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OPTION A INSIDE OUT

1 Inside Out is more than just an animated movie from Pixar—the makers of Toy Story, Up, Finding Nemo and
2 more. It's a kid-friendly introduction to real-life neuroscience. Inside Out portrays Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear and
3 Disgust as colourful characters interacting inside the brain of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. In the movie, the
4 characters inside Riley's head support each other, or get in each other's way, just like emotions do in our own heads.
5 We are strangers to ourselves, and in particular we are strangers to our own mind. We have all these emotions,
6 but very often we have no idea how they work or why we feel them. The movie is inspired by Paul Ekman’s studies
7 on how emotions are expressed across different cultures. This psychologist determined that, regardless of their
8 upbringing, humans possess a standard set of facial expressions for six or seven emotions. The filmmakers turned
9 five of the emotions on Ekman's list into animated characters. Two others—surprise and contempt—were left out of
10 the script for simplicity.
11 Kids in their pre-teens and early teens often experience a sharp drop in happiness and a sudden rise in anxiety.
12 Inside Out shows Riley dealing with that shift. The film also shows how the parents deal with it. They accept her
13 change maybe because, as parents, they are aware that children must eventually go through that variable phase.
14 All in all, this film reveals how important it is to get a better understanding of our brain. In fact, learning how our
15 own emotions work would be a dream come true for adolescents and their parents—and for neuroscientists as well.

7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “a feeling of intense happiness.”
8. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “perhaps” (adverb).
9. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “emotion” (noun).
10. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS: “I can’t stop... (bite) my nails.”
11. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE? sharp / hopeless / harm / hard
12. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING: “Teens ought behave correct.”
13. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Riley’s mother knows what she is thinking about.”
14. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “My emotions are so complex that I can ́t understand myself,” the
teenager claimed.
15. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If I knew myself better...”
16. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “We are taught how to control our emotions by psychologists.”
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. (Teens, To, Used, Most, Upset, Are, Feeling)

Prueba de Selectividad, Andalucia, Septiembre 2015-2016 (Suplementario), INGLES

Answer 1

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

“a feeling of intense happiness.”  - Joy.


8. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “perhaps” (adverb).

Maybe - indicates possibility.


9. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “emotion” (noun).

Emotionless - void of any emotion.

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

“I can’t stop..biting.. (bite) my nails.”


11. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE? sharp / hopeless / harm / hard

Harm - physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.



12. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING: “Teens ought behave correct.”

Teens should behave correctly.

13. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “Riley’s mother knows what she is thinking about.”

What does Riley’s mother know?

14. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO REPORTED SPEECH: “My emotions are so complex that I can ́t understand myself,” the teenager claimed.

The teenager claimed that her/his emotions were so complex that (s)he couldn’́t understand herself / himself.

15. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If I knew myself better...”

...I wouldn’t spend so much time trying to figuring out how to act in certain situations.


16. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “We are taught how to control our emotions by psychologists.”

Psychologists teach us how to control our emotions.

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.

teens/to/used/most/upset/are/feeling
Most teenagers are used to feeling upset.


Prueba de Selectividad, Andalucía, Septiembre 2015-2016 (Suplementario). Inglés.