Task 3 · Inglés PAU Murcia Ordinaria 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]

For Brazilians, the news of Pelé’s death did not come as a shock when it was announced (1) _____ 21 st December 2022. His daughter, Kely Nascimento, had been updating fans on social media ever (2) _____ he was taken to the hospital. He had been suffering (3) _____ health problems since 2012 when he had an operation (4) _____ left him needing a wheelchair, but it was cancer that had seen him go in and out of the hospital and eventually took his life. (5) _____ his death was expected, (6) _____ was emotional news for his fans. He was adored around the world. The man some called the greatest footballer (7) _____ and who in Brazil was known as The King (8) _____.

Born in 1940, Pelé grew up poor. He worked in cafes and tea shops from a young (9) _____ to make extra money. His father was footballer Dondinho, (10) _____ taught the young Pelé to play football. As they had no money to buy a proper football, they often used a sock filled (11) _____ newspaper and tied up with string. (12) _____ not, they would use a grapefruit.

Pelé’s favourite player was a goalkeeper named Bilé. His school friends joked about the way he pronounced the name, which sounded (13) _____ like “Pelé” than like “Bilé”. Although he protested, they began to use it (14) _____ his nickname and it stuck. Pelé (15) _____ said he thought it sounded childish, and it had no meaning in Portuguese.

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