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1UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA 1 Septiembre

1 iUiMQU81d I MATERIA: INGLÉS

Curso 2003-2004 Rl R2

QUESTIONS

INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y VALORACIÓN

1. Lea todo el texto cuidadosamente. 1. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks
2. Lea atentamente todas las preguntas de la prueba. are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
3. Proceda a responder en lengua inglesa a las preguntas en el papel de examen. a. As far as animal emotions are concemed, common sense and science sense are always in
agreement.
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b. Nowadays an important part of the scientific community has come to the conclusion that
CALIFICACIÓN: La puntuación máxima de la prueba es de 10 puntos. non-human animals do have feelings.
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What's it Like to Be a Dog?
2. In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
a Why did animal emotions go unnoticed for many years?
Do anirnals have rich emotional lives? For people who spend a lot of time b. What scientific evidence is there to show that animals experience emotions?
with animals, these are silly questions. Common sense tells us that our animal (Puntuación máxima 2 puntos)
companions do indeed show happiness, sadness, anger, jealousy and grief.
However, common sense is sometimes difficult to reconcile with science sense, 3. Find the words in the text that mean:
a truly (paragraph 1)
which looks for repeatable observations [Link] controlled conditions. But
b. besides (paragraph 3)
emotions are often brief and unrepeatable. c. growing (paragraph 3)
For centuries, the inner Iives of animals were ignored because we d. too (paragraph 3)
assumed animals were automatons - biological machines ruled simply by urges (Puntuación máxima 1 punto)
and instincts, responding mechanically to stimuli they were confronted with.
4. Complete tbe following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets wben
However, we share nearly 99 percent of our genetic material with our nearest given.
biological relative, the chimpanzee. Is it possible, then, that with so much in a If scientists _ _ (study) more about the characteristics of animal behaviour in the future, they
common, we have emotions and other creatures do not? _ _ (understand) more about hwnan personality.
Like people, animals behave in recognm¡ble ways when feeling b. Two animals _ _ show intense emotions are whales and dolphins. Their emotional lives _ _
(explore) for many years.
happiness, grief or anger. In addition, the study of neurobiology reveals that c. Scientists say that the most wonderful thing about _ _ (work) with chimpanzees is discovering
different species of animals have in common both certain brain structures and the their intelligence. In fact, they are _ _ (intelligent) animals in the world.
chemicals that transmit information within those structures. Today many scientists d. Rewrlte the following sentence in reported speecb witb the words given: "My experiments
are accepting that non-human animals do indeed experience emotions and there is will prove the existence of the emotional lives of animals," said Darwin.
Darwin said ......... ... ......... ... .................. ... ................... ...... ... ... ........................ .
increasing evidence that birds, reptiles and fish experience sorne kind of
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emotional activity as well. The study of animal emotions has become an exciting
field that is quickly making up for lost time. According to sorne scientists, in the S. Write about 100 to ISO words on one of the following topics.
last ten year~ we have probably learned as much as we did in the previous one a Have you ever seen a film or read a book about an animal that showed its feelings. Explain.
hundred. b. Do you think animals really have emotional lives like humans. Discuss.
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