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Duracin de la prueba: 1 hora y 30 minutos.
PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION IN IRELAND
According to Immigration and Residence in Ireland, a Government document
published in 2005, In the last five years over 100,000 persons from outside the European
Economic Area have been admitted to the state for employment purposes.
The study confirms that public attitudes to immigrants vary depending on age group
and social class. In general, younger people and those from a higher income group are more
accepting of immigrants and of the changes in society which inevitably follow from the
relatively large-scale immigration that Ireland has been experiencing for several years now.
The analysis also suggests that those who have more direct contact with immigrants are less
likely to feel threatened by immigration.
The fact that 80% of respondents agree that it is good that children in Ireland are
growing up in a multicultural society is encouraging because the new multicoloured Ireland
is here to stay. However, there are very few people who see it as good to have immigrants
living in their community and many are uncomfortable with intermarriage.
The challenge is now to deal with the fears that some people have and to commit as a
society to encouraging the integration of those immigrants who are part of our ever changing
country.
Adapted from The challenge now is to deal with the fears some people have towards immigration
by Peter OMahony, 1st May 2005

QUESTIONS
I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer)
Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
NO marks are given for only true or false.
1. Public attitudes to immigrants are similar among Irish people.
2. Changes in society are more easily accepted by old people.
3. Most people think that children should grow in a multicultural Ireland.
4. Few people like having immigrants in their neighbourhood.
II. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. (1 POINT) (0.5 points for each correct answer)
Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where
possible, use your own words.
1. Does money have anything to do with attitudes towards immigrants?
2. What are the two facts that, according to the survey, show negative attitudes towards
immigrants?

III. LEXICON/ PHONETICS. (1 POINT). Choose ONLY ONE of the options.

A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points
for each correct answer)

B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points

for each correct answer)

Find words or phrases in the text that mean

the same as these given.
(a) The process of entering another
country in order to live there.
(b) The number of years someone has
lived.
(c) To have the same opinion about
something.
(d) A wedding between members of
different races or social groups.

(a) Write two words from the text that include

the same vowel sound as "tree" /i:/.
(Underline the part of the word which
contains the sound) (0.5)
(b) Which of the following words has the
same sound as "drives" /z/?
1. Confirms, 2. Class, 3. Suggests
(0.25)
(c) Is the "-th-" pronounced voiced // or
voiceless // in "threatened"? (0.25)

IV. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)

Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given.
1. Albert is coming back from hospital tomorrow. He has just broken his ankle.
Albert .................................................................................
2. How much is this T-shirt?, she asked.
She asked ......................................................................................
3. If you want my advice, dont eat so many cakes!
You ................................................................................................
4. I am sorry I didnt work hard enough last year.
I wish .................................................................................
5. Although he was exhausted, he managed to finish reading the novel.
Despite ............................................................................................
6. Write the correct question for the underlined words:
- .....................................................................................
- Gerard plays tennis twice a week.

V. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS)
Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on ONE of the following topics.
Specify your option.
If you had to start a new life as an immigrant somewhere in the world, what country
and what kind of place (a big city, a village on the coast, ) would you choose? Why?
In your opinion, what are the public attitudes towards immigration in Spain?