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Part 1

What information do these signs give you? Tick the correct answer.

a)
Abbildung
A Pickpockets are robbed in this area.
B Money will be put in your pockets.
C Beware of pickpockets around here.
b)
Abbildung
A There are no dogs allowed at all.
B There are only certain dogs allowed here.
C You can meet assistants with their dogs.
c)
Abbildung
A Rabbits can be held in holes here.
B You might hurt yourself when walking here.
C Even rabbits fall in holes in this ground.

(3 pts)

Parts 2 - 5: Text

The World Sends Garbage - They Send Music

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Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Recycled instruments (14165207590), CC BY 2.0 (Hinweis: Diese Abbildung dient als inhaltlich vergleichbare Alternative zur in der Prüfung eingesetzten Darstellung.)

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This is a story about turning trash into treasure. And
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it is a story about kids without hope who get the
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chance to flee from their situation. It centers around
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a tiny South American community called Cateura on
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the outskirts of Asunción in Paraguay. It is built
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around a landfill, where 1,000 tonnes of garbage
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are dumped every day.
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There are only 20,000 people living in Cateura and most of them work as trash pickers at
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the landfill. The community is said to be one of the poorest slums in South America, and
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more than 2,500 families who live there rely on trash to survive. They collect anything and
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everything that can be recycled. Their houses are made from recycled garbage. The
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children’s toys are made from recycled garbage. Their clothes are made from clothing found
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in the landfill. And so are their musical instruments.
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In 2006 Favio Chavez started a small children’s orchestra with instruments made from oil
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drums, paint cans, roasting pans, cutlery and wood pallets. All of the instruments were
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pulled from the giant pile of garbage. Chavez, a former music teacher, who now works as a
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technician at the landfill, noticed that the children get up in the morning and they go to the
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landfill and sort through it, looking for anything they can sell, use or recycle. He believed
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children needed music and the instruments could be imitations of the real thing. If they
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learned on the recycled instruments – the power of music would make them understand: we
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are all the same. For him, music is a basic need and his mission is to give that need to the
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children of Cateura.
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One might never know it by just listening, but the melodies of the Recycled Orchestra come
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from objects found in a garbage dump. “I never would have imagined that I would be playing
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an instrument, much less one made out of garbage,” said bass player Brandon Cabone.
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Cabone and other members of the Recycled Orchestra are from Cateura, Paraguay.
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There are 300 students in the Recycled Orchestra. A dozen or more travel at a time from all
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over the world. They carry their message that “because you have nothing, it’s not an excuse
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to do nothing”. For example, they came to Vancouver, where they played at a handful of
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schools and two fundraising concerts, after the local charity “Instruments Beyond Borders”
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had raised the money to bring them to Vancouver. They also met royalty – and even toured
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South America with Metallica, playing on stage with the heavy metal band.
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Even though these children have travelled the world – Paraguay is their home. They spread
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their message so they can return to the slum with the hope of building a proper schoolhouse
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and a future. This orchestra and the idea behind it finally is an inspiration to a lot of musicians
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around the world and a helping hand for the children in Paraguay. Favio Chavez was right,
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when he stated in an interview: “The world sends us garbage – we send back music.”

(519 words)
[ Quelle; Zugriff am: 12.07.2024] (zu Prüfungszwecken bearbeitet)
[ Quelle; Zugriff am: 12.04.2024]

Part 2

Match each part of the text with the correct heading. There is one more heading than you need.

Write down the correct letter.

a) lines 1 - 7:
b) lines 8 - 13:
c) lines 14 - 22:
d) lines 23 - 26:
e) lines 27 - 32:
f) lines 33 - 37:
A Plans for the future at home
B Surprising sound!
C The orchestra tours the world
D Daily music lessons
E A little town in South America
F How it all began
G Living from a landfill
Solution:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
(6 pts)

Part 3

Decide whether the statements are 'true', 'false' or 'not in the text'.

Tick the correct answer.

true false not in the text
a) Asunción is one of the biggest cities in South America.
b) In Cateura, everyone works on the landfill.
c) Children collect trash to use it or get money for it.
d) You can't hear that the instruments are made from trash.
e) There are only male members in the orchestra.
f) The tour to Vancouver was sponsored by an organization.
g) The students don't want to stay in their hometown.
(7 pts)

Part 4

Tick the correct endings to complete the sentences according to the text.

a)
The garbage they collected is
A only used for building houses.
B used for a lot of things in their daily life.
C all sold to others to make a little money.
b)
Favio Chavez was convinced that
A garbage can be sold.
B music can do kids good.
C music is not an imitation of life.
c)
Brandon Cabone
A didn't want to play an instrument.
B can't believe that he can play an instrument.
C can't wait to start playing an instrument.
d)
During their tour, they
A only played in schools.
B met famous people.
C founded an organization.
e)
The members of the orchestra are happy because they can
A spread their music.
B spend their money on proper food.
C stay in Vancouver.
(5 pts)

Part 5

Find the corresponding line / lines in the text that mean the same. Write down the correct letter.

a) It is an opportunity to escape the living conditions.

Letter:
b) The music project was started almost 20 years ago.

Letter:
c) You can achieve things although you are poor.

Letter:
d) A lot of other artists are motivated by this orchestra.

Letter:
lines 8 -9
A		 lines 19-20
B		 lines 2- 3
C		 lines 5- 7
D		 lines 29-31
E
line 35
F		 line 33
G		 line 14
H		 lines 28-29
I		 lines 16-18
K
(4 pts)
(25 pts)

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