UNIVERSIDADES PÚBLICAS DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID

EVALUACIÓN PARA EL ACCESO A LAS ENSEÑANZAS

UNIVERSITARIAS OFICIALES DE GRADO Modelo
Curso 2016-2017
MATERIA: INGLÉS OPCIÓN A

INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIÓN QUESTIONS

Después de leer atentamente los textos y las cuestiones siguientes, el alumno deberá escoger 1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
una de las dos opciones propuestas y responder en INGLÉS a las cuestiones de la opción marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
elegida. a) Many university students enlarge their Facebook contacts with people they
CALIFICACIÓN: Las cuestiones 1ª, 2ª y 4ª se valorarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la casually meet during a night out.
pregunta 3ª sobre 1 punto y la pregunta 5ª sobre 3 puntos. b) There is no way Facebook friends could eventually be of help in your
TIEMPO: 90 minutos. professional life.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
Friends Forever?
2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
Do not copy from the text.
Throughout university, the sentence “I'll add you on Facebook” is a common a) Why can deleting Facebook friends be considered offensive?
end to a 4 a.m. walk home with new acquaintances. Then you wake up in the b) Why should students in the last year of their degree be especially careful with the
morning to find out they actually have. You cannot refuse because that people they have as Facebook friends?
would be awkward next time you meet them in the bar. However, having too (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
many friends is causing anxiety amongst many young people and, unless
3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
they change the way they engage with Facebook post-university, these a) people you have met but do not know well (paragraph 1)
Facebook friends are likely to see their future wedding, first children and b) reduce (paragraph 1)
40th birthday party all online. Perhaps it is the time to cut down on the c) though (paragraph 2)
number of online friends. d) worried about (paragraph 3)
(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
One fourth-year student suggested that deleting one person a day is a
4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets
suitable method to gently reduce your number of Facebook friends. But when given.
being deleted on Facebook is offensive. Rarely in real life do we walk up to a) Students _______ have many social contacts over the Internet are at risk of
someone and very publicly say to their face, "we are not friends anymore", _______ (lose) opportunities when it comes to finding a job.
yet that is the comparable act of deleting someone on Facebook. An online b) As every minute 240,000 pictures _______ (add) to Facebook, career advisers
action with no real life equivalent. suggest that we _______ (use) social networking wisely.
c) Peter asked: "How long _______ (have) a Facebook account?"
A popular reason for keeping casual acquaintances from university days is Molly answered: “_______ I was 18 and I’m 22 now.”
that they could be useful contacts in a future career. Yet, Hannah, a final d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
“Do not post these photos on Instagram.”
year business student, also suggested that the combination of personal use My mother told me_________________________________________________
and professional image online had become difficult. In fact, coming towards (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
the end of fourth year, many students are concerned with potential
employers checking their social media accounts. Therefore they should take 5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.
deep care of who and what they post online. Should Facebook users make their contact information, photos and friends private?
Justify your answer.
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)