Just a reminder of where to find C1 sample tests:


http://portals.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos


https://www.educastur.es/estudiantes/idiomas/pruebas-certificacion/modelos/-/document_library_display/gDaKh5XUDjQn/view/2566533;jsessionid=3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0?_110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educastur.es%2Festudiantes%2Fidiomas%2Fpruebas-certificacion%2Fmodelos%3Bjsessionid%3D3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0%3Fp_p_id%3D110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1

https://www.educastur.es/documents/10531/2566533/IN_C1_EOI_ECONOMY+AND+INDUSTRY+%28+INTERACCION%29.pdf/589ec6a5-ed69-45bf-bf28-b00d1e62a984

https://sites.google.com/site/eoivillaverde/modelos-examen-otras-comunidades

1.Are we better off or worse off than we were in 2008?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNqB-Yqpz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvig0KvUaE

2. Is the Italian debt likely end up jeopardizing the future of the EU? 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYt9T218k2Q

3. Google knows what you're looking for. Facebook knows what you like. Sharing is the norm, and secrecy is out. Are we doomed to witness the end of privacy?

4. Data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)suggests that global population will increase by 34% by 2050 - an extra 2.3 billion people. To consider that the entire global population was 2.5 billion in 1950 gives an idea of the challenges which lie ahead.  Should international regulations be put in place?  Should sterilization be incentivized,  one-child policies implemented?

5. AI will lead to a technological singularity, a point when machine intelligence will overpower human intelligence. Some think this is the end of the world; others see more positive possibilities. While arguing that the virtually unregulated development of machine learning and AI pose a very serious risk to the survival of the human species, Nick Bostrom concedes that  superintelligence could also help us solve issues such as disease, poverty, and environmental destruction, and could help us to “enhance" ourselves. Does AI pose a real threat to human existence or should we be mostly  optimistic about it? 

6. What are the main drawbacks and upsides of virtual reality?