Student:

Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales

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Date: 24/11/17 Departamento de Traductorado
Allotted time: 120 mins. MOCK FINAL– PAGE 1/3

LANGUAGE, LOGIC AND ARGUMENTATION

Follow the instructions to the letter, including handing in within the allotted time. Failure to do so will be reflected in the final mark.
Answer on the provided sheets in ink: no extra time will be allotted to copy from pencil or from other sheets. The global mark will reflect
accuracy in terminology and a proficient use of the language, apart from the tested contents. Only the information provided in ink on
the provided sheets will be scored. Before starting, make sure you have put all your belongings away but for a blue or black pen or two,
and that your mobile phone is off. Do not use Wite-Out, just cross out. Failure to complete any of the points will result in not passing the
exam

I. Choose the answer/s that best complete/s the phrase. (20 points)
1. Rhetoric is

a. the art of using symbols

b. the art of creating an effect
c. both of the above
d. none of the above

2. The most developed body of work about symbols is called

a. semantics
b. semiology
c. semiotics
d. all of the above

3. Informative or transactional work include

a. advertisements
b. argumentative pieces
c. propaganda
d. nonfictional prose
4. A discourse community is
a. a psycholinguistic institution
b. a political approach
c. a scientific method
 d. none of the above

II. Identify and classify the following fallacies. (10 points)

1. You need a flashy car if you want to impress girls.

2. Trust me – I wouldn’t smoke!
3. Compulsory final exams reveal a fascist ideology.
4. If you really wanted to do well in life, you’d study harder.
5. That city can’t be important because I can’t pinpoint it on a map.

III. Summarise the following text. (25 points)

It was once believed that being overweight was healthy, but nowadays few people subscribe
to this viewpoint. While many people are fighting the battle to reduce weight, studies are being conducted
concerning the appetite and how it I controlled by both emotional and biochemical factors. Some of the
conclusions of these studies may give insights into how to deal with weight problems. For example, when
several hundred people were asked about their eating habits in times of stress, 44 percent said they reacted to
stressful situations by eating. Further investigations with both humans and animals indicated that it is not food
which relieves tension but rather the act of chewing.
A test in which subjects were blindfolded showed that obese people have a keener sense of taste and
crave more flavorful food than non-obese people. When deprived of the variety and intensity of tastes, obese
people are not satisfied and consequently eat more to fulfill this need. Blood samples taken from people after
they were shown a picture of food revealed that overweight people reacted with an increase in blood insulin, a
chemical associated with appetite. This did not happen with average-weight people.
In another experiment, results showed that certain people have a specific, biologically induced hunger
for carbohydrates. Eating carbohydrates raises the level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain. Enough
serotonin produces a sense of satiation, and hunger for carbohydrates subsides.
Exercise has been recommended as an important part of a weight-loss program. However, it has been
found that mild exercise, such as using stairs instead of the elevator, is better in the long run than taking on a
strenuous program, such as jogging, which many people find difficult to continue over periods of time and
which also increases appetite.
(292 words )
IV. Develop the following topic in about 150 words: (20 points)

 Ethos: The Construction of the Speaker

V. Paraphrasing: (10 POINTS)

In these exercises, you need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in
bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in
ANY way. You can use a minimum of THREE and a maximum of SIX words for each space.

1. None of the phones were left when we got to the shop. time
……………………………………………………………………………..the shop, all the phones had been sold.

2. I didn't know it was Carl until he took off his hat. when
Only……………………………………………………………………………………………his hat did I recognise Carl.

3. Don't waste your time asking Bryan to come with us. worth
It's ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..to come with us.

4. Perhaps John heard the story from Pippa. have

Pippa might………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… story.

5. Until they fire me as manager here, I'll run the company my way. long
…………………………………………………………………………………. the boss, I'll run the company my way.

VI. Punctuation: correct these sentences. (5 points)

1. This office cannot accept your complaint we have brought it before the appropriate Ministry.
2. Her testimony was as follows My sister knew nothing about this. I didnt even ask her to file the
partnership papers.
3. The judge ruled that “the conduct constituted homicide”.

VII. Ambiguities. Identify the ambiguity and explain. (10 points)

1) Iraqui head seeks arms.
2) Stolen painting found by tree.
3) Teacher strikes idle kids.
 KEY
1. Rhetoric is

e. the art of using symbols

f. the art of creating an effect
g. both of the above
h. none of the above

2. The most developed body of work about symbols is called

e. semantics
f. semiology
g. semiotics
h. all of the above

3. Informative or transactional work include

e. advertisements
f. argumentative pieces
g. propaganda
h. nonfictional prose

4. A discourse community is
e. a psycholinguistic institution
f. a political approach
g. a scientific method
h. none of the above

II. Identify and classify the following fallacies.

1. You need a flashy car if you want to impress girls. Emotional - False Need
2. Trust me – I wouldn’t smoke! Ethical – Using Authority Instead of Evidence
3. Compulsory final exams reveal a fascist ideology. Ethical – Moral Equivalence
4. If you really wanted to do well in life, you’d study harder. Logical – Non Sequitur
 5. That city can’t be important because I can’t pinpoint it on a map. Emotional – Red Herring

III. Summarise the following text

The passage presents the results of various studies that have been undertaken concerning obesity. According

to it, both strenuous exercise and looking at pictures of food increase the appetite of overweight people.

Carbohydrates raise the level of serotonin, which produces a sense of being full.

( 45 words )
PARAPHRASING:
Question 1 - : by the time we got to.
Question 2 -: when he took off.
Question 3 - : not worth asking Bryan.
Question 4 - : have told John the.
Question 5 - : as long as I'm.

Punctuation
1. This office cannot accept your complaint. Or ; we have brought it before the appropriate
Ministry.
2. Her testimony was as follows: “ My sister knew nothing about this. I didn’t even ask her to file
the partnership papers.”
3. The judge ruled that “the conduct constituted homicide”. .”

Ambiguity:
4) Iraqui head seeks arms. Semantic
5) Stolen painting found by tree. Structural
6) Teacher strikes idle kids. Lexical