Universit degli Stud di Napoli ‘VOrientale™ Laureain tngue etteratue e Culture deleuropae delle Americhe (Classe XI) LUngua ingese ano Giugro 2014 cocnome ome mare ‘orade__/90 ALLOWED: 1201in, Monolingual Dictionary NOTALLOWED: pencils, mobile phones, cesting ving he room Ti vcnvarrowas MonPHoLocy cere cet mising wad ra he hen nat A green activist (113 wos) (10 points) ‘when 19s younger, 1 as an 0. active (Actos) member of our vilage's A. (envinonert) sr0up- Although the 2. (Porutare) ofthe village was smal, e wos a big group. We believed that ome things were 2. (Danaen) for the worl. We met regularly and the meetings held 2 4. cee eT eascivaa) for me, We discussed everything from the 5. (Macrae) of Dds irom ane part of the word to another, to the canger of 6. _____{VoLcavo} eruptions. T remember ‘Tom had 27. —_—__(Scrence) backgrounc, and he thought tangs through in avery Be (Svsren), organized way. He wea clever man, Sometimes we had 9. ______ (COMPETE) 10 see who could give the most 10, (Genser) talk on an environmental issue, Now I am oder, but 1 stil belong to tbe same group. Bh croze test tnsert the correct mising words Motdey Blues vs) Uo pot “You've (0) Bean looking at that timetable for the last ten minutes. It can't be that confsing! said Shela angrily. “ry __wisn yura be queett rve (2) _ splting headache thanks to you!* replied Matt Mul Dadi Please” said Alcon. “You're bath (3) very sity. (4) Is no point at alin blaming each other. That's not going to help us Wind euE what time the next tain to Budapest Is fue to leave” you (5) ‘que right, darting. 1(6)__ sorry" said She “Me too," mumbled Hat. "Now. e's have another look at ths metab, Well it 7) Me we ® ‘etintely missed the last train tocay, That was the 18,20 we ust missed, waa?” *1 (@) 50," sald Shale. "I mean, it ld leave at 18.20. Whether I's actually going to Budapest or nati anather question.” “Well, one thing is notin (40) _* sald Matt "This isthe worst holiday we've ever been on!” EX ccnrence TaAnstonMariOn’ te word movi orate cain eines, Han 1. They repaired my carat the garage in town, 1 2, Tm sure it was Tom who cleared everything up Heamust 3. Thies the first ime Ive been here, Thaven’t 4, Teanmot understand vry easily what he says Heis 5. "Tim sory lost your 300k, Getaine," said Michael Michael apologized1 Sixty dys walking over ie and snow in temperatures as low as 4SC*, with nothing 2 Keep you company excep he ‘ceasonal polar bear: this isto small achievement Ony a fw people have ever walked to the Noth Pole unas and if Christina Franco success she will have earned a place in he history books aad mt one ofthe fet remsiing “allengesofexplotion Ft women er 48D-nile journey will begin norte Canad, dragging a sledge tht weighs as much as se does. At the en of ‘each days walking or skin. se wil ich her tat in suber temperate, gs ro leoping ag filled with ie, tnd tempt o sleep tothe unseling background sounds of howling wid and eacking is which may or may nok Signal the approach of one of tse polar beast cay a pistol to soe any bears sway” says Franco, 42. "The bears tht far nth woa't ave fad contact with him, fortunately, 2 they won associate me with food but they wil be curious and that’s dangers. IF uses paw to Se what you ste, euld damage your text = oF your am, imagine have quite a ew soepless nights” ‘Many ofthe eity por explores siffered from disease and injuries, and while moder technology (lightweight ‘atrial, satellite phones, planes on sand-by t cary out rescue missions) has lesened the dangers, it ean never ‘make such an inhospitable landsapeansthing approaching safe. Any uncovered skin wil ecome fostiten in jst five mintes and once the sn has sen, Franco il oly be able remove he sunglasses inside her tent, ofrwise the intensiy ofthe sunlight electing fT the sow would cause snow blindness o heighten te danger, the eal wil slow down her bain fonetos, 5 it wll be more diffu io make split-second decisions inthe event of den ‘She il use shout 000 eaores day losing neatly hf kilogram every 24 hous “Te problem isthe human body in only take on about 5 50 caleres dy,” she sas So you vet itn up before you et off or youl no of energy.” Fro seen ying to put on 19 hos. She may complain sbout ot ting into any oF her esses, but ven Franco weighs herein on of me and Fins se’ ost obe Ml rate than gained 0, a she'd expected, ses ‘ery upset “T hope my sales are weong because, if not, Ive Tost weigh,” she ay reehing Tor ome of many bare of hocolt ying round her kites Bom in ltaly, Franco moved 1o New York and then to London, She has become well known locally hanks fo 8 tinng routine dat involves cragging a actor tyre around theses, astened by arope stun hor waist, When T ‘et hese was about head eutlon the anal near he home 1) What docs the writer say about the history of exploration? ‘A. Waking the North Poe used to be consiered easier than cer journeys 'B.No woman hs ever competed the journey tothe geographic Noh Pole CFemale explorers have aeady dove mest of the worst oureys _. Cuistna i aeady an inpotant isi Figure fore previous ume 2) Polar bears cam be dangerous for Chisting became ‘Acthey ke tse thei pas, ty hold a nosy ate Cthy tend to damage et D. they donot slp at ig 3) What docs Christin say about the danger from polar ears? ‘A They could injure er without mearng 1. ‘Bf they ste hg they ght tac her. (Clin that pot ofthe Arie they are ass, She will haveto shot ay tat stack her 4) Which of these a real rskto Christina daring her walk? ‘A. She wart he able to hink very quickly in emergencies. 1B. Sunlight refeced bythe snow eould quickly bum her skin C. She wil need to petet her eyes, even -f she isillorhas an scien, tore wil be no eel care '5) Christina wants to eat chocolate when she i talking Co the Writer because ‘Ashe fas tha she us Tie nergy at the moment Bs’ js fount out her weight has ge down, C she knows that her weigat aetaly going wp Dsl always ets chocolae when she upset,EX vocapurary’inpsgip tse OME vrs ssn nani te ling owes ee. op ‘acquirement reduced unaided build us cerauiin regret awake relocate (1 ‘ampli fi S g Textual inference [10 points] Focus on the words underlined in the text. Who or what do they refer to? this. she which they EM summary sunmorze ne tot in4in 0020 ors, 8pmPs LANGUAGE AWARENESS Spot the error and rewrite the sentence. [10 points} 1 T managed buying some teckets for the concer. 2 Thope winning the competition, ‘3 Why do you always arrive lately? 4 Let's go and look up the cld part of the city. '5 10s so an expensive computer 6 The pasta taste too savoury. 17 There should be a ban for driving in the city contre. 8 Your hand is bleeding heavily, you can be hurt. 19 Iwas person to whom the problem was mentioned 410 Looking back on my chidheod does me smile. BH TEXT REORDERING — Rearrange the text properly. [10 pointe] ‘Ann Maguire, 7, ded fom muliple stab wounds alter she was attacked at ‘Corpus Christi Catholic College in Halton Moor on Monday by a young adult. She taught Spanish, B. | Therefore the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wil appear at Leeds Youth Court on Thursday. . [Peter Mann, head of the complex casework unit at CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "A 15-year-old male was arrested in connection with this incident and has been interviewed under caution by police.” | She was due to retire in September after a 40-year career. Hundreds of oral tributes have been laid outside the schoo! by current end former pupils since Monday, TE, | He hos thon addod that thore ie auficiont ovidenes to charge thie youth with the ‘murder of Ann Maguire and that is in the public interest to do so. F. | The schoo's head teacher, Steve Mor, sad: "We are overwhelmed by the amazing outpour of fave and atfection for Ann and shocked ay the fact that teenager may have stubbed her.