Examen de Inglés de Canarias (PAU de 2013)

Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the historical play Richard III by William Shakespeare.

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University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park.

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The Good Companions

The Good Companions is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley. Written in 1929 (in Deal, Kent), it focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party in England between World War I and World War II. It is arguably Priestley's most famous novel, and the work which established him as a national figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice into film.

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Jo Appleby

Jo Appleby (born 7 April 1978) is an English soprano from Thornton, Lancashire. She is a former member of operatic pop group Amici Forever.

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Mariano Rajoy

Mariano Rajoy Brey (born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who is the Prime Minister of Spain. He became leader of the People's Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011 following the People's Party landslide victory in that year's general election. His party lost their majority in the 2015 general election, but after that election ended in deadlock, a second election in 2016 enabled Rajoy to be re-elected prime minister as head of a minority government.

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Andalusia

Andalusia is an autonomous community in southern Spain. It is the most populated and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in the country. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as "historical nationality". The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).

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Iñaki Urdangarin

Iñaki Urdangarin y Liebaert (born 15 January 1968), is a retired handball player turned entrepreneur, and brother-in-law of Felipe VI of Spain, who was convicted of embezzling about 6 million euros in public funds for sporting events since 2004 through his nonprofit foundation, the so-called Nóos case, and of political corruption by using his former title of Duke of Palma as the husband of the Infanta Cristina.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English , , and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

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Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, located on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula. It is designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the seventh-most populous urban area in the European Union.

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Luis Bárcenas

José Luis Bárcenas Gutiérrez (born October 22, 1957 in Huelva, Spain) is a Spanish politician in the Partido Popular (PP, People's Party). He served as party Treasurer 2008/9 and senator 2004-2010, and has been embroiled in political corruption scandals linked to the former of those roles. As of January 2017, he is on trial.

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