UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCA

PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

Junio-2004

Instrucciones:

10

PLANES DE 1994 y
DE 2002
ANLISIS DE TEXTO
LENGUA
EXTRANJERA
INGLS

a) Duracin: 90 minutos
b) No est permitido el uso de diccionario

COMING DOWN TO EARTH

A hot shower and a new wife helped two astronauts come down to earth Thursday after six months in orbit.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and U.S. astronaut Edward Lu landed in Kazakhstan after an unproblematic
flight from the International Space Station. The crew, accompanied by Spaniard Pedro Duque, who was on a oneweek mission, arrived as planned.
Lu said the exciting life on the 16-nation orbital platform had amply compensated for not enjoying common
comforts. "It's a small price to pay not to be able to eat your favorite food or take a shower if you have the opportunity
to live and work in space," he told a news conference. "But that being said, that first hot shower felt really good."
Having married his fiance Ekaterina Dmitriev in August via a satellite video link from space, Malenchenko
went straight into married life enthusiastically. "Life continues on earth and we've got lots of plans," he said.
The astronauts said they had been able to keep in touch with their families from the station via e-mail and
video telephone. "I missed my family and fiance, but we had very good communications on board and we were able
to talk," said Lu. "I didn't feel very much separated from my loved ones on the ground."
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN
WORDS.
(1 point per answer)
1) How different was daily life on board the Space Station?
2) How did the astronauts manage not to miss their families very much? (Give two reasons)
b) ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES
FROM THE TEXT.
(0.5 points per answer)
3) Pedro Duque was in orbit for six months.
4) The orbital platform was exclusively a Russian and American enterprise.
5) Living in the orbital platform was so stimulating that astronauts could manage without ordinary comforts.
6) The Russian astronaut got married while in space.
(B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)
7) Give one opposite for EXCITING (adjective) (line 5)
(0.25 points)
8) Give one synonym for CONTINUE (verb) (line 9)
(0.25 points)
9) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
a group of people working on a spaceship (noun)
(0.25 points)
10) Give an adjective with the same root as ENJOY (verb) (line 5)
(0.25 points)
11) Give a question for the underlined words:
(0.5 points)
Edward Lu met his fiance after Christmas.
12) Use the words in the boxes to make a meaningful sentence. Use all and only the words in the boxes
without changing their form.
(0.5 points)
station had a Malenchenko walk the around
13) Turn the following sentence into passive:
The astronauts are giving the journalists a lot of information
(0.5 points)
14) Complete the following conditional sentence: If I ever went to space
(0.5 points)
(C) PRODUCTION (3 points)
15) Write a composition (80-100 WORDS) Choose ONE of the following options. Specify your option.
a) Are dangerous professions attractive for young people today? Why?
b) Do you like science fiction stories/films? Why?

UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCA

PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

Junio-2004

Instrucciones:

PLANES DE 1994 y
DE 2002
ANLISIS DE TEXTO
LENGUA
EXTRANJERA
INGLS

a) Duracin: 90 minutos
b) No est permitido el uso de diccionario

COMING DOWN TO EARTH

SOLUCIONES
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN
WORDS.
(1 point per answer)
1) How different was daily life on board the Space Station?
UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF COMMON PLEASURES (HOT SHOWERS,
FAVORITE FOOD, ETC.)
2) How did the astronauts manage not to miss their families very much?
BY WRITING TO THEM AND RECEIVING MESSAGES BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AND ALSO BY
TALKING TO THEM OVER THE PHONE. (SPECIFY TWO REASONS)
b) ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES
FROM THE TEXT.
(0.5 points per answer)
3) Pedro Duque was in orbit for six months.
FALSE: Spaniard Pedro Duque, who was on a one-week mission, (lines 3-4)
4) The orbital platform was exclusively a Russian and American enterprise.
FALSE: Lu said the exciting life on the 16-nation orbital platform (line 5)
5) Living in the orbital platform was so stimulating that astr onauts could manage without ordinary comforts.
TRUE: the exciting life on the 16-nation orbital platform had amply compensated for not enjoying
common comforts (lines 5-6)
6) The Russian astronaut got married while in space.
TRUE: Having married his fiance Ekaterina Dmitriev in August via a satellite video link from space
(line 8)
(B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)
7) Give one opposite for EXCITING (adjective) (line 5) BORING, UNINTERESTING, DULL (0.25 points)
8) Find in the text one word meaning GO ON (verb)
CONTINUE (line 9)
(0.25 points)
9) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
a group of people working on a spaceship (noun) CREW (Line 3)
(0.25 points)
10) Give an adjective with the same root as ENJOY (verb) (line 5) ENJOYABLE, JOYFUL(0.25 points)
11) Give a question for the underlined words:
(0.5 points)
Edward Lu met his fiance after Christmas.
WHEN DID EDWARD LU MEET HIS FIANCE?
12) Use the words in the boxes to make a meaningful sentence. Use all and only the words in the boxes
without changing their form.
(0.5 points)
station had a Malenchenko walk the around
MALENCHENKO HAD A WALK AROUND THE STATION
13) Turn the following sentence into passive:
(0.5 points)
The astronauts are giving the journalists a lot of information
A LOT OF INFORMATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE JOURNALISTS
THE JOURNALISTS ARE BEING GIVEN A LOT OF INFORMATION
14) Complete the following sentence:
(0.5 points)
If I went to space some day, I WOULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE THERE

UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCA

PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

Junio-2004

Instrucciones:

a) Duracin: 90 minutos
b) No est permitido el uso de diccionario

PLANES DE 1994 y
DE 2002
ANLISIS DE TEXTO
LENGUA
EXTRANJERA
INGLS