ABAU PRACTICE 5

Read the instructions to the questions very carefully and write all your answers in English. Answer THE 3
QUESTIONS BELOW.

QUESTION 1. READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE THREE QUESTIONS BELOW:

1.1. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) according to the text. Copy that part
(and ONLY that part) of the text which justifies your answer. (2 points)
a. Devin Moore was arrested because he had stolen a car.

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b. Devin Moore had killed three men before his interrogation was over.

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c. Devin Moore had killed other policemen before being arrested.

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d. Devin Moore had been a neglected child.

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1.2. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to these words and definitions: (1 point)
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c. regularly: Haga clic aquí para escribir texto. d. transform: Haga clic aquí para escribir texto.

I 18-year-old Devin Moore, found in the driver’s seat of a car in Alabama at 7:00 a.m., was
driven to the local police station. He had no criminal record but was suspected of stealing the
car. While they were interrogating him, he suddenly took the policeman’s gun and shot three
men dead before fleeing.
If those acts of violence had been a video game, Moore would have won. He’d played it
before. For months, he’d sat down for hours in front of a video monitor stealing cars, beating
prostitutes and finally killing policemen. Pain and blood were not shocking any more.
The game was Grand Theft Auto, which has sold over 35 million copies worldwide. A few
years ago, videogames were just fun, but now realistic games played at home have become an
integral part of many people’s daily lives, especially for children. Child psychologists report
that children’s school marks fall, they stop playing sports and stop socializing with their pairs.
Research shows that their brains learn to respond in certain ways to certain stimuli, like an
arrest, in Moore’s case.
Video games cannot be separated from other forms of entertainment, such as magazines,
books or films, many of which routinely show violence, and these games are one of many
factors which could turn a player into a killer, such as a child’s home life. In fact, Devin Moore
came from a broken home; his parents separated when he was young, his dad had a alcohol and
drug abuse story and his mother worked too much to pay enough attention to him. When
arrested, he asked the police to shoot him. When the sentence of death by lethal injection was
read, his words were, ”Life is a video game. We all must die sometime”
QUESTION 2. ANSWER THE TWO BLOCKS OF QUESTIONS:

2.1. Block 1: Pronunciation (2 points)

a. Which one of these words is pronounced differently? : ago – act – that - factor

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b. Which of these words is pronounced differently?: took - blood – book.

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c. Which word has a different pronunciation?: enough – such – become – part.

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d. Which word is NOT stressed in the first syllable ?: record (noun) – integral – suddenly - alcohol

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2.2. Block 2: Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as the first one. You
must use the word or expression in italics. (2.5 points)

a He shot them while they were interrogating him. (interrogated)

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b He shot the officers and then he escaped.(before)

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c Many videogames routinely show violence.(routine)

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d. Some people become violent because of their videogame abuse. (because)

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e. “We all must die sometime”. (that)

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QUESTION 3. COMPOSITION:

WRITE A COMPOSITION (for/against essay) Must violent contents in the media be reduced? Give reasons.

(Approximately 120 words) (2.5 points)

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