Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias Humanas Examen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa Año 2010 NIVEL INTERMEDIO
Nivel: INTERMEDIO Paper: READING (1h 15min) A. Read the following text. Are today s teenagers victims of fashion? A survey among the 1,300 pupils at Caldicot Comprehensive School, near Newport, Wales shows that teenage girls and boys are deeply affected by the images presented by the fashion industry in magazines. When we asked whether super-slim fashion models influence anorexia - the eating disorder in which people go without food - 100 per cent of our sample replied Yes. It is not just our schoolmates that hold these views. We interviewed psychologist Dr Glen Waller of London s Royal Holloway College, an expert on the influence of fashion on adolescents. He told us that fashion photographs in magazines make a huge impact on young people s selfimage, particularly females aged 13-19. Young people are guided by media standards while they are looking around for an identity, he said. Magazines provide ideas and these can affect vulnerable people. Fortunately, many Caldicot students are not victims of the image-makers. Here s what some of them said: If you re constantly dieting, you can t enjoy life. Fashion is something kids can control. It is a path many teenagers take to break free and have fun. I find nothing attractive about six-foot models who are too stone underweight; they just look ill. Friends shouldn t write you off for wearing unfashionable clothes; if they do, they aren t very good friends.
A.1. Match these words taken from the text with the appropriate explanation. a) affected - the people who were interviewed b) make a huge impact - follow c) vulnerable - influenced d) beanpoles - decide you are a failure e) range - have a big effect f) write you off - sensitive g) sample - very thin h) are guided by - variety A.2. Tick ( ) the six (6) opinions which are expressed in the article. a) True friends don t expect you to be fashionable. b) You can t blame the fashion business for anorexia. c) Clothes look better on thinner people. d) Dieting takes the fun out of life. e) Fashion allows teenagers to feel free and have fun. f) Fashion models today are getting larger. g) Images of very thin models may make ordinary women feel fat. h) Underweight models are unattractive. i) Pop groups influence teenagers ideas about fashion. j) The media should show different sizes and shapes.
B. The people below all want to go out to have a meal. On the next page there are eight (8) places to eat. Decide which place would be the most suitable for the following people. a) MARK He is going out with some friends on Wednesday evening. They d like to have an Indian meal. They want to go to a restaurant which they can drive to and park easily. b) ULLA She is meeting a friend for lunch on Friday in the town centre. She wants to eat a salad and would like to be able to sit outside. c) HEIDI Heidi and her boyfriend are going to the cinema in the town centre at 8.15 on Sunday evening. They want to have a quick meal nearby before they see the film. d) WILL He is going out with his father for a meal on Monday evening. They both like fish and want to go to a restaurant which has a pleasant view. e) IAN His grandparents are celebrating his wedding anniversary and the whole family are going out on Saturday evening. They need a restaurant which serves a range of dishes to suit everyone. It must have a car park.
PLACES TO EAT 1- Martin s is in the town centre and is very popular with people who work in the local offices. It is open Monday-Friday lunchtime from 12-2 and in the evening from 5-10. It offers simple dishes and a fast service. Choose from hot dishes, soup or sandwiches. 2- The Taj Malal is an excellent Indian restaurant which is about 2 km from the town centre. It is on one of the main roads out of the town and has a large car park. It is open lunchtimes at weekends and every evening. 3- The Rainbow is in the town centre and has a very nice terrace where you can sit and watch what s happening in the market square. It is open every day from 11-5 except Wednesday. It serves salads and sandwiches which are all specially made to order but service is fast. 4- If you enjoy a good view, the Fountain is the place to go. It s the only restaurant whose windows look over a lake. It s in the middle of the park so you need to allow 15 minutes to walk there from the road where you can park. It serves a wide range of food from fish to salads to vegetarian dishes. 5- The Roma Restaurant is a new restaurant by the river, owned by an Italian family. It serves pizza and pasta which the family make themselves. There is a terrace which overlooks the river so you can sit and watch the boats go by. It is open every day from 11 until 5.30 and is very close to the shops and main car parks. 6- The Corner House is 50 years old and still owned by the same family. It is in the industrial part of the town. The menu offers fish or vegetarian dishes but no meat. It is open every evening from 7.30-11.30 and parking is easy as it has its own large car park at the back. 7- The Star is a small Indian restaurant in the town centre. They won t take large groups and it s worth booking a table as it s very popular. It s ideal for a relaxed evening meal. There s no car park. It s open all day every day except Tuesdays. 8- Bertie s Kitchen is a large restaurant just outside the town which has a wonderful selection of home-cooked dishes on the menu. It s open
every evening. There s no need to book during the week as there s plenty of room but at weekends it gets busy. There s a large car park. C. Read this text about a football club called Wickton City. Wickton City Football Club Tony Connor has been Wickton City s youth officer for 18 months. At the age of 16 he went from Wickton to Ipswich Town to train to be a professional footballer. This had always been his ambition but he had to return home because he was injured and that s where he s stayed. He was then a football coach for over 7 years. Now, as youth officer, he has three parts to his job to run the mini-soccer centre on a Saturday morning, to teach football to local teenagers, and to help look after the football club s Academy for players who are training in order to play in the first team. He says Everything I do is important but I spend longer teaching local teenagers than I do on the other parts of the job. He wants teenagers to get football qualifications, therefore he s developed a programme to help them. These Football Skills courses are for young people who have no qualifications. We obviously can t give them jobs at the end but, by doing our courses, I hope they ll find a job in the future and a few of them might actually work for a football club. There s no charge for most of the courses we run. We usually charge a small fee for the equipment but we sometimes provide that free as well. On Saturday mornings the mini-soccer centre offers opportunities for local children at the club. There are no competitions. They don t win or lose. They come in order to have a chance to train at the football club. In addition, for the first time in the club s history, there are now three children s teams. Since last year, we ve got under-twelves, under-fourteens, under-sixteens, and also the Academy teams, which contain the best players in the town. As well as forming football stars for the future, the club is also trying to encourage younger fans. We hope to attract more of the young kids here, to make them feel part of the club, in order to save them travelling miles to Manchester United or Liverpool every week.
Tony says the club went through a bad period. A few years ago we nearly lost our team altogether as the club had very little money so we are making sure that doesn t happen again. For about fifteen years, the club couldn t get wellknown players since the money wasn t available. Therefore a lot of local players have played in the first team over the last two years and that s helped the level of football in the area. So that s a good thing. C.1. Decide if each sentence is correct ( ) or incorrect ( X ). 1- Tony s dream was to be a football coach. 2- Tony is doing his second job since going back to Wickton. 3- One part of Tony s job takes up the most time. 4- A few teenagers on the Football Skills courses are offered jobs with Wickton City. 5- Equipment on the courses is provided free for everyone. 6- The aim of the Saturday club is for young people to practise playing matches. 7- The number of different football teams for young people in Wickton has increased recently. 8- In the past young people in Wickton were fans of teams from outside the area. 9- Tony thinks the club may have to close in the future. 10- The fact that most of the Wickton City players are from the area is positive. C.1. Provide an appropriate explanation for these words as they are used in the text. - to run:... - qualifications:.. - charge:. - chance:
- to encourage:. - went through:. - available:.