BACHILLERATO

UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA
PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD ANÁLISIS DE TEXTO EN
LENGUA EXTRANJERA
(INGLÉS)

Instrucciones: a) Duración: Una hora

b) La puntuación de cada pregunta está indicada en las mismas.

ENDANGERED SPECIES
Many animal species are in danger in Spain. The National Institute for the Conservation of Nature
(ICONA) lists hundreds of Spanish birds, fishes, reptiles, amphibians and mammals that find themselves
at various stages of the struggle for survival, and ICONA's list is by no means complete.
The most disturbing name used in the classification of threatened species is "extinct". This designation
may or may not mean that the animal in question is 100% extinct, but it does mean that no one has
seen such an animal in the wild for over fifty years. One such unfortunate beast is the Basque whale,
which, mainly because of hunting, no longer inhabits Cantabrian coastal waters.
Less frightening than "extinct" is the term "endangered". Even when it is explained that this
designation means that the animal will probably die out under present conditions, it doesn't sound so
horrible.
In Spain these include the brown bear, which is usually seen move from Galicia to Catalonia, and the
Imperial Iberian eagle, which exists nowhere else in the world. This majestic bird has made a modest
comeback in recent years and its population now numbers more than two hundred.

(A) COMPREHENSION (3 points; 1 per question)

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
1. Does the ICONA list show non-living animals? Why?
2. In what sense are EXTINCT and ENDANGERED different terms?
3. Which animal is extinct in Spain? Why?
(B) LEXICON (2 points; 0,5 per question)
4. Find in the text the word which has the following definition: "Animals which feed their young with milk
from the breast".
5. Find one synonym in the text for "FIGHT".
6. Find one opposite for "UNFORTUNATE".
7. Find one synonym in the text for "ALARMING".
(C) GRAMMAR (2 points; 0,5 per question)
8. Put the following sentence into the Passive Voice:
ICONA lists hundreds of Spanish animal species.
9. Put the following sentence into Reported Speech:
"I have never seen an Imperial eagle," she said.
10. Give a question to this answer:
"Yes. Spain has many animal species at risk."
11. Complete the following sentence:
If ICONA had not published the list ...
(D) PRODUCTION (3 points)
WRITE A COMPOSITION (80-100 WORDS). CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS. SPECIFY YOU OPTION:
12. A. How can you help to protect our environment?
B. Is the human being an endangered species? Why?