INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIN

1. El alumno dispone de dos opciones para contestar (A y B). Debe escoger slo una de ellas.
2. Lea todo el texto cuidadosamente.
3. Lea atentamente todas las preguntas de la prueba.
4. Proceda a responder en lengua inglesa a las preguntas en el papel de examen.
TIEMPO: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
CALIFICACIN: La puntuacin mxima de la prueba es de 10 puntos.
1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a) It is likely that most plant species will survive even if large areas of forest continue to be
destroyed.
b) The situation described in the first paragraph has already started to improve.
(Puntuacin mxima: 2 puntos)

2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
The vanishing rainforest Do not copy from the text.
a) How does the destruction of rainforests affect the everyday lives of people in the
Unless things change, by 2025 the world's tropical rainforests will have been largely developing world?
destroyed or seriously degraded. Tropical rainforests, which once covered about 10% of the b) Why are tropical rainforests essential for the conservation of biodiversity?
earth's land surface, have already been reduced by more than a third and an additional 2% is (Puntuacin maxima: 2 puntos)
lost every year.
Tropical forests contain about half of the world's species of animals and plants. These 3.- Find the words or phrases in the text that mean:
are now under threat of extinction. Biologists estimate that some 10,000 species are already a) call attention (to something) (paragraph 2)
being lost every year. Admittedly, most of the threatened species are not big animals but b) endangered (paragraph 2)
c) stop (paragraph 3)
insects. It is hard for zoologists to argue that the extinction of the average beetle is an
d) find a way (of doing something) (paragraph 3)
economic tragedy. Yet the destruction of the jungle is also destroying many species that might
(Puntuacin maxima: 1punto)
have been extremely useful to man, especially plants. Professor Wilson of Harvard University
has pointed out that 'in previous mass extinctions ... most of the plant diversity survived. Now, 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use an appropriate form of the word in brackets
for the first time, it is being destroyed.' when given.
The economic loss implied by this destruction of resources is beyond calculation. The a) Natural disasters __________________ (cause) enormous damage over the last few
forests are central to the economies of many tropical countries. Some 200 million people decades
currently make their livelihoods from forests. But they have also become the mainstay of b) I'm very worried _______________ the problem of deforestation.
many national economies. They are an essential source of fuelwood in much of the developing c) Large areas of South America are________________ (be) damaged by deforestation.
world; they regulate river systems and local climate; they generate exports of timber products d) Rewrite the following sentence beginning with the words given.
There aren't any environmental groups in my town. That's why I don't take part in any protest
worth $12 billion a year. The loss of forests thus entails enormous social and economic costs.
actions.
If the destruction is to be halted, new models of development will have to be worked out and
If there were
introduced now. (Puntuacin mxima: 2 puntos)

5.Write about 100-150 words on the following topic: Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of different means of transport.

(Puntuacin mxima: 3 puntos)

 INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIN
1. El alumno dispone de dos opciones para contestar (A y B). Debe escoger slo una de ellas.
2. Lea todo el texto cuidadosamente.
3. Lea atentamente todas las preguntas de la prueba.
4. Proceda a responder en lengua inglesa a las preguntas en el papel de examen.
TIEMPO: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
CALIFICACIN: La puntuacin mxima de la prueba es de 10 puntos.
1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a) Films do not only depict past and current events.
b) Films fail to resemble the world which they try to portray.
(Puntuacin maxima: 2 puntos)

2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
Do not copy from the text.
THE ROLE OF MOVIES a) How has the evolution of the language of film opened up new possibilities?
b) What is the primary purpose of big film productions?
Over the last 100 years the film industry has gone to great lengths to appeal
to a wide range of audiences, from the most demanding cult movie fans to the more (Puntuacin maxima: 2 puntos)
commercial mass market. The same year can see the release of major productions
destined to become box-office hits such as King Kong (2005) as well as lesser-known 3.- Find the words or phrases in the text that mean:
masterpieces like Woody Allen's Match Point (2005). admirer (paragraph 1)
Perhaps in no other creative art form can we find such a variety of different types of film (paragraph 2)
symbolic (paragraph 3)
genres. There are almost as many of these as there are human emotions - hilarious
offered (paragraph 4)
comedies, thrilling mysteries, exhilarating adventures, sad and moving dramas ... (Puntuacin mxima: 1 punto)
Each reflects the development of our societies through the decades. Certain movies
bear witness to specific events of historical importance (Apollo 13, 1995) or show, for 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use an appropriate form of the word in brackets
example, how extreme ideologies can lead to terrible carnage, war or holocaust when given.
(Schindler's List, 1993). a) As ____________as I finish my work, I'll give you a call.
Technological innovation - from silent to speaking movies, from black and white to b) After __________ (finish) her degree in Film studies, Julia decided to set up her own
colour, from celluloid to digital - has provided each generation of film directors with business.
new creative possibilities. In addition, the flexibility of the film as an art form - from c) I wish I __________ (meet) him a few weeks earlier. That would have saved me a lot of
realism to more artistic or allegorical approaches - has enabled and inspired film trouble.
d) Rewrite the following sentence beginning with the words given.
makers to portray their stories and characters in ever more complex ways.
I.A. Diamond wrote the scripts for Billy Wilder's movies.
As a result, a successful movie is equally capable of recreating the past The scripts for Billy Wilder's movies
(Gladiator, 2000), depicting the present (Bowling for Columbine, 2002) or even (Puntuacin maxima: 2 puntos)
envisaging what the world will be like in the future (Artificial Intelligence, 2002).
The cinema-going public is presented with more and more stunning photography, 5.-Write about 100-150 words on the following topic: Discuss the importance of
evocative soundtracks and, once in a while, brilliant acting to talk about and technology in today's films.
remember. Not in vain have the movies been called 'the industry of dreams'.
(Puntuacin mxima: 3 puntos)