| SELECTIVIDAD MADRID 2010 septiembre: OPCIÓN A |
| Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), universidades públicas de la Comunidad de Madrid, curso 2009-2010. Examen realizado el martes 14 de septiembre de 2010. |
| TEXTO PROPUESTO: Music therapy can help children with communication problems |
| REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA: How important is music in your life? Write about your tastes. |
| Haz clic en el enunciado para ver la redacción hecha, corregida y comentada. |
| Haz clic aquí para ver el enunciado del examen completo en formato pdf publicado por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid en su web. |
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| ENUNCIADO DE LA OPCIÓN A |
| 1.- | Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos) |
| 1.- a) | Children start speaking immediately after their operation. |
| FALSE: ...after the operation, the child... undergoes a long rehabilitation process before he or she can begin to speak. |
| 1.- b) | According to the text, when parents try to force their children to speak, they become more communicative. |
| FALSE: ...toddlers undergoing rehabilitation are under a lot of pressure from their surroundings - especially their parents - to begin talking, and sometimes this pressure makes them become introverted. |
| 2.- | In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do not copy from the text. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos) |
| 2.- a) | How do these children improve after music therapy? |
| They communicate more frequently and for a longer period of time. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 2.- b) | In the rehabilitation sessions, what do children do? |
| Children do things with musical content, with special attention being given to loudness and rhythm. |
| NOTA: esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya y la comentaré. |
| 3.- | Find the words or phrases in the text that mean: |
| 3.- a) | goes through (paragraph 1) | undergoes |
| 3.- b) | small children (paragraph 1) | toddlers |
| 3.- c) | appropriate (paragraph 2) | suitable |
| 3.- d) | investigators (paragraph 3) | researchers |
| 4.- | Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given. (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos) |
| 4.- a) | Music, ________ constitutes a bridge ________ the quiet world that the children knew and a new world of sounds, is used in rehabilitation. |
| Music, which constitutes a bridge between the quiet world that the children knew and a new world of sounds, is used in rehabilitation. |
| 4.- b) | These sessions ________ (videotape) and analysed ________ show the results. |
| These sessions are videotaped and analysed (in order) to show the results. These sessions were videotaped and analysed (in order) to show the results. These sessions will be videotaped and analysed (in order) to show the results. |
| 4.- c) | There is still ________ work to be done ________ researchers in this area. |
| Hay una serie de respuestas evidentes: |
| There is still much work to be done by researchers in this area. There is still lots of work to be done by researchers in this area. There is still a lot of work to be done by researchers in this area. |
| Pero la oración también se presta a otras soluciones: |
| There is still much work to be done , say researchers in this area. There is still lots of work to be done , say researchers in this area. There is still a lot of work to be done , say researchers in this area. |
| 4.- d) | Rewrite the sentence beginning with the words given The mother said: "My son has improved his communication with music therapy." The mother said that... |
| The mother said that her son had improved his communication with music therapy. |
| 5.- | Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic. |
| How important is music in your life? Write about your tastes. | |
| (Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos) |
