Examen de Inglés PAU La Rioja 2023 · Ordinaria

Text A- 3 July 2005. ‘Are you ready to start a revolution? Are you ready to change history?’

These were the words of Madonna as she walked onto the stage of the London Live 8 concert. On 3 July 2005, Live 8 concerts were held in ten cities around the globe. The idea was to highlight the problem of poverty in Africa. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the concerts on their televisions. But how did this all start?

The day that rock and roll really changed the world was twenty years earlier, on 13 July 1985, and all because of one man, Bob Geldof. On that day more than a billion and a half people around the world united together to watch the biggest rock concert ever held – Live Aid.

30 million people were suffering in a terrible famine in sub-Saharan Africa. It was an event so completely shocking - happening on our television screens, with children dying in front of our eyes – that it moved everyone who saw it. The concert raised £140 million.

Live Aid was a miracle technologically, emotionally and politically. It is difficult now to understand what an amazing achievement it was to broadcast the first live, all-day, multi-artist concert to the whole world. In 1985 there were no mobile phones and hardly any fax machines. In many countries international phone calls usually had to be booked, sometimes hours in advance. Computers were outside the experience of most ordinary people. Email was a future dream.

Yet surprisingly, simultaneous concerts on two continents were co-ordinated. Global television schedules were cleared. Concorde was put on stand-by. Even the Space Shuttle astronauts lined up to make a contribution. Live Aid started new ways of thinking and behaving – in broadcasting, in putting political pressure on governments and in raising money.

Nowadays, these have become normal as more and more charities regularly use music as an instrument for change. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid and Live 8, saw an opportunity. He wanted to make governments and people do something important to change the terrible situation. He used what he says is the lingua franca of the planet- not English but rock 'n' roll', and it was a fantastic success.

Live Aid was one of the first indications that we now lived in a globalised world. Interestingly, its language was music, and the message it delivered so loudly and clearly was of the need for change.

(Adapted from a text by Will Moreton and Diane Naughton)

1A. Choose the correct answer a, b or c. (3 points, 0.5 each)

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Text A- 3 July 2005. ‘Are you ready to start a revolution? Are you ready to change history?’

These were the words of Madonna as she walked onto the stage of the London Live 8 concert. On 3 July 2005, Live 8 concerts were held in ten cities around the globe. The idea was to highlight the problem of poverty in Africa. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the concerts on their televisions. But how did this all start?

The day that rock and roll really changed the world was twenty years earlier, on 13 July 1985, and all because of one man, Bob Geldof. On that day more than a billion and a half people around the world united together to watch the biggest rock concert ever held – Live Aid.

30 million people were suffering in a terrible famine in sub-Saharan Africa. It was an event so completely shocking - happening on our television screens, with children dying in front of our eyes – that it moved everyone who saw it. The concert raised £140 million.

Live Aid was a miracle technologically, emotionally and politically. It is difficult now to understand what an amazing achievement it was to broadcast the first live, all-day, multi-artist concert to the whole world. In 1985 there were no mobile phones and hardly any fax machines. In many countries international phone calls usually had to be booked, sometimes hours in advance. Computers were outside the experience of most ordinary people. Email was a future dream.

Yet surprisingly, simultaneous concerts on two continents were co-ordinated. Global television schedules were cleared. Concorde was put on stand-by. Even the Space Shuttle astronauts lined up to make a contribution. Live Aid started new ways of thinking and behaving – in broadcasting, in putting political pressure on governments and in raising money.

Nowadays, these have become normal as more and more charities regularly use music as an instrument for change. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid and Live 8, saw an opportunity. He wanted to make governments and people do something important to change the terrible situation. He used what he says is the lingua franca of the planet- not English but rock 'n' roll', and it was a fantastic success.

Live Aid was one of the first indications that we now lived in a globalised world. Interestingly, its language was music, and the message it delivered so loudly and clearly was of the need for change.

(Adapted from a text by Will Moreton and Diane Naughton)

2A. Answer these questions in no more than 8 words. (1 point, 0.25 each)

a.

Where were Live 8 concerts held?

b.

How many people watched Live Aid?

c.

What happened on two different continents?

d.

What was the main purpose of using a huge concert?

Text A- 3 July 2005. ‘Are you ready to start a revolution? Are you ready to change history?’

These were the words of Madonna as she walked onto the stage of the London Live 8 concert. On 3 July 2005, Live 8 concerts were held in ten cities around the globe. The idea was to highlight the problem of poverty in Africa. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the concerts on their televisions. But how did this all start?

The day that rock and roll really changed the world was twenty years earlier, on 13 July 1985, and all because of one man, Bob Geldof. On that day more than a billion and a half people around the world united together to watch the biggest rock concert ever held – Live Aid.

30 million people were suffering in a terrible famine in sub-Saharan Africa. It was an event so completely shocking - happening on our television screens, with children dying in front of our eyes – that it moved everyone who saw it. The concert raised £140 million.

Live Aid was a miracle technologically, emotionally and politically. It is difficult now to understand what an amazing achievement it was to broadcast the first live, all-day, multi-artist concert to the whole world. In 1985 there were no mobile phones and hardly any fax machines. In many countries international phone calls usually had to be booked, sometimes hours in advance. Computers were outside the experience of most ordinary people. Email was a future dream.

Yet surprisingly, simultaneous concerts on two continents were co-ordinated. Global television schedules were cleared. Concorde was put on stand-by. Even the Space Shuttle astronauts lined up to make a contribution. Live Aid started new ways of thinking and behaving – in broadcasting, in putting political pressure on governments and in raising money.

Nowadays, these have become normal as more and more charities regularly use music as an instrument for change. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid and Live 8, saw an opportunity. He wanted to make governments and people do something important to change the terrible situation. He used what he says is the lingua franca of the planet- not English but rock 'n' roll', and it was a fantastic success.

Live Aid was one of the first indications that we now lived in a globalised world. Interestingly, its language was music, and the message it delivered so loudly and clearly was of the need for change.

(Adapted from a text by Will Moreton and Diane Naughton)

3A. Find a word in the text for each of these definitions. (1 point, 0.25 each)

a.

To attract attention to or emphasize something important.

b.

Food shortage.

c.

Programme transmission.

d.

Carried or turned over to the person receiving.

Text B- Four Months Later (July 2014)

Marianne says nothing. It's true they did bully her. Eric called her 'flat-chested' once, in front of everyone, and Rob, laughing,... whispered something in Eric's ear, some affirmation, or some further insult too vulgar to speak out loud. At the funeral back in January everyone talked about what a great person Rob had been, full of life, a devoted son, and so on. But he was also a very insecure person, obsessed with popularity, and his desperation had made him cruel. Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.

After the funeral she spent evenings scrolling through Rob's Facebook page. Lots of people from school had left comments on his wall, saying they missed him. What were these people doing, Marianne thought, writing on the Facebook wall of a dead person? What did these messages, these advertisements of loss, actually mean to anyone? What was the appropriate etiquette when they appeared on the timeline: to 'like' them supportively? But everything made Marianne angry then. Thinking about it now, she can't understand why it bothered her. None of those people had done anything wrong. They were just grieving. Of course it didn't make sense to write on his Facebook wall, but nothing else made sense either. If people appeared to behave pointlessly in grief, it was only because human life was pointless, and this was the truth that grief revealed. She wishes that she could have forgiven Rob, even if it meant nothing to him. When she thinks of him now it's always with his face hidden, turning away...

'Did you accept the apology?', says Connell.

She nods, looking down at her nails. 'Of course I did', she says. 'I don't go in for grudges.'

(Adapted from: Sally Rooney, Normal People, 2018, London: Faber and Faber, pp. 225-226)

1B. Choose the correct answer a, b or c. (3 points, 0.5 each)

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Text B- Four Months Later (July 2014)

Marianne says nothing. It's true they did bully her. Eric called her 'flat-chested' once, in front of everyone, and Rob, laughing,... whispered something in Eric's ear, some affirmation, or some further insult too vulgar to speak out loud. At the funeral back in January everyone talked about what a great person Rob had been, full of life, a devoted son, and so on. But he was also a very insecure person, obsessed with popularity, and his desperation had made him cruel. Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.

After the funeral she spent evenings scrolling through Rob's Facebook page. Lots of people from school had left comments on his wall, saying they missed him. What were these people doing, Marianne thought, writing on the Facebook wall of a dead person? What did these messages, these advertisements of loss, actually mean to anyone? What was the appropriate etiquette when they appeared on the timeline: to 'like' them supportively? But everything made Marianne angry then. Thinking about it now, she can't understand why it bothered her. None of those people had done anything wrong. They were just grieving. Of course it didn't make sense to write on his Facebook wall, but nothing else made sense either. If people appeared to behave pointlessly in grief, it was only because human life was pointless, and this was the truth that grief revealed. She wishes that she could have forgiven Rob, even if it meant nothing to him. When she thinks of him now it's always with his face hidden, turning away...

'Did you accept the apology?', says Connell.

She nods, looking down at her nails. 'Of course I did', she says. 'I don't go in for grudges.'

(Adapted from: Sally Rooney, Normal People, 2018, London: Faber and Faber, pp. 225-226)

2B. Answer these questions in no more than 8 words. (1 point, 0.25 each)

a)

How was Marianne bullied?

b)

How did everyone describe Rob at his funeral?

c)

What did Marianne think about people writing on Rob's Facebook wall after his death?

d)

How does Marianne picture Rob after dying?

Text B- Four Months Later (July 2014)

Marianne says nothing. It's true they did bully her. Eric called her 'flat-chested' once, in front of everyone, and Rob, laughing,... whispered something in Eric's ear, some affirmation, or some further insult too vulgar to speak out loud. At the funeral back in January everyone talked about what a great person Rob had been, full of life, a devoted son, and so on. But he was also a very insecure person, obsessed with popularity, and his desperation had made him cruel. Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.

After the funeral she spent evenings scrolling through Rob's Facebook page. Lots of people from school had left comments on his wall, saying they missed him. What were these people doing, Marianne thought, writing on the Facebook wall of a dead person? What did these messages, these advertisements of loss, actually mean to anyone? What was the appropriate etiquette when they appeared on the timeline: to 'like' them supportively? But everything made Marianne angry then. Thinking about it now, she can't understand why it bothered her. None of those people had done anything wrong. They were just grieving. Of course it didn't make sense to write on his Facebook wall, but nothing else made sense either. If people appeared to behave pointlessly in grief, it was only because human life was pointless, and this was the truth that grief revealed. She wishes that she could have forgiven Rob, even if it meant nothing to him. When she thinks of him now it's always with his face hidden, turning away...

'Did you accept the apology?', says Connell.

She nods, looking down at her nails. 'Of course I did', she says. 'I don't go in for grudges.'

(Adapted from: Sally Rooney, Normal People, 2018, London: Faber and Faber, pp. 225-226)

3B. Find a word in the text for each of these definitions. (1 point, 0.25 each)

a)

Spoke very quietly.

b)

Loyal.

c)

Moving cursor.

d)

Resentments.

PART 2- USE OF ENGLISH (2 POINTS)

4. CHOOSE FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND REPHRASE THEM SO THAT THEIR MEANING IS AS SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE. (0.5 EACH).

a.

She didn't realise it was valuable. She gave it away.

If

b.

My father spent all the evening doing the house chores. I arrived home afterwards.

By the time I

c.

No one will force me to take an English examination.

I will

d.

He wasn't able to meet his friends.

He

e.

"I went shopping yesterday."

He told

f.

Why don't you read Emilie Pine's Notes to Self ?

He suggested

g.

The flight was delayed, but it was not necessary to wait very long before take-off.

We

h.

This is her new novel. It has already sold 500,000 copies.

This

PART 3- WRITING (3 POINTS)

5. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AND WRITE A 150 WORD LONG TEXT.

A)

(FORMAL LETTER) Your name is Patrick Murray and you read the following advertisement:

"International Travel Organisation. We are looking for young, friendly and patient staff to work in July and August in London. If you have the right profile, you will be responsible for meeting our clients at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and accompanying them to their accommodation in central London. No previous experience necessary. Good level of English and one other language required. Driving licence an advantage, but not essential. We offer a generous salary and will provide a flat share near our offices in Kings Cross. If you are interested in this post, please send a CV and accompanying letter to Eleanor Gibbons, ITO, 12 Jones Street, London E14 6AQ, United Kingdom."

Write your letter.

PART 3- WRITING (3 POINTS)

5. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AND WRITE A 150 WORD LONG TEXT.

B)

(ARTICLE) Write an article for a school magazine about an event that shook the world. You could set the scene for the most important events, describe the main action and the historical background. Write about the event and the most relevant and interesting details as well.