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Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad
Bachillerato LOGSE, 2007 June

PLANNING A TRIP

Today, millions of travellers are using the Web to learn about destinations, find last-minute bargains, locate hotels, and plan their adventures. Travel agents can still be tremendously helpful, particularly for complex international journeys. However, the Internet puts the tools for trip planning into the hands of average computer users, enabling them to plan their own trips, at any time of the day or night.
     After choosing a destination, travellers can use the Net to find schedules and fares for airlines, hotels, and rental cars. Then, if they so choose, they can book online. The most important booking websites let travellers compare rates among hundreds of airlines, hotel chains, or car rental companies.
     While the Web offers remarkable tools for finding bargains and making bookings, it's much more than a one-way medium. Its inherent beauty is its interactive aspect — in other words, through the Net travellers can find others with similar interests and get advice from them.
     The Net is an efficient tool for trip planning and, under the right circumstances, an excellent way to save money. Yet the benefits extend far beyond finding good deals and some people are finding that planning a trip can be almost as enjoyable as the excursion itself.

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Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad
Bachillerato LOGSE, curso 2005-06, supuesto 4

THE RIGHT TO DIE

Ramón Sampedro was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident as a young man. He had his music, his radio and television, his visitors, his window view. He could control a computer, and write using a pen he held in his mouth. He was cared for by his family, his brother and sister-in-law, his nephew, the lawyer from a Right-to-Die organization, and Rosa, the woman from town who worked as a disc jockey and pedalled her bike out one day to meet him. His family loved him and didn't complain about the burden; his brother, in fact, was completely opposed to euthanasia.
     The film "The Sea Inside" is based on Ramón's life. In 1998 he succeeded in dying after planning his death in such an ingenious way that, even if all the details were discovered, no one could be legally charged with the crime. Sampedro is played by Javier Bardem, an actor of charm and gentle masculine force. In "The Sea Inside", Ramón does not care to live any longer and demands the right to die. He argues his point with great conviction.
     Bardem and Alejandro Amenábar, the film's director, do not believe everyone in Sampedro's position should die. "This is simply the story of one man," they say.

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