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a) Duración: una hora y treinta minutos.b) No se puede usar diccionario.
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TEENAGE DRINKING
In Spanish cities, at night, crowds of young people wander the streets in search
of a party, meeting their friends and stopping to drink. When a large mass
of people get together, a party spontaneously breaks out. This phenomenon,
translated into English as booze-up or binge drinking, isperceived by local
governments as a social problem because it is impossible to predict where it
will take place and drinkers are as young as 12 years old.
In addition, now it has become fashionable to compete for the biggest
national drinking party, as cities from Malaga to Madrid and Barcelona to
Bilbao try to outdo one another by organizing the largest gathering. Word is
spread by e-mail and textmessages, and teenagers crowd into city centres,
armed with bottles of soft drinks generously mixed with alcohol.
City councils are very cautious about calling in the police for fear that
drunken youths will turn to violence. The Government has tried to introduce
emergency legislation but this is unlikely to have much impact because
across Spain, regional authorities have set different minimum ages tobuy
alcohol.
Despite Spain’s reputation for civilised Mediterranean drinking habits,
teenage drinking parties leave city centres full of rubbish and residents who
have been kept up all night, furious. Under-age drinkers claim that this way
they can enjoy a night out for as little as 6 Euros a night, whereas bars are
too expensive.

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QUESTIONS

1 Answer questions 1-2 according to theinformation given in the text.

Use your own words. (3 points)

1) Why is teenage drinking an informal party? (Give two reasons)
2) Why are the residents complaining?
3) Why do under-age drinkers claim that they need these informal
parties?
2 Are these statements true or false? Justify your answers with the

precise words or phrases from the text. (0.5 points per answer)

1) Local authorities think veryfavourably of teenagers organising
drinking parties.
2) Drinking parties of this type have been organised by Spanish cities
for many years.
3) Why do under-age drinkers claim that they need these informal
parties?. (0.25 points)
3 Find the words in the text: (0.25 points)

a) A word that means “to walk around without a particular destination”
(verb). (0.25 points)
b) Find the opposite of break(verb). (0.25 points)
c) Find in the text one synonym for litter (noun). (0.25 points)
d) Complete the series with another word of the same semantic group:
crowd, party, gathering. (0.25 points)
4 Complete the following sentences. (0.5 points)

a) Join the following sentences using an appropriate linker (do not use
and or but). Make changes if necessary.
The Government has a good reputation. Ithas not solved the problem
yet.
b) Fill in the gap with a correct form of the verb in brackets.
He shouldn’t (go) ......................... to that party yesterday.
c) Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated.
It is quite unlikely that she will pay for the drinks.
It is not…

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d) Make a question for the underlined word.
My friend drank three beers lastnight.
5 Write a composition (100-150 words). Choose one of the following

options. Specify your option.

a) Are you for or against teenage drinking parties? Why?
b) What alternatives can the Government offer young people to encourage
a healthy life?

SOLUCIÓN DE LA PRUEBA

Modelo I

QUESTION 1
1) Teenage drinking is an informal party because it involves large groups
of people, meeting up with...