ENGLISH EBAU: Ejemplo 2020 resuelto

 ENGLISH EBAU: Ejemplo 2020 resuelto

A1. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text.

a. Why is spreading fake news easier nowadays?

Spreading fake news is easier nowadays because the Internet and social media are reachable and allow publishing any kind of messages.

b. What are the main objective and the ultimate consequences of fake news?

Fake news could have different aims, but the one that remains always the same is to make up lies in order to get a benefit.

A2. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Identify the part of the text that supports your answer by copying the exact passage on the answer sheet.

a. A study in Stanford shows how difficult it is for students to find differences among online materials. T

‘A Stanford study last year found that many students were shockingly bad at distinguishing between different types of material online…’

b. Dates help to find fake news but timelines are useless. F

‘…fake news stories may contain timelines that make no sense…’

c. Checking the references never helps when it comes to knowing if it is fake news. F

‘…it is important to check the author’s sources to confirm they are accurate…’

A3. Find a synonym for each of the four words below from these six options. All words are underlined in the text.

a. Detect. Spot.

b. Challenges. Threats.

c. Limits. Boundaries.

d. Origin. Source.

A4. Choose a, b or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. Variants, actors, and motives are…

b) Characteristics that define fake news.

2. According to Facebook, headlines with capital letters…

c) Are a part of a list to verify authenticity.

3. Checking the author’s sources when analyzing news stories is advisable…

b) To prove their authenticity.

EBAU 2020 B

B1.

a. Facebook is a threat because: it is becoming a monopoly, it is something that could be very addictive and it is making democracy weak.

b. Transparency and other changes will not be enough because Facebook needs deeper changes to solve the problems that it is causing. We all have to help to improve the situation.

B2.

a. F. ‘The public health critique focuses on tactics to get people to use Facebook more’

b. T. ‘…the democracy cannot survive without debate on shared truths’

c. F. ‘Transparency and other changes will not be a sufficient response to the scope of the challenge’

B3.

a. acknowledged

b. founded

c. courage

d. central

B4.

1. b) to use Facebook more and more.

2. b) reformers.

3. a) need to undertake a lot of important regulations in their products.

Writing B5

I do think that young people are addicted to social networks. If we were ten youngsters inside a room, I am sure that more than five of us are hooked up.

Sometimes when we are taking a break in school, while I am talking with two or three friends about how things are going or things like that, others are looking at silly stuff at Instagram. Another example could be that prototypical teenager that knows nothing about his family because he is always with his phone while having lunch with family. There is another prototypical youngster: that one who suffers accidents because he is looking the last post on Facebook while he is walking on the street.

To conclude, I am very angry about this kind of addiction, because social media is affecting teenagers’ health and we are turning less reflective. Unfortunately, a lot of young people do not recognize their addiction.