UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

SPANISH Paper 3 Reading Passage A No Additional Materials are required.

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Mis hijas y yo miramos a Camilo.

Cuntenos quin es esa Rosaura. Parece que le quiere tanto a usted. No sea tan reservado con nosotras. Diga cmo se conocieron ustedes, cmo han llegado a enamorarse.

Camilo nos dijo que la persona cuyo retrato deba pintar result ser Rosaura. Todos los lunes fue a su casa a pintar el retrato de Rosaura. Pero no estaban solos. Una ta vena y se quedaba de centinela toda la tarde.

El resto usted ya se lo imagina. enamoraron.

A lo largo de las sesiones de pintura, Camilo y Rosaura se

A los cuarenta aos, Camilo contemplaba el primer amor verdaderamente grande de la vida. Pero aquel amor no poda ser.

Y por qu no puede ser?

Rosaura era tan rica y l tan pobre. Sus mundos respectivos eran tan distintos. Pobre Camilo! Le pareca imposible.

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SPANISH Paper 3 Reading Passage B No Additional Materials are required.

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El reloj del comedor daba las diez cuando omos sonar el timbre de la puerta. La criada fue a ver quin era. Finalmente abri la puerta de la calle. O una voz tmida que deca: Aqu vive el seor Camilo Canegato?

Entonces di un grito y me puse de pie. Desde el sitio donde yo estaba pude ver claramente que a la puerta haba una muchacha. Grit Rosaura!, y sal corriendo del comedor. La tom de un brazo y la abrac. La hice entrar.

Rosaura! Rosaura! Rosaura! Querida, ha huido usted de su casa? Hubo pelea?

Hizo un movimiento afirmativo con la cabeza. Estaba tan asustada que no poda ni hablar.

No tenga miedo, querida. Nadie puede obligarla a volver a su casa. No se aflija, est entre familiares.

Rosaura me mir, pero no se movi. Entonces empez a temblar convulsivamente.

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Los dos policas que entraron en la pensin eran jvenes y corteses. Despus que charlamos un rato, me dijeron que andaban haciendo ciertas investigaciones sin importancia. Queran echar un vistazo al registro de los huspedes.

Pero s, investiguen ustedes cuanto quieran. Aqu no hay nada que ocultar.

Yo les hice pasar a la sala y les puse delante el libro de huspedes. Leyeron los nombres uno a uno.

Qu otras personas del sexo femenino viven en la pensin? pregunt el ms joven.

Mis hijas, la criada y yo.

Nadie ms? preguntaron.

Buscaban a Rosaura! El labio empez a temblarme.

No, nadie ms. Pero si ustedes desean revisar uno por uno los cuartos, yo no me opongo.

Protestaron que no, que crean mi palabra, que era slo una visita de rutina. Y, alegremente, se fueron.

Gracias al cielo, el peligro ya pas.

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Ayer se casaron Camilo y Rosaura. A la noche hicimos una pequea fiesta. Los novios solos bailaron un vals, como en las bodas antiguas. Nosotros los aplaudimos. Cerca de medianoche, yo bes a Rosaura y abrac a Camilo. Parecan tan felices, los dos!

Al fin partieron en automvil. Fueron al Hotel Vistamar donde yo haba reservado una habitacin para ellos. Nosotros nos quedamos un rato, luego nos recogimos para dormir.

Yo estuve largo tiempo despierta, pero en fin me dorm. De pronto, no saba cundo, no saba dnde, oa golpes, oa voces, oa sonar el timbre de la puerta. Oa a David Ramos que gritaba: Seora Milagros! Seora Milagros!

Me vest de prisa y sal al patio. Como un huracn entr David.

La mat! La mat! gritaba.

Quin mat a quin? le pregunt.

Camilo mat a Rosaura en el hotel!

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