The birth of Rock and Roll - PAU 2016 Andalucía inglés

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The birth of Rock and Roll - PAU 2016 Andalucía inglésThe  origins  of  rock  and  roll  have  been  fiercely  debated  by  commentators  and  historians  of  music.  There  is  general  agreement  that  it  began in  the  Southern  United  States  –  a  region  which  would  produce  most  of  the  major  early rock and roll acts – through the meeting of various influences that embodied a merging of the African musical tradition with European instrumentation.  The migration of many former slaves and their descendants to major urban centers  such  as Memphis,  New  York  City,  Detroit  and  Chicago meant  that  black  and  white  residents  were  living  in  close  proximity  in  larger  numbers  than  ever  before,  and  as  a  result  heard  each  other's  music  and  even  began  to  emulate each other's fashions.
Radio stations that made white and black forms of music available to both groups, the development  and  spread  of  the gramophone  record,  and  African  American  musical  styles  such as  jazz  and  swing  which were taken up by white musicians, aided this process of "cultural collision".
The immediate roots of rock and roll lay in the rhythm and blues, then called " race music", and country music of 10 the  1940s  and  1950s.  
Particularly  significant  influences  were  jazz, blues, gospel,  country,  and folk. Commentators differ in their views of which of these forms were most important and the degree to which the new music was a re-branding of African American rhythm and blues for a white market, or a new hybrid of black and white forms.
In the 1930s jazz, and particularly swing, both in urban based dance bands and blues-influenced country swing, was among the first music to present African American sounds for a predominantly white audience.

RESPUESTAS

I * READING COMPREHENSION

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)
1. White people started listening to “black” music because...
2. Which one is NOT a cause of the mix of both cultures?

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)
3. Black and white people imitated each other’s styles.
4. Black and white communities always lived close to each other.
5. Jazz and swing first reached the general public in the first half of the 20th century.
6. The nearest origins of rock and roll are rhythm and blues and country music.

II * USE OF ENGLISH

7. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE SYNONYM FOR “adopt” (verb).
8. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
“to disagree in opinion, belief, etc.”
9. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT PREPOSITION:
“At the interview, they asked me if I was interested ....... politics.”
10. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?
smart / bright / brilliant / hopeful
11. GIVE A NOUN WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “choose”(verb).
12. FILL IN THE GAP WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
“Don’t forget ...... (bring) your lunch”.
13. REWRITE THE SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS INDICATED: “We won't buy the CD player if there isn't a special offer”.
Unless...
14. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS:
“Charles was driving too fast when the accident took place”.
15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE:
“People think that hard work is the key to success in life”.
16. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE:
“If former slaves hadn't migrated to urban centres,...”
17. REWRITE THE SENTENCE CORRECTLY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING:
“I'm agree that have children can change your life”.

 

III * PRODUCTION

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED. YOU MUST FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:
  • Describe the role of music in your life and your favourite type of music, if any.

+EXÁMENES RESUELTOS

4 comentarios:

  1. Hay posibilidad de que caigan estos exámenes en junio de este año?

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    1. Siento desilusionarte, pero estos exámenes de 2016 son sólo modelos de referencia, ya que todavía no se han convocado las pruebas oficiales.

      Los exámenes reales de años anteriores están etiquetados como:
      "examen junio" ( http://melophea.blogspot.com.es/search/label/examen%20junio ) y
      "examen septiembre" (http://melophea.blogspot.com.es/search/label/examen%20septiembre) respectivamente.

      Te recomendamos consultarlos para tener una idea aproximada de lo que ha ido cayendo en convocatorias anteriores.

      En este link encontrarás todos los de Andalucía: http://melophea.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/examenes-selectividad-ingles-Andalucia.html

      Podrás comprobar que hay muchas temáticas que son recurrentes ;)

      Ánimo y mucha suerte !!!

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  2. 'Emulate" no podría ser un sinónimo de "adopt"?

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    1. Hola M.C.
      ambos términos están próximos semánticamente pero ten en cuenta que "emulate" significa imitar mientras que "take up" es sinónimo directo de adoptar ;)

      *(...) black and white residents (...) heard each other's music and even began to emulate each other's fashions.
      = imitate, mimic

      *(...) African American musical styles such as jazz and swing which were taken up by white musicians (...)
      = adopt, embrace

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