Ejercicio Section II - Task 3 · Inglés PAU Murcia Extraordinaria 2024

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]

Goofy: Dog or cow?

I can’t tell you how many times people have asked: “Is Goofy a dog or a cow?” I am not sure (1) people are questioning the character’s species, but we can clear this up once and for all.

Why (2) people think Goofy is a cow? Disney is very clear: Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, and Pluto most certainly is a dog. And (3) Mickey and Donald have human-like qualities, Pluto does (4). Perhaps that is the reason for people to think Goofy (5) be a dog and that he must be a cow. I mean, (6) Disney create two dogs, giving only one human-like quality? The second cause (7) Goofy is a cow comes from his love interest. Throughout Disney movies and cartoons featuring (8) loveable character, we are (9) that Goofy’s love interest is Clarabelle Cow. This probably leads people to (10) believe that Goofy is a cow.

Why may people think Goofy is a dog? (11) you look into the history of Goofy, you will find that Disney originally created Dippy Dawg (12) 1932. You can find him in Mickey’s Revue, sitting (13) what appears to be an early version of Clarabelle Cow. (14) that same year, Dippy Dawg seems to transform into a younger version renamed Goofy in the cartoon Orphan’s Benefit.

The final word on whether Goofy is a cow or a dog. Bill Farmer, (15) has been the voice of Goofy since 1987, clears up the misconception: “Goofy … is just Goofy!”

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