Kaufmännische Berufsmatura im Kanton Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung 2014 Englisch Serie 1 (60 Min.) Hilfsmittel: keine Name ............................................................... Vorname ............................................................... Adresse ................................................................ ................................................................ Maximal erreichbare Punktzahl 100 Punkte erreichte Punktzahl ............... Punkte Prüfungsnote ............................ ______________ Die Expertin / der Experte ................................................... __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diese Prüfungsaufgaben dürfen im Prüfungsjahr 2014/2015 nicht im Unterricht verwendet werden. 1/11 Eine kommerzielle Verwendung bedarf der Bewilligung der Kommission Kaufmännische Berufsmatura Kanton Zürich. Kaufmännische Berufsmatura im Kanton Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung 2014 Englisch Serie 1 TASK 1 (10 minutes) • Read the text below and then decide if the following statements are True or False . • Tick the right box after each statement. Example: Text: Sarah is in her twenties. True False Statement: Sarah is 18 years old. Creating a splash The summer had been pleasant enough, but rather boring. Actually, Derek’s life had always been rather limited, made up mostly of routines - going to work and coming home and occasionally meeting somebody or going to a concert. But it wasn’t enough. He knew that. One Sunday morning, Derek decided it was time for a change. Instead of cleaning the kitchen, he went down to the river. It was early September, but the city was in the grip of a terrible heat wave. Derek stopped on the bridge and looked at the bodies sunbathing on the shore. He went down to the water, picked up the biggest stone he could find and threw it into the river - hard. Nobody seemed to notice, so Derek chose a second stone and then a third, hurling them out into the river. “Hey, What do you think you’re doing?” shouted a man sunbathing with his wife and small daughter. Derek stopped for a moment, then continued. “Do you want me to call the police?” asked the man. “Yes,” Derek replied. “I’d like that”. The man took a mobile phone from his bag and started to call. Before he could speak, though, Derek had taken the man’s hand in a strong grip, saying “But I’d prefer it if you tried to stop me.” The sunbathers around them were irritated at being disturbed. The man with the mobile didn’t say anything. Perhaps he was afraid for his wife and daughter. Derek challenged him: “Are you going to stop me, then?” The man found his voice: “Do you have to ruin the day for everyone?” “Yes, I do,” answered Derek. There was an uncomfortable silence. Derek turned to talk to the people around them. “What do you all think?” he asked. “Do any of you want to teach me a lesson?” A young man a few metres away stood up. He was strong and athletic. “Stop throwing stones!” he said. “What are you going to do to make me stop?” Derek asked. The young man stepped towards him, but before he could get to him, Derek asked a young woman in a bikini: “What do you think?” The young man stopped, waiting for the woman to reply. “I think you need attention,” she said. Derek brushed some hair away from his eyes with his hand. Then he pointed to an elderly man with a baseball cap: “And you, sir, what do you think?” “I think you’re a loser,” said the old man, making an annoyed face. Derek stepped backwards to the edge of the water. Then he turned and looked across the river to the other side. He picked up a small stone, threw it gently into the air and caught it again. Cupping a hand over his eyes, he looked up into the sky and stood there for quite a long time, with his back to the people. When he turned around, his cheeks were covered in tears. He looked down for a moment, then dropped the stone. “Thank you. That’s all I needed - just some attention. I don’t know if any of you ever feel that you don’t really have __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diese Prüfungsaufgaben dürfen im Prüfungsjahr 2014/2015 nicht im Unterricht verwendet werden. 2/11 Eine kommerzielle Verwendung bedarf der Bewilligung der Kommission Kaufmännische Berufsmatura Kanton Zürich. Kaufmännische Berufsmatura im Kanton Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung 2014 Englisch Serie 1 any connection with anybody. Maybe you’re all pretty satisfied with your lives. It’s very difficult when you haven’t got anything in your life, you know. But now I feel better. I’ve created a splash. For once, at least, I’ve created a splash.” As Derek walked away, a large stone flew past him and hit the water, which soaked his legs. There were shouts and laughter behind him, but he just kept walking. (adapted from a short story by David Creedon in Spotlight, September 2010) ‘True’ (=T) or ‘False’ (=F): True False 1. During the summer Derek’s life didn’t have much excitement. 2. Derek often went down to the river to watch people sunbathing. 3. One of the men on the shore wanted to call the police when Derek threw some stones. 4. The other sunbathers thought Derek was funny. 5. There was a strong young man who wanted to teach Derek how to throw stones correctly. 6. The young woman thought Derek was throwing stones because he wanted people to notice him. 7. The old man felt sorry for Derek. 8. Derek picked up another stone and threw it into the river. 9. Derek started crying because the people weren’t kind to him. 10. Derek does not regret throwing stones. _____ / 20 marks __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diese Prüfungsaufgaben dürfen im Prüfungsjahr 2014/2015 nicht im Unterricht verwendet werden. 3/11 Eine kommerzielle Verwendung bedarf der Bewilligung der Kommission Kaufmännische Berufsmatura Kanton Zürich. Kaufmännische Berufsmatura im Kanton Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung 2014 Englisch Serie 1 TASK 2 (10 minutes) Questions 1 - 5 • Read the text and questions below. • For each question, mark the letter next to the correct answer - A, B or C - as shown in the following example: Example: Text: Sarah’s parents, Mr and Mrs Smith, were busy at the office planning next year’s holiday for their employees. Statement: Mr and Mrs Smith didn’t visit Sarah because A they had to work. B they didn’t want to. C her father was in hospital. A warmer world – a huge change for the Alps Under Mont Blanc's glittering peak, mountain guides and scientists tell the same story: the Alps are warming, the evidence of climate change is clear and the golden years of ski tourism will soon be past. Based in the alpine ski resort of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, meteorologist Gilles Brunot says, "We are seeing less snow in lower lying areas of under 1,000m. Around 40% less over the last 50 years. At higher altitudes 2,000m and above it has stayed the same. The level at which rainfall turns from snow to rain appears to have risen by 200m." Brunot clicked up another graph showing snowfall at under 1,000m altitude in the Alps. The graph displays a clear decline. "What this evidence shows is that since the 1990s there has been a rapid rise in temperatures in the mountains and since the 1960s there has been a slower, but clear, trend of less snow at lower altitudes," he said. "Chamonix probably has less to worry about because many of its pistes are over 2,000m, but ski resorts at lower altitudes, from 1,500m downwards, do have to worry. Things for them are going rapidly down. I would say it is hard to deny the fact that the mountains are warming up; it's the cause that is controversial. Is it a natural process or man-made?" Last year, the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Valley authorities introduced a climate and energy action plan, the first in the French Alps. It is devoted to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the area by 22% by 2020. Among the proposed measures is a ban on the most polluting lorries using the nearby Mont Blanc tunnel. Their passage has led to peaks in air pollution in the valley to match those in Paris. The plan accepts that temperatures have risen in Chamonix by 1.5C in the last 75 years and that the quantity of fresh snow has halved in the last 40 years, increasing the melting of the glaciers on the Mont Blanc massif. "The changes in climate will have a major impact on the valley's main economic activities (tourism and leisure); less snow on low-altitude ski slopes, and the risk of increased pressure on high-altitude ski slopes," the report says. François-Régis Bouquin, a director in the mayor's office in Chamonix, said: "People who were born in Chamonix tell us we haven't had a winter with so much snow for 15 years. But they also say there is much less snow now than there was, and if you've lived your __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diese Prüfungsaufgaben dürfen im Prüfungsjahr 2014/2015 nicht im Unterricht verwendet werden. 4/11 Eine kommerzielle Verwendung bedarf der Bewilligung der Kommission Kaufmännische Berufsmatura Kanton Zürich. Kaufmännische Berufsmatura im Kanton Zürich Aufnahmeprüfung 2014 Englisch Serie 1 whole life in the mountain you see these things. And there are places that don't get snow at all any more. In the long term it's very worrying." by Kim Willsher adapted from www.theguardian.com/travel March 2013 1. Meteorologist Gilles Brunot tells us that there is … A more snow now in areas under 2,000m than 50 years ago. B less snow now in areas above 2,000m than 50 years ago. C no change in snowfall in areas above 2,000m in the last 50 years. 2. Since the 1960s … A temperatures have gone up quickly in the mountains.