1 MINISTERIE VAN ONDERWIJS, WETENSCHAP EN CULTUUR (MINOWC)
UNIFORM HER-EXAMEN HAVO 2015
VAK : Engels
DATUM : vrijdag 31 juli 2015 TIJD : 10: 15 – 12: 15 u
Aantal opgaven : 3 teksten + 40 vragen Aantal pagina’s : 10
Controleer zorgvuldig of alle pagina’s in de juiste volgorde aanwezig zijn. Neem in geval van een afwijking onmiddellijk contact op met een surveillant. TEXT I
The world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year but months of 1
tough work remain, the outgoing chief of the United Nations' anti-Ebola mission said on Friday. 2
The outbreak, first identified in Guinea's remote southeast in early 2014, has struck six 3
West African nations, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia bearing the brunt of the 20,000 4
infections and nearly 8,000 dead. 5
Faced with criticism the world was not doing enough, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-6
moon set up the U.N. Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) mission in September to 7
coordinate global efforts. 8
"We have not come anywhere close to ending the crisis. We’ve done a lot in 90 days in a 9
very successful response but we have a long and difficult way to go," Anthony Banbury told 10
reporters in Accra, where the U.N. mission is based. "It's going to go on for not just weeks but 11
some months more. But I believe we will do it in 2015 and we’re going to do it by working very 12
closely not just with governments of the countries but the communities," he said. Banbury will 13
be replaced by veteran humanitarian official Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania on Saturday. 14
A spike of cases in Sierra Leone meant UNMEER missed its target of ensuring that by 15
early December 70 percent of all Ebola patients were being treated in isolation units and 70 16
percent of all those who died from Ebola were buried properly. Banbury said there were now 17
enough functioning treatment centers in the region. 18
The target of 100 percent safe burials by end of January 2015 was on track now that there 19
were some 254 safe burial teams operating in the affected countries. 20
Six other countries, including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, the United States, Spain and 21
Britain, have reported cases imported from the worst affected countries. 22
Last week, a nurse was diagnosed with the virus in Britain upon her return from Sierra 23
Leone. She is being treated with blood plasma from a survivor of the virus and an experimental 24
antiviral drug, according to the London hospital treating her. 25
2 TEXT II
Bill Cosby’s attorney is fighting the New York Daily News over its story in which an ex-1
girlfriend of Sammy Davis Jr. claims the comedian raped her. 2
In a letter dated Monday, Marty Singer demands the Daily News publish a retraction and 3
correction and threatens legal action. He writes that the story is part of the Daily News’ “ongoing 4
pattern of recklessly and maliciously publishing outlandish stories about my client fitting with its 5
predetermined smear agenda.” 6
Katherine McKee, 65, told the Daily News that Cosby raped her in the early 1970s while 7
she was on tour with Davis. In the story, published Monday, she claims the comedian assaulted 8
her when she visited his hotel room to bring him some barbecue. 9
She told the newspaper she stayed silent until other accusers began coming forward. “I 10
figured, “If I don’t think about it, it won’t bother me,’” she said. “I chalked it up to another 11
powerful person in Hollywood who just felt he could take what he wanted from women.” 12
Singer, who has been vocal in support of his client, wrote that the story fits a pattern of 13
one-sided coverage of the accusations against Cosby. “The media has consistently refused to 14
look into or publish information about various women whose stories are contradicted by their 15
own conduct or statement,” he writes. 16
He argues that McKee’s allegations are contradicted by positive comments she’s made 17
about Cosby and her conduct toward him online. The letter refers to her “liking” a YouTube 18
video of Cosby’s comedy and posting a friendly message, a promotional webpage for an acting 19
class in which she mentions her work with Cosby, and an interview in which she said Cosby 20
“treated me wonderfully.” 21
“Why would someone who was allegedly raped 'like' a comedy video by their alleged 22
attacker?” Singer writes. “Why would she list her appearance on his show at the top of her list of 23
professional accomplishments? It defies credibility.” 24
The letter goes on to call McKee into question due to her previous job as a Las Vegas 25
showgirl, citing the interview in which she is quoted saying she "did a lot of lying” as a showgirl. 26
The Daily News should have found that her background and her previous conduct toward 27
Cosby were enough to make her story unreliable, Singer claims. He writes, "The enormous 28
disparity between the Daily News story and her public words and conduct establish that the Story 29
was published recklessly and with constitutional malice." 30
The Daily News’ legal representative, to whom the letter was sent, has not yet responded 31
to request for comment. 32
Singer went after CNN on Friday for its coverage of supermodel Beverly Johnson’s 33
allegations against Cosby, and TMZ reports the network has responded. 34
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TEXT III
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is 31. ______a nationwide 1
online program to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From 2
next month, officials will head out with mobile phones, tablets and iPads to report on whether 3
toilets are being used in rural India, with results uploaded onto a website in real time. India's 4
32. ______of toilets costs the country more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature 5
deaths and 33. ______ -related diseases, according to a World Bank study. India 34. ______ a 6
greater cost than other Asian countries from the poor collection of human excreta, the study 7
found. About 626 million Indians defecate in the open compared with 14 million in China, the 8
World Health Organization said in a 2012 report. Since taking office in May, Modi has 9
repeatedly 35. ______ the poor state of sanitation and public cleanliness in India, 36. ______ to 10
solve the problems within the next five years. The government has doubled spending on a toilet 11
building program and requested 37. ______ donations from some of the country's largest 12
companies to help. "Earlier, the monitoring was done only about the construction of toilets, but 13
now the actual use of toilets will be 38. ______”, the government said in a statement on 14
Wednesday. In October, Modi 39. ______ government officials by 40. ______ them to come to 15
work to clean toilets on a national holiday. 16
4 TEXT I
QUESTIONS:
1. Line 1. “... stamp out ...” in this line can be replaced by the following word EXCEPT A. cause.
B. demolish. C. eliminate. D. eradicate.
2. Lines 1– 2. “... but months of tough work remain, ...”
By the tough work is most probably meant ANYTHING BUT A. contracting the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.
B. ending the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
C. exterminating the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. D. fighting the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.
3. Lines 1 – 2. “The world can ... said on Friday.”
From these lines we may conclude that the outgoing chief of the U.N. mission in West Africa was ANYTHING BUT
A. assured about the outcome of the mission. B. confident about the outcome of the mission. C. sceptical about the outcome of the mission. D. undoubtful about the outcome of the mission.
4. Which is NOT correct? Line 2. “…, the outgoing chief … anti-Ebola mission ...” refers to the person who is ____ as head of the mission.
A. departing B. retiring C. stepping aside D. taking charge
5. Lines 4 – 5. “…, with Guinea, ... nearly 8,000 dead.”
These lines tell us that the virus has killed almost 8,000 people
A. allegedly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and six other West African nations. B. mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and six other West African nations. C. mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
5 6. Which is NOT correct? Lines 6 – 8. “Faced with criticism … coordinate global efforts.” Having read these lines we may conclude that the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had established the U.N. Emergency Response (UMEER) mission, because
A. he wanted to urge the world to help beat the infection. B. he was blamed for not doing his job properly.
C. the deadly Ebola outbreak had already killed 8,000 people. D. the world did not put enough effort into fighting Ebola.
7. The word “but” in line 10 indicates a
A. comparison. B. contradiction. C. similarity. D. verification.
8. According to Anthony Banbury, “we have a long and difficult way to go,’” (line 10), most probably because of the following EXCEPT
A. the Ebola outbreak has already claimed many lives in West Africa. B. the Ebola virus has already hit many West African countries. C. the Ebola virus has already infected 20,000 people.
D. the world does not have any confidence in the UMEER mission.
9. “it” in line 12 refers to A. ending the crisis.
B. minimizing the Ebola virus.
C. reducing the number of Ebola patients. D. treating the number of Ebola patients.
10. Line 15. “… UNMEER missed its target …”
Which of the following clearly indicates that the U.N. mission had most probably missed its target?
A. The global response to the Ebola virus had been negative. B. The number of Ebola cases had abruptly slowed down.
C. The number of Ebola cases had rapidly increased in West Africa. D. The U.N. failed to come up with a plan to fight the Ebola virus.
6 11. Lines 15 – 17. “A spike of ... were buried properly.”
Having read these lines which of the following statements are CORRECT?
I. Banbury’s mission had failed to achieve the target of 100% safe burials and treatment of 70% of infected people.
II. Banbury’s mission had foreseen that the Ebola virus would reach a mortality rate of about 70%. III. 70% of all Ebola patients in the West African region needed to be treated after the incubation period.
IV. The Ebola patients used to have enough functioning treatment centres in the West African region. These are: A. I + II. B. I + III. C. II + IV. D. III + IV.
12. Lines 15 – 18. “A spike of... in the region.”
From these lines it becomes clear that the target that UNMEER had planned to achieve by the end of 2015 is the following EXCEPT
A. a promotion of safe burial practices. B. a reduction in the number of Ebola cases. C. the examination of the Ebola virus. D. the isolation of Ebola patients.
13. “... the affected countries.” in line 20 clearly conveys that the Ebola virus is A. entirely germless.
B. extremely contagious. C. totally non-infectious. D. utterly harmless.
14. Lines 24 – 25. “... an experimental antiviral drug, …” indicates the fact that A. there is no invalidated treatment for the Ebola virus.
B. there is no proven cure for the Ebola virus.
C. there is now substantial treatment for the Ebola virus. D. there is now verified cure for the Ebola virus.
15. The MOST suitable title for this text would be
A. Ebola Fight Remains Tough And May Be Abandoned This Year B. Ebola Fight Remains Tough And May Be Continued This Year C. Ebola Fight Remains Tough But May Be Wearisome This Year D. Ebola Fight Remains Tough But May Be Won This Year
7 TEXT II 16. Which is NOT correct? The letter referred to in line 3 contained a (n) ____ to the
New York Daily News to stop publishing accusatory stories against Bill Cosby. A. advice.
B. allegation. C. request. D. warning.
17. Lines 3 - 6. “In a letter ... predetermined smear agenda.’” From these lines we may conclude that the New York Daily News
A. is used to publishing bizarre stories about celebrities on purpose. B. is used to publishing defamatory stories about Cosby on purpose. C. used to publish bizarre stories about celebrities on purpose. D. used to publish defamatory stories about Cosby on purpose.
18 The word “... outlandish ...” in line 5 can be replaced by the following EXCEPT A. commonplace.
B. eccentric. C. peculiar. D. queer.
19. Lines 5 – 6. ‘“ ... recklessly and maliciously … predetermined smear agenda.”’
From these lines we may conclude that Marty Singer meant all of the following EXCEPT that the Daily News
A. has always had the intention to defame Cosby.
B. has always planned in advance to hold Cosby in high esteem. C. publishes stories about Cosby without a thorough investigation. D. publishes untrue stories about Cosby to hurt his reputation.
20. Line 10. “... she stayed silent ...”
The reason why Katherine McKee initially stayed silent was probably because A. she knew more women would eventually have the courage to testify.
B. she waited for Cosby to victimize other women. C. she waited for other accusers to come forward.
8 21. Lines 11 – 12. ‘“I chalked it ... wanted from women.”’
McKee probably ascribed Cosby’s alleged assault to the following reasons EXCEPT A. Bill Cosby was not the only man in Hollywood to have raped a woman.
B. influential men in Hollywood considered it to be their prerogative to take advantage of women.
C. in Hollywood women were considered to be in a weaker position than men. D. it was not unusual for women to be molested by powerful men in Hollywood.
22. Line 13. “Singer, who has been vocal in support of his client, …”
From this line we may conclude that when it comes to supporting his client, Singer A. documents his personal opinions only in written form.
B. never publicly expresses his opinions. C. only voices his professional opinions.
D. publicly expresses his opinions in a forceful way.
23. Lines 13 - 16. “Singer, who has ... statement,” he writes.”’ Having read these lines, which of the following statements are CORRECT?
I. The press has been prejudiced towards the rape allegations against Cosby. II. The press has been impartial towards the rape allegations against Cosby. III. The press has been discriminatory towards the rape allegations against Cosby. IV. The press has publicly denied the rape allegations against Cosby.
These are: A. I + II. B. I + III. C. II + IV. D. III + IV.
24. Lines 17 - 18. “He argues that ... toward him online.” From these lines we may conclude that Singer considers McKee to be
A. capricious and unreliable. B. capricious but reliable. C. sensible and reliable. D. sensible but unreliable.
25. Knowing what had happened to McKee, her posting a friendly message about Cosby online may strike us as
A. ignorant. B. innocent. C. naive. D. scheming.
9 26. Lines 18 - 21. “The letter refers ... “treated me wonderfully.”’
These lines contain a (n) … of Singer’s argument referred to in lines 17 – 18.
A. contradiction. B. illustration. C. interpretation. D. translation.
27. Line 25. “The letter goes on to call McKee into question …” These words suggest that
A. McKee’s account is coherent.
B. McKee has an impeccable reputation. C. McKee is undoubtedly trustworthy. D. McKee’s reliability is open for discussion.
28. Lines 18 - 26. “The letter refers … as a showgirl.”
These lines indicate that McKee brought herself into discredit by the following EXCEPT A. she admitted being a Las Vegas showgirl.
B. she admitted that she did a lot of lying about Cosby. C. she liked a YouTube video of Cosby’s comedy. D. she posted a friendly message about Cosby online.
29. Which of the following statements are NOT correct? By “constitutional malice” in line 30 is meant
I. the intentional publication of false information about Cosby. II. the intentional publication of unverified information about Cosby. III.the unintentional publication of deceitful information about Cosby. IV. the unintentional publication of imaginary information about Cosby. These are:
A. I + II. B. I + III. C. II + IV. D. III + IV.
30. This article can BEST be placed under the caption A. Justice
B. Medicine C. Politics D. Society
10 TEXT III 31. A. attending B. cancelling C. following D. launching 32. A. abundance B. excess C. shortage D. surplus 33. A. family B. food C. hygiene D. work 34. A. lowers B. prevents C. reduces D. suffers 35. A. commended B. complimented C. lamented D. praised 36. A. denying B. disallowing C. refusing D. vowing 37. A. blood B. financial C. organ D. sperm 38. A. ascertained B. avoided C. disregarded D. overlooked 39. A. annoyed B. appeased C. comforted D. delighted 40. A. luring B. manipulating C. ordering D. tempting
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HAVO – HEREXAMEN ENGELS 2014 – 2015
DATUM : vrijdag 31 juli 2015 SLEUTEL EN SCORE
TEKST I 1. A 1.0 TEKST I: Ebola Fight …
2. A 1.1 TEKST II: Bill Cosby’s …
3. C 1.2 TEKST III: India to Track …
4. D 1.3 5. C 1.4 6. B 1.6 7. B 1.9 8. D 2.1 9. A 2.4 10. C 2.6 11. B 2.9 12. C 3.1 13. B 3.4 14. B 3.6 15. D 3.9 TEKST II 16. A 4.1 17. B 4.3 18. A 4.6 19. B 4.8 20. C 5.1 21. C 5.3 22. D 5.6 23. B 5.8 24. A 6.1 25. D 6.3 De opstellingscommissie: 26. B 6.6 27. D 6.8 28. A 7.0 29. D 7.3 Mevr. W. Pahladsingh 30. D 7.5 TEKST III 31. D 7.8 32. C 8.0 Mevr. M. Sadal 33. C 8.3 34. D 8.5
35. C 8.8 Mevr. S. Seedorf - Weeks 36. D 9.0
37. B 9.3
38. A 9.5 Mevr. S. Tjokroatmo 39. A 9.8
