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A. Read the article on page 7 and answer the following questions.
1. Answer the following questions in ENGLISH.
(a) What does the report carried out in 2009 by Obra Social de Caixa de Catalunya state about the educational profile of parents in relation to their children’s academic achievements? (Par. 3)
(b) What does the article say about the difference in academic achievements between boys and girls (i) and immigrants and the country at large (ii)?
(Par. 4‐5)
(i)
(ii)
(c) What does the article say about single parent homes in relation to academic achievement? (Par. 6)
(d) Mention one of the key elements in academic achievement according to the report: (Par. 8)
(e) According to Pau Mari‐Klose, what is key to academic achievement? (Give
full details) (Par. 9)
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2. Escribe en ESPAÑOL en los espacios correspondientes las frases o palabras que tengan el mismo sentido (más o menos) que las siguientes.
(a) logro (paragraph 1)
(b) realizado (paragraph 2)
(c) progenitores (paragraph 3)
3. Explain in ENGLISH the meaning of the following in context:
(paragraph 5)
(a) Los mayores déficits educacionales se dan en los chicos...
(paragraph 8)
(b) …la principal brecha...
(paragraph 11)
(c) El estudio analiza el logro educativo en las diferentes comunidades autónomas…
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4. Explica (o expresa de otro modo) en ESPAÑOL una de las siguientes frases:
El informe también expone como la estructura del hogar afecta al abandono escolar…
(paragraph 7)
O
… los recursos culturales disponibles en el hogar determinan el logro educativo… (paragraph 3)
B. Read the article in page 16 and answer in ENGLISH the questions below:
(i) When will Shakira release another album in Spanish? (Par. 1)
(ii) What did Shakira want to achieve with Loba? (Par. 4)
(iii) Which song got more than 10 million legal downloads? (Par. 6)
(iv) What is the aim of Shakira’s charity “Pies Descalzos”? (Give full details) (Par. 12)
C. Read the article in page 21 titled “Prueban en A Coruña un sistema para disolver las concentraciones humanas” and answer the following questions:
1. Escribe las palabras del texto que sean equivalentes (más o menos) a las siguientes:
(a) usará (paragraph 1)
(b) explicar (paragraph 2)
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(c) dispersar (paragraph 2)
(d) aproximadamente (paragraph 3)
(e) completamente (paragraph 3)
2. Write in ENGLISH the meaning (in context) of the following phrases:
(a) El Ayuntamiento ni se plantea ni tiene previsto utilizar este tipo de aparatos… (paragraph 2)
(b) La gente que practica botellón (paragraph 2)
3. As a partial summary of the article, write in ENGLISH (in the appropriate spaces) the information requested.
What will the group Escoitar.org do tonight and why? (Par. 1)
4. Escribe en ESPAÑOL tu opinión (entre 80 y 150 palabras) sobre una de las siguientes afirmaciones.
El uso de este tipo de aparatos de control social debería estar prohibido.
O
Hay muchos jóvenes que no necesitan hacer botellón para divertirse.
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LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1. UNA NOTICIA (EXTRACTO 7):
(a) How many minors took part in the study carried out by Duke University and the University of North Carolina?
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(b) What age were they?
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(c) How many times a day did participants have to listen to relaxing CDs?
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2. UNA NOTICIA (EXTRACTO 15):
(a) What is the main novelty of the Dsi LL ?
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(b) When will it be commercially released?
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(c) What will its price be in Euros?
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(d) Give two features of the DSi LL:
(i) ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… (ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………
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3. DIÁLOGO (EXTRACTO 16)
(a) How does Diana celebrate Christmas with her family? (Give two details) (i)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (ii)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(b) What do Diana and her father do together a few times a week?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. (c) Mention two things that her parents like and she doesn’t:
(i)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (ii)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(d) What does Diana have in common with her mother? (Give full details)
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