Comunidad: | Comunidad Valenciana |
Convocatoria: | Junio de 1995 |
Modalidad: | LOGSE - Todas |
Ejercicio: | 1er Ejercicio B |
Asignatura: | Inglés |
Obligatoriedad: | Obligatoria |
Duración: | 60 minutos |
Baremo: | Reading comprehension: 2 points (1 point each); True/ False: 1 point (0.5 each); Find synonym: 1 point (0.5 each); Multiple choice: 2 points (0.5 each); Composition: 4 points. |
Read the following text:
The fish war
The British press has put a lot of enthusiasm with the 'great fish war', the vast majority still siding with the Canadians against the Spanish. Leading the fight among the tabloids1 is the Daily Mail, which has turned a conflict about fish nobody in Europe eats into a re-enactment of the Armada and the 'heroics' of Francis Drake:
"Canadians are our cousins: we have blood ties as well as those of history, language, and race. Our traditions, legal system, weights and measures, national characteristics, and religion are almost identical. The constitution of Canada is based on the British North American Act of 1867. (...) The Queen of Canada lives here in London, at Buckingham Palace. Canada's sovereign is Queen Elizabeth II. And in case you had forgotten, she is our Queen too- and your boss."
So much for "our mates" the Canadians. As for the Spanish, the Mail adds:
"We have nothing in common with the Spanish: no blood ties, no shared history, language or race. Spaniards are descensed from Iberians, who came from North Africa...", that is, the Spanish are just a bunch of Arabs (spot the racism).
The Mail is full of historical errors; according to the Daily, the Spanish Constitution was drawn up by Franco and not by Parliament three years after Franco died. And it fails to point out that the Iberians colonized Cornwall, whose fishermen are now the very people the paper is defending.
Someone at the Mail should open their history books before publishing such rubbish.
'Spain in the UK Press'. Weekly Post. Sunday 9th April 1995.
1 tabloid = a small-sized paper with short articles and a liking for sensationalim.
I. Answer these questions using your own words:
II. Are the following statements True (T) or False (F)?
III. Find a word or phrase in the passage which, in context, is similar in meaning to:
IV. Choose a, b, c, or d in each question below. Only one choice is correct.
Choose one of the following two topics:
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