Problema 3 d'Anglès de la Selectivitat 2018

Setembre 2018, Sèrie 3 · Proves d'accés a la universitat (PAU) de Catalunya.

Enunciat

Part 3: Listening comprehension U.S. NATIONAL PARKS: YELLOWSTONE In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. geyser: gueiser / géiser bison: bisó america / bisonte americano elk: cérvol canadenc / ciervo canadiense browse: pasturar / pacer beaver: castor dam: dic / dique endangered species: espècie en perill d'extinció / especie en peligro de extinción to thrive: prosperar carcasses: carronya / carrofia Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme. Presenter (Christopher Brown): Hello and welcome to The real world, our weekly programme about nature. My name is Christopher Brown, and today we travel to the western United States, to Yellowstone National Park. With me today is Dr. Catherine Smith, a professor at Montana State University and an expert on the history and development of [Now listen to the interview. | Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [3 points: 0.375 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.125 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] 1. When was Yellowstone National Park created? Right before the Civil War. Soon after the Civil War. At the beginning of the 19" century. a a At the turn of the 20" century. ctiv 2. By 1930, the ise a 3. In the 1950s, the number of elk in Yellowstone Ll remained stable. Ll was unknown. 4. Inthe winter, the elk in Yellowstone feed on nothing because they hibernate. 5. One result of the presence of wolves in Yellowstone is Ll fewer eagles in the park. fewer trees in the park. more elk in the park. more plants in the park. 6. The wolves that were taken to Yellowstone in the 1990s were brought from 7. Why has the wolf population in Yellowstone gone down from 174 to about 100 in the past ten years? Because there was not enough food for the wolves in the park. Because the winters were especially hard and as a result, many wolves died. Because some wolves were killed by hunters. Because some wolves were poisoned by ranchers. 8. Catherine Smith believes that the Yellowstone Wolf Project is a successful wildlife restoration project. is a terrible idea of the U.S. government. proves that wolves are a danger for cattle ranches. has had few effects on the park.

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