Question

OPTION B MUSEUMS ARE THE NEW CHURCHES

1 Across the United States, arts institutions are in the middle of a building boom. About twelve museums have
2 been built in the past year. That means twelve temples devoted to art in a single year. Near the end of the 1990s
3 Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao marked the beginning of a new era of museums designed by star
4 architects. Churches and cathedrals once stood at the top of the architectural hierarchy, but today the museum is the
5 building that every renowned architect dreams of designing. Besides, only a museum can attract the sort of budget
6 that used to be reserved for cathedrals in the past.
7 Art museums are the new churches not because the role of the church has declined in recent centuries and
8 something had to fill the gap. The new status of museum architecture is rather a reflection of how art has changed
9 over the years. Before the 18th Century, non-religious art could only be found in palaces and lacked any public
10 function. By the 19th Century, museums were meant to serve as places for ethical and social improvement. But, in
11 the 20th Century, aesthetic contemplation became a virtue in itself, and museum architecture changed accordingly.
12 That is why modern museums are marked by pure, white walls and by giant spaces that, like the nave of a basilica,
13 make visitors seem small in comparison.
14 Art has imitated religion in other ways too. These days, we frequently use religious language when talking about
15 art. We make “pilgrimages” to museums in far-off places. We experience “transcendence” before major paintings.
16 And, of course, Sunday is the busiest day of the week for most art museums.

II * USE OF ENGLISH (4 points; questions 7-12, 0.25 points each; 13-17, 0.5 points each)

7. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “announce” (verb).
8. GIVE ONE OPPOSITE FOR “top” (noun) (line 4) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT.
9. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “huge” (adjective).
10. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or
things into ranks or grades.”
11. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT PREPOSITION: “Isabel thanked him... his help.”
12. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “I am tired of... (hear) you complain about everything.”
13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING: “They say that he drive to work every days.”
14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “This train runs every 10 minutes at night.”
15. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “The last time I rode a horse was in 1999.”
I haven’t...
16. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “Workers must wear a safety helmet at all times.”
17. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES
WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM.
museums the has art importance of increased recently

Prueba de Selectividad Andalucia, Septiembre 2015-2016, INGLES

Answer 1

7. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “announce” (verb).


Announcer - person or organization who announces something.


8. GIVE ONE OPPOSITE FOR “top” (noun) (line 4) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT.


Bottom - the lowest point or part.


9. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “huge” (adjective).


Giant - extremely big.


10. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:


“Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into ranks or grades.” - Hierarchy


11. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT PREPOSITION: 
“Isabel thanked him..for.. his help.”


12. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: 
“I am tired of...hearing you (hear) you complain about everything.”



13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING: “They say that he drive to work every days.” 
They say that he drives to work every day.


14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “This train runs every 10 minutes at night.”

How often does this train run at night?

15. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “The last time I rode a horse was in 1999.”

I haven’t ridden a horse since 1999.


16. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “Workers must wear a safety helmet at all times.”

A safety helmet must be worn by workers at all times.

17. USE THE WORDS IN THE BOXES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM

The importance of art museums has recently increased.

Prueba de Selectividad Andalucía, Septiembre 2015-2016, INGLÉS