PAU Anglès 2011 · Juny · Sèrie 1 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

Part 3: Listening comprehension LOST… OR MAYBE NOT? In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. crew: equip / equipo sequel: continuació / continuación clue: pista source: font / fuente huge: enorme stage: etapa thread: fil / hilo to wrap up: concloure / concluir Ready? Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the interview. Since Lost, one of the most successful TV shows in recent times, came to a drama tic finish at the end of the sixth season, many fans have been wondering whether the last episode could have possibly left any options for a sequel. In the following interview, Pat Lawson chats with Matthew Fox, Dr. Jack Shepard in the show, and tries to find out how truly final the end was. [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.] I had a successful sequel in recent times. I had a successful sequel in recent times. was one of the most successful shows in recent times. I finished at the beginning of the sixth season. I not many fans have been wondering about. I people have lost interest in the show so soon. I people have lost interest in the show so soon. I so many people are still interested in the show. I people’s interests have moved to other shows. I speculation about the show lasted for one month. 2. About the show’s end… I everybody was happy with it. I everybody was disappointed with it. I people were neither happy nor disappointed. I some people liked it a lot, some didn’t like it at all. 3. What are some fans looking for in the last episode? I Hidden secrets about the last episode. I The presence of a hidden message. I Hidden cues about the possibility for a sequel. I Evidence of extraterrestrials. 4. Matthew Fox finds it fascinating that… I they were all abducted by aliens but didn’t know it. I the show was a source of aliens. I so many people discussed the show. I the aliens helped to create the source of discussion. 5. How does Matthew Fox feel about the possibility of a sequel? I He will know if there will be one as soon as the interview is published. I He’s convinced that there will not be one. I He thinks the other actors disagree with him. I He thinks a sequel would be a turning point in his career. 6. A sequel without Dr. Shepard or Hurley wouldn’t be the same because… I these characters did not generate a lot of interest in the forums. I Lost was a unique thing that can’t be repeated. I they weren’t interested in serious time travel. I it would ruin the theories about the island. 7. According to Matthew Fox, the last episode is… I appropriate because it is so complicated. I appropriate because it concludes a very complicated story line. I inappropriate because it finished all the open threads. I inappropriate because all questions were answered. 8. Was Lost a realistic show? I Yes, because the people in the island lived for hundreds of years. I No, because polar bears and smoke monsters don’t live hundreds of years. I Yes, because tropical islands are usually inhabited by polar bears. I No, because it showed a tropical island inhabited by polar bears and smoke monsters.