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UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA UNIVERSIDADES PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD

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a) Duración: Una hora y treinta minutos. b) No se puede usar diccionari diccionario. o. c) La puntuación de cada pregunta está indicada en las mismas. PLASTIC SURGERY: BEAUTY OR BEAST



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Some psychologists are worried about the psychological impact on those who undergo drastic cosmetic surgery— and also on those who don't and, consequently, may feel inadequate. Although radical transformations are rare, some psychologists plan to investigate the surge in cosmetic procedures and whether these surgeries have any lasting psychological psychol ogical consequences. The number of cosmetic operations increased by 44 percent from 2003 to 2004, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Plastic surgeons surgeons conducted a record 11.9 million procedures last year, both non-surgical (like Botox) and surgical (like breast augmentation or liposuction). How do such practices affect patients psychologically? psychologically? Social workers have made a recent analysis of 37 studies on patients' psychological psychological and psychosocial psychosocial functioning before and a nd after cosmetic surgery. It suggests positive outcomes in patients, including improvements in body image and possibly a quality-of-life increase too. But the same research— published in April 2005—also found several elements of poor outcomes, especially for those who hold unrealistic expectations expectati ons or have a history of depression and anxiety. anxiety. The researchers found that patients who are dissatisfied dissatisfied with surgery may request repeat procedures or experience depression and adjustment problems, social isolation, family problems, self-destructive self-destructive behaviours and anger toward the surgeon an andd his or her staff. (A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)  points)  a)

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (1 point per answer) 1) How may plastic surgery affect patients? 2) Are 2) Are all patients pa tients psychologically psycholo gically prepared p repared for fo r plastic surgery? surge ry? b)  ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE?  FALSE?  JUSTIFY JUSTIFY YOUR  YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT. (0.5 points per answer) 3) Radical transformations are frequent after a fter cosmetic surgery. 4) Botox is a cosmetic technique used by surgeons 5) Plastic surgeons conducted the analysis of 37 studies on patients’ psychological reactions 6) People suffering from depression usually react well after a fter surgery (B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)  points)  7) Find in the text one word meaning: meaning: "a doctor whose job is to perform medical operations” operations” (noun)  (noun)  8) Give one opposite for  AUGMENTAT  AUGMENTAT ION (noun) (noun ) (line 6)

(0.25 points)  points)  (0.25 points) poin ts)  

9) in the text synonym  synonym  for RESULT (noun) (0.25 10)Find Complete Complete the  the aseries with another word of word  of the same semantic group: group: (0.25 points) points) REQUEST, SOLICIT, IMPLORE, BEG … 11) Join the Join the following sentences using a relative pronoun. Make changes if necessary. (0.5 points) Martin´s mother is Spanish. She speaks both Spanish and E English nglish fluently 12) Fill in the gap with a correct form of the verb verb  in brackets: (0.5 points) Someone (hit) _________ me as a s I came into the room. 13) Give a Give  a question for the underlined underlined words:  words:   (0.5 points) The Members of Parliament met the Prime Minister last Friday. 14) Use the words in the boxes to make a meaningful sentence. sentence. Use all and only the words in the boxes without changing their form. (0.5 points) whole with infected the her she enthusiasm class (C) PRODUCTION (3 points) 15) WRITE A COMPOSITION (80-100 WORDS). CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS. SPECIFY SPECIFY   YOUR OPTION. a) What is your opinion about changes in physical appearance? b) The b) The importance of o f being beautiful. Discuss.

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