Exploring Human Diversity in London: A Concentrated View of the World, Exámenes selectividad de Inglés

¡Descarga Exploring Human Diversity in London: A Concentrated View of the World y más Exámenes selectividad en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Vicerrectorado de Estudiantes y Movilidad Área de Orientación Universitaria Pruebas de Aptitud para el Acceso a la Universidad- 2002 C.O.U. INGLÉS Read the text and then answer the questions: London is the greatest show on earth. Here in a day you can see the world. Stand at the entrance of a main-line railway station, during rush-hour, and you see every possible human species passing by. One becomes amazed by the multiplicity of the human face, by its infinite differences. London is the only place where you can get this concentrated view: lovers in doorways, children in back-streets, singing on bus stops on Saturday nights, fish shops, cinemas, fairs, and the warmth in the winter streets generated by a million fires and a million bodies. This is what I like best of all, the feeling that one is at a non-stop party. One also wishes to know more of the human story, but this usually ends up in disappointment: in the country, personal histories are everybody’s property, but in London, man is the most secret animal on earth. Questions 1.- Why is it almost impossible to know details about other people’s lives in London? (1 punto) 2.- Why can one “see the world” in one day? (1 punto) 3.- Where else in the world can you get a view as concentrated as this? (1 punto) 4- Finish the incomplete sentences in such a way that each one means exactly the same as the complete sentence before it: (1’5 puntos) (a) “Where is the best place to buy souvenirs?” I asked……………………………… (b)”Don’t forget to bring your camera” She reminded……………………… (c)I used to work in an office near Trafalgar Square The office…………………………. 5- Find a synonym in the text for each of the following words: (1’5 puntos) normally / biggest / surprised / spectacle / enjoy / too 6- Where would you like to live, in a town or in the countryside? Why? ( 80-90 words).(4 puntos)