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    Farmers in southern Italy and France are growing tropical fruits like avocados and mangos due to rising temperatures from global warming. Traditional crops and foods from these regions may be threatened. While improved farming can combat some effects in the short term, longer-term changes are likely if temperatures continue to increase intensely. Polenta may spread from Italy to Germany, and southern European diets may need to adapt if tropical fruits grow locally.

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    Evaluación de Bachillerato para el Acceso a la EXAMEN

     
    Universidad de Castilla y León
    INGLÉS Nº  páginas:  4  

    NOTE: Choose option A or B, and answer the questions from 1 to 4. For question 5, you can choose
    to write the composition that you like best, from either option A or option B.

    OPTION B

    GLOBAL WARMING AND FOOD

    Farmers in southern Italy are cultivating avocados and mangos. Tropical creatures such as the
    rabbitfish are appearing in Mediterranean nets. And Bordeaux winemakers fear that their Merlot grapes
    may become extinct. Fifty years ago, all this would have been unthinkable. But since the early 1980s
    rising temperatures have forced some farmers to swap grapes for passion fruit.
    5   Italy and France have long been proud of their cuisines. Both countries jealously guard the rules
    that say only ham made in Parma can be called "Prosciutto di Parma", and only fizzy wine made in
    Champagne can be called champagne. Roquefort, that most celebrated of blue cheeses, was given special
    protection by the parliament of Toulouse in 1550.
    The fact of having been grown somewhere famous has traditionally been seen as a guarantee of
    10   quality. But climate change could upset that. Take polenta, a popular Italian dish consisting almost
    entirely of ground maize. High temperatures and drier weather have already reduced maize production in
    southern Italy. If this pattern continues and spreads northwards, will Italian polenta-makers have to order
    their maize from elsewhere? And what about durum wheat, which grows abundantly in Mediterranean
    lands and is used to make pasta and couscous? Statistics suggest that wheat production will sharply fall
    15   there if the temperature keeps on rising.
    So, should gourmands worry about the future of spaghetti? Gabriele Cola, a researcher at Milan
    University, is optimistic about the short term. “I don’t see crops at serious risk, because farming is more
    informed and technologically capable, so it can always respond to changes,” he says. Increased irrigation
    can combat the effects of drought. Scientists may also breed more resistant varieties of crops.
    20   But in the long run deeper change seems likely. If temperatures rise with continued intensity,
    farmers in northern Europe may find they can grow southern basic food; polenta may invade Germany.
    And southern people may have to adapt. If tropical fruit continue to grow in Sicily, could ham and
    pineapple pizza one day be considered authentically Italian? (Fragment adapted from The Economist.)

    1) BRIEFLY ANSWER ONLY 4 OUT OF THE FOLLOWING 6 QUESTIONS WITH ONLY


    THE DATA REQUIRED (NOT A WHOLE SENTENCE) (2 POINTS; 0.5 POINTS EACH).

    1. What do Bordeaux winemakers fear?

    2. What has happened since the early 1980s?

    3. What are both Italy and France proud of?

    4. What was given special protection by the parliament of Toulouse in 1550?

    5. Why doesn’t Gabriele Cola see crops at serious risk?

    6. What would happen if the temperature keeps increasing?

    INGLÉS - Examen - Propuesta nº 1 / 2022 Pág. 3 de 4  


    Evaluación de Bachillerato para el Acceso a la EXAMEN  
    Universidad de Castilla y León
    INGLÉS Nº  páginas:  4  

    2) ARE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? INDICATE THE LINES THAT
    SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER (1 POINT).

    1. Tropical creatures are not seen in Mediterranean nets.

    2. Gabriele Cola is optimistic in the long term.

    3) CHOOSE a OR b, ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT ACCORDING TO THE TEXT (1


    POINT).

    a) Despite high temperatures, maize production in southern Italy remains stable.

    b) Increased irrigation can fight the effects of drought.

    4) VOCABULARY (2 POINTS).

    4.1 Choose one of the options below and find one word in the text for its definition (0.6
    POINTS):

    a) Something that cannot be conceived or imagined.

    b) An extended shortage of water.

    4.2 Find a synonym in the text for one of the two words below (0.6 POINTS):

    a) disturb

    b) severely

    4.3 For one of the following words from the text, give a synonym that fits the meaning of the text
    (0.8 POINTS):

    a) popular (line 10)

    b) fall (line 14)

    5) WRITE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC USING BETWEEN 120-150 WORDS (4


    POINTS).

    Do you prefer home-cooked food or restaurant food? Justify your answer.

    INGLÉS - Examen - Propuesta nº 1 / 2022 Pág. 4 de 4  

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