Abitur Schleswig-Holstein Englisch 2023 · LK · Art (HV)

Task 1: Influential Book [6 BE]

Preparation time: 30 seconds

You will hear six statements about The Handmaid's Tale, a novel by Margaret Atwood.

Choose from the list (A-G) which description best applies to which statement (1-6). For each description, there is only one correct answer. There is one more description than you need.

Descriptions

A · Various reactions

B · Disintegrating society

C · History repeating itself

D · Increasingly true to life

E · Influence and adaptations

F · Incorporated into public discourse

G · Reflection of national subconsciousness

Task 2: The Guerilla Girls

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will listen to a radio program about a group of artists in New York in the 1980s.

While listening, answer the questions. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.

1.

What was the Guerilla Girls' motivation for their protest?

2.

How did they express their protest? (Name two aspects.)

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3.

How did they feel about the location of their protest?

4.

What was an advantage of this way of protesting?

5.

How did the Guerilla Girls enforce their message?

6.

How did they acquire the information they used?

7.

What were the benefits of their anonymity? (Name two aspects.)

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8.

What were the Guerilla Girls asked to do by international institutions?

9.

What is the effect of the Guerilla Girls' work on museumgoers?

Now think of the text as a whole:

Tick (✓) the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.

10. The overall intention of the program is to

Task 3: Goals

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will listen to “Curiosity Daily”, an educational podcast on science and technology.

While listening, tick (✓) the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.

1.

People assume that to achieve your aims you must be

2.

People assume that once you have reached your aims you will have

3.

Recent findings show that people’s happiness also depends on

4.

At first sight, the five studies seemed to

5.

The studies show that people’s happiness depends on their

6.

The trick is to balance

7.

Enjoying free time is particularly hard if you work