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READING COMPREHENSION
(NELEGEREA TEXTULUI CITIT)
CUVNT NAINTE
Cadrul european comun de referin ofer o baz comun pentru
elaborarea programelor de limbi moderne, documentelor de referin,
coninutului examenelor i criteriilor de examinare, a manualelor etc. n
Europa. Cadrul descrie n mod exhaustiv ce trebuie s nvee persoanele care
studiaz o limb, pentru a o utiliza n scopuri comunicative; el enumr, de
asemenea, cunotinele i deprinderile pe care acestea trebuie s le
nsueasc i s le dezvolte, pentru a avea un comportament lingvistic
eficace.
Competena semantic se refer la contiina i controlul pe care
elevul le are asupra organizrii sensului. Semantica lexical examineaz
chestiunile privind sensul cuvintelor, de exemplu:
relaia dintre cuvnt i context:
- referina;
- conotaia;
- marca unor noiuni specifice de ordin general;
relaiile interlexicale, cum ar fi :
- sinonimele/antonimele;
- poziia;
- echivalena n traducere.
Ce rol trebuie s joace textele n predarea i nvarea limbilor? Care
sunt ateptrile sau ce li se cere elevilor s nvee din textele orale sau scrise:
a. n cazul unei simple confruntri cu textul?
Autoarea
CONTENTS
Page
Text 1 Adolescence. 6
Text 2 Violence and Substance Abuse...10
Text 3 Immigration.. 14
Text 4 Sport.. 18
Text 5 Top 10 Tips to Beat Terror by MI522
Text 6 A Funny Professor..26
Text 7 Children for Whom School Has No Point.. 30
Text 8 Angkor Wat 34
Text 9 Scottish Independence 38
Text 10 The Hardest Language.. 41
Keys44
Bibliography
Text 1 - ADOLESCENCE
Adolescence is the time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The
exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls
approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both
physiological and psychological changes. Physiological changes lead to
sexual maturity and usually occur during the first several years of the period.
This process of physical changes is known as puberty, and it generally takes
place in girls between the ages of 8 and 14, and boys between the ages of 9
and 16. Psychological changes generally include questioning of identity and
achievement of an appropriate sex role; movement toward personal
independence; and social changes in which, for a time, the most important
factor is peer group relations. Adolescence in Western societies tends to be a
period of rebellion against adult authority figures, often parents or school
officials, in the search for personal identity. Many psychologists regard
adolescence as a byproduct of social pressures specific to given societies,
not as a unique period of biological turmoil. In fact, the classification of a
period of life as "adolescence" is a relatively recent development in many
Western societies, one that is not recognized as a distinct phase of life in
many other cultures.
I.
T/F
Word meaning:
a) measures;
b) includes;
c) encircles;
d) encloses.
4. What does turmoil mean?
a) excitement;
b) trouble;
c) change;
d) happiness.
5. What does peer group mean?
a) a group of boys;
b) a group of girls;
c) a group of people of the same age, social class or education;
d) a group of people.
III.
1. The text is
about_____________________________________________
a) boys and girls.
b) the period of adolescence.
c) personal identity.
d) changes in life.
2. The process of physical changes takes place
____________________in girls than in boys.
a) earlier;
b) later;
c) longer;
d) faster.
3. Adolescence is a synonym for_____________
a) puberty.
b) adulthood.
c) teenage.
d) personal identity.
4. Adolescence is regarded as a period of
_____________________changes.
a) social;
b) biological;
c) political;
d) cultural.
5. The ______________________________________factors are the
most important changes during adolescence.
a) physical and social.
I.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
1.According to the text, teenagers and their parents can work together to
help resolve:
a. violence.
b. depression.
c. a variety of difficult situations.
d. bullying.
2.Parents have to confront their own problems___________they can help
their children.
a. after;
b. before;
c. while;
d. during.
3. 90% of children who live in violent households:
a. see the abuse.
b. feel the abuse.
c. see and hear the abuse.
d. hear the abuse.
4.If someone needs deciding what to do, he/she should see a:
a. teacher.
b. a mental health professional.
c. a friend.
d. a scientist.
5.According to the text, childrens lives are influenced by:
a. society.
b. their parents.
c. their friends.
d. school.
III.
Word meaning:
1.bullying means:
a. fighting;
b. frightening;
c. drinking;
d. playing.
2.repercussions means:
a. injuries;
b. influences;
c. effects;
d. pains.
3.trauma means:
a. shock;
b. feeling;
c. attitude;
d. state.
4.intimate means:
a. friendly;
b. very close to somebody;
c. intimidated;
d. internal.
5. seek means:
a. see;
b. hear;
c. look for;
d. ask.
Text 3 - IMMIGRATION
There may be the additional pressure to earn enough to live (in a more
expensive-to-live-in country) and send back meager savings.
I.
Word meaning:
1.daunt means:
a. discourage;
b. dare;
c. challenge;
d. different.
2.meager means:
a. many;
b. inadequate;
c. main;
d. more.
3.norm means:
a. standard;
b. measure;
c. law;
d. normal.
4.persecution means:
a. conviction;
b. bad treatment;
c. conclusion;
d. prison.
5.well-to-do means:
a. good;
b. kind;
c. rich;
d. friendly.
II.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
Text 4 - SPORT
Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organized
participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide
entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or
winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree of
skill, especially at higher levels. Hundreds of sports exist, including those
for a single participant, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous
participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs. Physical events
such as scoring goals or crossing a line first often define the result of a sport.
However, the degree of skill and performance in some sports such as diving,
dressage and figure skating is judged according to well-defined criteria. This
is in contrast with other judged activities such as beauty contests and body
building, where skill does not have to be shown and the criteria are not as
well defined.
Records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while
failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sport news. Sports
are most often played just for fun or for the simple fact that people need
exercise to stay in good physical condition.
I.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
II.
b. Wrong
Word meaning:
1. skill means:
c. Doesnt say.
a.potential;
b.ability;
c.shape;
d.power.
2. diving means:
a.floating;
b.driving;
c.swimming under water;
d.running.
3. entertain means:
a. play;
b. amuse;
c.win;
d. fail.
4. The antonym for entertain is:
a. cry;
b.lose;
c.bore;
d.leave.
5. accomplish means:
a.succeed;
b.realize;
c.complete;
d.accept.
III.
I.Word meaning:
1.tip means:
a. guns;
b. information;
c. people;
d. books.
2.threat means:
a. daily activity;
b. possible harm and danger;
c. important opportunity;
d. everyday situation.
3rely on means:
a. relate to;
b. need;
c. trust;
d. refer to.
4.urge means:
a. ask;
b. advise;
c. answer;
d. demand.
5.in charge means:
a. responsible;
b. on duty;
c. everywhere;
d. important.
II. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose
Doesnt say (C).
1. MI5 bosses issued a list of top ten tips to beat terror.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
5.The IT service is the most important for the security of British companies.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
c. a military organization.
d. a security organization.
5.The main idea of the text is:
a. British companies must protect themselves from terror attacks.
b. Al-Qaeda is targeting Britain from internally and abroad.
c. British people should cooperate with security services.
d. Everybody should follow up staff references.
Mr Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen. It was a
beautiful morning, so he went to the window and looked out. He was
surprised to see a neatly dressed, middle-aged professor, who worked in the
university just up the road from Mr Joness house, coming from the direction
of the town. He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an
umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr Jones thought that he must
have arrived by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead
of taking a taxi.
Mr Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope
to one of its branches, so that they could swing on it.
Mr Jones was surprised to see the professor stop when he saw the rope, and
look carefully up and down the road. When he saw that there was nobody in
sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella,
newspaper, bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He
pulled it hard to see whether it was strong enough to take his weight, then
ran as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope, his grey
hair blowing all around his face. Backwards and forwards he swung,
occasionally taking a few more running steps on the grass when the rope
began to swing too slowly for him.
At last the professor stopped, straightened his tie, combed his hair carefully,
put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and continued on
his way to the university, looking as quiet and correct and respectable as one
would expect a professor to be.
I.Word meaning:
1.neatly means:
a. carefully arranged;
b. nicely;
c. awfully;
d. happily.
2.rope means:
a. long cable;
b. thick string;
c. small pipe;
d. little rock.
3.whether means:
a. when;
b. where;
c. if;
d. what.
4.pick up means:
a. leave something;
b. bring something;
c. forget something;
d. lift something.
5.middle-aged means:
a. not very tall but not very short;
b. not young but not old;
c. not fat but not slim;
d. not happy but not sad.
II. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose
Doesnt say (C).
1.Mr. Jones woke at eight oclock in the morning.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
d. one morning.
3.The rope was tied:
a. to a fence.
b. to a big tree.
c. to the house.
d. to the umbrella.
4.There were..in the garden.
a. a fence and a rope.
b. grass and a big tree.
c. bags and hats.
d. many people.
5.The professor was going:
a. to the station.
b. home.
c. to the university.
d. Mr. Jones house.
number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is
withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign, too: the Home Office
has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school, and
has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets.
'truant = a child who does not go to school when he or she should.
I.Word meaning:
1.siblings means:
a. mothers and fathers;
b. brothers and sisters;
c. grandmothers and grandfathers;
d. friends and neighbours.
2.dreadful means:
a. special;
b. different;
c. horrible;
d. true.
3.persuade means:
a. make;
b. convince;
c. tell;
d. pay.
4.grant means:
a. an amount of money;
b. many teachers;
c. many parents;
d. many students.
5.fail means:
a. send;
b. be unsuccessful;
c. want;
d. try.
II. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose
Doesnt say (C).
1.Many children do not go to school because they go to work.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
5.Home Office has introduced fines for children who do not go to school.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
In Angkor Wat you will find more than 100 stone monuments and temple
buildings, each of which contains countless statues, sculptures and reliefs.
To see the whole thing can take several days. The most important temples to
visit in the area are Angkor Wat, especially at sunrise or sunset; Angkor
Thom, the remains of the capital; Ta Prohm, a palace overgrown by jungle;
and Bayon.
Visas are required to enter Cambodia. You can obtain one on arrival at
Siem Reap International Airport for $20, and 1 passport photo is required per
person. You will also need another passport photo for the Angkor Temple
Entrance Pass. Please ensure you take comfortable walking shoes, light
clothing and plenty of water to drink as it is very hot there. The most
commonly accepted currency in Cambodia is the US dollar.
I. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose
Doesnt say (C).
1.Angkor Wat lies in today Cambodia.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
5.If you want to visit the Angkor Temple you should have sandals.
a. Right
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than
for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Apparently, British diplomats and other embassy staff have found that
the second hardest language is Japanese, which will probably come as no
surprise to many, but the language that they have found to be the most
problematic is Hungarian, which has 35 cases (forms of a nouns according to
whether it is subject, object, genitive, etc). This does not mean that
Hungarian is the hardest language to learn for everyone, but it causes British
diplomatic personnel, who are generally used to learning languages, the
most difficulty.
Different cultures and individuals from those cultures will find
different languages more difficult.
No language is easy to learn well, though languages which are related
to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing
system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language
more difficult than another. In the end, it is impossible to say that there is
one language that is the most difficult language in the world.
I.Make questions so that the underlined words are the answers.
II. Are the sentences 1-5 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose
Doesnt say (C).
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
5.It is easy to say what is the most difficult language in the world.
b. Right
c.
b. Wrong
c. Doesnt say.
KEYS
Text 1
I. 1. F; 2.F; 3.T; 4.T; 5.F.
II.1c, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5c.
III.1b, 2a, 3c, 4b, 5b.
Text 2
I.1b, 2a, 3c, 4b, 5c.
II.1c, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5b.
III.1b, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5c.
Text 3
I.1c, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5c.
II.1b, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5a.
III.1c, 2b, 3b, 4a, 5b.
Text 4
I.1b, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5a.
II.1b, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5a.
III.1b, 2a, 3d, 4b, 5c.
Text 5
I.1b, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5a.
II.1a, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5b.
III.1b, 2c, 3d, 4b, 5c.
Text 6
I.1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5b.
II.1c, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5b.
III.1c, 2c, 3b, 4b, 5c.
Text 7
Text 8
Text 9
Text 10
BIBLIOGRAFIE
Bantas, Andrei
1995
MacMillan
Edition, 2007
Consiliul Europei
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