Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat / Premios Extraordinarios de

Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat / Premios Extraordinarios de Bachillerato
Curs 2011-2012 / Curso 2011-2012
Primer Exercici / Primer Ejercicio
B) Comentari de text en Ll. E.: Anglés / Comentario de texto en L. Ex.: Inglés
60 minuts / 60 minutos
Observacions / Observaciones
Grading system: I) Open Questions: 2 points (1 point each) ; II) True or False : 1.5 points (0.5
each) ; III) Vocabulary: 1 point (0.25 each) ; IV) Multiple Choice: 1.5 points (0.5 each) ; V)
Composition: 4 points
Pioneers Who Struck Gold
The Paralympics are coming home. On the day the 1948 Olympics opened at Wembley stadium
the first competition for disabled athletes was held at Stoke Manderville hospital in
Buckinghamshire, which was a world-renowned centre for the treatment of people with spinal
injuries.
Only 16 competitors took part in an archery event, including two women. 64 years later, 4,200
athletes from 165 nations will join a festival appreciated across the world, nowhere more so than in
Britain.
It was a German, Dr Ludwig Guttman, who had the foresight to stimulate the birth of the
Paralympic movement, promoting an event that was the equivalent of the Olympics but restricted
to the disabled to allow themselves to fulfil themselves. He had encouraged his patients who had
had suffered spinal cord injuries to participate in sport for exercise and self-esteem. The event
became annual and when the 1952 Games were attended by Dutch competitors, although
restricted to those wounded in the war, it was the first international competition of its kind.
A breakthrough came in 1960 when Olympic officials who had admired Guttman’s work gave their
endorsement to the staging of the Paralympics in Rome, the scene that summer of the Olympics.
Those games were not just for war veterans, though events were still only for wheelchair athletes.
More than 400 competitors from 23 countries took part. The Paralympic Games had been born.
As Sebastian Coe said, ‘We want to change public opinion towards disability, celebrate the
excellence of Paralympic sport and to enshrine from the very outset that the two games are an
integrated whole.’
The Sunday Times, August 2012
Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat / Premios Extraordinarios de Bachillerato
Curs 2011-2012 / Curso 2011-2012
Primer Exercici / Primer Ejercicio
B) Comentari de text en Ll. E.: Anglés / Comentario de texto en L. Ex.: Inglés
60 minuts / 60 minutos
Observacions / Observaciones
Grading system: I) Open Questions: 2 points (1 point each) ; II) True or False : 1.5 points (0.5
each) ; III) Vocabulary: 1 point (0.25 each) ; IV) Multiple Choice: 1.5 points (0.5 each) ; V)
Composition: 4 points
I ) OPEN QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions using your own words but taking
into account the information in the text. (2 points: 1 point each)
a.
Why did Dr Guttman encourage his patients to participate in these events?
b.
What is the aim of the Paralympic games?
II ) TRUE OR FALSE: 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. (1.5
points:0.5 each)
a.
The first competition took place at a hospital in Buckinghamshire.
b.
The Paralympics are not very popular in Britain.
c.
400 war veterans of all disabilities from 23 countries competed in Rome
III ) VOCABULARY: Find a synonym for each of the four definitions below from these six
options: (1 point: 0.25 each)
outset
a. cherish
b. satisfy
c. beginning
d. support
foresight
fulfil
endorsement
breakthrough
enshrine
Premis Extraordinaris de Batxillerat / Premios Extraordinarios de Bachillerato
Curs 2011-2012 / Curso 2011-2012
Primer Exercici / Primer Ejercicio
B) Comentari de text en Ll. E.: Anglés / Comentario de texto en L. Ex.: Inglés
60 minuts / 60 minutos
Observacions / Observaciones
Grading system: I) Open Questions: 2 points (1 point each) ; II) True or False : 1.5 points (0.5
each) ; III) Vocabulary: 1 point (0.25 each) ; IV) Multiple Choice: 1.5 points (0.5 each) ; V)
Composition: 4 points
IV ) MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose a, b, or c in each question below. Only one answer is
correct. (1.5 points, 0.5 points each)
1.
a.
b.
c.
start.
In 1960….
the Paralympic games were admired by Guttman
the Olympic Games were held in Rome
the Paralympic games were popular amongst disabled athletes from the
2.
a.
b.
c.
Dr. Guttman…
restricted his patients to those injured in the war.
foresaw the first international competition.
encouraged disabled people to do exercise.
3.
a.
b.
c.
Stoke Manderville hospital….
was where the Paralympic Games were held.
was internationally famous for its success with serious back injuries.
was near Wembley stadium
V ) COMPOSITION: Write a composition (100-150 words). (4 points)
Do you think it is important to encourage people with disabilities to do sport ?