Examen de Inglés PAU Extremadura 2023 · Ordinaria

Reading comprehension: Text 1

Vinícius Júnior racially abused by Mallorca fans during Real Madrid defeat.

Mallorca fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior during the 1-0 win at home against the La Liga champions on Sunday. Supporters could be heard calling the 22-year-old forward a monkey in a video published by the streaming company Dazn on social media. In a radio interview the manager, Javier Aguirre, denied his players had targeted Vinícius in the match, in which the Brazilian suffered 10 fouls, the most by any player in La Liga this season.

Vinícius has been subjected to racial abuse by fans on at least three occasions—at the Camp Nou against Barcelona in November 2021, at Atlético Madrid in September 2022, and at Valladolid in late December 2022. Spanish police are also investigating a possible hate crime against him after a mannequin wearing his No. 20 shirt was hung from a bridge in front of the club’s training centre before the Madrid derby two weeks ago.

Prosecutors in Madrid decided not to press charges over racist chanting aimed at Vinícius in September after finding it had “lasted a few seconds” and had not constituted a crime. In December, Vinícius accused La Liga of continuing to do nothing about racist fans at matches, after videos on social media showed some spectators shouting abuse and throwing objects at him the previous day at Valladolid.

La Liga condemned all forms of hate speech and said it was following up on instances of racism at the match. Its president, Javier Tebas, said Vinícius’s accusations were “unfair and untrue.” Vinícius is the most-fouled player in Europe’s top seven leagues by a big margin. He has been fouled 79 times, with Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar second on 59.

The Guardian (February 2023. Adapted)

EXERCISE 1. Answer 3 of the following 4 questions, providing evidence from the text (maximum 1 point each, total 3 points):

a)

Does the text say Vinícius has received more fouls than other players?

b)

Did Javier Aguirre confirm that his players abused Vinícius?

c)

According to the text, are the police doing something to find out if a crime has been committed?

d)

Is the following statement true or false? Javier Tebas supported Vinícius in his accusations of racism in La Liga.

Reading comprehension: Text 1

Vinícius Júnior racially abused by Mallorca fans during Real Madrid defeat.

Mallorca fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior during the 1-0 win at home against the La Liga champions on Sunday. Supporters could be heard calling the 22-year-old forward a monkey in a video published by the streaming company Dazn on social media. In a radio interview the manager, Javier Aguirre, denied his players had targeted Vinícius in the match, in which the Brazilian suffered 10 fouls, the most by any player in La Liga this season.

Vinícius has been subjected to racial abuse by fans on at least three occasions—at the Camp Nou against Barcelona in November 2021, at Atlético Madrid in September 2022, and at Valladolid in late December 2022. Spanish police are also investigating a possible hate crime against him after a mannequin wearing his No. 20 shirt was hung from a bridge in front of the club’s training centre before the Madrid derby two weeks ago.

Prosecutors in Madrid decided not to press charges over racist chanting aimed at Vinícius in September after finding it had “lasted a few seconds” and had not constituted a crime. In December, Vinícius accused La Liga of continuing to do nothing about racist fans at matches, after videos on social media showed some spectators shouting abuse and throwing objects at him the previous day at Valladolid.

La Liga condemned all forms of hate speech and said it was following up on instances of racism at the match. Its president, Javier Tebas, said Vinícius’s accusations were “unfair and untrue.” Vinícius is the most-fouled player in Europe’s top seven leagues by a big margin. He has been fouled 79 times, with Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar second on 59.

The Guardian (February 2023. Adapted)

EXERCISE 2. Find in the text words to solve 4 of the following 5 questions. Use just one word in each case (maximum 0,5 points per word, total 2 points):

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

EXERCISE 1

Answer 3 of the following 4 questions, providing evidence from the text (maximum 1 point each, total 3 points):

a.

Did Greene and Pividori get help from a new person they hired?

b.

According to the text, can GPT-3 write all sorts of texts?

c.

Is the following statement true or false?

ChatGPT is not very popular.

d.

Does the text say that scientists can benefit from using LLMs?

EXERCISE 2

Find in the text words to solve 4 of the following 5 questions. Use just one word in each case (maximum 0,5 points per word, total 2 points):

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

SEGUNDO BLOQUE: REDACCIÓN

El segundo bloque consiste en una pregunta de redacción con tres opciones, de las cuales el alumno deberá escoger y realizar tan solo una. La redacción tendrá que contener cien palabras como mínimo. La puntuación máxima es de tres puntos.

a.

Write a story that begins with the following words: “So Helen decided to write the assignment herself and forget about IA algorithms.” Remember that the 13 words in this sentence cannot be counted in the 100 words you must write.

SEGUNDO BLOQUE: REDACCIÓN

El segundo bloque consiste en una pregunta de redacción con tres opciones, de las cuales el alumno deberá escoger y realizar tan solo una. La redacción tendrá que contener cien palabras como mínimo. La puntuación máxima es de tres puntos.

b.

Write a letter to La Liga giving advice on how to eradicate racism from football matches and sports in general.

SEGUNDO BLOQUE: REDACCIÓN

El segundo bloque consiste en una pregunta de redacción con tres opciones, de las cuales el alumno deberá escoger y realizar tan solo una. La redacción tendrá que contener cien palabras como mínimo. La puntuación máxima es de tres puntos.

c.

Do you think that technological tools will replace all sorts of writers (journalists, secretaries, editors)? Why or why not?

TERCER BLOQUE: TRANSFORMACIÓN GRAMATICAL

El tercer bloque contiene seis ejercicios de transformación gramatical, de los cuales el alumno deberá escoger y contestar exclusivamente cuatro. Cada ejercicio contestado vale medio punto como máximo. La puntuación máxima del bloque en su conjunto es de dos puntos.

a.

Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech, beginning “Vinicius complained…”

“La Liga has done nothing about racist fans at matches this year.”

b.

Rewrite the following sentences into a main clause and a defining relative clause.

Scientists have been using a digital assistant. The digital assistant is the GPT-3 generative chatbot.

c.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. You must not change the initial two words in any way or omit any element from the original sentence:

Supporters could be heard calling the 22-year-old forward a monkey in the video.

In the video you....................................

d.

Rewrite the following sentence as a third-type (impossible) conditional:

If students use GPT-3 to do their homework, teachers will ban its use.

e.

Rewrite the following sentence in the negative-interrogative form of the present perfect.

Vinícius is the most-fouled player in Europe’s top seven leagues.

f.

Rewrite the following sentence in the active voice. Do not omit any part of it.

Chat GPT was released in November last year and it was made freely available by its creators.