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Universitàdel Salento, Dipt. diStudiUmanistici
ProvaScritta Lingua e TraduzioneInglese 3° Anno
Triennio STML AA 2017/18
SimulazioneProvaScritta: 2 hours
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Part 1.1: fill in each of the gaps with ONE of the options (A-D) in the table below (12 marks).
Brazil declares yellow fever emergency in Minas Gerais
Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly (1)______of yellow fever.
At least 15 people have died there since December. Many areas, including the state capital Belo Horizonte, have been (2)______.
A mass vaccination programme is now under (3)______in three southern states.
But queues have formed outside clinics in Rio and Sao Paulo (4)______concerns that vaccines could run (5)______.
In (6)______Argentina, there have also been long queues for the vaccine in Buenos Aires and other cities. Thousands of tourists are (7)______to travel to Brazil for carnival next month.
On Tuesday the World Health Organisation (8)______travellers to get a yellow fever vaccine before visiting Sao Paulo state.
Minas Gerais has been the hardest-(9)______Brazilian state. Since June last year, there have been 475 confirmed cases in the state and 162 deaths.
Yellow fever is difficult to diagnose and is often (10)______with other diseases or fevers
The WHO's advice is (11)______all travellers to Sao Paulo to get a vaccination at least 10 days before travelling and to take measures to avoid mosquito bites.
Brazilian Health Minister Antonio Nardi said that most people (12)______Brazil's carnival celebrations in February should be safe as they are held in large cities and not the rural and forested areas which have seen the biggest increase in yellow fever cases.
1 / outburst / outlet / outsource / outbreak2 / affected / interested / influenced / conditioned
3 / progress / course / way / advance
4 / astride / amid / about / around
5 / out / off / away / down
6 / flanking / nearing / neighbouring / confining
7 / seen / said / thought / expected
8 / proposed / recommended / urged / suggested
9 / hit / crashed / knocked / struck
10 / mistaken / confused / swapped / wrong-footed
11 / that / for / so / thus
12 / staying / participating / presenting / attending
For Answers, go to end of document.
Part 1.2: fill in each of the gaps with ONE word (18 marks).
GM Says Its Driverless Car Could Be in Fleets by Next Year
The advent of self-driving cars, the subject of so much fanfare over the last (13)______years from automakers and technology companies, may be just around the corner — at least according to General Motors.
On Friday, G.M. said it had submitted a (14)______to the United States Department of Transportation for permission to begin operating fully autonomous cars — (15)______steering wheels or pedals — in a commercial ride-hailing service next year.
The company said the vehicle, the Cruise AV, would be put into production on a standard assembly line as (16)______as approval was granted by the federal government.
The cars would most likely be used initially in a ride service specially created by G.M. itself, (17)______than in a service run by an established transport company like Uber or Lyft, G.M.’s chief (18)______officer, Dan Ammann said.
(19)______approved, the Cruise AVs would probably appear first in San Francisco or Scottsdale, Ariz., where G.M.’s self-driving subsidiary, Cruise Automation, is conducting tests. In San Francisco, the Cruise Automation has set (20)______a ride-hailing service using about 50 Cruise AVs, although the service is currently only (21)______to its 250 employees, not public customers.
The Cruise AV is a (22)______of G.M.’s battery-powered Bolt, sold under the “Chevrolet” badge. Mr. Ammann said that mass production of the self-driving model would take (23)______at the factory in Orion Township, Mich., which already makes Cruise AV prototypes and the Bolt.
With its announcement, G.M. appears to be beating its (24)______in the race to put self-driving cars on the roads. Ford Motor is also developing a car with (25)______steering wheel or pedals, but has said it won’t go into mass production (26)______2021. Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle company spun out of Google, is still in the testing stage, as is electric car manufacturer Tesla.
The Cruise AV is a four-passenger vehicle fitted with radar equipment, cameras and laser sensors that (27)______the car to navigate city streets and recognize vehicles, pedestrians, intersections and other obstacles. G.M. is convinced that self-driving cars can play a significant (28)______in reducing deaths and injuries from auto crashes. Traffic accidents kill more than 35,000 people a year, and in 95 percent of cases, driver error is to (29)______. Ride services with self-driving cars could also (30)______it easier to get around without owning or renting a car — and producing those cars would help G.M. survive a shift away from individual ownership.
For Answers, go to end of document.
Part 2: Graph Summary (30 marks)
The chart shows the number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the Mexico / US border between 2009 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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Part 3: Composition (30 marks)
Write about the following topic:
How far is freedom of speech necessary in a free society?
Give reasons for your answer. Write at least 250 words.
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Answers Part 1) Cloze + Gap fill
Pagina1di 5 Nome: ………………………………………………………… Cognome: ………………………………………………………
1.1 Cloze
1.D outbreak
2.A affected
3.C way
4.B amid
5.A out
6.C neighbouring
7.D expected
8.C urged
9.A hit
10. B confused
11. B for
12. D attending
1.2 Gap Fill
13.few
14.request
15.without
16.soon
17.rather
18.financial / executive
19. If
20.up
21.available
22.version
23.place
24.rivals / competitors
25.no
26. until / till
27.allow / enable
28.role / part
29.blame
30.make