CONSEJERA DE EDUCACIN, CULTURA Y DEPORTES

PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIN LINGSTICA

JUNIO 2013

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (Marks /14)

This paper is in two parts. There is one mark for each correct answer. No
marks are deducted for wrong answers. You need 50% of the total to pass.
PART 1. Listen to a man talking about the Titanic. Choose the best answer for each
question and mark it with a cross (x). Only one answer is right. You will hear the
information twice.
1. The Titanic was built in
A. Northern Ireland.
B. England.
C. France.
2. First Class passengers enjoyed
A. restaurants, cafes and a swimming pool.
B. restaurants, a zoo and a gym.
C. cafes, a shopping mall and a telegraph office.
3. How many passengers were there on the Titanic?
A. Over 1300.
B. About 1600.
C. Nearly 900.
4. The first port the Titanic called at was in
A. Canada
B. France
C. Ireland
5. The Titanic hit an iceberg
A. in the early evening.
B. in the middle of the night.
C. early in the morning.
6. The impact of the disaster was especially felt in Southampton because
A. the ship had been built there.
B. many of the crew lived there.
C. the ship had started its voyage there.

CONSEJERA DE EDUCACIN, CULTURA Y DEPORTES

PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIN LINGSTICA

JUNIO 2013

PART 2. You are going to listen to a technology report about facial recognition by computers.
Look at the notes below and complete the information with what you hear. You may need
more than one word or number for each space. You will hear the information twice.

Facial Recognition Programs

Professor Acquisti thinks there are increasing threats to privacy in facial recognition software
and cloud (1) __________________.
Facial recognition systems measure
the (2) __________________ and position of the nose
the distance between the eyes
the (3)__________________ of cheekbones
The software identifies the person by comparing a lot of (4) __________________ .
Researchers did three experiments:
1. Profile photos from a (5) __________________ website were compared to pictures
on Facebook. One out of 10 people were identified.
2. Pictures of students on campus were compared to photos on Facebook.
(6) __________________ of the students were identified.
3. They wanted to know how much information could be found out from a photo. They
discovered names, birthdates, personal interests and even (7) __________________
when people listed them.
Facebook has recently launched a facial recognition system. Germany has declared this
software an (8) __________________ violation of privacy.

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