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Proba de certificacin de nivel C1
Ingls XUO 2015 Proba A
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TASK 1 (....../8) WATCHING THE ENGLISH
Text Examiners
HEADINGS use only
letter
Ex. 0. Soap rules A
1. A paragon of virtue
2. Macho demeanour
3. Not eccentric sheep really
4. Oblivious to the crowds
5. Petiquette
6. Seasonal misbehaviour
7. Sitting there is unthinkable
8. The polite procrastination rule
TASK 2 (....../8) WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN?
ITEM Examiners
T F FIRST FOUR WORDS
N use only
Ex. 0 X The study is part
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TASK 3 (....../9) UNVEILING THE EVIL EMPIRE'S UGLY SECRETS
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Ex.0. According to the reviewer, the fall of the Soviet Union only
a) is a topic worth writing about.
triggered the publication of countless books which are still
b) relevant.
c) was big news at the time but of no interest now.
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1. Lenins Tomb only
a) addresses the endless changes of the new Russia head-on.
directs the attention to the reasons for the collapse of the
b) Soviet regime.
c) fails to account for the changing nature of post-Soviet society.
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2. The terrors of the Stalinist era only
a) had been successfully exposed by intellectuals before.
b) had never been disclosed before.
c) were only fully disclosed with Gorvachevs openness policy.
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3. Remnick believes that Gorvachev only
enjoyed being the custodian of the Soviet partys criminal
a) secrets.
b) inadvertently caused the collapse of the Soviet regime.
c) helped modernise the Soviet Union before its breakup.
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4. According to the reviewer, David Remnick only
a) avoids including detailed accounts of past atrocities.
describes the terrors of Stalinism with his beautifully adorned
b) prose.
intensifies the horror of the events with his straightforward
c) prose.
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According to Remnick, the mass slaughter of millions of Examiners use
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Russians only
a) started with the Stalinist purges of 1935.
b) was the ultimate reason for the collapse of the regime.
c) worsened due to a famine period.
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6. Right-wing factions only
a) attempted to pass a law against abortion in the early 90s.
b) pose a real threat in todays Russia.
c) reacted negatively to the collapse of the political system.
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7. Remnick excuses Yeltsins only
a) drinking problems.
b) ill manners.
c) stubbornness.
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8. Andrei Sakharov only
a) became a symbol for much of the population.
b) came back to Russia from exile in 1986.
c) was rejected by much of the population.
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9. In Lenins Tomb, Remnick only
describes Gorvachev as a skilled politician surpassed by
a) uncontrollable events.
b) makes a flattering portrait of Gorvachev.
c) reveals that Gorvachev was a mediocre politician.
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