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SELECTIVIDAD – MODEL EXAM APRIL 2011 – SUGGESTED ANSWERS
OPTION A: “Why the leopard got its spots”
I COMPREHENSION
1. The researchers arrived at their conclusions by collecting data on the coatpatterns of different kinds of
felines linked to computer-generated images. Subsequently, they compared these patterns with the
environments in which the cats lived.
1.a. They compared images of coatpattern found on the internet of 35 different species of cats, and related
those species to the environment in which cats lived.
2. Big cats which live in grasslands would probably have coatpatterns consisting of small spots or generally
simple patterns.
2.a. Cats living on the plains or the savannas would tend not to have any irregular or complex patterns, but
rather simple patterns andsmall spots.
3. An Australian scientist, Dr. Scott Burnell, believes that this research may be relevant to Australian
animals. They might be able to detect what kind of environment needs to be revivedin order to protect
threatened species of marsupials.
3a. The scientists think that these findings might be applied to the marsupial population to help restore
ecosystems and therefore to helpconserve endangered species.
4. FALSE: “The researchers first collected images from the Internet of 35 species of cats – including jaguars,
cheetahs, tigers and leopards, and other less knownspecies……”
5. FALSE: “Although there are some surprising anomalies such as the cheetah and the tiger……………..”
II USE OF ENGLISH
6. survival
7. target
8. endangered
9. decrease
10. They don’t pay scientistsmuch these days.
11. She can’t have chosen that dress.
12. Ann is getting more and more scared.
13. If only I had called him yesterday.
III PRODUCTION
14. Would you like to have a job related towildlife protection?

OPTION B: “Education helps brain against dementia changes.”
I COMPREHENSION
1. The British and Finnish scientists discovered that when people died they had the same...