reading 2eso ii

8/9/2019 reading 2eso II

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E READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. (10 points)A: Excuse me, is there a hotel near here?B: Well, er, what kind of hotel do ou want?A: Erm, not an expensi!e one" Er, a cheap one, es"B: Ah, a cheap hotel?A: #es, cheap and clean"B: A hotel which is cheap and clean" $et me think %%

A: &h, and er, with nice, friendl people in it" ' dont like unfriendl people !er much"B: &h reall? And what aout food? What kind of food do ou like?A: &h well, erm, health food, es" #ou know, fish, fruit, !e*etales %"B: Aha, so ou want a hotel that is cheap, clean, has *ot friendl people and a lot of health food?A: #es, thats ri*ht+B: Well 'm !er sorr, ut thats impossile"A: Wh?B: Because this is $as e*as+ We ha!ent *ot famil hotels here"

-he first speaker doesnt want to find a cheap hotel" False1" -he con!ersation is etween two tourists"." -he con!ersation occurs in the /A"" -he first speaker likes hamur*ers"

2" -he second speaker is polite"3" -he first speaker is rude"

READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. (10 points)4ear onia,$ast month we were in -ransl!ania" #es, 4raculas countr+ We were in the mountains, ut therewerent an ears, onl some foxes" We were in the castle too, which has aout 0 rooms" -here were alot of posters of 4raculas !ictims: some of them were !er an*r, some of them were ored" -he sa

its not !er interestin* han*in* on a wall for fi!e hundred ears+ 't wasnt reall cold ecause we werethere in summer and the weather was sunn or wind" '!e *ot some sou!enirs for ou+ Are ou comin*to the part toni*ht? #ou can see them there, &5?-hats all for now,6ran"-here were no foxes in -ransl!ania" False1" -here were no ears in -ransl!ania"." 4raculas !ictims were pleased"" -he weather was !er ad"2" 6ran has a present for onia"3"6ran was in -ransl!ania last 7hristmas"

READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. (10 points)4a!id is 80 ears old and hes a *ardener" 9e started workin* in *ardens with his uncle, when he wasonl 12" 9e knows all aout plants: *arden plants, wild plants, medicinal plants, and he didnt stud anof that at school+ 9is other passion is readin*" 9es alwas *ot his nose in a ook" ooks aout plants,of course+ ;ost people think *ardenin* is eas work, ut it can e !er dan*erous" 6or example, whenoure usin* a machine to cut down trees" ' saw 4a!id toda with the machine and he had a smallaccident when the machine cut his shoe" 6ortunatel there wasnt an lood+ 4a!id sas he lo!es hiswork, and he cant possil stop"4a!id didnt start workin* with his uncle" False1" 4a!id has a lot of experience as a *ardener"

." 9e learned aout plants at school"" 9e doesnt reall know much aout plants"2" 9e lo!es readin*"3" 4a!id is now in hospital"


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READINGRead the text and answer the questions.Write full sentences. (10 points)>, utthere was a i* storm in the sea and the oatwent down"


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E READINGRead the text and answer the questions.Write full sentences. (1. points)@ohn $ennon was a famous British musician" 9ewas orn in $i!erpool in 1>20 and studied at artschool efore formin* -he Beatles with three

other musicians: aul ;c7artne, 80, ut $ennoncontinued writin* and sin*in* son*s alone" ;fa!ourite son* is 'ma*ine a eautiful son*aout lo!e and li!in* in peace"'n 1>0 a man called ;ark 7hapman killed$ennon near his Cew #ork apartment" 't was a!er sad da for the world"Cow @ohn $ennon is dead, ut ' am sure that hismusic will continue to e popular for a !er lon*time ecause a lot of people like his music not

onl older people who rememer -he Beatles,ut also oun* people who were orn after hedied"When was @ohn $ennon orn?He was born in 1940 "1" Where was @ohn $ennon orn?"." Where did @ohn $ennon stud?"" 9ow man musicians were there in theBeatles?"2" What instrument did $ennon pla?"

3" Where was $ennon when he died?"=" Wh will $ennons music continue to epopular?"

E READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. (10 points); cousin 9arr li!es in 'reland, so we dont see him !er often" 9es a it craD, ut ' like him a lot" Weha!e *ot some thin*s in common" Were oth *ood at plain* the *uitar and sometimes he sends me!ideos of him plain* his *uitar throu*h the 'nternet and ' send him cassettes of m music" 9esinterested in photo*raph as well" 9is ;um and 4ad *a!e him a di*ital camera for his last irthda" 9esso luck+ 'm not !er *ood at photo*raph or computers" ' prefer readin* and cclin*, and ' sometimeswrite stories, ust for fun" Cood e!er reads them, thou*h there m pri!ate stories" &h, and ' likedrawin*, ou know, especiall comicFstle" ' can do a *ood imitation of the impsons, and that makes9arr lau*h a lot+9arr is a it mad" True1" -he writer ne!er sees his cousin"." Both os pla musical instruments"" 9arr sends !ideos post"2" 9arr isnt !er *ood at photo*raph"3" 9arr likes the writers drawin*s"


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READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. (10 points)hrek is an excitin* film" -he main character is a i* *reen monster called hrek, and the film tells thestor of his ad!entures with a donke who has *ot i* teeth and ne!er stops talkin*+ -he kin* asks hrekto rescue a princess in a castle with an enormous dra*on" hrek and the donke rescue the princess" heis not an ordinar princess: she can cook, she fi*hts kun* fu like an expert, and shes a *ood nurse" owhat happens? hrek falls in lo!e with her" But the princess has *ot a secret: at ni*ht she ecomes a fat

woman with i* ears, and the donke disco!ers her secret" 'n the end, she doesnt marr the kin* ecause hes a ad person ut hrek"-he son*s in the film are ori*inal and different, and the end of the stor is unexpected" -hats wh welike it so much+hrek is a orin* film" False1" -he donke talks a lot"." hrek rescues the princess ecause he lo!es her"" -he princess chan*es at ni*ht"2" -he princess marries the kin*"3" -he endin* is !er tpical"

WRITINGComplete the text. (10 points); fa!ourite comed film is GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" -he main actor H actressis GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" -he stor happens in ,GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGand it makes me lau*h ecauseGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG " At the end of thefilm, GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" 'ts a *reat film to watch whene!er ou want+

READINGRead the text and complete the sentences with a name. (10 points)-here are lots of stories aout heroes and !illains" &ne of m fa!ourites is the 9unchack of Cotre 4ame"6rollo is a powerful man who li!es in aris" 9e hates poor people, and he makes life !er difficult forthem" But, hes not completel ad ecause he looks after Iuasimodo, the ellrin*er, who wasaandoned when he was a a" But 6rollo is !er strict with Iuasimodo" &ne da, Esmeralda, a prettpoor *irl appears and 6rollo thinks she is a pro!ocation" 9e sends the soldiers to capture her, utIuasimodo protects her in the church and falls in lo!e with her" But 6rollo lo!es her too, and he sas hewill tell the soldiers to kill her if she doesnt lo!e him ack" Esmeralda sas no, she doesnt lo!e him, andIuasimodo rescues her from death" 'n the end, 6rollo falls off the church tower and dies" Iuasimodowins his freedom and is happ"Frollo doesnt like poor people"1"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG is the hero"."GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG is the !illain""GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG is the heroine"2"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG is poor"3"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG tr to capture "="GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG doesnt lo!e 6rollo"8"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG and lo!e Esmeralda"" GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGrescues Esmeralda"


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READINGRead the text. Write True or False after the sentences. Correct the sentences that areincorrect. (10 points);anchester1=th &ctoer"4ear Emil,' read our prolem pa*e in the ma*aDine e!er week" ' think its the est thin* in the ma*aDine, and '

think that the ad!ice ou *i!e is reall *ood and practical" o, its time for me to tell ou aout m ownprolem F m rother+9e is horrile to me+ 9e pulls m hairJ he tells m parents stories aout me which arent true+ 9eanswers the phone when m friends call, and then puts the phone down" 9e doesnt e!en tell me whenm friends are on the phone+ And he lau*hs at me he imitates the wa ' speak, the wa ' walk, thethin*s ' do" 'm not sain* ' dont lo!e m rother, ecause hes m onl rother ut he is ust soawful+What should ' do?#ours,ad usan

0"usan reads the ma*aDine e!er month" False

Susan reads the magazine every wee "1" usan and Emil are friends at school"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"." usan has *ot a wonderful rother"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"" usan wants Emil to help her"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"2" usan has *ot two rothers"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"3" usans rother doesnt alwas tell the truth"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"

READINGRead the text and answer the questions elow. Write full sentences. (10 points); name is @uan" 9ere are some thin*s aout m dail life" $ife at school is !er us" We ha!e a lot ofthin*s to do" E!er mornin* we ha!e fi!e classes" We ha!e a short reak after each one (approximatelfi!e minutes) ut sometimes its too short" We ha!e a half an hour reak at 11"0" 'n this free time mfriends and ' are usuall !er hun*r so we *o to the canteen to *et a snack"; fa!ourite suect is En*lish ecause it is a !er dnamic class and we can talk aout differentsuects+ ' think it is practical" #ou see, last summer ' went to Benidorm and ' met a !er attracti!e


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READINGRead the text and answer the questions elow. (10 points)$et me tell ou a !er romantic lo!e stor" ome ears a*o m friend $aura decided to *o to ienna" hewanted to stud


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READINGRead the text and answer the questions elow. Write full sentences. (10 points)Boxin* is a dan*erous and a**ressi!e sport" -hat is one of the reasons wh it is not !er popular" A lot ofpeople think that to e a oxer ou onl need to e fit ut its also extremel important to e cle!er"At a oxin* match there are two plaers and one referee" -he *ame consists of punchin* the opponentand trin* to knock him out efore the end of the round" -here are ten rounds in the *ame and a ellrin*s e!er time a round ends" -hen each plaer *oes to a corner of the rin* and sits down, and listens tohis trainers ad!ice" ;an times the two oxers dont reach the end of the *ame ecause one of them is

knocked out" When this happens the referee has to count up to ten and, if the oxer does not stand up,then the other one is the winner" -he referee is essential" 9e makes the oxers respect the rules"Althou*h oxin* is considered a male sport, at the moment there are alread ei*ht professional femaleoxers in the /nited 5in*dom"'s oxin* popular?&o' it isn(t )o)ular#1" What does oxin* consist of?." What are the essential characteristics a oxer needs to ha!e?" 9ow do the oxers know it is the end of a round?2" 4o oxers alwas reach the end of the *ame?3" 's oxin* a male sport onl?

READINGRead this text and answer the questions elow. (10 points)#esterda mornin* someod roed one of the central anks in ;adrid" -wo ank roers entered theank at around 11 oclock when it was full of people" -he were wearin* ele*ant suits and each of themwas carrin* a riefcase" -he workers in the ank didnt think there was anthin* stran*e aout them"-he were !er polite" -he asked to see the ank mana*er" When the were in his office, the closed

the door" -en minutes later the ank mana*er made a phone call to one of his emploees and he askedhim to prepare 3 million euros in ank notes" 9e told the emploee to lea!e it in a a* next to the door"-he roers left the mana*ers office, took the a* and left the office" B this time the workers realisedsomethin* stran*e was happenin* and the phoned the police ut it was too late" -he roers escaped ina red sports car" -he stran*e thin* aout this roer was that it was !er ele*ant and there was no!iolence" 'n fact, it was the first nonF!iolent ank roer in ;adrid"9ow man people were in the ank?There were lots of )eo)le in the ban#1" What were the roers wearin*?." 9ow did the *et the mone?" Wh did the ank mana*er make a phone call?2" When did the workers phone the police?3" Wh was the roer ori*inal?


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READINGRead the followin# and answer the questions. Write full sentences. (13 points); name is -om and ' ha!e *ot a *reat relationship with m parents"' like school and '!e *ot a lot of friends so ' want to *o out with them at weekends" At first, m parentswanted me to sta with them, ut after a while the understood that ' could do oth thin*s: spend timewith them and *o out with m friends" ' come ack home efore 10 on aturdas and at "0 onundas ecause ' ha!e *ot school the followin* da"ometimes m parents and ' *o out for lunch to a restaurant" ' prefer hamur*ers and piDDa ut m

father is a !e*etarian" We look for places where we can all find what we want" E!er two weeks, if theweather is *ood, ' pla tennis with m ;um" he plas reall well" 'n fact, she is a tennis teacher" Afterthe *ame we sit down, ha!e a drink and talk aout our li!es" ' lo!e that moment"We ha!e *ot a prolem with music at home" ' like *roups like &asis, ut m parents dont" ; 4ad lo!eslistenin* to opera (' think its !er orin*)" ; ;um listens to the news on the radio"Well, we like different thin*s, ut ' am happ ecause we talk a lot to each other"9as -om *ot a *ood relationship with his ;um and 4ad?*es' he has got a good relationshi) with his +um and ,ad1" At the e*innin* were -oms parents happ when he wanted to *o out?." Wh does -om come home at "0 on undas?" 4o the like eatin* the same thin*s?2" 4o ou think he prefers plain* tennis or talkin* to his ;um?3" What do ou think -om likes est aout his relationship with his famil?

READINGRead the text and answer the questions. Write full sentences. (13 points); est teacher of all times was ;iss e*ler" ' was six ears old when ' went to her class ut '!e still *etlots of memories of her and the wa she tau*ht me" -he first impression ' had was that she was !erserious ut as the sa, ou cant ud*e a ook its co!er" he looked serious ecause she was makin*sure that all the children were in the classroom" he was reall happ and friendl and ' had a wonderfultime in her classes" We did a lot of work in *roups and durin* that ear we learnt a lot of son*s ut shealso insisted on the importance of readin*" he was *reat decoratin* the classroom too: the walls were

full of cards with drawin*s and their names" he was !er creati!e and nice and she alwas said nicethin*s to us" At 7hristmas she *a!e each child a ook with some words written her" 't was a reallimportant present, ecause it made me feel special" 'ts funn ecause ' cant rememer the otherchildren in the class ut ' ha!e a !er clear memor of m teacher"9ow old was the child when she went to ;iss e*lers class? She was si- years old#1" What is the text aout?." Wh did the teacher *i!e a false impression at the e*innin*?" What were the teachers Kualities?2" What was so special aout 7hristmas?3" What did the learn that ear?

READINGRead the text and answer the questions. Write full sentences. (13 points)9a!e ou e!er plaed an extreme sport? Are ou lookin* for somethin* new? 'f ou want to *et a rush ofadrenalin, come and see us and we will *i!e ou the opportunit to tr one of the most incredile sports:AA79/-'C


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Soap Operas in BritainWhich are the two most popular British soap operas?__________________________________________________________________People living together in a house, hopeful young singers who desperately want tobe famous, a group of individuals who have to survive together on an island . . . TVprogrammes will come and go, but, in Britain, one type of programme attracts moreviewers than anything else. n Britain, soap opera is !ing" The British love a goodsoap opera, those endless series about ordinary people#s lives.$oap operas in Britain started with %&oronation $treet', the story of ordinary peopleliving in an ordinary street near (anchester. t was a realistic drama about wor!ingclass life in the north of )ngland. *riginally, it was only going to be shown for a fewwee!s, but it was so popular that they continued the story. +ow you can see itthree or four times a wee!.ater the BB& produced their own soap opera, %)astenders'. +ow these two soapsdominate TV schedules. The British soap operas follow the same basic formula- astreet or a neighbourhood of normal, wor!ing class people and the relationshipsbetween them. owever, they have changed a little over the years / they#ve

become more dramatic and difficult to believe. People die in horrific ways,everybody seems to have affairs with everyone else . . . but this only seems tohave made them more popular.n the 0123#s 4merican soaps li!e %5allas' and %5ynasty' became popular inBritain. These were very different from British soaps. They had rich, beautiful,ambitious people who did what they had to do to ma!e money. They were not li!enormal, everyday British life.n the 0113#s, British television started showing 4ustralian soaps li!e %+eighbours'and %ome and 4way'. These were mostly about ordinary people, only with moresun and sea. $ome of these actors have moved on to other things, for e6ample,7ylie (inogue.

But the traditional British soap opera is still the most successful of all. Why? (aybeit#s 8ust human nature to be interested in other people#s lives. Whatever the reason,we British love our soaps"Read and answer the questions.0. What is the most popular type of programme in Britain?__________________________________________________________________9. What was the first British soap opera?__________________________________________________________________:. ow often can you see &oronation $treet?__________________________________________________________________;. 4re British soap operas similar to each other?

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What are the most popular types of TV programme in your country? Why doyou think theyre so popular? Write a description of these programmes andgive your opinion of them.


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British Shopping HabitsMatch the headings with the paragraphs4. 4nd the future?B. Where are all the little shops?&. The situation downtown.5. $hopping#s not what it used to be"

). f you want to shop, you have to travel.0. ___________________________________________f you wal! down any British high street today, you will see a very different scenefrom the one which e6isted


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1. $ome shops open all day and all night.__________________________________________________________________03. Dou can#t buy things from the television.__________________________________________________________________$o you like shopping? Write a#out your own shopping ha#its and compareshopping in your country with what youve %ust learnt a#out shopping in

&ritain.


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'oung (eoples )ealthow many of these young people smo!e?__________________________________________________________________We as!ed three0@ year old boys to tell us how healthy they are.$am thin! #m Cuite healthy. do a lot of e6ercise because play football for the school

team and we train twice a wee!. also go 8ogging with my dad Cuite often becausewe#re training for the local half marathon ne6t summer. don#t drin! and, although tried smo!ing once, didn#t li!e it. couldn#t stop coughing" 4part from that, thin! eat well, too. don#t eat sweets and don#t eat fast food very often. (y mum#s areally good coo! and she li!es to e6periment with different recipes. 4ctually, if have a problem, maybe it#s that eat too much"Thomas used to be really healthy. Two or three years ago, played loads of sport,especially athletics, and was the 0 &ambridge =niversity Press and rupo $(, 933

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