Reading comprehension: Text 1 - Spain sees the world's first lung transplant performed entirely by robot. A team of surgeons in Spain has successfully performed the world's first robotic lung transplant... (Euronews. April 2.023. Adapted)
EXERCISE 1. Answer 3 of the following 4 questions, providing evidence from the text:
a. Does the text say that lung transplants are difficult to perform?
b. According to the text, does the new technique hurt more than before?
c. Is the following statement true or false? The robot can only be used for lung transplants.
d. According to the text, are the majority of organ donors in the world from Spain?
EXERCISE 2. Find in the text words to solve 4 of the following 5 questions:
a. Find a word for this definition: An internal organ that allows you to breathe.
b. Find a word for this definition: A person that gives away something (i.e., blood, money) to help others.
c. This T-shirt is very ____________, so you can put it on even if it looks small.
d. Find an antonym for thin or smooth.
e. Find a word for this definition: (adj.) related to operations and other invasive medical procedures.

Reading comprehension: Text 2 - AI chatbots are sparking romance. A few months ago, Derek Carrier started seeing someone... (CBC News. February 2.024. Adapted)
EXERCISE 1.
a. Is the following sentence true or false? Derek Carrier is in his mid-forties.
b. Does the text say that companion bots can imitate the way people speak?
c. According to the text, are app developers motivated by economic factors?
d. Does the text say that Replika users feel emotionally better after using the app?
EXERCISE 2.
a. Find a synonym for disease, disorder.
b. Find a word for this definition: marketing tactics used to publicise products.
c. Find a synonym for imitate, copy.
d. Sales have gone down sharply this year, so ______________ will also be lower.
e. Find an antonym for unpleasant, unfriendly.

SEGUNDO BLOQUE: REDACCION. La redaccion tendra que contener cien palabras como minimo. La puntuacion maxima es de tres puntos.
a. Write a story that ends with the following words: 'At that moment, Julia realized that she was talking to an app, not a person.' Remember that the 15 words in this sentence cannot be counted in the 100 words you must write.
b. Would you like to be an organ donor? Why or why not?
c. Do you think AI chatbot apps can help some people? How?

TERCER BLOQUE: TRANSFORMACION GRAMATICAL.
a. Rewrite in reported speech, beginning 'Researchers complained…': 'The companies aren't showing any ethical principles in this process.'
b. Rewrite in negative-interrogative future perfect: 'The patient wakes up from anaesthesia after five hours.'
c. Complete with same meaning, starting 'Unless …': 'Users will only choose an avatar if they really like it.'
d. Rewrite as second-type (hypothetical) conditional: 'If they had made a larger incision, the patient would have felt sharp pain.'
e. Rewrite into main + defining relative clause: 'The name of the company is Replika. Replika launched a popular companion app.'
f. Rewrite in passive voice: 'Surgeons made smaller cuts to the side of the rib cage.'