PAU JUNE 2014 ANSWERS

PAU 2014 JUNE ANSWERS

OPCIÓN A
1.
a) False (lines 9-10) In the early part of the nineteenth century there were anumber of outstanding acquisitions. These included the Rosetta Stone...
b) False (lines 13-15) ...the natural history collections were moved to a new building in South Kensington in the 1880s. This became the Natural History Museum.

2. Your own answers

3.
a) outstanding (l. 10)
b) largely (l. 8)
c) naturalist (l. 4)
d) studious (l.2)

4.
a) The library has been part of a new organization since 1973.
b) The Museum wasn't reopened until the end of World War II.
c) I wanted to know when the number of visitors had started to increase so greatly.
d) If you had visited the Museum, you could have seen the exhibition on the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial.

OPCIÓN B
1.
a) False (l. 3-4) Christie's did not disclose the identity of the successful buyer.
b) False (5-6) ...several bidders had taken the value of Bacon's triptych from approximately $80 million, whre it opened, to a final price of $127 million.

2. Your own answers

3.
a) rivalry (l. 11)
b) assemble (l. 15)
c) fierce (l. 5)
d) dethroning (l. 7)

4.
a) The importance of the piece has been reinforced by a crowd of clients and observers in the room.
b) I'd prefer you to play polo rather than rugby.
c) He didn't leave early enough so he missed the train.
d) I wish I had helped Jane when she felt depressed.