DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ I CENTRES DOCENTS

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SET 1 CANDIDATE B
• Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
TASK 1 • Choose three or four ideas to talk about. You may add your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • Talk for between three and a half to four minutes.

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

•1 The Internet and you: time spent, what used for.

• Effects of the Internet and computer games on family life /

personal relations / friendship / health.

•3 Downloading: how much and what do you download? Do you

consider it piracy? Your opinion of laws against downloading,

rights of artists,writers, musicians etc..

• Dangers of the Internet for children / teenagers.

•5 Your experience/ knowledge of e-books.

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SET 1 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Recycling: the only way to be green?

• Public transport: a real alternative?
• Congestion charges in big cities.
• Buying locally produced goods.
• There’s too much unnecessary packaging in supermarkets these days.
• Global warming: a reality or a threatening political weapon.
• Hybrid and electric cars.
• Your carbon footprint.
• Renewable energies.
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SET 2 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

TRAVELLING

•1 Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

landscape, accommodation, price, any others...
• 2 Travelling alone.
• 3 What can ruin a holiday?
• 4 Low-cost airlines.
• 5 Jet-lag experiences.
• 6 Home swap: budget accommodation.
• 7 Rural tourism.
• 8 Volunteering holidays.
• 9 Space holidays.
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SET 3 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

STAYING HEALTHY

• Traditional medicine vs natural remedies.

• Hypochondria: an illness or a phobia?
• Our public health system: a success or a failure?
• Swine flu: myth or reality?
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away and other ways to stay healthy.
• Is child obesity a real problem?
• Medical advice on the Internet: is it really good?
• Can excessive hygiene be a problem?
• The healing power of positive thinking.
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SET 4 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MAD ABOUT SHOPPING

• The sales: a good deal or a commercial trick?

• Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?
• Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.
• Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?
• Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...
• Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on
Sundays and bank holidays.
• The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.
• Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?
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SET 5 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MONEY MATTERS

• Your attitude to lottery and gambling.

• Should there be a tighter control over the wages of celebs, sportspeople, …?
• Do you ever worry about how the money given to charity actually gets spent?
• Is pocket money for children a good idea?
• Politicians tell you to tighten your belt while they keep their astronomical wages.
• Is money the most important thing when choosing a job?
• Do you give money to beggars on the street?
• 40-year mortgages: isn’t it crazy?
• Would you be glad to suddenly become a millionnaire?
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SET 6 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• In your opinion, what does being successful mean?

• What exceptional qualities are required to be successful in life.
• Advantages and disadvantages of becoming successful at a young age.
• Are all celebrities successful?
• Success and private life.
• Success and money.
• Success, work and stress.
• Power corrupts people.
• Do you consider yourself successful?
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SET 7 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Recycling: the only way to be green?

• Public transport: a real alternative?
• Congestion charges in big cities.
• Buying locally produced goods.
• There’s too much unnecessary packaging in supermarkets these days.
• Global warming: a reality or a threatening political weapon.
• Hybrid and electric cars.
• Your carbon footprint.
• Renewable energies.
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Conselleria de Educación
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ING_NA_EO

SET 8 CANDIDATE B

TASK 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MAD ABOUT SHOPPING

• The sales: a good deal or a commercial trick?

• Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?
• Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.
• Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?
• Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...
• Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on
Sundays and bank holidays.
• The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.
• Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?