PAU Anglès 2015 · Juny · Sèrie 2 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

Part 3: Listening comprehension AN INTERVIEW WITH A CHAMPION In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. catch up with (to catch up with): retrobar-se amb, tornar-se a trobar amb / reencontrarse con, volverse a encontrar con practice: entrenament / entreno odd: estrany / extraño social networks: xarxes socials / redes sociales insight: percepció / percepción leisure: lleure, temps lliure / ocio, tiempo libre Ready? Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation. Reporter: Each year at this time since 2009, tennis player Chris Jules has been coming to New York City and leaving with the US Open trophy. Jules, who is 33 and among the top tennis practitioners, has no immediate plans to retire. Last August he won the Western Open title and was in the semifinals in Wimbledon in July. In November he was in the London Masters final. In today’s program, he’s interviewed by our sports reporter. [Now listen to the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [2 points: 0.25 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] Look at number 0 as an example. 0. Chris Jules × is one of the best tennis players in the world. did not play in London last year. started playing tennis in 2009. is going to retire at 33 years old. 1. According to the interview, Chris Jules thinks he is old and not in his best shape this year. feels he’s much better this year than the previous one. thinks time flies when he is in New York City. says he has not been in New York City since 2009. 2. Which of these things is the hardest for Jules when he leaves home? Being away from his home country. Leaving his children. Leaving his wife. Packing to go abroad. 3. When did Jules start loving tennis practice? When he was between 16 and 21 years old. When he became a professional tennis player. When he decided not to play for more than 45 minutes. When a professional coach told him how to do it. 4. Today, Jules’s favorite time playing tennis is when there are a lot of people observing what he does. people are happy watching him win a game. he is alone and no one is observing what he does. people take photos of him practising. 5. According to the interview, which of the following statements is TRUE? Jules likes being alone in his hotel room, so he closes his door. Jules’s wife has always travelled with him to all games. Jules’s wife did not travel with him the last time he went to Barcelona. Jules’s children are always alone at home so they open their house to friends. 6. According to Jules, tennis has changed in the last ten years because players are more aggressive now. but not as much as it did in the past. because players never move to the front. thanks to racket technology. 7. What does Jules say about Facebook and Twitter? He likes to use the social media to express his own ideas. He first went into Twitter and then Facebook because it was easier. People don’t like what Jules says on Facebook but he does not care. He found Facebook easy, so he quickly learnt how to use it. 8. What does Jules like to do in his leisure time? To catch up with family and living a busy life. To listen to the waves and keeping quiet. To meet up with friends and going to the beach. To play other sports such as soccer.