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3º BD - Feb. 2013
Liceo Nº: MARKS
Group: Written Test: /55
Name: Oral Exam:
Date: Final Mark:
SECTION A
1. Read the text and answer the following questions supporting your ideas.
Can Teens Decide on Their Own to Donate Life in the USA?
For teenagers, getting a driver’s license is a highly anticipated rite of passage. To them, it’s
the road to independence. When they get their licenses, they also get to make an important
decision: Do they want to become organ or tissue donors?
While teenagers may feel independent, this is a question that needs to be discussed as a
family, according to Michelle Nadler, pediatric liver transplant nurse practitioner at St. Louis
Children’s Hospital.
Even if a teenager signs the back of his or her driver’s license to indicate organ donor
status, the family still has to give permission in the event of a tragedy. Signing the driver’s
license can open the door to conversation.
“It’s difficult to make a decision if you’ve never talked about organ donation and you’re
dealing with the shock of losing a child,” Nadler says. “No one wants to think about the loss
of a child, but unfortunately, sudden death happens every day.
The Benefits of Donating
Organ and tissue donation is the gift of life. Up to eight people can benefit through solid
organ donations of the lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, pancreas and intestines. Countless
others are helped, and their quality of life is improved from tissue donation that includes
heart valves, veins, skin, bones and corneas. Donors can designate all or specific organs
or tissues they would like to donate.
“I don’t see any downside to being a donor – you only benefit other people,” Nadler says.
There are no costs to the family for organ and tissue donation. Through the entire donation
process, the body is treated with care, respect and dignity.
Nadler points out that most religions support organ and tissue donation and see it as the
final act of love and generosity to others.
Meanwhile, the number of people on the waiting list for organ transplants continues to grow
exponentially.
0. In the USA, what do teens have to consider when they obtain their driver's license?
They must decide if they want to become organ and / or tissue donors.
1. Can teens always decide to become donors on their own?
2. What does "the gift of life" refer to in the article?
3. If one becomes a donor, is it obligatory to donate all one’s organs or tissues?
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4. According to Michelle Nadler, is there any negative aspect in the organ and tissue
donation process?
5. Why do religions in general support the idea of donating one’s organs and tissues?
/ 10 marks (2 each)
2. Match both columns to form meaningful expressions. There is an extra one
on the left column.
0. financial d. support
0. financial
1. positive a. death
2. expressed b. attack
3. heart c. child
4. health d. support
5. brain e. consent
6. adopted f. willingness
/ 5 marks (1 each)
3. One of the responsibilities of The National Bank of Organs and Tissues (BNOT) in
Uruguay is to keep the National Register of Donors through signed informed consent. A
new law has recently been passed in Uruguay for obligatory organ donation, but if a person
does not want to be a donor, they must register their negative willingness.
Express your opinion about this issue in terms of human values, using between 100
and 120 words and include no less than THREE of the expressions you have matched
in the previous task.
/ 10 marks
SECTION B
1. Read the text and complete the following sentences.
The series Gossip Girl
“Busy Spreading Lies”
Chatty, Catty, and rich: We’ll dig up your dirt and tell the whole school.
“Gossip Girl here – your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite.
And who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell.”
Nobody knows her identity, but everybody at the fictitious Constance Billard School, the oh-
so-exclusive academy for girls on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, devours Gossip Girl’s
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blogs and text messages. They learned from Gossip Girl about “the biggest news ever” –
the unexpected return of Serena van der Woodsen a year after she suddenly left New York
for boarding school in Connecticut. Serena’s departure came without warning; she didn’t
even tell her best friend, Blair Waldorf. What happened on her last night in New York,
however, didn’t remain a secret. Serena had sex with Blair’s boyfriend, Nate Archibald. And
to make matters worse, Nate had never slept with Blair.
Gossip Girl just loves a “cat-fight” between “hotties”, and Blair and Serena didn’t
disappoint her. They became rivals in their snobby clique of privileged youth on the Upper
East Side. Their nasty encounters occurred at lavish parties, designer fashion shows, and
even at the dean’s home at Yale University when they made a campus visit. Eventually the
two estranged friends reconciled, yet they still schemed over sex and status.
0. Constance Billard School is ... an exclusive academy in Manhattan.
1. Gossip girl is about ...
2. Students who attend to Constance Billard School are ...
3. Serena van der Woodsen used to live in New York but ...
4. The night before leaving New York, ...
5. Although Blair and Serena had regular quarrels...
/ 5 marks (1 each)
2. Read the following passage very carefully and fill each blank with only ONE
word.
TV Series versus Real Life
Helping family, friends, and her community
Katheryn Conde is from California USA. Her real passion is community service,
(0)__which___ takes up virtually all her spare (1)__________ . During secondary school,
Conde peer-tutored classmates, volunteered (2)__________ a counselor at a sleepaway
camp (3)__________ middle school students, founded a college/scholarship awareness
club (4)__________ S.T.R.I.V.E. (Scholarship Team Researching and Inspiring for the
Vitality of Education), and organized (5)__________ successful toy drive for
underprivileged children. She was (6)__________ elected to the student council and
assisted voters as a poll worker (7)__________ the last four elections.
Conde’s home life is typical of her classmates, many of whom are also (8)__________
children of immigrants. Although she (9)__________ born in the United States, Conde’s
parents (10)__________ immigrated from El Salvador in hopes of a better life.
/ 10 marks (1 each)
3. Look into the bubble on the next page for words/phrases which belong to
the same topic and write them below the corresponding heading. The words in
bold type are examples. There are three words you will not use.
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salary loyalty internet letter of application
campus reliability employee trustworthiness
honesty curriculum vitae magazine
radio prescription qualifications
newspaper
The Media Working Life Values
newspaper salary trustworthiness
/ 6 marks (1/2 each)
4. Write an email to a friend telling him / her you are looking for a job.
Mention what kind of job you prefer or would like to have and why, including
at least FOUR of the words/expressions from the previous activity. Use 80-100
words. / 9 marks
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