility below the surface of the loch that
Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on the following topic. Specify your
exploration is difficult.
option.
 What do you think about paranormal phenomena or mythical creatures such as the
Loch Ness monster?
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. Local people think the monster is good for them.
2. The stories about the Loch Ness monster started in the XXth century.
3. Biologists don’t think that such a big monster could live in a lake.
4. Gordon Holmes is a marine biologist specialized on Nessie.