Ejercicio Fase de Admisión - Opción B - I * Comprehension · Inglés PAU Andalucía Ordinaria Titular (Admisión) 2 2019

OPTION B: NETFLIX ADDICTION IS REAL

1 The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified obsessive video-gaming as an addiction. I believe it won't be long until

2 "gaming disorder" is joined in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases by another modern, screen-based illness: "Netflix

3 disorder".

4 I watch a lot of Netflix and I am starting to worry that it has become an emotional aid. If I am feeling stressed or depressed, I self-

5 medicate by staying up late, watching show after show. It makes me forget about everything else, which is welcome, considering the

6 state of the world. And just when I remember what I should be focusing on, another episode starts automatically and I disconnect

7 again.

8 Entertainment has always been about escapism. What is new, however, is the degree to which Netflix, like all the big tech platforms,

9 is engineered to be addictive. Netflix has turned unhealthy behaviour into an accepted part of modern culture. It does not even try to

10 hide the fact that its ambition is to hook us all. Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder, has admitted its biggest competitor is sleep. "When

11 you watch a Netflix show and you get addicted to it, you stay up late at night", he said.

12 I am not the only one with a Netflix problem. Netflix has become the opium of the masses. Indeed, it is beginning to feel as though

13 we are living in a real-world version of David Wallace's famous book, Infinite Jest, where there's a film so entertaining that its viewers

14 lose interest in anything other than viewing it, and eventually die. We are also entertaining ourselves to death. Actually, I never finished

15 reading Infinite Jest. But I am sure it will be on Netflix soon.

I * COMPREHENSION (4 points)

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

1. The author watches Netflix because...

2. According to the writer, addiction to Netflix is...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

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TRUE

FALSE

7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)