AANSTRUCCIONES V PUNTUACION Conteste a TODAS las preguntas de tipo test UNICAMENTE en la hoja de lectura éptica. Al final del ‘examen, enttegue UNICAMENTE la hoja de ectura éptica y LA ULTIMA HOJA de este examen, donde Sc escribir la redaccin. No olvde consignar sus clatos personales en ambas hoes. Puede llevars cl resto del examen, Fl examen escrito se ealifiea en total sobre 100 puntos. Las preguntas con respuesta miltiple valen 60 puntos y la redaceién vale 40 puntos, FI minimo para aprobar este nivel se establece en 40 puntos para las preguntas con respuesta miitiple y 20 puntos en la redaccién. Hay que superar los ‘ninimos en ambus partes para poder aprobar el examen, Las respuestasineorrects no Testan pinto. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. 1. USE OF ENGLISH. Choose the best answer. (Use ia hioja de lectura éptica) |. 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Por favor, marque la opcién correcta en Ia hoja de lectura éptica. If it is your life by James Kelman ‘The Times, April 11", 2010 ‘The fist story in James Kelman’s new collection begins: "When | presented myself at the Emergency section ofthe Social Secuity Ofce | knew things could go wrong but | was not expecting a leg amputated” The mixture of the precisely but sureally bureaucratic and the casually macabre is perfec judged, while the laconic tone immediately establishes a narative voice that draws the reader in. I only the other stores inthe collection were as skfully managed as this one (daly tiled Tricky times ahead pal, the book would be much more enjoyable to read, Itconsists of 12 substantial stories interspersed with rine shorter ones, some runring to no more than a couple of paragraphs. While Man to Man, in which the narrator is driven from a pub by two people having a violent argument, is lively and compelling vignette that packs a great deal into its three-and-a-half pages, many ofthe shorter pieoes ‘seem inconsequential — doodles rather than stories. And though Kelman excels at describing inner-city squalor, he tends to sound hectoring when addressing politics more direct. “The use of stream of consciousness to convey the lives of characters, giving a voice in parBcular to working-class Glasgow, has been a styistc hallmark for Kelman, In the soft south this has sometimes given rse to eicism that he isa “dificult” writer, which isto say that he makes unwelcome demands upon those who regard reading as a passive ‘occupation. Although stl liberally sprinkled with the expletives that have been seen (unjustly) as some sort of easy ‘social shorthand, the majoty ofthese new stories are free ofthe Scots dialect that has inthe past caused some readers to stumble, Unfortunately, his prose has in the process lost much of its character and energy. Thus the pub- ‘set Man to Man and the funny and foul-mouthed The Third Man, or else the Fourth, in which a group of men sit round a fire on a waste ground passing the time of day, stand out ina collection that elsewhere lacks narrative urgency. ‘The way Kelman’s characters talk may represent both the dficuly many of them have in making sense of the world and their resulting frustration; but mere repetion as they endlessly circle a subject, even if arguably justified as mimesis, can become wearying. Oddly, ths kind of narrative fidgeting is most often deployed when the narrator is ostensibly most articulate ‘hiss particulary true ofthe tile story, narrated by a man who has to some extent been removed geographically, socially and ingustcally from his Glaswegian ofigns by education at an English university. The young man, who has studied philosophy, ranges far and wide inthis story, and the repetitions within paragraphs tend to diminish the effect, as inthis description of people plugged into personal stereos “They were nol stening to anything except out their own heads. Orin ther oun head, inside i. From inside it Inside within i You listened to things inside your own head, from inside." And so on, for some time. ‘Another Glaswegian returs from the south in afar more successful story in which the challenge of conveying the “essence” of both fe and individual objects is seen through the eyes of a would-be ats, wile, in a couple of other tales, the baroque artculacy of characters invigorates the writing once more. Inthe tte story and in Man to Man, reference is made to people who "babble away to themselves like somebody else is there and taking part in the ‘conversation’. "We al do tat,” the narrator of the later observes. "But inside wur own head. That s the difference. Imagine we done it out oud!” Doing it outloud is what Kelman aspires to in this uneven collection, sometimes to good effect. In other stores, one is lft with the impression of sound and fury signifying not very much at all16, What is true according to the text? ‘a, Kelman is not that good at descriptions but his political approach is intimidating. +b. The different stories contain varying degrees of writing quality . The title story is narrated by a man with strong and deeply rooted Glaswegian origins, The author makes a wider use of repetition when be is seemingly most unintelligible. 17. the word ‘doodle’ (paragraph 1) inthe (ext means: a tale bb fable casual writing 4. pointed writing 18, All the following ean be inferred from the text except: The book is nota page-turner. 'b. The characters’ way of speaking often evidences their problems in understanding life asi really is «. The constant use of repetition ean make the reading tiring <4. What attracts the reader at frst is the sententious tone of the narrative voice 19. The narrative mode ‘stream of consciousness’ entails: a an endless river of strange thoughts, b. the written equivalent of the characters’ thought processes, «. the opposite of interior monologue. a dramatic monologue. 20. What is the main reason why Kelman has been considered a difficult writer? a, He makes a wide use of the stream of consciousness b, He is too demanding on the reader, cc. He makes a wide use of expletives. . His stories are scattered with the Seots dialect.