PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD
Y PRUEBA DE ADMISIÓN
ANDALUCÍA, CEUTA, MELILLA y CENTROS en MARRUECOS
CURSO 2024-2025
LENGUA EXTRANJERA II
INGLÉS II
Instrucciones:
a) Duración: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
b) Todas las cuestiones deben responderse en el papel entregado para la realización del examen y
nunca en los folios que contienen los enunciados.
c) Este examen consta de varios bloques. Debe responder a las preguntas que se indican en cada uno.
d) La puntuación está indicada en cada uno de los apartados.
e) No se permite el uso de diccionario.
El examen consta de 3 Bloques (A, B y C)
En cada bloque (Comprehension, Use of English y Writing) se plantean varias preguntas. Se deberá responder al número que se
indica. En caso de aportar más de una respuesta, solo se tendrá en cuenta la que aparezca en primer lugar. Las preguntas han de ser
respondidas en su totalidad: si la pregunta tiene dos secciones, hay que responder a ambas.
BLOQUE A (Comprensión lectora)
Puntuación máxima: 4 puntos
Debe responderse a las 8 preguntas del texto propuesto.
COMPREHENSION (4 points). READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
A PROPER HALLOWEEN
“What are you going as this Halloween?” The discussion at home starts in the spring, takes all the summer, and usually settles 1
towards the end of September. This year we have been through John Lennon, a clown, and Pikachu. We have finally settled on 2
Willy Wonka for my son and Snow White for me. As for my daughter, you can bet she will be wearing the same costume she wore 3
last year. In a moment of weakness at an American shopping centre, I had bought her a $40 inflatable costume of a “dark spirit 4
riding a dinosaur,” and she loved it. She was really excited at the school’s Halloween fair surrounded by kids disguised as sumo 5
wrestlers, aliens, Wednesday Addamses or the occasional inanimate object, a popular subcategory of costume in the US. 6
This year is the first time in almost two decades that we will be in the UK for Halloween, and most people I talk to seem to 7
suggest that Halloween preparations here are out of control. Current research proves that Halloween spending has tripled since 8
2013, with an average spend of £25 a person, rising to £43 in London. And while these increases are predominantly pushed by 9
gen Z and millennials, the data suggests that their elders are being brought along to the party behind them. 10
However, Americans still take Halloween much more seriously than the British. Every year entire streets in our Manhattan 11
neighbourhood are transformed, culminating in the Hollywood-level effects and decorations put into the houses on 69th Street, 12
which annually draws crowds from across the city. As far as I can tell, Britain has not gone this far yet. Most houses aren’t 13
decorated, and it’s common to see online warnings against knocking on houses without clear signs that the occupants are into 14
Halloween. Also, the costumes in Britain are still based on the conventionally spooky rather than on funny or outrageous images 15
that pop into your head and that you spend weeks trying to make wearable. Shops are another story: In the supermarkets pumpkin 16
spice and similar products can be found everywhere. 17
My American children have no doubt about it: Halloween in Britain cannot compare yet. When I asked if they thought British 18
Halloween had caught up with its American equivalent, my daughter gave me the same pitying look she used the day she asked 19
me: “You really don’t know what a meme is?” 20
CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
A1. According to the text, the author’s family…
(a) prefer not to buy costumes. (b) will be dressed in matching costumes this Halloween.
(c) enjoy putting up Halloween decorations. (d) give a lot of thought to their Halloween outfits.
A2. According to the text, …
(a) there is a lack of creativity in British Halloween costumes. (b) British Halloween has surpassed American Halloween.
(c) British people love trick or treat. (d) older generations in Britain don’t care about Halloween.
ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE
TEXT. (0.5 points each)
A3. The author had planned to buy the dinosaur costume.
A4. On Halloween people gather in a certain area of Manhattan.
A5. There are British families who do not want to be disturbed on Halloween night.
A6. In Britain, Halloween is especially noticeable in commercial establishments.
