Examen de inglés 2º Bachillerato: segundo trimestre, con soluciones
Examen del segundo trimestre de 2º de Bachillerato. Con el nivel de la EBAU: condicionales incluidos los mixtos, pasiva e impersonal, causativa, y el vocabulario de ciencia, tecnología y trabajo.
El examen entero está aquí abajo: se puede hacer en la pantalla, y con los botones de arriba te lo llevas en PDF completo, la hoja del alumno o la tuya con todas las soluciones. Diecisiete preguntas autocorregibles más el writing, que corriges tú.
| Parte | Qué evalúa | Puntos |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Grammar | Las estructuras del trimestre | 3 |
| 2 · Vocabulary | El léxico de las unidades | 2 |
| 3 · Reading | Un texto y cinco preguntas | 2,5 |
| 4 · Writing | Un texto guiado | 2,5 |
Parte 1 · Grammar (3 puntos)
Escribe el verbo en la forma correcta o completa el hueco. Seis huecos, medio punto cada uno.
- 1. If she had studied engineering, she ___ (work) in Berlin now.would be working. Condicional mixto: la condición es del pasado (had studied) y la consecuencia es del presente, lo dice now. Por eso would be y no would have been.
- 2. It ___ (believe) that the virus spread from a single market.is believed. Pasiva impersonal en presente: it is believed that. Es la fórmula típica de los textos científicos.
- 3. We had the results ___ (check) by an independent lab.checked. Causativa: have something done. No los comprobamos nosotros, lo encargamos. El verbo va en participio.
- 4. Were it not ___ the funding, the project would have closed.for. If it were not for significa si no fuera por, y aquí aparece invertido y sin if, que es el registro formal.
- 5. The samples ___ (analyse) at the moment.are being analysed. Pasiva en present continuous: are being más participio. Se está haciendo ahora mismo.
- 6. Provided that you ___ (submit) it by Friday, there is no problem.submit. Provided that funciona como if: la parte de la condición va en presente aunque hable del futuro.
Parte 2 · Vocabulary (2 puntos)
Completa con la palabra que falta, formada a partir de la palabra entre paréntesis si la hay. Seis huecos.
- 7. The findings were published in a peer-___ journal.reviewed. Peer-reviewed es revisado por otros investigadores. Es la marca de que un estudio es serio.
- 8. The experiment produced ___ (conclude) results.conclusive. Adjetivo de conclude. Si el sentido fuera el contrario, sería inconclusive.
- 9. Artificial intelligence is expected to ___ many routine jobs.replace. Replace es sustituir. Substitute existe pero se construye al revés: substitute A for B.
- 10. The company carried ___ a study on remote work.out. Carry out a study es realizar un estudio. Realise sería darse cuenta, un false friend clásico.
- 11. There is no ___ (science) evidence for that claim.scientific. Adjetivo, porque acompaña a evidence. Y evidence es incontable: nunca evidences.
- 12. Employees who work from home report higher job ___ (satisfy).satisfaction. Sustantivo con -faction. Job satisfaction es además una colocación fija.
Parte 3 · Reading (2,5 puntos)
Lee el texto y elige la opción correcta. Cinco preguntas, medio punto cada una.
Four days, same pay
Between 2022 and 2023, sixty-one British companies moved their staff to a four-day week with no reduction in salary. The trial was run with researchers from two universities, and the companies agreed in advance to publish the results whatever they showed.
Fifty-four of the sixty-one kept the policy afterwards. Revenue across the group rose slightly, sick days fell by about two thirds, and the number of employees who left their jobs dropped by more than half. Those are the figures that were reported everywhere.
The part that received less attention is how the companies got there. Almost none of them simply removed a day. They cut meetings, in some cases by half; they stopped copying everybody into every email; and several introduced blocks of time in which interrupting a colleague was not allowed. Managers reported that the hardest change was not the schedule but admitting how much of the old week had been spent on activity that produced nothing.
The researchers are cautious. The companies that volunteered were mostly small, mostly in services, and were run by people who already believed it might work. Whether a hospital or a factory could do the same is a question the trial simply did not ask.
- 13. What did the companies agree to before the trial?To work longer daysTo hire more staffTo pay lessTo publish the results whatever they showedPublicar los resultados salieran como salieran. Eso es lo que hace creíble el ensayo.
- 14. What happened to sick days?They roseThey stayed the sameThey fell by about two thirdsThey were not measuredBajaron unos dos tercios. Cuidado con no mezclarlo con la cifra de las bajas voluntarias, que cayeron más de la mitad.
- 15. How did most companies make it work?By removing one day and changing nothing elseBy cutting meetings and interruptionsBy hiring more peopleBy paying overtimeRecortando reuniones e interrupciones. El texto dice expresamente que casi ninguna se limitó a quitar un día.
- 16. What did managers find hardest?Measuring the resultsTelling the staffAdmitting how much time had produced nothingThe new scheduleAdmitir cuánto tiempo no producía nada. Es la frase que remata el párrafo y la respuesta menos obvia.
- 17. Why are the researchers cautious?The results were badNobody kept the policyThe trial was too longThe companies were mostly small and self-selectedPorque las empresas eran pequeñas y se apuntaron voluntariamente, dirigidas por gente que ya creía en la idea.
Parte 4 · Writing (2,5 puntos)
Write about whether you think a four-day week would work in most jobs. Escribe entre 130 y 160 palabras. Esta parte la corrige el profesor.
Tienes que decir:
- what you understand by a four-day week
- one type of job where it would work
- one type of job where it would be difficult
- what would have to change for it to work
Cómo se puntúa: contenido (has dicho las cuatro cosas) 1 punto · gramática del trimestre 0,75 · vocabulario 0,5 · orden y limpieza 0,25.