| SELECTIVIDAD ANDALUCÍA 2010 septiembre: OPCIÓN B |
| Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), universidades de Andalucía, curso 2009-2010. Examen realizado el martes 14 de septiembre de 2010. |
| TEXTO PROPUESTO: Affordable, accessible coverage options for all |
| REDACCIONES PROPUESTAS: "Everybody should have the right to enjoy medical insurance no matter their financial status." Discuss. What do you think you could do in your daily routine to have a healthy lifestyle? (Haz clic en el enunciado para ver la redacción hecha, corregida y comentada.) |
| Haz clic aquí para ver el enunciado de la OPCIÓN B publicado por el IES Luis Vélez de Guevara de Écija en su álbum de flickr. |
| 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. |
| 1 | What are the effects of more and more expensive health insurance in America today? |
| People risk losing their medical cover as individuals and small companies find it harder to pay. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 2 | What will the Obama plan force health insurance companies to do? |
| It will make them include treatment for illnesses the client already has. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 3 | Can Obama's plan be carried out without taking other policies into account? Explain. |
| No: according to the article, Obama's plan must be supplemented with other government action involving agriculture, education and the environment. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. |
| 4 | More and more Americans are receiving medical insurance coverage through their employers. |
| FALSE: Nowadays, fewer Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employers... and this trend shows no sign of slowing down. (lines 5. & 6.) |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 5 | The Obama plan will mean cancelling the medical coverage which people have now. |
| FALSE: Under the Obama plan, Americans will be able to maintain their current coverage... (lines 10. & 11.) |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 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: "choice" (NOUN) |
| options (lines 11. & 13.) |
| 7 | WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?: Give / improve / supply / provide |
| 8 | FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: "not to have; to be deficient or in need of" (VERB) |
| lack (line 2.) |
| 9 | FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT ADVERB: |
| Never give up; you can do it! |
| 10 | FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: "When he called me on the phone I... (drive)." |
| When he called me on the phone I was driving. |
| 11 | TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: The doctor said: "Don't take another pill until tomorrow". |
| The doctor said not to take another pill until the day after. The doctor said not to take another pill until the next day. The doctor said not to take another pill until the following day. |
| 12 | JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: She has been working really hard for years. Now she owns her own business. |
| She has been working really hard for years so now she owns her own business. |
| 13 | GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: "I have very little money in my wallet." |
| How much money do you have in your wallet? |
| III* | PRODUCTION (3 points) |
| 14 | WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS, AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT. SPECIFY YOUR OPTION. |
| A) | "Everybody should have the right to enjoy medical insurance no matter their financial status." Discuss. |
| B) | What do you think you could do in your daily routine to have a healthy lifestyle? |
