Task 3 · Inglés PAU Murcia Extraordinaria 2022

SECTION II: OVERALL LANGUAGE ABILITY (USE OF ENGLISH) (3 marks)

3. Complete the text choosing the best option (A, B, or C) for each gap (1-15). On your answer sheet, draw a table like the one below and, for each gap (1-15), copy the letter that corresponds to your answer (A, B, or C). Use CAPITAL LETTERS. [Score: 15 items x 0.1 marks = 1.5 marks]

Having A Best Friend. A story (1) [ ___ ] that two friends were walking through the desert. At some point along the journey, they (2) [ ___ ] an argument, and one friend slapped the other one (3) [ ___ ] the face. The one who (4) [ ___ ] slapped was hurt, but without saying (5) [ ___ ], he wrote the following in the sand: "Today, my best friend slapped me." They kept on walking (6) [ ___ ] they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one (7) [ ___ ] had been slapped got stuck in the mud (8) [ ___ ] started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he (9) [ ___ ] from nearly drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today, my best friend saved my life." The other friend asked him: "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, (10) [ ___ ]?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts (11) [ ___ ] we should write it down in sand, where winds of forgiveness can (12) [ ___ ] it away. But when someone (13) [ ___ ] something good for us, we must engrave it in stone so (14) [ ___ ] no wind can ever blow it away."

Moral of the story: (15) [ ___ ] value the things you have in your life: value who you have in your life.

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