PAU Anglès 2009 · Setembre · Sèrie 1 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

GOURMET GARBAGE In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. waste: deixalles / desperdicios foraging: cerca / búsqueda discard: rebutjar / desechar squat: ocupar toss: llençar / tirar rummage: remoure / hurgar Ready? Now read the questions on the next page. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation. In the following interview Kymberly Matthews talks to Adam Weissman, well-known New York City animal activist and leader in the growing freegan movement. [Now listen to the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [0.25 points each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] A emplenar pel corrector/a No Correcta Incorrecta contestada 1. According to Adam, many times items are thrown out… I because they are no longer in brand new condition. I because customers have discarded the new models. I because customers ask for the old models. I even though they are in brand new condition. 2. Where does Adam usually have breakfast? I On the street on the way to the bus station. I At the city supermarkets. I He eats the food that he has in his refrigerator. I He doesn’t eat breakfast because he has no food in his refrigerator. 3. What is a “free market”? I A market where people donate things they no longer want. I A market where you can walk freely while you buy things. I A place where people teach you how to toss your things. I A store that sells plants from city parks. 4. Freegans typically squat because… I they like to freeze to death in abandoned buildings. I it is a way to fight the system. I they don’t like to live in decrepit buildings. I landlords and the municipal governments find abandoned buildings for them. 5. How do freegans help the environment? I By using automobiles and petroleum. I By consuming oil from restaurants. I By using bicycles. I By causing ecological disasters with their methods of travel. 6 A vegan is a person who… I eats only eggs and milk products. I doesn’t eat meat, eggs or milk products. I can choose to eat meat, eggs or milk products. I has no objections for those who eat meat. 7. Adam dislikes organic farmers because they… I don’t use pesticides. I are not animal-friendly. I use mammals, birds and insects as pesticides. I are not vegetarians. 8. People who learn about freeganism think that freegans… I are not serious when they rummage in garbage. I only recover dirty and decaying food. I are freaks because they are covered by the media. I are serious people, not freaks.