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MODELO
Curso 2023-2024
MATERIA: INGLÉS

INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y CALIFICACIÓN

Después de leer atentamente el examen, responda de la siguiente forma:
 elija un texto A o B y conteste EN INGLÉS a las preguntas 1, 2, 3 y 4 asociadas al texto elegido.
 responda EN INGLÉS una pregunta a elegir entre las preguntas A.5 o B.5.

TIEMPO Y CALIFICACIÓN: 90 minutos. Las preguntas 1, 2 y 4 asociadas al texto elegido se

calificarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la pregunta 3 asociada al texto elegido sobre 1 punto y la
pregunta elegida entre A.5 o B.5 sobre 3 puntos.

TEXTO A

Nobel Prize for Studying Neanderthal DNA

Monday 3rd October 2022, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine awarded the prize to
Svante Pääbo, a smart Swedish geneticist who determined how to extract and analyze DNA from
40,000-year-old Neanderthal bones – an extremely complex and challenging process. His
decades of research have made it possible for scientists to begin testing differences between
today’s modern humans and their ancestors.

Born in 1955, Pääbo spent three decades working on the Neanderthal genome, mostly at the Max
Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany. He studied mummies and extinct animals before focusing his
efforts on Neanderthals. “I'm driven by curiosity, by asking the questions, ‘Where do we come
from?’ and ‘What were the important events in our history that made us who we are?’”, Pääbo told
Smithsonian magazine in 2006.

The morning of the 3rd of October, Pääbo was finishing a cup of tea when he got a call from
Sweden informing him he had been awarded with the Nobel Prize. He was asked whether he ever
thought of winning. Pääbo humbly replied that he did not really think that this study would qualify
for a Nobel Prize. But award-winning scientific discoveries are apparently in Pääbo’s blood. His
father, biochemist Sune Bergström, shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1982.
This was the eighth time that a child of a Nobel laureate also won a Nobel Prize.

Pääbo’s unexpected win marked the outstanding start of last year’s Nobel Prize announcements,
which continued throughout the rest of that eventful week with awards in physics, chemistry,
literature, economics, and peace. Winners get roughly 900,000€, which come from the money left
by the prize’s creator, Alfred Nobel, after his death, in order to contribute to science evolution.
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QUESTIONS

A.1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. Use a complete
sentence. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
 Pääbo studies have only been focused on Neanderthals.
 Pääbo was sure he would win the Nobel Prize with this research.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

A.2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do
not copy from the text.
a) Why are Pääbo’s discoveries important for other researchers?
b) How much is the prize and where does the money come from?
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

A.3.- Find the words in the text that mean:

a) clever (paragraph 1)
b) findings (paragraph 3)
c) occasion (paragraph 3)
d) excellent (paragraph 4)
(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)

A.4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
given.
a) If he (be) a science researcher nowadays, his studies would deal DNA.
b) Since 2012, developments in chemistry (lead) to innovative options in the energy
sector, big changes are needed.
c) the sale price was incredibly high, they managed (sell) their summer home in
only one month
d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
“Did any researcher from your country win a Nobel Prize?”
He asked me . (Puntuación
máxima: 2 puntos)

A.5.- Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic.

Which inventions do you think have significantly changed the world? Discuss. (Puntuación
máxima: 3 puntos)
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MADRID EVALUACIÓN PARA EL ACCESO A LAS
ENSEÑANZAS UNIVERSITARIAS OFICIALES DE GRADO
MODELO
Curso 2023-2024
MATERIA: INGLÉS

INSTRUCCIONES GENERALES Y CALIFICACIÓN

Después de leer atentamente el examen, responda de la siguiente forma:
 elija un texto A o B y conteste EN INGLÉS a las preguntas 1, 2, 3 y 4 asociadas al texto elegido.
 responda EN INGLÉS una pregunta a elegir entre las preguntas A.5 o B.5.

TIEMPO Y CALIFICACIÓN: 90 minutos. Las preguntas 1, 2 y 4 asociadas al texto elegido se

calificarán sobre 2 puntos cada una, la pregunta 3 asociada al texto elegido sobre 1 punto y la
pregunta elegida entre A.5 o B.5 sobre 3 puntos.

TEXT
OB

TikTok’s Rise

TikTok in 2022 became the most-downloaded app in the world, quietly surpassing forerunners
Instagram and Twitter. By the end of 2023, it will overtake YouTube as the social media platform that
users spend the most time watching. The video platform’s meteoric rise has surprised investors and
industry experts. As it grows at fast speed, the newspaper The Guardian investigates some of the
many questions surrounding its operations: the opaqueness of its algorithm and its effect on our
brains.

TikTok’s sprint towards world dominance began in 2018, when it first surpassed Facebook,
Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube in downloads. The following year, it became the fourth most-
downloaded non-gaming app in the world. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic poured gasoline on the
app’s already-explosive growth. As billions of people struggled through repeated lockdowns, the app
increased downloads, reporting a 45% rise in monthly active users. A recent report showed that
nearly half of people between 18 and 30 in the US use the platform and 67% of users between the
ages of 13 and 18 use the app daily.

TikTok’s algorithm, which serves intensely specific content to users, is a key element of its success.
The platform, according to internal documents leaked in 2021, optimizes content for minutes and
hours of view time – a departure from its competitors who historically prioritized clicks and
engagement. That significant difference and its algorithm’s impressive efficacy have raised alarm at
the mental health impact of such intensive targeting.

Concerns about the consequences of extensive social media use have also been long standing, with
studies suggesting excessive use can exacerbate mental health problems. Besides, TikTok comes
with its own problems, including that its algorithm feed can make unhealthy trends go viral before they
can be banned for safety.
 TEXTO B QUESTIONS

B.1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. Use a complete
sentence. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.

 TikTok will become the second most watched social media by the end of this year.
 TikTok’s algorithm is crucial for the app’s widespread popularity.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

B.2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do
not copy from the text.
c) How did Covid-19 affect the use of TikTok?
d) What are the main worries about using TikTok and other social media excessively?
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

B.3.- Find the words in the text that mean:

e) specialists (paragraph 1)
f) around (paragraph 1)
g) started (paragraph 2)
h) almost (paragraph 2)
(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)

B.4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
given.
e) TikTok was the top app (global) in the second quarter of 2020, because it is
(easy) to use than others.
f) By 2025, ads on TikTok (reach) 30% of internet users are aged above 18.
g) TikTok is an international version of Douyin, which (release) in the Chinese market
seven years .
h) Facebook has stopped (be) the most downloaded app since TikTok appeared
6th September 2016. (Puntuación máxima: 2
puntos)

B.5.- Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic.

What is your opinion about the impact of social media on society? Justify your answer. (Puntuación
máxima: 3 puntos)
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A - SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Question A.1

 FALSE: “He studied mummies and extinct animals before focusing his
efforts on Neanderthals.”

 FALSE: “Pääbo humbly replied that he did not really think that this study
would qualify for a Nobel Prize.”

Question A.2

Key ideas

a) His many years of study have allowed other researchers to compare the
present human beings with their predecessors.

b) The people who win a Nobel Prize get around 900,000 euros that are part
of the money that Alfred Nobel, the inventor of the prize, left because he
wanted to help science improve.

Question A.3

a) smart

b) discoveries

c) time

d) outstanding

Question A.4

a) was / were with

b) have led where / in which

c) Even though / Although / Though to sell

d) He asked me if / whether any researcher from my country won / had won a

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(DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO ORIENTATIVO) TEXTO B -

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Question B.1

 FALSE: “By the end of 2023, it will overtake YouTube as the social media platform
that users spend the most time watching.”

 TRUE: “TikTok’s algorithm, which serves intensely specific content to users, is a

key element of its success.”

Question B.2

Key ideas

c) People had a hard time as a result of several lockdowns, and the use of TikTok
grew significantly.

d) Using social media too much increases psychological problems and provokes viral
unhealthy tendencies.

Question B.3

e) experts

f) surrounding

g) began

h) nearly

Question B.4

e) globally easier

f) will reach / will have reached who / that

g) was released ago

h) being on