Question

OPTION A WHY DO WE LOVE JUNK FOOD?

1 Most of us know junk food is unhealthy. We know that poor nutrition is related to heart disease, high blood
2 pressure, and other health problems, including depression. But if eating junk food is so bad for us, why do we keep
3 doing it?
4 Food companies are spending millions to design foods with addictive sensations. They make food more addictive
5 in many ways: they combine different sensations in the same food, like a crispy shell with something soft inside; for
6 example, a slice of pizza, or an Oreo cookie. They build textures that dissolve in your mouth, which is a signal to your
7 brain that you’re not eating as much as you are, even though you are eating plenty of calories. The result: you tend to
8 overeat.
9 The brain also plays an important role. When you eat something succulent, your brain registers that feeling. The
10 next time you see or smell that food, you recall the memories that came when you ate it. These memories can cause
11 physical responses, like the “mouth-watering” desire that you get when thinking about your favourite foods.
12 What can we do about it? Research shows that the less junk food you eat, the less you need it. Here are three
13 strategies that might help. First, avoid buying processed foods. Second, eat a variety of foods to keep things
14 interesting. Finally, find a better way to deal with your stress. Stress causes the brain to liberate the same chemicals
15 that are released when you desire fat and sugar, which will make you want to eat junk food. In order to deal with
16 stress, you could take physical exercise or learn breathing techniques.

7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “to change from a solid to a liquid state.”
8. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “remember” (verb).
9. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “soft” (adjective).
10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “My uncle got heart disease due... junk food.” to / in / of / for
11. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “You should start ... (take) physical exercise.”
12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? junk / garbage / litter / range
13. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If I had done more exercise...”
14. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “Even though she eats healthy food, she is
overweight.” In spite of...
15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “The brain produces a lot of chemicals during the eating
process.”
16. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Food companies spend millions on specialised research.”
17. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. “This is the fast food restaurant. I met
my girlfriend in this restaurant.”

Prueba de Selectividad, Andalucia, Reserva B 2015-2016, INGLES

Answer 1

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

1. Food that melts in your mouth...

(b) makes you feel you’re eating less.


2. What physical reaction can be caused by the idea of nice food?

(a) Salivation..


CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

3. What is a good way to deal with the desire for junk food?

(c) Eating different types of food.


ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

4. Food companies want you to become addicted to their products.

TRUE. As said in the text: “Food companies are spending millions to design foods with addictive sensations”.


5. The brain remembers food smells.

TRUE. As said in the text:: “(The next time you see or smell that food,) you recall the memories that came when you ate it”


6. Stress makes us eat junk food.

TRUE. As said in the text: “Stress causes the brain to liberate the same chemicals that are released when you desire fat and sugar, which will make you want to eat junk food”.


7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “to change from a solid to a liquid state.”

- The desired word is dissolve.


8. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “remember” (verb).

Recall - bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, especially so as to recount it to others.


9. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “soft” (adjective).

Softness - the quality of being easy to mold, cut, compress, or fold.


10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: to / in / of / for

“My uncle got heart disease due..to.. junk food.”


11. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:

“You should start ..taking.. (take) physical exercise.”


12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? junk / garbage / litter / range

Range - the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.


13. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If I had done more exercise...”

...I would be in a better shape right now


14. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “Even though she eats healthy food, she is overweight.”

In spite of... eating healthy food, she is overweight


15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “The brain produces a lot of chemicals during the eating process.”

A lot of chemicals are produced by the brain during the eating process.


16. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Food companies spend millions on specialised research.”

What do food companies spend millions on?


17. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. “This is the fast food restaurant. I met my girlfriend in this restaurant.”


This is the fast food restaurant where I met my girlfriend.


Prueba de Selectividad, Andalucía, Reserva B 2015-2016, INGLÉS