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PAU Junio 2006
PAU Junio 2006
Se valorará el uso de vocabulario y la notación científica. Los errores ortográficos, el desorden, la falta de limpieza en la presentación y
la mala redacción, podrán suponer una disminución hasta de un punto en la calificación, salvo casos extremos.
PUNTUACIÓN QUE SE OTORGARÁ A ESTE EJERCICIO: (véanse las distintas partes del examen)
Going Green!
When I told my mother I was going to be a vegetarian she didn’t try to discourage me, she simply said,
“Fine, Julie, but I’m not making two dinners.” She thought it was a phase, something that I would grow
out of. After all, who can live their entire life without eating a hamburger or a hot dog? Turns out, lots of
people can.
You have to realize, two of my uncles are butchers and they keep much of my family in discount meat.
For me to walk into my parents’ kitchen and inform my mother that I would no longer be participating in
family steak night was, well, unexpected to say the least.
Much to my mother’s dismay, I turned out to be one of thousands of young vegetarians. Some people
thought I did it to be cool, some people (like my mother) thought I did it for shock value. But I was
always asked the one-word question (so many times I should hand out flyers* explaining it): WHY?
Why? Lots of reasons, I was never a big steak fan, loved animals, and when I was little I lived on a farm.
If you have ever named a cow, you will understand how difficult it is to sit down to a hamburger.
1. Add True or False, quoting the relevant information from the text to justify your answer. (3 points)
1. Julie’s mother believed that her daughter would eat meat again after a time.
2. Julie was lucky because her family was not particularly fond of meat.
3. The narrator thinks that it’s hard to eat meat when you care for animals.
2. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Use your own words.
(2 points)
1. Do you think Julie’s mother understood her decision to turn vegetarian?
2. Why is WHY (the one-word question) written in capital letters at the end of the 3rd paragraph?
3. Complete the following sentences. The meaning should be the same as that of the sentence above.
(2 points)
1. It’s a pity I didn’t turn vegetarian when I was younger.
I wish (…)
2. In my opinion, you should stop smoking.
If I (…)
3. “I was never a big steak fan,” she said to me.
She told (…)
4. I didn’t study enough, so I didn’t pass the exam.
If (…)