Immigrants and American Environment: A Response by George P. Mann - Prof. Alonso, Exámenes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Immigrants and American Environment: A Response by George P. Mann - Prof. Alonso y más Exámenes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Lengua Inglesa II: mayo 2010 PRACTICE EXAM Reading Component (40 minutes) NAME:___________________ SURNAMES:_____________________________ GROUP: 11, 12, 13, 14 (Circle one) Read the texts carefully, and at least twice, before starting to answer. Be careful with your English. Marks will be taken off for language errors. PART A Immigrants Place No Strain on the American Environment To the Editor: 1. In an article on your May 8 Op- Ed page, Russell W. Peterson, president of the National Audubon Society, rehashes familiar myths about the dangers of “increasing population” in this country. Mr. Peterson advocates greater restrictions on immigration to this country and claims that our steadily increasing population is “straining the land’s natural carrying capacity. 2. Such arguments fly in the face of the most elementary demographic facts. The truth, in fact, is that the U.S. has a very low population density when compared with most similarly advanced industrialized countries (e.g. the Netherland’s and Japan’s population density is 344 and 314 people per square kilometre, respectively, while the U.S. has 25.) 3. As to the matter of environmental pollution, this can hardly blamed on the relatively modest increase of our population. It is rather the result of carelessness and inadequate environmental protection measures. There have been many spectacular improvements in environmental conditions in many countries in recent years, and they had nothing to do with population control. 4. To restrict immigration unduly would not only go against the very character of this country, it would also deprive us of the great benefits we have derived from those uncounted immigrants who have made outstanding contributions to our social, cultural and economic life. George P. Mann. The writer is an immigration lawyer 1. LEXIS. (3 points) What do you think this phrase means? Give a possible translation into Spanish. Explain how you could discover the meaning using the clues and the different types of knowledge you used: fly in the face of (paragraph 2 line 1) = contradicen Clues to the meaning: The subject of this VP is “arguments” and the object is “the most elementary demographic facts”, so the phrase belongs to the semantic field of logic. In P. 1 the writer says these arguments are “myths”, so they are not based on fact. The second sentence in P2. gives data showing that the argument is false. 2. REFERENCE. (2 points) What does this proform (underlined in the text) refer to? Quote from the text. PAGE 1 they (Paragraph 3, penultimate line): the “many spectacular improvements in environmental conditions in many countries in recent years” 3. SYNTAX (5 points) What is the constituent structure of the headline of the article (repeated below)? (ie. S + ???) Separate the constituents with “/” and write the function above each one: S V O A (place) Immigrants/ Place/ No Strain / on the American Environment 4. LOGICAL MARKERS. (10 points) Find 6 different markers of logical relations (two in P. 2, three in P. 3, one in P. 4). Write them in the “MARKER” column and say what TYPE they are: MARKER TYPE MARKER TYPE Paragraph 2: In fact Additive (reinforcing) Paragraph 2: while Adversative (concession) Paragraph 3: As to Additive (focus on a topic) Paragraph 3: rather Adversative (contrast) Paragraph 3: and Additive, addition Paragraph 4: Not only… also Additive (addition) 5. MAIN IDEAS AND FUNCTION OF THE TEXT (10 points) A) What problem and solution are stated in Paragraph 1. Quote from the text. (4 points) PROBLEM SOLUTION the dangers of “increasing population” in this country greater restrictions on immigration to this country PAGE 1