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AUFGABE
A TIDE OF ECSTASY FROM HOLLAND Zeile
Fears over the huge influx of ecstasy into the clubs and discotheques of Britain have
prompted a study of the drug by Europol. Although covering all the European
Community, it will focus on Holland, which is rapidly becoming the ecstasy-producing
capital of Europe with kitchens, caravans and even barns used by an army of amateur
Dutch chemists to make tonnes of potentially deadly synthetic drugs.		  



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It is easy to produce these drugs, and the amount of money to be made is enormous
because demand is rising so fast. You don't need anything more complicated than a
school chemistry kit. There are probably two or three real experts with degrees in
chemistry who worked out how to make the drug and they have taught other people.		  
While drugs such as cocaine and heroin are traditionally the field of highly organized
international criminal groups, ecstasy is still mainly produced an a small scale by
individuals or tightly-knit groups that are difficult for police to infiltrate. One ecstasy
producer says the way to avoid detection is to keep on the move. "We try to complete
production within two weeks," he told a Dutch newspaper. "During that period the
amount of energy we use goes up dramatically, but it takes time before it gets noticed.
By then we have gone."		 10




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The threat of a prison sentence has done little to keep people from producing drugs.
One of these criminals, convicted in 1992 for smuggling ecstasy to Britain, has yet to
serve his 1 ½ year sentence in Holland. Under the country's legislation, he is at liberty
until the prison invites him to serve his sentence. "He is not going to flee the country
because he has a family here," his lawyer said. "But, of course, in the meantime he is
back producing ecstasy."		  


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Adapted from: The Sunday Times, January 14, 1996

 

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

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Language
AUFGABE
I. 1. LANGUAGE Punkte
FORM A CORRESPONDING NOUN FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS
(NO 'ING-FORM')     ( ) = line
1. probably (8)
2. difficult (12)
3. invites (20)
4. flee (20)		  

0,5
0,5
0,5
0,5
FORM A CORRESPONDING VERB
5. threat (17)
6. prison (20)		  
0,5
0,5
FORM A CORRESPONDING ADJECTIVE (NO PARTICIPLE)
7. fears (1)
8. producer (13)		  
0,5
0,5
FIND A SYNONYM
9. rapidly (3)
10. worked out (9)		  
1
1
FIND AN OPPOSITE
11. huge (1)
12. demand (7)		  
1
1
EXPLAIN IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE
13. discotheque (1)		  
2
CHANGE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE
14. Ecstasy is mainly produced by individuals on a small scale.		  
1
CHANGE INTO DIRECT SPEECH
15. Dick Brown, a chief investigator at British Customs, said that most ecstasy tablets
which were seized in the U.K. had been produced in the Netherlands.		  

1
CHANGE THE PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION INTO A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
16. One of these criminals, convicted in 1992 for smuggling ecstasy to Britain, has yet
to serve his sentence in Holland.		  


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PUT INTO THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS
17. When the narcotics officials (to detect) a small ecstasy kitchen in an Amsterdam
suburb last month, the drug producers (already, to leave) the place. If the police
(to arrive) earlier, the criminals would not have been able to get away.		  


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language 16

 

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

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Questions
AUFGABE
I. 2. Q U E S T I O N S Punkte
Answer the following questions  in your own words. Use complete sentences.
Questions 1 to 4 refer directly to the text.		 I S
1. What was the reason for Europol to make a study of ecstasy? 1 2
2. Why has the production of ecstasy become so attractive? 2 4
3. Why is it difficult for the police to detect and destroy the ecstasy network? 2 4
4. How does Dutch law deal with drug? 1 2
5. What are the advantages of open borders in the European Union? 2 4
Inhalt 8
Sprache 16
Questions 24

 

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

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AUFGABE
II. T R A N S L A T I O N Punkte
THE AMERICAN FAMILY UNDER PRESSURE
More and more American families are having financial problems. On the income side,
wages have gone down while taxes have risen. On the expenditure side, costs for
homes, health insurance and college education are steadily increasing, forcing wives
into low-paid jobs.		  
The financial pressure proves bad for children. The time parents and children spend
together has dropped 40% over the past two decades. Researchers have uncovered
links between working parents and behavioral problems among children; latchkey
children e.g. are twice as likely to use alcohol and drugs as are children supervised by
adults after school.		  
How can this situation be remedied? Companies should design a family-friendly
workplace, offering flexible hours, part-time work and home-based employment
opportunities. The government could subsidize housing for young families with
children.		  
Adapted from: Time, December 3, 1990
Annotation:
latchkey children (7/8) = Schlüsselkinder
Translation 20

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Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1996

Text
AUFGABE
CONSUMER BOYCOTTS
When you fill your car with petrol, or buy a pair of jeans, you are not taking a political
decision - or at least you think you are not. But what if the firm that sells the petrol is
a firm that dumps toxic waste in the ocean? Or if the jeans were sewn together in a
third-world factory by little children who should have been at school instead? The
answer pressure groups such as Greenpeace or Oxfam give is straightforward:
boycott the companies.		  



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A connection between shopping and politics is nothing new: disgusted by apartheid,
consumers around the world avoided purchases from South Africa. But the present
aim of consumer activism seems different. Today's consumers are taking against
companies, not countries. This is a great potential for good - provided consumers do
not push firms into wrong decisions.		  


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Many people became aware of the dilemma when a consumer boycott forced Shell,
an oil producer, to drop plans to dispose of a clapped-out offshore rig called Brent
Spar by sending it to the bottom of the Atlantic. The boycotters, hating to turn the
ocean into a rubbish dump, refused to buy the firm's petrol. Activists from
Greenpeace landed on the rig by helicopter to prevent it from being sunk. But the
environment is only one aspect. Consumers in the rich world are increasingly active
against firms that exploit workers in the third world.		  


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Poisoning the seas, exploiting the poor, aren't these obvious wrongs? It is not always
that simple. If it is not to be buried at sea, Brent Spar must be taken ashore for
disposal, and that is likely to be both dirtier and more dangerous. As for the exploited
poor, a boycott may even rob them of the meagre income they have had so far. It is
good to care about the environment and dislike child labour, but to imagine that vital
problems can simply be solved by boycotts is naive.		  
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Adapted from: The Economist, June 24, 1995

 

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

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Language
AUFGABE
I. 1. LANGUAGE Punkte
FORM A CORRESPONDING NOUN FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS
(NO 'ING-FORMS')     ( ) = line
1. sells (2)
2. exploit (18)
3. solved (24)		  

0,5
0,5
0,5
FORM A CORRESPONDING VERB
4. decision (2)
5. different (9)		  
0,5
0,5
FORM A CORRESPONDING ADJECTIVE (NO PARTICIPLE)
6. imagine (23)		  
0,5
FIND A SYNONYM
7. aim (9)
8. drop(13)
9. vital (23)		  
1
1
1
FIND AN OPPOSITE
10. present (8)
11. meagre (22)		  
1
1
EXPLAIN IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE
12. apartheid (7)		  
2
CHANGE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE
13. Brent Spar must be taken ashore for disposal by a specialist firm.		  
1
CHANGE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE
14. Some companies are exploiting workers in the third world.		  
1
CHANGE THE PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTION INTO A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
15. The boycotters, hating to turn the ocean into a rubbish dump, refused to buy the
firm's petrol.
16. Disgusted by apartheid, consumers around the world avoided purchases from
South Africa.

1

1
PUT IN THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS
17. If Shell (to explain) its plans in more detail, the public would not have reacted so
vehemently.
18. So far, scientists (to find) a way how to dismantle Brent Spar safely.		   

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Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1996

Questions
AUFGABE
I. 2. Q U E S T I O N S Punkte
Answer the following questions in your own words. Use complete sentences.
Questions 1 to 4 refer directly to the text.		 I S
1. Why do pressure groups want to boycott certain companies? 1 2
2. How have consumer boycotts changed in the last few years? 2 4
3. Why did many people support Greenpeace against Shell? 1 2
4. What might be the negative consequences if people refuse to buy certain products? 2 4
5. Why is it so important to keep the oceans clean? 2 4
Inhalt 8
Sprache 16
Questions 24

 

Einjähriges Berufskolleg Englisch

Aufgabe 2

Hauptprüfung 1996

Translation
AUFGABE
II. T R A N S L A T I O N Punkte
DESTRUCTION OF WILDLIFE
A convention signed in Rio aims to stop the loss of an irreplaceable variety of animal
and plant life around the globe. Every year 20,000 species become extinct, largely
because humanity is destroying their habitats. The agreement calls on countries to
identify endangered species and preserve the places where they live.		  
Developing nations will protect forests and other wild areas only if they have a
financial motive to do so. Therefore the convention declares that when a foreign
company manufactures a medicine or other commercial product out of ingredients
from a rare plant or animal, it should share the profit with ihe nation where the
discovery was made.		  
The convention, however, does nothing to stop the advance of settlers and land
speculators who are chopping down or burning tropical forests before all their
biological treasures are discovered.		  
Adapted from: TIME; November 7, 1994  
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