Lionel Logue was an Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI reduce his stammer using unconventional techniques. This allowed the King to effectively rally the British people during World War II. Logue's treatment of the King was not widely known until the 2010 film The King's Speech brought attention to Logue's work. Logue's family did not discuss his royal service even amongst themselves until after the film was released.

1. No se permite el uso de diccionario ni de ningún otro material II. LEXICON/PHONETICS (2 points):
didáctico
Las preguntas deberán ser respondidas en inglés
Duración de la prueba: 1hora y 30 minutos A. LEXICON (1 point; 0.25 for each correct answer). Find words or
Esta hoja NO SE CORRIGE phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
1. speech disability
THE KING’S SPEECH THERAPIST
2. reduce
3. conscious, knowing
The historical drama The King's Speech is a hit, the winner of a
Golden Globe and an Oscar and acclaimed for bringing new attention to
the old disorder of stuttering. It is the story of how an Australian speech 4. almost
therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), employed unconventional B. PHONETICS. (1 point; 0.25 for each correct answer)
techniques to help King George VI (Colin Firth) diminish his stammer, 1. Find a word in the text that contains the vowel sound /aF/
enabling him to do his job of rallying the British people at the start of 2. Find a word in the text that contains the sound /i:/
World War II. 3. Find a word in the text that contains the sound /әF/
Until now, few people in Great Britain, let alone America, knew
much about Logue, though historians have long been aware that he 4. Find a regular past in the text whose ending is pronounced /t/
performed a historic service to the Crown.
When screenwriter David Seidler first tried to tell this story in the III. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 points; 0.5 for each correct answer).
1980s, he sought help from Logue's son, who sought guidance from the Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given.
palace. “Not in my lifetime”, was the answer from the Queen Mother,
who lived another two decades. She died in 2002 at nearly 102 1. You’ll have to speak in front of people regularly. You’ll have to get …
Mark Logue, Lionel’s grandson, says none of Logue's three
2. When will they bring us the invitation? When will we …
sons, including Mark's father, Antony, blabbed about their father's royal
service, not even to their own children. Logue says he regrets that the 3. Although we argue, we are good friends. Despite...
book and film didn't come out during his father's lifetime. "My father was
incredibly proud of his father; he would have liked him to get the 4. The table is too dirty to eat on it. The table ...
recognition due to him," he says. 5. Everybody will leave before we arrive. By the time we ...
QUESTIONS 6. The carpenter is fixing the shelves at the office. We are...
I. READING COMPREHENSION (2 points; 0.5 for each correct IV. COMPOSITION (3 points). Write a composition of between 100 and
answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy evidence from the text to 125 words on ONE of the following topics. Specify your option.
support your answer. NO MARKS are given for only true or false.
1. Logue’s treatment for King George VI was innovative.  Write about the advantages and disadvantages of studying at a
2. Lionel Logue was well-known in England before the film was bilingual school.
released.
3. The film screenwriter received advice from the royal family for  Write about your favourite TV series. Describe the characters,
the script. the plot and explain why you like it.
4. Antony Logue enjoyed the film about his father’s life.

2. ANSWER KEY
I. READING COMPREHENSION
1. TRUE. “Lionel Logue […], employed unconventional techniques to help King George VI”
2. FALSE. “Until now, few people in Great Britain […] knew much about Logue”
3. FALSE. “When screenwriter David Seidler […] sought help […] “Not in my lifetime”, was the
answer from the Queen Mother”
4. FALSE. “the book and film didn't come out during his father's lifetime”
II. LEXICON/PHONETICS
A. LEXICON
1. stuttering / stammer
2. diminish
3. aware
4. nearly
B. PHONETICS
1. [ONLY ONE] screenwriter, tried, 1980s, guidance, lifetime, died, liked, my
2. [ONLY ONE] speech, techniques, people, screenwriter, queen, three
3. [ONLY ONE] golden, globe, old, (Logue), alone, own.
4. liked.
III. USE OF ENGLISH.
1. You’ll have to get used to speaking in front of people regularly.
2. When will we be brought the invitation?
3. Despite arguing, we are good friends.
4. The table isn’t clean enough to eat on it.
5. By the time we arrive, everybody will have left.
6. We are having the shelves at the office fixed.