UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD PARA MAYORES DE 25 AÑOS
CONVOCATORIA DE ABRIL DE 2006 MATERIA : I N G L É S 1 / 3
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Read the following text and answer the questions below
Happy marriage?
Real Madrid football star David Beckham and his wife, former Spice Girl
Victoria, are going to court to defend their image and marriage. The Beckhams are
angry that a British newspaper printed a story that their “happy marriage” was
false. The News of the World wrote an article saying the Beckhams are pretending
5 to be happily married to make more money from their life and image. The
newspaper said the marriage was not as happy as people thought because of a
relationship David had with another woman. He strongly denies this.
The newspaper article suggested that the Beckhams’ huge fortune depended on
10 their public image. It said the couple tried to convince the public that their
marriage was happy to get more publicity contracts. The article also said David
almost had a nervous breakdown because of disputes with his wife. A lawyer for
the newspaper asked: “Is it unhappy because of David Beckham’s infidelity, or is
it happy? While the newspaper maintains that the Beckhams are unhappy, Victoria
15 and David insist they are a happily married couple.
Glossary:
- Former = antigua
- Court = juicio
- To deny = negar
- Breakdown = crisis
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 1 / 3 ( 2ª página)
1.- Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the text. Copy
the evidence from the text. (1 point)
a) – What reason does the newspaper give to affirm that the Beckhams are not a
happy couple.
b) – Why do the Beckhams want people to believe that they are happily
married?
2.- Based on the text, answer the following questions using your own words as far as
possible. (2 points)
a) – David has never made any comments about his infidelity.
b) – The happier they pretend to look, the more money they get.
3.- Choose the correct answer and write it into the box. (2 points)
1) – Without … water, … life would be impossible.
A – the/ … B – the / the C-…/… D – some / the
2) – My sister …… this week in Madrid. She …… there nearly every month.
A – is spending / goes B – spends / is going
C – will spend / had gone D – has spent / went
3) – Do you want me to repair the bicycle for ……? No, I’ll repair it ……
A – yourself / myself B – you / yourself
C – you / myself D – myself / itself
4) – He …… (make) his bed when I …… (go) into his room this morning.
A – was making / went B – had been making / was going
C – will make / am going D – has made / have gone
5) – Some of the students have …… arrived, but the teacher hasn’t arrived ……
A – just / already B – already / yet
C – yet / just D – been / just
6) – There is a notice …… that door …… the end of the corridor.
A – at / in B – on / at C – in / by D – under / on
7) – Do you mind if I smoke? I ……… you didn’t
A – ought to B – had better C – needn’t D – would rather
8) – Don’t drop that glass, …………?
A– will you B – won’t you C – do you D – aren’t you
9) – He ……… (take) some photographs if he ………(have) a camera.
A – takes / will have B – took / would have
C – would take / has had D – would have taken / had had
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 1 / 3 ( 3ª página)
10) – Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be ………
A – badder B – the worst C – worse D – more badly
4.- Match both columns to make FOUR grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.
(2 points)
My aunt likes to be independent without saying goodbye.
She said her brother had left so she does as much as she can for herself.
That is the girl what they had offered us in the travel
agency.
It looked completely different from whose father was sent to court.
5.- Write a composition of about 100 beginning with:
When I was a child ……
Or
read the following sentences and put them in order to make a paragraph of a
story. ( 3 points)
A.- John’s early years were certainly not easy. His father worked away for long periods
on a ship, and essentially he was raised by his aunt.
B.- It is perhaps understandable that John became disruptive at school.
C.- They began touring the world and were hugely popular, especially in the US.
D.- The two struck up an immediate friendship and settle a band called the Beatles.
E.- John Lennon was born in Liverpool in the autumn of 1940.
F.- It was while playing for a skiffle band he had formed at school that he met Paul
McCartney.
G.- The turning point in his life came when he developed a strong interest in skiffle, a
type of rock and roll music, whilst in his teenage years.
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UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD PARA MAYORES DE 25 AÑOS
CONVOCATORIA DE ABRIL DE 2006 MATERIA : I N G L É S 2 / 3 A
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Read the following text and answer the questions below
The end of early retirement?
Workers may soon see an important change in the length of their working lives.
An American expert on society and work said yesterday that the age at which
people retire might one day be 85 instead of 65. This means the idea of early
retirement may disappear completely. Stanford University biologist Shripad
Tuljapurkar told scientists at a convention in the USA that modern medicine and
technology will mean people will live to be much older than now. He said this
5 would greatly change our image and reality of work. He also said that economies
would not be able to support so many retired people.
Professor Tuljapurkar believes that most people living in today’s industrialized
societies will live to be 100. He said that as soon as scientists discover the key to
the gene that makes us live longer, society will change radically. “Some people
10 believe we will soon be able to extend human lifespan significantly… We have
doubled human lifespan in the last century”, he said. He has warned that many
workers will discover their pension companies do not have enough money to
finance their retirement. He also said that dreams of early retirement will be just
dreams.
15
Glossary:
- Retirement = retiro
- Length = duración
- To retire = retirarse, dejar de trabajar
- To support = mantener
- Gene = gen
- Lifespan = duración de la vida
- To warn = advertir
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 2 / 3 A ( 2ª página)
1.- Based on the text, answer the following questions using your own words as far as
possible. (2 points)
a) – What according to Mr Tuljapurkar will make people live longer?
b) – When will our society experience a fundamental change?
2.- Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the text. Copy
the evidence from the text. (1 point)
a) – Pension companies will find problems to finance early retirement.
b) – Living longer will mean a change in our perception of work.
3.- Choose the correct answer and write it into the box. (2 points)
1) – ....... coffee is very hot, I must put ........ milk in it.
A–a/… B – the / the C - the / some D – some / the
2) – I ………… these days in Seville. I ………. that city nearly every year.
A – am spending / visit B – spend / am visiting
C – will spend / visited D – have spent / was visiting
3) – I told …… that he should help …… if he was still hungry.
A – himself / her B – her / each other
C – him / himself D – myself / herself
4) – Two boys …… in class when the teacher ……
A – were playing / arrived B – have been playing / arrives
C – is playing / has arrived D – will be playing / arrived
5) – We have …… written the book but it hasn’t been published ……
A – always / already B – already / yet
C – just / since D – just / for
6) – I’ll be waiting for you …. the station …. two weeks’ time.
A – from / at B – at / in C – in / at D – opposite / between
7) – Are you ready for dinner? No, I ……… wait till mum comes.
A – wish I B – ought C – needn’t D – would rather
8) – Peter …… his exam if he ............. harder.
A – pass / won’t study B – would pass / hadn’t been studied
C – would passed / didn’t study D – would have passed / had studied
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 2 / 3 A ( 3ª página)
9) – Go back home right now, …………?
A- will you B – will we C – shall we D – do you
10) – My father drives ……. my mother.
A – faster that B – more fast than C – faster than D – fastter than
4.- Match both columns to make FOUR grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.
(2 points)
He always goes to work by train, but the bus has not come yet.
I haven’t had a glass of brandy for which takes him about twenty minutes.
She has been standing in the rain for hours, I will have cooked dinner.
By the time she gets back, longer than I can remember.
5.- Write a composition of about 100 beginning with:
I’ve just received a letter from my friend Susan.
or
read the following sentences and put them in order to make a paragraph of a
story. ( 3 points)
A.- However, life at sea was not always easy. In 1883, tired of sailing, he decided to
settle in Portsmouth and married Louise Hawkins two years later.
B.- When he was only nine, he was sent to Jesuit boarding school in England.
C.- Between 1893 and 1928, Doyle visited many countries (Germany, the United States
and many countries in Africa). In the meantime, he had been knighted and had become
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous author we all know nowadays.
D.- Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles
and Mary Doyle.
E.- After his studies, he became a medical officer on board of a ship called Mayumba.
F.- Conan Doyle later attended the University of Edinburgh Medical School where he
met Dr. Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes.
G.- The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in that town, only two years before
their first child was born.
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UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD PARA MAYORES DE 25 AÑOS
CONVOCATORIA DE ABRIL DE 2006 MATERIA : I N G L É S 2 / 3 B
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Read the following text and answer the questions below
The end of early retirement?
Workers may soon see an important change in the length of their working lives.
An American expert on society and work said yesterday that the age at which
people retire might one day be 85 instead of 65. This means the idea of early
retirement may disappear completely. Stanford University biologist Shripad
Tuljapurkar told scientists at a convention in the USA that modern medicine and
5 technology will mean people will live to be much older than now. He said this
would greatly change our image and reality of work. He also said that economies
would not be able to support so many retired people.
Professor Tuljapurkar believes that most people living in today’s industrialized
societies will live to be 100. He said that as soon as scientists discover the key to
10 the gene that makes us live longer, society will change radically. “Some people
believe we will soon be able to extend human lifespan significantly… We have
doubled human lifespan in the last century”, he said. He has warned that many
workers will discover their pension companies do not have enough money to
finance their retirement. He also said that dreams of early retirement will be just
15 dreams.
Glossary:
- Retirement = retiro
- Length = duración
- To retire = retirarse, dejar de trabajar
- To support = mantener
- Gene = gen
- Lifespan = duración de la vida
- To warn = advertir
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 2 / 3 B ( 2ª página)
1.- Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the text. Copy
the evidence from the text. (1 point)
a) – Living longer will mean a change in our perception of work.
b) – Pension companies will find problems to finance early retirement.
2.- Based on the text, answer the following questions using your own words as far as
possible. (2 points)
a) – When will our society experience a fundamental change?
b) – What according to Mr Tuljapurkar will make people live longer?
3.- Choose the correct answer and write it into the box. (2 points)
1) – I told …… that he should help …… if he was still hungry.
A – himself / her B – her / each other
C – him / himself D – myself / herself
2) – ....... coffee is very hot, I must put ........ milk in it.
A–a/… B – the / the C - the / some D – some / the
3) – Are you ready for dinner? No, I ……… wait till mum comes.
A – wish I B – ought C – needn’t D – would rather
4) – I ………… these days in Seville. I ………. that city nearly every year.
A – am spending / visit B – spend / am visiting
C – will spend / visited D – have spent / was visiting
5) – We have …… written the book but it hasn’t been published ……
A – always / already B – already / yet
C – just / since D – just / for
6) – I’ll be waiting for you …. the station …. two weeks’ time.
A – from / at B – at / in C – in / at D – opposite / between
7) – Two boys …… in class when the teacher ……
A – were playing / arrived B – have been playing / arrives
C – is playing / has arrived D – will be playing / arrived
8) – My father drives ……. my mother.
A – faster that B – more fast than C – faster than D – fastter than
9) – Go back home right now, …………?
A- will you B – will we C – shall we D – do you
10) – Peter …… his exam if he ............. harder.
A – pass / won’t study B – would pass / hadn’t been studied
C – would passed / didn’t study D – would have passed / had studied
Mayores de 25 Años. Abril 2006 Inglés 2 / 3 B ( 3ª página)
4.- Match both columns to make FOUR grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.
(2 points)
By the time she gets back, but the bus has not come yet.
I haven’t had a glass of brandy for I will have cooked dinner.
She has been standing in the rain for hours, which takes him about twenty minutes.
He always goes to work by train, longer than I can remember.
5.- Write a composition of about 100 beginning with:
I’ve just received a letter from my friend Susan.
Or
read the following sentences and put them in order to make a paragraph of a
story. ( 3 points)
A.- When he was only nine, he was sent to Jesuit boarding school in England.
B.- However, life at sea was not always easy. In 1883, tired of sailing, he decided to settle in
Portsmouth and married Louise Hawkins two years later.
C.- Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles and
Mary Doyle.
D.- Between 1893 and 1928, Doyle visited many countries (Germany, the United States and
many countries in Africa). In the meantime, he had been knighted and had become Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, the famous author we all know nowadays.
E.- After his studies, he became a medical officer on board of a ship called Mayumba.
F.- Conan Doyle later attended the University of Edinburgh Medical School where he met Dr.
Joseph Bell, the person who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes.
G.- The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in that town, only two years before their
first child was born.
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PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD PARA MAYORES DE 25 AÑOS
CONVOCATORIA DE ABRIL DE 2006 MATERIA : I N G L É S 3 / 3
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Happy and unhappy people
Australians are the happiest people in the world. This is according to a new survey
from a market research company. Interviewers asked 30,000 people in 30 different
countries if they were happy and how happy they were. Forty-six percent of
Australians said they were “very happy”. Following them was the USA (40
5 percent), Egypt (36 percent), India (34 percent) and the UK and Canada (32
percent). Hungary finished at the top of the list of the saddest countries. Thirty-
five percent of its citizens said they were “very unhappy”. Russia came in the
second place.
The research showed that money and age affected how happy people are. The
10 study did not show that money can buy happiness, but it revealed a connection
between the need for money and unhappiness. Unhappier people earn less money
or are often unemployed. The study also suggested the older we become, the less
happy we are. Globally, teenagers are the happiest people. The least happy age
group is 50-59 – only 16 percent of those in their fifties said they were very
15 happy. The things that make us happy include good health, financial security and a
happy marriage, not cars and clothes.
Glossary:
- Survey = encuesta
- Research = investigación
- To reveal = revelar
Mayores 25 Años. Abril 2006 Examen de Inglés 3/3 ( pag. 2)
1.- Based on the text, answer the following questions using your own words as far as
possible. (2 points)
a) – Write down two questions you think the interviewers asked the people to
evaluate their level of happiness?
b) – Including nationality, age, etc., make a description of a very unhappy
person, according to the text.
2.- Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the text. Copy
the evidence from the text. (1 point)
a) – The younger a person is, the happier he probably feels.
b) – Being very rich means being very happy.
3.- Choose the correct answer and write it into the box. (2 points)
1) – Mary hates …… fruit but she loves …… apples that grow in my garden.
A–a/… B – the / the C - … / the D – a / the
2) – Our teacher ……(read) a book at present; he always …… (do) it during the break.
A – is reading / does B – reads / is reading
C – will read / did D – has read / was doing
3) – I asked …… if she had enjoyed ……
A – them / her B – her / each other
C – her / herself D – myself / her
4) – Many people …… (wait) at the station when the Pope ……(arrive)
A – were waiting / arrived B – have been waiting / arrives
C – is waiting / has arrived D – will be waiting / arrived
5) – I have …… written the letter but I haven’t posted it ……
A – always / already B – already / yet
C – just / since D – just / for
6) – I like that picture hanging …… the wall …… the kitchen.
A – from / at B – on / in C – in / under D – opposite / between
7) – Do you want to eat now? No, I ……… wait till later.
A – wish I B – ought C – needn’t D – would rather
8) – I ……… (go) out with you if it ……… not (rain).
A – go / won’t rain B – would go / hadn’t been rained
C – would gone / didn’t rain D – would have gone / hadn’t rained
Mayores 25 Años. Abril 2006 Examen de Inglés 3/3 ( pag. 3 )
9) – Let’s go for a walk, ……
A- shall we B – will we C – don’t we D – aren’t we
10) – Last night I went to bed ……… …usual
A – earlyer than B – more early than C – earlier than D – earlier that
4.- Match both columns to make FOUR grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.
(2 points)
We are going out early tomorrow unless I wish I hadn’t drunk so much alcohol.
I feel really sick. she has been cleaning all morning.
The house is not clean yet although he will have treated 5000 patients.
By the time he retires, it is raining.
5.- Write a composition of about 100 beginning with:
My best friend is coming to see me. ………………
or
read the following sentences and put them in order to make a paragraph of a
story. ( 3 points)
A.- Tired of sailing, Ho finally settled in Paris in 1917. There he read books by Karl
Marx and eventually became converted to communism.
B.- This enabled him to travel to many different countries.
C.- As a nationalist, his father, Nguyen, taught him to resist the rule of the French, but
quite surprisingly decided to send Ho to a French school.
D.- Ho Chi Minh was born in Vietnam in 1890
E.- After his studies, Ho was, for a short period, a schoolteacher. He then decided to
become a sailor.
F.- Some years after his death, the city that bears his name is still one of the most
important in Asia.
G.- At the end of World War II Ho Chi Minh returned to Asia and announced the
formation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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