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Llengua estrangera (Anglès) — 2.º Bachillerato — Ejercicios resueltos con explicación

Formato del examen

  • 1 hora 30 minutos
  • Comprensión oral, comprensión escrita y expresión escrita

Bloques temáticos

  • Reading comprehension (Text A / Text B)
  • Vocabulary in context
  • Grammar and use of English
  • Writing (composición)
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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Tipping in America)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. According to the text, when did the practice of tipping really take off in America?

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Respuesta correcta — opción C

After the Civil War

Correct: the text says the practice "really only took off after the Civil War", when travellers brought the custom home.
The text explains that, although Americans have left "a little extra with the bill for pretty much as long as the country has existed", the practice "really only took off after the Civil War", when travellers abroad brought the custom home. Therefore the correct answer is "After the Civil War". The other options refer to later events: the New Deal (minimum wage laws) and the 2010s (changes in tipping laws).

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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Tipping in America)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. According to the text, what was the "tip credit" system created in the 1960s?

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Respuesta correcta — opción B

A system allowing businesses to pay tipped workers below the minimum wage if tips made up the difference

Correct: it allowed businesses to pay tipped workers a subminimum wage as long as tips brought their earnings up to (or above) the minimum.
The text explains that Congress created the "tip credit" system in the 1960s, which allowed businesses "to pay tipped personnel a subminimum wage only as long as tips brought their earnings to or above the minimum." In other words, employers could pay tipped workers less than the standard minimum wage, provided that their tips made up the difference up to (or above) the legal minimum. This is the basis of much of the American tipping culture.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Tipping in America)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. Why does the text say that tips are now believed to be expected in more places?

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Respuesta correcta — opción A

Because of digital payment screens, where refusing to tip feels ruder

Correct: partly because of the digital payment era; pressing "no" on an iPad tip screen "feels a lot ruder" than not putting a dollar in a jar.
According to the text, a 2023 survey found that 72% of Americans believe tips are expected in more places now. The text attributes this in part to "the dawn of the digital payment era": when paying on an iPad with a tip screen, "pressing 'no'... feels a lot ruder than neglecting to toss a dollar in a glass jar." The social pressure created by digital tipping screens has made tipping feel expected in many more situations than before.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Tipping in America)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. The text says: "a rainy night likely means a lighter wallet". What does this mean for tipped workers?

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Respuesta correcta — opción C

They earn less because there are fewer customers; their pay is unpredictable

Correct: on a rainy night there are fewer customers, so the worker earns less; their income is unpredictable.
The expression "a rainy night likely means a lighter wallet" uses "lighter wallet" to mean having less money. On a rainy night fewer customers go out, so a tipped worker receives fewer tips and earns less. The text uses this example to illustrate "the unpredictability of pay", one of the disadvantages of the tipping system: it causes "undue financial stress for the tipped worker" because their income depends on factors beyond their control.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Vocabulary in context)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. The glossary gives "pittance" as "miseria". In the sentence "many of whom worked for a pittance as porters", what does "pittance" mean?

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Respuesta correcta — opción B

A very small amount of money

Correct: a "pittance" is a very small amount of money (a tiny, inadequate wage).
A "pittance" is a very small or inadequate amount of money, especially a wage that is too low to live on (in Spanish, "una miseria", as the glossary indicates). In the text, the formerly enslaved black people who worked as porters for the Pullman Company "worked for a pittance", that is, for a tiny wage, which is why they depended on tips. Understanding such words in context is essential for accurate reading comprehension.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Reading (Main idea)Dificultad 3/5

Text: Tipping is more confusing than ever. What is the author's overall conclusion about the future of tipping?

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Respuesta correcta — opción D

Tipping probably won't disappear soon, and the status quo is not necessarily bad

Correct: tipping "probably isn't going to disappear anytime soon, and something like the status quo is not necessarily bad."
After weighing the disadvantages of tipping (discrimination based on appearance, unpredictable pay, unfairness to cooks and dishwashers) against its advantages (it may yield better service and gives restaurants flexibility), the author concludes that "tipping probably isn't going to disappear anytime soon, and something like the status quo is not necessarily bad." So the overall message is balanced and pragmatic: tipping is here to stay, and the current system, despite its flaws, is acceptable.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Listening (Uluru)Dificultad 3/5

Radio programme: Uluru: Exploring the Heart and Spirit of Australia. According to the programme, why is Uluru considered sacred by the Anangu people?

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Respuesta correcta — opción B

It holds deep connections to their Tjukurpa (belief system)

Correct: because it holds deep connections to their Tjukurpa, or belief system.
In the radio programme about Uluru, the famous sandstone monolith in central Australia, it is explained that the rock is considered sacred by the Anangu people because of its deep connections to their Tjukurpa, their traditional law and belief system. This is why the Anangu also discourage visitors from climbing Uluru: doing so would violate the sacred meaning of the site. Listening comprehension tasks require selecting the option that matches what is said in the recording.

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PAU CAT 2025 — Listening (Uluru)Dificultad 3/5

Radio programme: Uluru: Exploring the Heart and Spirit of Australia. According to the geologist Chris Wood, why is Uluru red?

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Respuesta correcta — opción C

The sandstone oxidizes in contact with the air

Correct: the sandstone oxidizes when it comes into contact with the air (the iron in the rock rusts).
According to the geologist Chris Wood in the radio programme, Uluru is red because the sandstone oxidizes when it comes into contact with the air: the iron present in the rock rusts (oxidizes), giving the surface its characteristic reddish hue. Beneath the oxidized surface, the rock is actually a different (greyish) colour. This is a factual detail that listeners must identify from the recording.

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