Pevau Practice Examination (Andalucía)

1 PEvAU Practice Examination (Andalucía)
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3 Instrucciones: a) Duración: 1 h. 30 m. b) No se permite el uso de diccionario.
4 c) La puntuación de las preguntas está indicada en las mismas.
5 d) Los alumnos deberán realizar completa una de las dos opciones
6 A o B, sin poder mezclar las respuestas.
7 A Language For All

8 The European Union has over 20 official languages, which results in an enormous amount
9 of money that is spent every day on translations and interpreting. The Swiss economist
10 François Grin was asked to look into this issue and make suggestions. In 2005 he published a
11 report which suggested the use of a “constructed language” – that is, an artificial language
12 which has been specially invented for the purpose of making communication easier. By far the
13 best-known constructed language is Esperanto.
14 Esperanto was invented in 1877 by L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish eye doctor. He believed that
15 with the help of an international language, he could promote harmony and peace between
16 countries. Zamenhof’s aim was to make learning Esperanto as easy as possible, so its
17 vocabulary and grammar are straightforward.
18 Linguists estimate that Esperanto can be learned in 5%-25% of the time required to learn
19 other languages. It has also been shown that learning Esperanto makes it easier to learn a third
20 language. In one study, a group of students learned Esperanto for one year and then French for
21 three years. At the end of the four years, they were significantly better at French than a control
22 group which had studied French for four years.
23 Despite all these good reasons for learning Esperanto, there are probably only between one
24 to two thousand native speakers of Esperanto – that is, people who have learned the language
25 as small children from their Esperanto-speaking parents. In contrast, there are about 400
26 million native English-speakers and perhaps 1.1 billion people speak it as a secondary
27 language. The problem is that it is pointless to learn Esperanto unless many other people do as
28 well. Zamenhof himself said that it might take “many centuries” for Esperanto to become a
29 universal language.
30 I* COMPREHENSION (4 points)
31 CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C OR D). (0.5 points each)
32 1. Zamenhof …
33 (a) thought Esperanto could make the 37 (c) wanted to learn an easy language.
34 world a better place. 38 (d) cooperated with other linguists to
35 (b) studied Esperanto as a student in 39 promote peace between countries.
36 Poland.
40 2. The writer of the text …

41 (a) encourages readers to learn 44 (c) gives a negative opinion about
42 Esperanto. 45 Esperanto.
43 (b) informs readers about Esperanto. 46 (d) wants to learn Esperanto.
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49 ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE
50 PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
51 (0.5 points each)
52 3. François Grin was asked to construct an artificial language.
53 4. Esperanto is the only known constructed language.
54 5. Learning Esperanto makes learning other languages less difficult.
55 6. There are about 1,000-2,000 parents who speak Esperanto.
56 7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
57 7.1 ONE OPPOSITE FOR “complicated” (adjective).
58 7.2 ONE SYNONYM FOR “needed” (verb).
59 8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)
60 8.1 ONE WORD MEANING “to examine or investigate” (phrasal verb).
61 8.2 ONE WORD MEANING: “having no purpose” (adjective).
62 II* USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each)

63 9. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
64 9.1 I wish more people __________ (learn) Esperanto.
65 9.2 She’s good at __________ (pick up) languages quickly.
66 10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT WORD:
67 10.1 I can’t hear you. Could you please speak __________ (preposition)?
68 10.2 This book has been translated ________ (preposition) many languages.
69 11. THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES IN THE SENTENCE. FIND THE MISTAKES AND
70 REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY.
71 The youngest you are, the least difficult it is to learn a language.
72 12. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (CONDITIONAL) SENTENCE:
73 If there hadn’t been a translator there, … .
74 13. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:
75 Perhaps more people will speak Esperanto one day.
76 14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS.
77 French and English are the two official languages of Canada.
78 III* WRITING (3 points)

79 15. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC
80 PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT.
81 Is the classroom the best place to learn a foreign language? Discuss.
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40 2. The writer of the text …

62 II* USE OF ENGLISH (3 points; 0.5 points each)

78 III* WRITING (3 points)

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