Problema 1 d'Anglès de la Selectivitat 2021

Setembre 2021, Sèrie 1 · Proves d'accés a la universitat (PAU) de Catalunya.

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Part 1: Listening comprehension KAREN BLIXEN, A LIFE MADE FOR FILM In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. supplies: provisions / provisiones spells of drought: sequera / sequia hazardous: arriscat / arriesgado auction: subhasta / subasta engaged: compromesa / comprometida breakdown: atac, crisi / ataque, crisis Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation. [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. Which of these facts is TRUE about Karen Blixen according to the interview? She enjoyed being interviewed and gave many interviews. She did not talk much about herself and her ordinary life. Her father was a rich journalist working for The New York Times. She arrived in Kenya in the middle of the World War. 2. Who gave the Blixens money to start their coffee farm? The English government. The rulers in Kenya. we cat A British aristocrat. a ta a Their own families. etiv | 3. Which of these st ee ing ext? thea s flooded often. oe imported to Great Britain during the war. @ aren Blixen’s husband ran into debts. There were not enough workers for the farm because of the war. 4. How do we know about Karen Blixen’s love affair? Her husband published a book about their life in Africa. She wrote about the love affair in Out of Africa. She wrote a letter to her brother that he made public. A Danish journalist wrote about it in a Copenhagen newspaper. 5. What happened to the coffee farm after the Blixens’ divorce? The British government took it over and closed it. The farm went bankrupt and was sold at auction. Karen Blixen turned it into a successful business. Karen Blixen wanted to leave Kenya so she sold the farm. 6. When did Karen Blixen first start writing? Ll. After she met Denys Finch Hatton. When she moved back to Denmark from Kenya. || When she was 8 years old. In 1925, while she was in Kenya. 7. Why did Karen Blixen stop writing when she got married? She wanted to follow the general expectations for women at that time. She and her husband worked on the coffee farm so she did not have time to write. She was ill most of the time and could not write. The first short stories she had published had been very poorly received 8. What did she do after the publication of Seven Gothic Tales? She underwent several severe operations and could not write anymore. She visited several countries because she wanted to gather information for her books. She went on writing and gave lectures when her illness allowed. She changed her name and moved back to Africa.

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