New York - PAU inglés Andalucía 2011 resuelto

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New York, one of the most famous cities in the world, was formerly a Dutch colony. They bought it from the Indians for the price of 24$ and founded a city which was called New Amsterdam. In 1664, the English and the Dutch went to war. New Amsterdam was attacked by the English fleet and finally in 1667 it became an English colony which was renamed New York.
Perhaps no single monument in the USA is as famous as the Statue of Liberty. Standing on a small island in New York harbour, the crowned lady is a symbol of democracy. She is colossal. She is 151 hundred feet high and the pedestal in which she stands is the same height. An elevator takes visitors to the top of the pedestal, around which a balcony runs. The statue was a gift to the USA from France in 1886, as a token of friendship between the two countries and also because of the aid France gave Americans during the American Revolution.
For millions of immigrants, the Statue was their first sight of the Promised Land, and for a few it was also their last, as they sailed back home to a desolate future. About a mile from Liberty Island there is another island called Ellis Island. This was looked at with terror by the immigrants, for it was here that they had to wait their turn to be examined by doctors and officials. However, only two out of 100 were refused admission to New York. Occasionally, families were separated and husbands or wives were refused to enter as they were considered suspected of having infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.

Children’s popularity directly linked to their size, study finds - PAU inglés Andalucía 2011 resuelto

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Children’s popularity at school is directly proportional to their size, with overweight children as young as shunned and vilified by their peers, a study has found. The study was conducted in a group of more than 400 primary school children aged between 5 and 10. Almost 24 per cent were overweight for their age and 12 per cent were obese.
All of the children were asked to nominate three of their classmates to come to their party and identify three whom they would least like to come.
The results found that popularity was directly proportional to body mass index, with the vast majority of invitations going to underweight or average weight children. Those rejected by their classmates were predominantly overweight or obese. This trend was particularly strong among the boys. Researchers were also surprised to find that obese and overweight children behaved in the same way as their thinner classmates, rejecting other overweight children.
Ekaterina Kornilaki, a senior lecturer in developmental psychology at the University of Crete said that the findings cast light on the rise of eating disorders among young children. “This study shows that children clearly regard gaining weight as a disastrous outcome and something to be avoided at all costs.”
The research was carried out in Greece, which has childhood obesity rates similar to Britain. However, it is culturally more tolerant of overweight children, leading Dr Kornilaki to believe that overweight children in Britain may be even more “rejected and neglected” by their peers. “Chubby children used to be portrayed as friendly and happy. This is no longer the case,” she concluded.