Inglés, PAU 2023 de Cataluña: el examen de junio (serie 5) resuelto

El examen de junio (serie 5) de Inglés de la PAU de Cataluña de 2023, entero: los tres ejercicios tal como salieron. En la comprensión oral, el audio oficial; en las 16 preguntas de opciones, la opción correcta y por qué; y en la redacción, una redacción modelo por cada opción, con lo que pide cada consigna. En el ejercicio 3 se elegía una de las tres preguntas de la 3.1 a la 3.3: las tienes resueltas todas.

Cataluña · 2.º Bachillerato
Convocatoria ordinaria (junio) · serie 5
3 ejercicios · 10 puntos
Contrastado con la pauta oficial

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Explicaciones y respuestas modelo de EducaIA. La pauta de 2023 da la opción correcta de las 16 preguntas de opciones y la transcripción completa del audio; no da criterios de redacción (el examen solo dice «4 points») ni ninguna redacción modelo.

Qué entraba, en puntos

Los puntos de cada apartado, sumados por el tema que pregunta. Lo que se elegía dentro del ejercicio 3 va aparte, rayado.

Comprensión oral 3
Comprensión escrita con opciones 3
Ejercicio 3, una pregunta a elegir de tres: 3.1, correo y carta formal; 3.2, ensayo a favor y en contra; 3.3, ensayo de opinión y argumentativo 4

Instrucciones del examen Choose ONE topic. Your answer should be 125-150 words in length. There is no specific penalty for exceeding 150 words in length. Extra points are not given for exceeding 150 words.

Los ejercicios del examen

2023Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 5 · Ejercicio 1Part 1: Listening comprehension, an interview about chocolate and Valentine’s Day

3 puntosCoincide con la pautaTemas: Comprensión oral

Enunciado oficial

CHOCOLATE AND VALENTINE’S DAY: A SWEET STORY

In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.

whip: fuetejar /azotar
elixir: elixir

Ready?

Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme.

[Now listen to the interview.]

QUESTIONS

Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct.

[3 points: 0.375 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.125 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.]

1.1 Where and when did St. Valentine’s Day celebrations originate?

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1.2 Which of the following best describes who Valentine was?

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1.3 Who first introduced chocolate to Europe?

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1.4 What did Europeans use to think chocolate was good for?

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1.5 Which of the following is TRUE?

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1.6 When did chocolate candy bars first appear?

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1.7 Which of the following occurred first?

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1.8 What differentiated Cadbury’s chocolates from those made by others?

[0.375 points]

Audio oficial

Audio oficial de la comprensión oral: Generalitat de Catalunya, Eureka, biblioteca digital (registro 336). Licencia CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Registro en Eureka

Elige tu opción y abre la respuesta para compararla.

1.10,375 puntos

a) With the Romans before Christ.
b) With the Spaniards in Mexico during the colonial period.
c) In 17th century England with King Charles II.
d) In 19th century England with Queen Victoria.

a) Correcta
Anne dice que San Valentín «probably originated with the Romans and a fertility festival they held», y que cientos de años después esa fiesta se hizo cristiana. La fiesta es, pues, muy anterior al cristianismo, con origen romano, que es la primera opción.
b) Descartada
Los españoles aparecen solo con el chocolate: «Chocolate was first introduced into Europe by the Spanish», no con la fiesta.
c) Descartada
Carlos II solo aparece como gran consumidor de chocolate: «spent 30 times more money on chocolate than on tea», no como origen de la fiesta.
d) Descartada
La Inglaterra victoriana sale solo por la moda de las cajas de bombones: «extreme ornamentation was very popular in Victorian England». La fiesta ya tenía vínculo con el amor en el siglo XIV.

1.20,375 puntos

a) A Roman Emperor from the third century A.D.
b) A martyr who was executed in ancient Rome.
c) A character in Canterbury Tales.
d) The author of Canterbury Tales.

a) Descartada
El emperador fue Claudio: «The Roman Emperor Claudius». Valentín fue a quien mandó ejecutar, no el emperador.
b) Correcta
Anne dice que la fiesta romana se convirtió en «a Christian feast associated with a martyred saint, Valentine», y que el emperador Claudio «had had Valentine executed». Valentín fue, por tanto, un mártir ejecutado en la antigua Roma, que es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
En Canterbury Tales, Chaucer habla del día de San Valentín como un día en el que «birds gather together to choose their mates»: el audio no presenta a Valentín como personaje de la obra.
d) Descartada
El autor de Canterbury Tales es Chaucer: «Chaucer talks about St. Valentine’s Day». Nada indica que Valentín la escribiera.

1.30,375 puntos

a) The Spanish.
b) The French.
c) Casanova, the Italian adventurer.
d) The British.

a) Correcta
Anne lo dice claramente: «Chocolate was first introduced into Europe by the Spanish, who had seen people drink it in Mexico». Es la primera opción.
b) Descartada
Los franceses llegaron después: de España pasó «to other parts of Europe» y «It became very popular in France».
c) Descartada
Casanova solo aparece como quien llamó al chocolate elixir del amor; el audio no dice que lo introdujera.
d) Descartada
Los británicos aparecen después, en el siglo XVII, con el rey Carlos II: «documents from the 17th century show us that British King Charles II spent 30 times more money on chocolate than on tea», cuando el chocolate ya había llegado desde España.

1.40,375 puntos

a) They thought it was a medicine to make people stronger.
b) They thought it was good as a cream to make skin softer.
c) They thought it was an aid in sexual activity.
d) They thought it could be used to better preserve food, like sugar or salt.

a) Descartada
No se dice que se tomara como medicina para ganar fuerza.
b) Descartada
No se dice que se usara como crema para la piel: las cremas que aparecen son los rellenos de los bombones («individual chocolates filled with flavored creams»).
c) Correcta
Anne dice que «people at the time thought that chocolate was a sexual stimulant». Es decir, se creía que ayudaba en la actividad sexual, que es la tercera opción.
d) Descartada
No se dice que sirviera para conservar alimentos: el audio no menciona la conservación ni la sal.

1.50,375 puntos

a) In the 18th century, a very few rich Europeans drank chocolate.
b) In the 18th century, chocolate was widely eaten as candy in Europe.
c) In 17th century Britain, hot chocolate was a very common drink.
d) Chocolate first became popular in Europe in France.

a) Correcta
Anne dice que, para la mayoría de la gente, «chocolate was a very extravagant, exotic product. Most never tasted it». Solo una minoría rica lo bebía, que es lo que dice la primera opción. (El audio habla del siglo XVII y no da datos del XVIII, pero las otras tres opciones las contradice.)
b) Descartada
Dice lo contrario: hasta mediados del siglo XIX «chocolate was always consumed as a drink», no se comía como golosina.
c) Descartada
Solo era popular entre los reyes («Chocolate was very popular with Europe’s kings»), no era una bebida corriente en Gran Bretaña.
d) Descartada
Se hizo muy popular primero en España: «Chocolate as a drink became very popular in Spain», y de allí pasó a otros países.

1.60,375 puntos

a) In the middle of the 17th century, under King Charles II in Britain.
b) In the middle of the 19th century, in Britain.
c) In the middle of the 19th century, in Spain.
d) At the beginning of the 20th century, in the U.S.

a) Descartada
Antes de mediados del siglo XIX no existían las barras: «chocolate was always consumed as a drink».
b) Correcta
Anne dice: «In the mid 19th century, specifically in 1847, the British chocolate maker J.S. Fry & Sons produced the first modern-day candy bar». Fue a mediados del siglo XIX y en Gran Bretaña, que es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
En España el chocolate se hizo popular como bebida («Chocolate as a drink became very popular in Spain»), no como barra.
d) Descartada
Las cifras de Estados Unidos son actuales («This year in the United States alone, companies will sell more than 40 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate»): hablan de ventas de cajas, no del origen de las barras.

1.70,375 puntos

a) J.S. Fry & Sons made individual, cream-filled chocolates.
b) Cadbury sold chocolates in pretty boxes.
c) Cadbury created heart-shaped boxes for chocolates.
d) Americans decorated boxes of chocolates with roses.

a) Correcta
Anne dice que Fry hizo la primera barra en 1847 y que «A few years later, they started making individual chocolates filled with flavored creams». Las cajas de Cadbury se cuentan después, como lo que hizo importante el chocolate en San Valentín. Por eso lo primero fueron los bombones de Fry, la primera opción.
b) Descartada
Anne lo cuenta después, como el paso que unió el chocolate a San Valentín: «didn’t become an important part of St. Valentine’s Day celebrations until a rival chocolate company, Cadbury, decided to start selling fancy boxes of chocolates».
c) Descartada
También lo cuenta después: las cajas con forma de corazón llegan «soon after that», tras las cajas decoradas.
d) Descartada
Es lo más reciente del audio: habla de las cajas que se venden «This year in the United States alone», «many of them decorated with roses and lace».

1.80,375 puntos

a) They were sold by weight by street vendors.
b) They were made with cream fillings.
c) They were sold in heart-shaped boxes that could be kept.
d) They were made with cacao butter.

a) Descartada
No se dice que se vendieran por peso ni por vendedores ambulantes.
b) Descartada
Los bombones rellenos de crema ya los hacía Fry: «individual chocolates filled with flavored creams».
c) Correcta
Cadbury creó cajas con forma de corazón, y «Once the chocolates had been eaten, people would save the pretty boxes and use them to keep special mementos». Es la tercera opción.
d) Descartada
La manteca de cacao la usó Fry en la primera barra: «combined cacao powder and sugar with cacao butter».

Transcripción oficial del audio

Interviewer: Welcome to our weekly chat about holiday celebrations around the world. Today’s guest is going to tell us about our sweetest holiday celebration, Valentine’s Day. Today we know that a heart-shaped box of chocolates is a symbol, and an important part, of Valentine’s Day, but how did that tradition arise? We know that chocolate is not native to Britain, or even to the United States. To find out more about Valentine’s Day and chocolate, we’ve invited Dr. Anne Ward, a professor at King’s College London, to give us some background about this sweet connection. Welcome, Anne, to the program.

Anne: Thank you, I’m glad to be here.

Interviewer: Has chocolate always been a part of Valentine’s Day? How did we get to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the first place?

Anne: Chocolate is relatively new to Valentine’s Day. The roots of Valentine’s Day are ancient, but not entirely clear. It probably originated with the Romans and a fertility festival they held. But the Romans did not exchange candy, they sacrificed goats and dogs and whipped people, among other things. Eventually, hundreds of years later, this festival became a Christian feast associated with a martyred saint, Valentine. The Roman Emperor Claudius had had Valentine executed on February 14th in the third century A.D.

Interviewer: And how did this martyred saint become associated with love?

Anne: We don’t know exactly, but we do know that in Canterbury Tales, Chaucer talks about St. Valentine’s Day as a day in which birds gather together to choose their mates. That means that by the 14th century, there was a strong link between love, mating, and St. Valentine’s Day.

Interviewer: So when does chocolate come into the picture?

Anne: Obviously, Chaucer didn’t talk about chocolate. Chocolate was first introduced into Europe by the Spanish, who had seen people drink it in Mexico. Chocolate as a drink became very popular in Spain, and from there it traveled to other parts of Europe. It became very popular in France. And people at the time thought that chocolate was a sexual stimulant. Giacomo Casanova, the famous Italian adventurer and womanizer from Venice, called chocolate the “elixir of love.”

Interviewer: Was chocolate always served as a drink?

Anne: Yes, until the mid-19th century, chocolate was always consumed as a drink. They didn’t eat chocolate cake. Chocolate was very popular with Europe’s kings. For example, documents from the 17th century show us that British King Charles II spent 30 times more money on chocolate than on tea. He certainly spent more money on chocolate than on his servants. For most people of that time, though, chocolate was a very extravagant, exotic product. Most never tasted it.

Interviewer: So when did we start eating chocolate bars? Today, we tend to think of chocolate as something that is eaten as a solid, not drunk as a liquid.

Anne: In the mid 19th century, specifically in 1847, the British chocolate maker J.S. Fry & Sons produced the first modern-day candy bar. The company combined cacao powder and sugar with cacao butter, the fat that is extracted from cacao beans, to form a paste that they could shape into bars. A few years later, they started making individual chocolates filled with flavored creams.

Interviewer: So was it this company, J.S. Fry & Sons, that linked chocolate to St. Valentine’s Day?

Anne: No, chocolate didn’t become an important part of St. Valentine’s Day celebrations until a rival chocolate company, Cadbury, decided to start selling fancy boxes of chocolates. Cadbury knew that extreme ornamentation was very popular in Victorian England, so he came up with the idea of selling chocolate in boxes with heavily decorated lids and lace inside. And soon after that, Cadbury created boxes in the shape of a heart. Once the chocolates had been eaten, people would save the pretty boxes and use them to keep special mementos.

Interviewer: I see, you might say that we eat chocolate on St. Valentine’s Day because it was a successful business strategy.

Anne: Yes, Cadbury’s idea was a huge success. This year in the United States alone, companies will sell more than 40 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, many of them decorated with roses and lace. Surveys show that 70% of Americans prefer receiving chocolate as opposed to flowers as a Valentine’s Day gift.

Interviewer: And is chocolate really an aphrodisiac? You mentioned that Casanova thought it was.

Anne: Despite what Casanova and others have said, modern science has found little evidence to support chocolate as an aphrodisiac.

Interviewer: That’s all we have time for today, Anne. Thank you for joining us today.

Anne: My pleasure.

Enunciado: Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Oficina d’Accés a la Universitat. PAU de Inglés 2023, convocatoria ordinaria. La imagen es el examen oficial tal cual y el texto lo reproduce; las explicaciones y las respuestas modelo son de EducaIA. Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2026; el documento no declara fecha de última actualización.

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2023Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 5 · Ejercicio 2Part 2: Reading comprehension, how global climate targets are set

3 puntosCoincide con la pautaTemas: Comprensión escrita con opciones

Enunciado oficial

HOW GLOBAL CLIMATE TARGETS ARE SET AND WHAT THEY MEAN

How much warming can the world bear? This question was one of the main issues discussed at the past UN climate change summit, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Six years ago, when countries came together in Paris for the COP21 summit, at which the Paris climate accord was shaped, they committed to limit the global average temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius (2C) above pre-industrial levels. However, even though the 2015 agreement set 2C as the minimum, it also suggested that countries should push for a more ambitious goal: 1.5C. But not all countries agreed, with oil and gas producing Saudi Arabia among the countries complaining about the more ambitious targets. Some officials argued that countries should maintain the less ambitious target so that they were not set up for failure.

A preliminary draft of the COP26 agreement reaffirmed the Paris agreement’s goal: limit Earth’s warming to well below 2C and pursue a target of 1.5C. But it did not commit to meeting the 1.5C mark. The difference between the two targets may seem small, but they represent different levels of effort for countries trying to limit their carbon footprints, and very divergent outcomes for the planet. A study released by the UK Met Office, Britain’s national weather service, found that 1 billion people could face heat stress, a potentially fatal combination of heat and humidity, if temperatures rise by 2C.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN body responsible for evaluating the scientific research on climate change, has warned that even an increase of 1.5C of global warming would result in significant differences, with increased heat waves and short cold seasons. The IPCC has found that an extreme heat event that would have occurred once per decade without human influence, would happen 4 times a decade with 1.5C of warming, and with 2C of warming there would be 5 extreme heat events.

The IPCC has also noted that the relative sea level will probably continue to rise throughout the 21st century and beyond. If temperatures do not increase more than 1.5C, over the next 2000 years sea levels could rise by as much as 3 meters, but it could be double that if temperatures grow by 2C, and be even worse if ice sheets in Antarctica become destabilized. Although a 2C increase would result in the number of people living in areas affected by extreme heat stress rising from 68 million today to 1 billion, a 4C rise could affect half of Earth’s population.

In their latest report, the IPCC estimated that the world would probably reach the 1.5C mark by 2040. Global temperatures would initially be 1.5C higher by the middle of the century, and then fall as emissions were cut further. This could avoid some of the worst outcomes. If nothing is done, the world might see a rise of 4.4C by the year 2100—with an extreme impact on life on Earth.

Text adapted from an article on The Washington Post (November 10, 2021)

summit: cimera / cumbre
pursue: perseguir
outcome: resultat / resultado

QUESTIONS

Choose the best answer according to the text. Only ONE answer is correct.

[3 points: 0.375 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.125 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.]

2.1 At the COP21 summit, countries

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2.2 The most ambitious target at the Paris climate summit

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2.3 The 1.5C mark

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2.4 What prediction has the IPCC made?

[0.375 points]

2.5 Which of the following is TRUE?

[0.375 points]

2.6 The number of people living in areas of extreme heat stress

[0.375 points]

2.7 What are the IPCC estimates for the remainder of the 21st century?

[0.375 points]

2.8 What does the IPCC predict will happen if no climate action is taken now?

[0.375 points]

Elige tu opción y abre la respuesta para compararla.

2.10,375 puntos

a) agreed to limit Paris global climate change.
b) agreed to limit the increase in global temperatures to 2C.
c) agreed to discuss oil and gas production.
d) agreed to return to pre-industrial temperature levels.

a) Descartada
La opción no tiene sentido: París es la ciudad de la cumbre («the Paris climate accord was shaped»), no algo que se limite.
b) Correcta
El texto dice que en París los países «committed to limit the global average temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius (2C)». Es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
El petróleo y el gas solo sirven para identificar a Arabia Saudí: «oil and gas producing Saudi Arabia among the countries complaining about the more ambitious targets». No dice que se acordara debatir su producción.
d) Descartada
El límite se fija «above pre-industrial levels», es decir, por encima de esos niveles: no se pide volver a ellos.

2.20,375 puntos

a) was agreed to by all countries in the world.
b) was signed by Saudi Arabia.
c) was considered too difficult to reach by a number of countries.
d) would still result in the death of 1 billion people.

a) Descartada
No lo aceptaron todos: «But not all countries agreed».
b) Descartada
Arabia Saudí estaba entre los que se quejaban: «among the countries complaining about the more ambitious targets».
c) Correcta
El texto cuenta que «Some officials argued that countries should maintain the less ambitious target so that they were not set up for failure». Es decir, varios responsables veían demasiado difícil el objetivo de 1.5C, que es la tercera opción.
d) Descartada
Mil millones es el número de personas que podrían sufrir estrés térmico con 2C («1 billion people could face heat stress»), no el de muertes con el objetivo de 1.5C.

2.30,375 puntos

a) was a firm commitment at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
b) represents a major difference with respect to the 2C target.
c) guarantees the maximum reduction in a country’s carbon footprint.
d) will have no effect on a country’s carbon footprint.

a) Descartada
El borrador «did not commit to meeting the 1.5C mark»: no era un compromiso firme.
b) Correcta
El texto dice que los dos objetivos «represent different levels of effort for countries trying to limit their carbon footprints, and very divergent outcomes for the planet». Aunque la diferencia parezca pequeña, es grande, como dice la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
El texto no habla de garantías ni de reducciones máximas.
d) Descartada
Sí tiene efecto: el texto lo relaciona con un esfuerzo distinto de los países y con resultados muy distintos para el planeta.

2.40,375 puntos

a) There will be 5 extreme heat events in the next decade if no action is taken.
b) Heat waves will become more frequent in the future.
c) Extreme heat events will become increasingly rare if the 1.5C mark is met.
d) Extreme heat events will happen once a year even if there is no rise in temperature.

a) Descartada
Los cinco episodios dependen de un aumento de 2C: «with 2C of warming there would be 5 extreme heat events».
b) Correcta
El IPCC advierte de que incluso con 1.5C habría «increased heat waves and short cold seasons». Es decir, las olas de calor serán más frecuentes, que es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
Dice lo contrario: con 1.5C «would happen 4 times a decade», más que antes.
d) Descartada
Sin influencia humana ocurriría «once per decade», una vez por década, no una vez al año.

2.50,375 puntos

a) The relative sea level will probably keep on falling in this century.
b) Sea levels could decrease by more than 3 meters over the next 2000 years.
c) If ice sheets in Antarctica become destabilized, sea levels will rise.
d) If temperatures rise by 2C, 2 billion people will die.

a) Descartada
Dice lo contrario: el nivel del mar «will probably continue to rise» en este siglo.
b) Descartada
No bajaría: «sea levels could rise by as much as 3 meters».
c) Correcta
El texto dice que el nivel del mar podría subir 3 metros, «double that if temperatures grow by 2C, and be even worse if ice sheets in Antarctica become destabilized». Si se desestabilizan las capas de hielo, el nivel sube aún más, como dice la tercera opción.
d) Descartada
No habla de dos mil millones de muertes: con 2C, «1 billion people could face heat stress», es decir, mil millones de personas expuestas.

2.60,375 puntos

a) might rise to a million if the temperature increases 2C.
b) might rise to a hundred million if the temperature increases 4C.
c) doesn’t reach a hundred million today.
d) will represent most of the world’s population with a 4C rise.

a) Descartada
Con 2C se habla de mil millones («1 billion»), no de un millón.
b) Descartada
Con 4C el texto habla de «half of Earth’s population», mucho más de cien millones.
c) Correcta
El texto dice que el número de personas afectadas por calor extremo subiría «from 68 million today to 1 billion». Hoy son 68 millones, menos de cien millones, que es la tercera opción.
d) Descartada
El texto dice «half of Earth’s population»: la mitad, no la mayoría, y como posibilidad («could affect»).

2.70,375 puntos

a) Global warming would not be recorded until 2040.
b) Temperatures might start declining after 2050 if action is taken.
c) Temperatures might keep on increasing after 2050 even if emissions are cut.
d) Global warming might be stopped before the middle of the century.

a) Descartada
El calentamiento ya existe: el IPCC calcula que «the world would probably reach the 1.5C mark by 2040», no que empiece entonces.
b) Correcta
El texto dice que las temperaturas «would initially be 1.5C higher by the middle of the century, and then fall as emissions were cut further». Es decir, podrían bajar después de 2050 si se actúa, que es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
Dice lo contrario: si se recortan las emisiones, las temperaturas bajan.
d) Descartada
A mediados de siglo seguiría 1.5C más alto: «1.5C higher by the middle of the century».

2.80,375 puntos

a) Life on Earth will remain unaffected.
b) Temperatures might rise by more than 4C by the end of the century.
c) Global warming effects will not be as serious as expected.
d) There will be a 4.4C temperature rise by 2040.

a) Descartada
Dice lo contrario: habla de «an extreme impact on life on Earth».
b) Correcta
El texto dice: «If nothing is done, the world might see a rise of 4.4C by the year 2100». Es decir, más de 4C a finales de siglo, que es la segunda opción.
c) Descartada
No dice que los efectos vayan a ser menos graves de lo esperado: avisa de que recortar emisiones «could avoid some of the worst outcomes», y por tanto de que, sin hacerlo, pueden darse.
d) Descartada
Los 4.4C son para el año 2100, no para 2040: 2040 es cuando se calcula llegar a 1.5C.

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2023Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 5 · Ejercicio 3Part 3: Writing

4 puntosUna redacción modelo de EducaIA: la pauta no da ningunaTemas: Correo y carta formal, Ensayo a favor y en contra, Ensayo de opinión y argumentativo

Enunciado oficial

Choose ONE topic. Your answer should be 125-150 words in length. There is no specific penalty for exceeding 150 words in length. Extra points are not given for exceeding 150 words.

[4 points]

3.1 You and your family went on holiday and rented an apartment through an online booking website. The apartment was not located where it was supposed to be, was in bad condition and did not include all the facilities that were described on the website. Write a complaint email to the Customer Service department of the booking agency and ask for some kind of compensation.

[4 points]

3.2 Environmental fines are often imposed on industries and companies and even polluting vehicle owners but hardly ever on individual citizens who do not recycle or respect the environment. Given the world’s climate situation, should governments start making individual citizens pay environmental fines? For example, should people report to the government on their neighbours who do not recycle, or who still have traditional light bulbs and not LEDs? Would this be good for society? Write a for-and-against essay.

[4 points]

3.3 Hobbies are often overlooked by parents because they want their kids to do well in school. As a result, hobbies are usually not considered to be important. Can some hobbies be turned into a class taught in schools? How do you think parents should act towards kids who care more about their hobbies than getting good grades? Write an opinion essay.

[4 points]

Escribe tu redacción y compárala con la redacción modelo.

3.14 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Dear Customer Service Team,

I am writing to complain about the apartment my family rented through your website for the week of 10 to 17 August. Unfortunately, our stay was a great disappointment.

First, the apartment was not located where your website said it was. It was a forty-minute drive from the beach instead of a five-minute walk. Second, the property was in poor condition: the bathroom was dirty and the air conditioning did not work. Finally, several facilities advertised on the website, such as the swimming pool and the Wi-Fi, were not available.

We contacted the owner several times, but he offered no solution and did not apologise.

Given these problems, I would like to ask for a full refund or, at least, a substantial partial refund. I look forward to receiving your reply within seven days.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Ferrer

Qué pide la consigna

Pide un correo de queja al departamento de atención al cliente de una agencia de reservas por un apartamento mal situado, en mal estado y sin todas las instalaciones anunciadas, y que se pida una compensación, en 125–150 palabras. La redacción modelo usa un registro formal (saludo y despedida propios de una carta formal), expone los tres problemas por separado y termina pidiendo un reembolso con un plazo para responder.

3.24 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Environmental fines already exist for companies and drivers, but should ordinary citizens pay them too?

On the one hand, fines could change behaviour quickly. Many people recycle only when ignoring the rules has a cost, and the money collected could be spent on cleaner public services. Moreover, it would be fairer if everyone shared the responsibility for the planet.

On the other hand, a system of fines would be hard to enforce. Asking neighbours to report each other could damage trust within communities and turn daily life into a kind of surveillance. In addition, families with low incomes might suffer the most, for instance if they cannot afford LED bulbs.

In conclusion, I believe fines should be a last resort. Governments would do better to offer discounts on efficient lighting and to explain clearly how to recycle. Fines should apply only to repeat offenders.

Qué pide la consigna

Pide un ensayo a favor y en contra sobre si los ciudadanos deberían pagar multas medioambientales, en 125–150 palabras. La redacción modelo presenta el tema, dedica un párrafo a los argumentos a favor y otro a los contrarios (incluida la denuncia entre vecinos) y termina con una conclusión propia.

3.34 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Parents understandably want their children to succeed at school, but I believe hobbies deserve far more attention than they receive.

First of all, some hobbies could easily become school subjects. Music, photography and coding, for example, teach discipline and creativity, and many employers value those skills. A weekly workshop would let students discover talents that traditional lessons never reveal.

As for parents, I think they should listen rather than forbid. A teenager who is passionate about painting or football will probably work harder in every area of life. Instead of saying that hobbies are a waste of time, parents could agree on a balance: homework first, then a fixed time for the activity the child loves.

To sum up, hobbies help young people grow, so schools and families should support them. Good grades matter, but happiness and motivation matter too.

Qué pide la consigna

Pide un ensayo de opinión sobre si algunos pasatiempos podrían convertirse en una asignatura y sobre cómo deberían actuar los padres con los hijos que se interesan más por sus aficiones que por las notas, en 125–150 palabras. La redacción modelo contesta a las dos preguntas, la de la asignatura y la de los padres, con ejemplos, y cierra con una conclusión.

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¿Cómo era el examen de junio (serie 5) de Inglés de 2023?

Las instrucciones oficiales, en inglés, están arriba. Por temas, los puntos eran: comprensión oral (3 puntos) y comprensión escrita con opciones (3 puntos). Ejercicio 3, una pregunta a elegir de tres: 3.1, correo y carta formal; 3.2, ensayo a favor y en contra; 3.3, ensayo de opinión y argumentativo.

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