Question

OPTION B

THE NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

1 The Notting Hill Carnival traces its origins back to the culture of the Caribbean. When African slaves were first
2 brought to Trinidad, they were not permitted to dance or play their own music. However, as the slavery regime settled
3 down, a strong local tradition of carnival emerged. Once a year, enslaved people symbolically escaped from the
4 oppression of their daily routine by playing music, dancing, and dressing up in costumes which mimicked the European
5 fashions of their masters. They even whitened their faces with flour or wore white masks.
6 The tradition came to London with the migration of workers and their families from the Caribbean to Britain after the
7 Second World War. By the late 1950s, many Caribbeans were living in Notting Hill, a poor area. There, they faced
8 racism, bad housing conditions and, in 1958, violent attacks from white youths. The idea of a Caribbean carnival
9 emerged as a way of reasserting community cohesion after the 1958 disturbance.
10 Claudia Jones, the editor of the West Indian Gazette, was the moving spirit behind the idea. The first carnival
11 celebration was held in the town hall building in St. Pancras in 1962. This was a great success and became an annual
12 event. In 1965, local social worker Rhaune Laslett suggested holding some outdoor festivities in Notting Hill. The two
13 celebrations were combined, and so the Notting Hill carnival began. The skills of costume-making, steel drumming and
14 calypso music gradually came together to establish a festival of music, arts and culture.
15 The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest European street party and the second major street festival in the world after
16 Rio’s Carnival. It is truly a spectacle not to be missed.

7. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR “failure” (noun).
8. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “truly” (adverb).
9. GIVE ONE SYNONYM FOR “major” (adjective) (line 15) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT.
10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “Peter congratulated me... my new job.” with / in / up / on
11. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “To have to deal with something.”
12. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “I’m looking forward to... (take) part in a carnival.”
13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “Perhaps I will have time to cook
something special tomorrow.” I...
14. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “Hamburgers must be kept in the fridge.”
15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “Where did you hide my glasses?” Lucy asked her little sister.
16. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES
IF NECESSARY. “I’ve joined a drama club. I want to become an actress.”
17. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Enslaved people escaped from the oppression of their daily routine.”

Prueba de Selectividad, Comunidad de Andalucia, Junio 2015-2016, INGLES

Answer 1

7. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR “failure” (noun)

Success - accomplishment of an aim or purpose.

8. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “truly” (adverb). 

Truth - the quality or state of being true.

9. GIVE ONE SYNONYM FOR “major” (adjective) (line 15) AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT.

Important - Of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.

10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: 

“Peter congratulated me. on.. my new job.”

11. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
“To have to deal with something.”

To face: to confront something.

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

“I’m looking forward to...taking (take) part in a carnival.”

13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED. “Perhaps I will have time to cook something special tomorrow.”

I might have time to cook something special tomorrow. 

14. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “Hamburgers must be kept in the fridge.” 

You must keep hamburgers in the fridge.

15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “Where did you hide my glasses?” Lucy asked her little sister.

Lucy asked her little sister where she had hidden her glasses.

16. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY.

“I’ve joined a drama club. I want to become an actress.”

I want to become an actress, so I’ve joined a drama club.

17. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Enslaved people escaped from the oppression of their daily routine.”

What did the enslaved people escape from?


Prueba de Selectividad, Comunidad de Andalucía, Junio 2015-2016, INGLÉS.