tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71406151260816855392024-02-07T06:13:06.011+01:00exámenes de inglés de selectividadCastilla y León, EspañaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140615126081685539.post-51632306851254702752014-06-16T20:25:00.001+02:002014-06-16T20:26:31.840+02:00PAU CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2014 JUNIO INGLÉS OPCIÓN B SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT OVER GLOBAL WARMING<div>
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<td>PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A ENSEÑANZAS UNIVERSITARIAS OFICIALES DE GRADO<br/><b>CASTILLA Y LEÓN</b><br/><b>CONVOCATORIA 2014</b></td>
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<td>LENGUA EXTRANJERA:<br/><b>INGLÉS</b><br/><span style="font-size: small;">Propuesta 4 2014</span></td>
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<td><b>OPCIÓN B</b></td>
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<td>TEXTO PROPUESTO:<br/><b>SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT OVER GLOBAL WARMING</b></td>
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<td>REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA:<br/><b>What might be the consequences of global warming if the correct policies are not adopted?</b></td>
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<td><b>Examen realizado el martes 10 de junio de 2014</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>A.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">According to this article, the global warming we are now experiencing is caused by mankind.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Are the following statements <i><b>true</b></i> or <i><b>false</b></i>? Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(1 point as a whole: 0.5 points each)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Although there still are some who deny climate change, their beliefs have failed to enter our democratic institutions.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>FALSE: This virulent strain of anti-science infects the halls of Congress... </b><br/><span style="font-size: small;">(lines 3-4)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>TRUE: ... there is broad agreement among climate scientists... that we must respond to the dangers of a warming planet.</b><br/><span style="font-size: small;">(lines 6 & 9-10)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">C1.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">a) <b>analyze the precise implications of higher temperatures.</b><br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">b) <b>an undesirable debate aimed at discrediting climate change.</b> </span><br/>c) <b>study the best answers to greenhouse problems.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">C2.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">a) <b>as long as carbon is not taxed.</b><br/>b) <b>until we go full-bore on renewable sources of energy.</b><br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">c) <b>unless people wholly realize the risks of our current situation.</b></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Transform into reported speech:<br/>"<b>How will history judge us if we fail to communicate the urgency of acting now?</b>"<br/>Begin with: <b><i>The chief asked his colleagues...</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>The chief asked his colleagues <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">how history would judge them if they failed to communicate the urgency of acting then.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es la que se ajusta mejor a lo que suele enseñarse acerca del estilo indirecto en inglés en la ESO y el Bachillerato, pero es sólo una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>En lugar de <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>then</b></i></span> también valdrían expresiones como <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>at that moment</b></i></span> o <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>at that time</b></i></span>.<br/> <br/>Por otro lado, si consideramos que el marco de referencia temporal no ha variado, y que tanto el juicio de la posteridad como las acciones de los científicos están por llegar, podría decirse:<br/> <br/>The chief asked his colleagues <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>how history will judge them if they fail to communicate the urgency of acting now.</b></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">It was explained to the collaborators whose contributions would be necessary for the project.</span></b><br/><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">It was explained to the collaborators, whose contributions would be necessary for the project.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>able to be restored or replaced by natural processes: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>renewable</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(line 14)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>operating by or utilizing the energy of the sun: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>solar</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(line 14)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>discussion: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>debate</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(line 5)</span></span></td>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140615126081685539.post-57484099540093620082014-06-16T20:18:00.001+02:002014-06-16T20:20:09.756+02:00PAU CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2014 JUNIO INGLÉS OPCIÓN A NETFLIX'S GAIN IS HBO'S LOSS IN SUBSCRIBER WARS<div>
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<td>REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA:<br/><b>How do you like to have on-demand offerings to watch movies or TV shows?</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>El pasaje más relevante del texto es:<br/> <br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>People can't get enough Netflix... the streaming service and others like it have been gaining subscribers as premium pay networks like HBO and Showtime have been losing them.</b></i> <br/><span style="font-size: small;">(lines 3-5)</span></span><br/> <br/>Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>El pasaje relevante del texto es:<br/> <br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>The drinks are dangerous, doctors say, because the caffeine masks the effects of the alcohol, keeping consumers from realizing just how intoxicated they are.</b></i> <br/><span style="font-size: small;">(LINES 4-6)</span></span><br/> <br/>Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Four Loko creators said that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">caffeine would be removed from the drink recipe, though they believed it was safe.</span></b><br/> <br/><b>Four Loko creators said that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">caffeine will be removed from the drink recipe, though they believe it is safe.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Combine into one sentence containing a relative clause:<br/>"<b>Four Loko has already been banned in several states. This beverage made young drinkers extremely ill.</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>If she had drunk a lot of beer, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">she would not have been able to drive home.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>La clave está en reconocer que puede tratarse de una oración condicional de tipo III y completarla con una oración que contenga la estructura <b>MODAL PASADO + have + V<sub>PP</sub></b>.<br/> <br/>Otras respuestas posibles serían oraciones condicionales mixtas.<br/> <br/>Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a marketable name: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>brand</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 7)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a list of ingredients and directions for making something: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>recipe</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 16)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>hides: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>masks</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 5)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>especially: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>particularly</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 9)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>somnolent: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>sleepy</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 17)</span></span></td>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140615126081685539.post-65989297858599084012011-06-14T22:38:00.003+02:002011-08-25T13:25:47.700+02:00PAU CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2011 JUNIO INGLÉS OPCIÓN B CABLE'S BIG FEAR: INTERNET TV<div class="nobrtable"><table style="height: 32px; width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="9"><tr style="background-color: #003366; color: white;"><td><b>SELECTIVIDAD CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2011</b> junio: OPCIÓN B</td></tr>
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<td><b>Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), <br/>universidades de Castilla y León, <br/>curso 2010-2011.<br/><br />
Examen realizado el martes 14 de junio de 2011.</b></td>
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<td>TEXTO PROPUESTO:<br/><b>CABLE'S BIG FEAR: INTERNET TV</b></td>
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<td>REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA:<br/><a href="http://redaccioneseningles-secundaria.blogspot.com/search/label/EXAMEN:%20PAU%20CASTILLA%20Y%20LE%C3%93N%202011%20junio:%20OPCI%C3%93N%20B" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>Do you use the Internet? When and what for?</b></span></a><br/>(Haz clic en el enunciado para ver la redacción hecha, corregida y comentada.)</td>
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<td><a href="http://campus.usal.es/~gesacad/web-acceso/Examen11/JUNIO/INGJ.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Haz clic <span style="color: red;">aquí</span> para ver el enunciado completo del examen publicado en la página web de la Universidad de Salamanca.</b></a></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS <b>A</b>, <b>B</b>, <b>C</b>.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(3 POINTS AS A WHOLE)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Why does the author pay for a package of Internet, TV and telephone?</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>El pasaje relevante del texto es:<br/> <br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>Force of habit is a powerful thing. How else can I explain why I spend $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone... ?</b></i> <br/><span style="font-size: small;">(LINES 1-2)</span></span><br/> <br/>Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Are the following statements <i><b>true</b></i> or <i><b>false</b></i>? Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(1 point as a whole: 0.5 points each)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>FALSE: ... online video viewing has risen... </b><br/><span style="font-size: small;">(LINES 7 & 8)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Nielsen has reported that younger people watch TV on a traditional TV.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>FALSE: Nielsen recently reported that... TV viewing is still done on a traditional TV. But that's not the case for younger people...</b><br/><span style="font-size: small;">(LINES 7-9)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">a) <b>will sign for cable TV.</b><br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">b) <b>will get the shows from Internet.</b> </span><br/>c) <b>will likely never watch a movie.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">COMPLETE TASKS <b>a</b>, <b>b</b>, <b>c</b> and <b>d</b> ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(2 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Write a question for which the underlined words are the answer:<br/>"<b><u>Force of habit</u> is a powerful thing.</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Most calls are made by my wife and me on our cell phones.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Transform into reported speech:<br/>"<b>Why do you spend $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone - most of which you don't really need?</b>"<br/>Begin with: "<b>My sister wondered why Mark...</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>My sister wondered why Mark <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">spent $200 per month for a package of Internet, TV and telephone - most of which he didn't really need.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Combine into one sentence containing a relative clause:<br/>"<b>Dan Frommer downloads shows from the Internet via a Macintosh computer. He can't get everything he'd like to see.</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dan Frommer, who can't get everything he'd like to see, downloads shows from the Internet via a Macintosh computer.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>cease or fail to remember: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>forget</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 6)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>feasible: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>workable</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 16)</span></span></td>
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<td><b>Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), <br/>universidades de Castilla y León, <br/>curso 2010-2011.<br/><br />
Examen realizado el martes 14 de junio de 2011.</b></td>
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<td>TEXTO PROPUESTO:<br/><b>GHOST PHOTOGRAPHED: PROOF OR FAKE?</b></td>
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<td>REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA:<br/><b>Write about a paranormal phenomenon you have witnessed, heard of, read about...</b></td>
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<td><a href="http://campus.usal.es/~gesacad/web-acceso/Examen11/JUNIO/INGJ.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Haz clic <span style="color: red;">aquí</span> para ver el enunciado completo del examen publicado en la página web de la Universidad de Salamanca.</b></a></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS <b>A</b>, <b>B</b>, <b>C</b>.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(3 POINTS AS A WHOLE)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Why has a ghost been believed to inhabit Tantallon Castle?</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Because of the publication of a photograph showing a person dressed in the style of the Middle Ages.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/> <br/>El pasaje relevante del texto es:<br/> <br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i><b>Speculation over the presence of a ghost at Tantallon Castle in Scotland was aroused by a picture released as part of an experiment into the photographic evidence of the paranormal. The image... appeared to show a figure in medieval costume.</b></i> <br/><span style="font-size: small;">(LINES 1-4)</span></span><br/> <br/>Añade tu propuesta y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Is the following statement <i><b>true</b></i> or <i><b>false</b></i>? Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(0.5 points)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Experts are sure that the pictures have been digitally altered.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Choose <i><b>a</b></i>, <i><b>b</b></i> or <i><b>c</b></i> in each question below. <u>Only one choice</u> is correct.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(1.5 points as a whole: 0.5 points each)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">C1.</td>
<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Professor Wiseman...</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">C2.</td>
<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>The oldest of the two pictures was taken...</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a) <b>by Grace Lamb.</b></span><br/>b) <b>by a very famous photographer.</b><br/> c) <b>in the spring of 2010.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">C3.</td>
<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>The walls of Tantallon Castle...</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a) <b>are made of stone.</b></span><br/>b) <b>are covered with mysterious faces.</b><br/> c) <b>can't reflect the light.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">COMPLETE TASKS <b>a</b>, <b>b</b>, <b>c</b> and <b>d</b> ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN.<br/><span style="font-size: small;">(2 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH)</span></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">a)</td>
<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Combine into one sentence containing a relative clause:<br/>"<b>Richard Wiseman is running this research on the paranormal. I don't trust his methods.</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Richard Wiseman, whose methods I don't trust, is running this research on the paranormal.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Transform into reported speech:<br/>"<b>The face in the picture may be just another visitor.</b>"<br/>Begin with: "<b>Skeptics conjectured that...</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Skeptics conjectured that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">the face in the picture might just be another visitor.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Complete:<br/>"<b>I will not believe in ghosts unless...</b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>I will not believe in ghosts unless <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I see one.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>NOTA:</b> esta respuesta es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. <br/>Añade la tuya y la comentaré.</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Write a question for which the underlined words are the answer:<br/>"<b>The image appeared to show <u>a figure in medieval costume.</u></b>"</td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">What did the image appear to show?<br/>Who did the image appear to show?<br/>Whom did the image appear to show?</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>[3]</b></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>something that is absurd or contrary to good sense: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>nonsense</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 13)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>excursion: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>trip</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 9)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>sort: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>kind</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 11)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>modified: </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>altered</b> <span style="font-size: small;">(LINE 15)</span></span></td>
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<td style="width: 640px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://redacciones-ingles.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">NOTA: cada redacción ha de ser considerada individualmente. <br/> <br/>Si quieres encargar la corrección de tus redacciones en inglés o consultar las redacciones de otros, corregidas y comentadas, haz clic aquí.</span></a></span></b></td>
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Examen realizado el 14 de junio de 2010.</b></span><br />
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Teenagers often take refuge in drinking to escape from emotionally difficult situations at home.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white;">NOTA: esta respuesta a la pregunta 1.a.1. es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya como comentario a esta entrada y la comentaré.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Say if the following statements are <i>true</i> or <i>false</i>. Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TRUE: ... teenagers want to impress their friends. They want to be cool in front of them.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b.2.</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Some teens drink because their parents don't get on with each other very well.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TRUE: ... one of the main things which leads teenagers to drink is their parents getting divorced.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a) their families drink; b) they feel angry; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">c) they can't handle their problems</span>.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>c.2.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a) to maintain a positive environment</span>; b) to be very critical about friends; c) to get them to try everything.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>2.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a)</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b> </b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>The younger a person is when they begin drinking, the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">greater the risk of becoming an alcoholic.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b)</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>I used to drink to make me feel more confident around my mates <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and</span> I started getting into fights.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>I used to drink to make me feel more confident around my mates<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, so</span> I started getting into fights.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>I used to drink to make me feel more confident around my mates <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and, as a result,</span> I started getting into fights.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white;">NOTA: las preguntas 2.a. y 2.b. son muy abiertas, y las respuestas que doy yo son simplemente unas propuestas más entre otras posibles. Añade las tuyas como comentario a esta entrada y las comentaré.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Join the following two sentences by means of a relative pronoun: <br/><i>Some teenagers consume alcohol and drugs. They have problems with their parents.</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Some teenagers <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">who</span> have problems with their parents consume alcohol and drugs.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Some teenagers <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">that</span> have problems with their parents consume alcohol and drugs.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>d)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Rephrasing: <i>A boy is upset because he had a car accident after having taken drugs.</i> <br/>Begin with: <i>"He wishes..."</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>3.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>intense desire to know: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">curiosity</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b)</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>mistreating: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">abusing</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>e)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>accuse: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">blame</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>4.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://redacciones-ingles.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">NOTA: cada redacción ha de ser considerada individualmente. <br/>Si quieres encargar la corrección de tus redacciones en inglés o consultar las redacciones de otros, corregidas y comentadas, haz clic aquí.</span></a></span></b></td>
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<div style="text-align: justify; width: 714px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Examen de inglés de selectividad (Bachillerato LOE), <br/>universidades de Castilla y León, <br/>curso 2009-2010.<br/><br />
Examen realizado el 14 de junio de 2010.</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; width: 714px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">TEXTO PROPUESTO:<br/><b>Defining the Obama Doctrine.</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; width: 714px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">REDACCIÓN PROPUESTA:</span></div><div><table style="width: 700px;" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr>
<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>4.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a.1.</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>According to the text, what did Barack Obama promise in the 2008 campaign?</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Barack Obama promised to reduce the abusive policies of the previous president and protect the nation without compromising citizens' liberty.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white;">NOTA: esta respuesta a la pregunta 1.a.1. es simplemente una propuesta entre otras posibles. Añade la tuya como comentario a esta entrada y la comentaré.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Say if the following statements are <i>true</i> or <i>false</i>. Indicate the line(s) in the text supporting your choice.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b.1.</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Soon after being sworn Barack Obama made important decisions for the U.S.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TRUE: A few days after being sworn in, he elated progressives by banning torture, beginning the process of closing Guantánamo, and putting military commissions on ice.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b.2.</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Barack Obama is in favour of torture.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE: he elated progressives by banning torture...Dismantling the CIA's enhanced-interrogation program...</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Put someone or something on ice means:</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a) to fail to convince; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">b) to postpone acting</span>; c) to get something started.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>c.2.</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Shuttering Guantánamo:</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a) was the biggest mistake; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">b) gave U.S. a better image</span>; c) dismantled the CIA's interrogation program.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>2.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Write a question for which the underlined words are the answer:</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><i>"<u>During the 2008 campaign</u> Barack Obama travelled all over America.</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">When did Barack Obama travel all over America?</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>b)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Put into the passive: <i>"Critics on the left call Obama 'Bush lite'."</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Obama is called 'Bush lite' by critics on the left.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>c)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Transform into reported speech: <i>"Dick Cheney hammers him for aiding and comforting the enemy."</i> Begin with: <i>"A High Commissioner stated that..."</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>A High Commissioner stated that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dick Cheney hammers him for aiding and comforting the enemy.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b> </b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>A High Commissioner stated that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dick Cheney hammered him for aiding and comforting the enemy.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>A High Commissioner stated that <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dick Cheney hammered him for having aided and comforted the enemy.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>d)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Complete: <i>"If Obama hadn't shut Guantánamo..."</i></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b> </b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>If Obama hadn't shut Guantánamo<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, the United States' global image would not have been improved.</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Find words in the text with the following meaning (a and b) and synonyms for each of the words below (c, d and e).</b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>a series of coordinated activities: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">campaign</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>prohibiting by legal means: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">banning</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>whole: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">intact</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>d)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>change: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">shift</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>e)</b></td>
<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>fight: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">combat</span></b></td>
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<td style="width: 50px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>4.</b></td>
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<td style="width: 650px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><b>Can politicians solve our problems (e.g. climate change, terrorism, etc.)?</b></td>
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