OPCIÓN A

QUESTIONS

Romanian’s Medieval Marital Prison 1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a) Biertan’s marital prison was situated far away from Biertan.
b) Despite the Bishop’s policy, several couples in Biertan couldn’t save their marriage.
Biertan is a Transylvanian village that feels frozen in time. Horse-drawn (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
carts are still a part of daily life, and local residents gather to trade their
wares in a cobbled village square. At the heart of the village, next to a 15th- 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do
century fortified church that stands on a hill, there is a small building with a not copy from the text.
very small room. For 300 years, couples whose marriages were on the rocks a) What was this marital prison like?
b) Why did the Bishop, with his marital prison, try to avoid divorces?
would find themselves here, locked away for up to six weeks by the local (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
bishop in hope that they would iron out their problems and avert a divorce.
3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
It may sound like a nightmare, but records show that this form of marriage a) meet (paragraph 1)
counselling in Transylvania was rather effective. “Thanks to this blessed b) in trouble (paragraph 1)
building, in the 300 years that Biertan had the bishop’s seat, we only had one c) fix (paragraph 2)
d) try (paragraph 3)
divorce,” said Biertan’s current priest. Today, the small, dark prison is a (Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
museum. The room has low ceilings and thick walls, and is equipped with a
table and chair, a storage chest and a bed that looks small enough to belong 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets
to a child. As couples attempted to repair their marriages inside this tiny when given.
space, everything had to be shared, from a single pillow and blanket to the a) Last year, the number of divorces was much _______ (high) than ever before, as
lone table setting. _______ (show) by the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
b) I’d prefer to spend six weeks in prison instead of _______ (get) a divorce, which
_______ (mean) I’d have to leave home and children.
Lutheranism was the religion that governed most aspects of Biertan’s life. c) I don’t remember the name of that Biertan bishop _______ story is written on that
Although divorce was allowed under certain circumstances, such as adultery, church wall in order _______ justify his actions.
it was preferred that couples attempt to save their union. So, a couple seeking d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
divorce would voluntarily visit the bishop, who would send them to the “What shall I do next?”
marital prison to see if their differences could be reconciled before they He asked ___________________________________________________ .
parted ways. The prison was then an instrument to keep society in the old (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

Christian order. It also protected women and children, who were dependent 5.- Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic.
on the family unit to survive. Single life vs. married life. What would be best for you? Explain your choice.
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)
 OPCIÓN B
QUESTIONS
Clara Barton: American Red Cross Founder 1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Massachusetts. As the a) Clara Barton couldn’t help soldiers in the battlefield because she wasn’t married.
youngest of five children, young Clara often felt as if she had six parents b) Clara first learned about the Red Cross while she was away from home.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
instead of two. Her older sisters were schoolteachers and they taught her
everything they knew since they found the little girl to be an eager pupil. 2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
Do not copy from the text.
In April 1860, the Civil War began. She asked the War Department if she a) What did Clara do just before the end of the American Civil War?
could go to the battlefield to distribute medicine and food to the troops. b) What did she do after coming back from Europe?
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
Imagine their shock! No unmarried woman had ever gone to the battlefield
before, but Barton was determined to go and she didn’t stop until someone 3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
gave her permission. She had found a way to serve her country. Her work of a) enthusiastic (paragraph 1)
soliciting and distributing supplies, as well as nursing the wounded was b) established (paragraph 2)
gruelling. She often criticized the Army about the lack of food and supplies c) extraordinary (paragraph 3)
for the fighting men. When the war was about to finish, she also set up an d) dedication (paragraph 3)
(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)
office to sort out the difficult business of locating and identifying prisoners,
missing men, and the dead buried in unmarked graves. But she was ordered 4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets
to go to Europe by her doctor for a rest cure in 1869. when given.
a) If I _______ (know) that the Red Cross helped in so many countries, I _______
While abroad, Barton came into contact with the International Committee of (join) as a volunteer years ago.
the Red Cross. After recovering, she returned to the USA and campaigned to b) From a shy little girl ______ talked in a low voice, Clara Barton _______
establish an American branch of the Red Cross. In 1882, the US Senate (become) a teacher, government clerk and battlefield nurse.
ratified the Geneva Convention, forming the American Association of the c) After _______ (resign) from the American Red Cross, she founded the National
First Aid Society, _______ mission was to promote local first aid programmes.
Red Cross. Then, Barton became its president. Her subsequent domestic
d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
program was impressive. Her energy and commitment to humanitarian “When was the Red Cross founded in your country?” he asked Mary.
causes over a forty-year period made her a household name, a symbol of He asked Mary _________________________________________________.
charitable self-sacrifice. However, her inflexibility forced her to resign in (Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)
1904 from the organization she had founded and built. Nevertheless, Barton
5.- Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic.
remained active in relief work until her death in 1912 at the age of ninety-
Are humanitarian organisations important today? Give reasons to explain your
one. answer.
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)
 CRITERIOS ESPECÍFICOS DE CORRECCIÓN

El ejercicio incluirá cinco preguntas, pudiendo obtenerse por la suma de todas ellas
una puntuación máxima de 10 puntos. Junto a cada pregunta se especifica la
puntuación máxima otorgada. La valoración y los objetivos de cada una de estas
preguntas son los siguientes:

Pregunta 1: Hasta 2 puntos. Se trata de medir exclusivamente la comprensión lectora.

El estudiante deberá decidir si dos frases que se le presentan son verdaderas o falsas,
copiando a continuación únicamente el fragmento del texto que justifica su elección.
Se otorgará 1 punto por cada apartado. Se calificará con 0 puntos la opción elegida que
no vaya justificada.

Pregunta 2: Hasta 2 puntos. Se pretende comprobar dos destrezas: la comprensión

lectora y la expresión escrita, mediante la formulación de dos preguntas abiertas que el
estudiante deberá contestar basándose en la información del texto, pero utilizando sus
propias palabras en la respuesta. Cada una de las preguntas valdrá 1 punto,
asignándose 0,5 puntos a la comprensión de la pregunta y del texto, y 0,5 a la
corrección gramatical y ortográfica de la respuesta.

Pregunta 3: Hasta 1 punto. Esta pregunta trata de medir el dominio del vocabulario en
el aspecto de la comprensión. El estudiante demostrará esta capacidad localizando en
el párrafo que se le indica un sinónimo, adecuado al contexto, de cuatro palabras o
definiciones. Se adjudicará 0,25 por cada apartado.

Pregunta 4: Hasta 2 puntos. Con esta pregunta se pretende comprobar los

conocimientos gramaticales del estudiante, en sus aspectos morfológicos y/o
sintácticos. Se presentarán oraciones con huecos que el estudiante deberá completar o
rellenar. También podrán presentarse oraciones para ser transformadas u otro tipo de
ítem. Se adjudicará 0,25 a cada “hueco en blanco” y en el caso de las transformaciones
o ítems de otro tipo se concederá 0,5 con carácter unitario.

Pregunta 5: Hasta 3 puntos. Se trata de una redacción, de 150 a 200 palabras, en la

que el estudiante podrá demostrar su capacidad para expresarse libremente en inglés.
Se propondrá una única opción y se otorgarán 1,5 puntos por el buen dominio de la
lengua – léxico, estructura sintáctica, etc. – y 1,5 por la madurez en la expresión de las
ideas – organización, coherencia y creatividad. Para corregir esta redacción se utilizará
la siguiente rúbrica de evaluación:

Puntuación: de 0 – 3

Cada apartado se valorará entre 0 y 0,5, según se ajuste a lo que figura en el descriptor
de “Excelente” (con la nota máxima de 0,5) o de “Deficiente” (con la nota mínima de
0).
 Excelente
El mensaje es claro,
preciso y coherente, con
ideas interesantes, que se
atienen al tema propuesto.
Se sigue el requisito de
extensión mínima.
Se muestra capacidad
para desarrollar un punto
CONTENIDO
de vista personal, con
opiniones originales. Las
ideas se ilustran de forma
adecuada.
Se emplean conectores de
forma efectiva y variada.
No hay errores
importantes de gramática
No muestra limitaciones
en el uso del vocabulario
FORMA que utiliza.
No hay errores
importantes de ortografía
y/o puntación.
Total --- / 3
Nota Deficiente
El mensaje es demasiado
confuso, ambiguo o
--- / incoherente, con ideas
0,5 irrelevantes o repetitivas.
No se sigue el requisito de
extensión mínima.
Es difícil distinguir la
postura personal del autor.
Se incluyen generalidades
--- /
sin fundamento, porque no
0,5
se aportan datos o ejemplos
que ilustren las ideas
expuestas.
Faltan conectores
--- / adecuados y se acusa una
0,5 falta de transiciones
temáticas lógicas.
--- / Hay errores graves de
0,5 gramática
--- / Hay errores graves de
0,5 léxico.
Hay múltiples
--- / equivocaciones en el uso de
0,5 la ortografía y/o la
puntuación.