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Reading Comprehension

I. Read the following text and then select the correct answer.


Two Sisters and the cat

Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith are sisters. Mrs. Wilson lives in a house in Duncan and Mrs. Smith lives in
a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs. Wilson visited her sister. When her sister answered the
door, Mrs. Wilson saw tears in her eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs. Smith said "My cat
Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury him".

She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very
much. Suddenly Mrs. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and
visit him sometimes." Mrs. Smith stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together and a nice
visit.

It was now five o'clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat
and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the dead Sammy into a shopping bag. Mrs. Wilson took the shopping
bag and walked to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper.
When the bus arrived, she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor beside
her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at her bus stop, she got off
the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she had left the shopping bag
on the bus.

1. Where does Mrs. Smith live?
A. in a condominium in Duncan
B. in a condominium in Victoria
C. in a house in Duncan

2. Why is Mrs. Smith upset?

A. because her sister came to see her cat
B. because her cat died
C. because Mrs. Wilson was sad

3. What did Mrs. Wilson do?

A. take the cat with her on the bus
B. put her gloves in the shopping bag
C. prepare dinner for her sister


4. Who did Sammy the cat live with?

A. Mrs. Wilson
B. Mrs. Smith
C. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith
5. What time did Mrs. Wilson go home?
A. when the bus arrived
B. at 5 p.m.
C. after she walked for two minutes

6. How did Mrs. Wilson go home?

A. walked for two minutes before she caught the bus
B. read a newspaper on the bus
C. took a bus

7. What did Mrs. Wilson forget?

A. the newspaper
B. her handbag
C. the shopping bag

8. Where did Sammy die?

A. in Mrs. Smith's house in Duncan
B. in Mrs. Wilson's garden
C. in Victoria






II. Read the following lecture and circle the correct answer.


Culture Shock

You have read about Romulus and Remus whose culture shock came when they went back to the
world of human beings after being raised by a wolf. Tarzan's culture shock came when he
discovered that he was not a "white ape" but a human being. Emily Carr preferred the culture of the
First Nations people and the life she led on her explorations to the dresses and polite conversations
of her own culture. You now know that First Nations culture did not include school or even business
activity, people spent most of their time in nature or around the fire of their home talking, telling
stories and making the things they needed to survive.

Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they
enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way
our brain and our personality reacts to the strange new things we encounter when we move from
one culture to another. If our culture involves bowing when we greet someone, we may feel very


uncomfortable in a culture that does not involve bowing. If the language we use when talking to
someone in our own culture is influenced by levels of formality based on the other person's age and
status, it may be difficult for us to feel comfortable communicating with people in the new culture.

Culture begins with the "honeymoon stage". This is the period of time when we first arrive in which
everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from "jet lag" but we
are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language,
eating new kinds of food. This honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we
are involved in some kind of great adventure.

Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have settled down
into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or living with a home-stay
family, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family,
girlfriend/boyfriend, pets. All the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger
and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment can
be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture. This
"rejection stage" can be quite dangerous because the visitor may develop unhealthy habits (smoking
and drinking too much, being too concerned over food or contact with people from the new culture).
This can, unfortunately lead to the person getting sick or developing skin infections or rashes which
then makes the person feel even more scared and confused and helpless. This stage is considered a
crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to their homeland or
spend all their time with people from their own culture speaking their native language.

The third stage of culture shock is called the "adjustment stage". This is when you begin to realize
that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and
you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place.
Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called "at ease at last". Now you feel quite comfortable in your new
surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have problems with the
language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. If you meet someone from your
country who has just arrived, you can be the expert on life in the new culture and help them to deal
with their culture shock.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don't know about. This is called "reverse
culture shock". Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to your native culture and find that you
have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little
uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!


1. When does culture shock happen?
A. when you reach your teens
B. when you move to a big city
C. when you meet foreign people for the first time
D. when you go to live in a foreign culture


2. How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?

A. lonely and depressed
B. bored and homesick
C. happy and excited
D. angry and frustrated

3. How do you feel during the second stage?

A. homesick and afraid
B. interested and amused
C. stressed, but positive
D. you have no particular feelings

4. How could the third stage be described?

A. adjustment
B. rejection
C. enthusiasm
D. anger

5. How do you feel during the fourth stage of culture shock?

A. tense, but positive
B. relaxed
C. negative and stressed
D. afraid

6. Why might reverse culture shock be a problem?

A. It hardly ever happens.
B. It is extremely stressful.
C. Most people do not expect it.
D. It only happens to young people.

III. Based on the next lecture underlined the correct answer.

The Hotel of The Famous

What would your life be like if you were Albert Einstein. What clothes would be in your wardrobe if
you were Marilyn Monroe? Or Madonna?
Well now you can discover the answer to all these questions and many more at the Fame Hotel in
California. Ten miles outside Los Angeles, the Fame Hotel promises to answer the question "What
if?". When you check into the hotel, you choose a room. Each room has a name. There's Clint
Eastwood on the second floor and Elvis Presley on the third floor. In total, the Fame Hotel has 32
rooms, most of which are named after stars of Hollywood or music. But there are also famous


writers (Mark Twain and Agatha Christie) and even some scientists and sports stars, such as Mike
Tyson.
When you enter the room, you enter the life of that person. There are pictures everywhere. The
owner of the hotel has tried to fill the room with objects, clothes, even food that he thinks the stars
would have liked. Marilyn Monroe's wardrobe is full of beautiful white dresses, Albert Einstein
doesn't have any socks in his wardrobe because the real Einstein never wore them! If you choose
Mike Tyson's room, you'll be able to practice boxing in one corner of the room. And there's even a
skipping rope too!
I spoke to one guest staying in the Elvis Presley room. "I love this hotel," he said to me. "I wanted to
know 'What would Elvis Presley eat for breakfast?' and now I know". That guest eats pancakes and
strawberry ice cream every morning, just as Elvis liked to do. On the next table, the Einstein room's
guest is eating cabbage soup!
The company plans to open another Fame Hotel in New York next year and there are plans to
expand into Europe too. I look forward to staying in the Winston Churchill suite in London!

1. You can meet famous people in the hotel.

True

False

2. Some famous people have stayed at the hotel.

True

False

3. The Fame Hotel is near Hollywood.

True

False

4. Guests are able to choose which room they stay in.

True

False

5. Each room has a celebrity's signature on the door.

True

False


6. The hotel's owner has tried to make the wardobe authentic.

True

False

7. Each guest eats something different in the hotel restaurant.

True

False

8. There is also a Fame Hotel in London.

True

False

Vocabulary

I. There are 7 days of the week on the following line write them in the
correct order.

II. Write down the months in the corresponding order and with the proper
grammar.


Septemver Janary Otober Nov

Frebuary Abril Agust Marsh May

Juli December June

1. 5. 9.
2. 6. 10.
3. 7. 11.
4. 8. 12.


III. Read the following questions and choose the correct answer.


1. What is a bellboy ?
a. A boy who sounds like a bell
b. Someone who carries your bag to the hotel room
c. Someone who opens the door
d. A boy who serves you food

2. What is another name for a concierge?

a. Receptionist
b. Doorman
c. Conserje
d. Porter

3. What is the opposite of a check-in?

a. Check-out
b. Check-off
c. Check-it-out
d. Check-on

4. Another name for two single beds is .

a. Bunk beds
b. Twin beds
c. Two beds
d. Bad beds

5. If you want to make a reservation, you should call…

a. The doorman
b. The bartender
c. The receptionist
d. The police

6. The selection of alcoholic drinks in your hotel room is called…

a. The mini-bar
b. The mini-bottles
c. The mini-booze
d. The mini-drinks

7. When you make a reservation you usually need to leave a…

a. Bond
b. Deposit
c. Invoice
d. Balance

8. If you want a meal from the hotel delivered to your room you ask for…


a. The chef
b. Food centre
c. The kitchen
d. Room service

9. When you are not ready to check-out early in the morning you can request a…
a. Late check-out
b. Later check-out
c. Long check-out
d. Extended check-out

10. A standard breakfast, consisting usually of cereal and toast with jam is
referred to as…
a. A continental breakfast
b. A buffet breakfast
c. An English breakfast
d. An American breakfast

11. Sometimes hotels offer transportation to and from the airport. This is called
a...
a. Taxi service
b. Van service
c. Shuttle service
d. Aero service

12. What is an example of a tip?

a. Three dollars
b. A kiss
c. Five hours
d. A business card

IV. Choose the correct words/phrases to complete the conversation with the
hotel reception clerk:

YOU: Hello, My name is Liliana. I have a ________________.

-check-in

-reservation

-reserve

HOTEL CLERK: Certainly, sir. (CHECKS THE RESERVATION SYSTEM) Yes, would you like
a room facing the pool or the ocean?

YOU:. Is there ________________ between the two?

-a difference in price


-more expensive

-cheaper

HOTEL CLERK: Yes, the rooms that face the ocean are $100 per night, while the ones
facing the pool are $80 per night.

YOU:. OK, ________________ with the one facing the ocean, please.

-make me

-I'll go

-do it

HOTEL CLERK: And you would like that for three nights, correct?

YOU:. Yes, ________________.

-that's right

-that is satisfactory

-it is not wrong

HOTEL CLERK: I'll have the porter bring up your bags.

YOU:. No, that's fine, I'll ________________.

-do it too

-make it myself

-do it myself

V. Select the correct answer.

1. Imagine --> imaginative // rely --> reliable // ambition --> ________

a. ambitionful
b. ambitiative
c. ambitiable
d. ambitious

2. The weather was great - it was really _______

a. Strong sun
b. Sunny
c. Sunshine
d. Sun

3. Excuse me, I think you’ve _____a mistake in our bill.

a. done


b. made
c. given
d. had

4. friendly --> unfriendly // honest --> dishonest // polite --> ________

a. impolite
b. inpolite
c. dispolite
d. unpolite

5. If I were you I leave earlier so you can avoid_____

a. traffic time
b. rush hour
c. Peak hour
d. Peak time

6. I don't like my job very much. I'm going to ________ and look for another one.
a. retire
b. Fire
c. Finish
d. Resign

7. I ______ swimming every Saturday morning

a. do
b. go
c. make
d. play

Grammar

I. Choose the best answer to each question.

1. _____rice
a. much
b. many

2. ____sand
a. much
b. many

3. ____coffee
a. much
b. many

4. ____news
a. much
b. many

5. ____vegetables
a. much
b. many

6. ____furniture
a. much
b. many

7. ____apples
a. much
b. many

8. ____children
a. much
b. many

9. ____flowers
a. much
b. many


10. ____money
a. much
b. money

II. Neither/either exercises. Circle the best answer.

1. She didn't like _____ of them.

a. either
b. Neither

2. Doesn't she like _____ of them

a. Either
b. Neither

3. I'm sorry, but I couldn't get through to ______ of them.

a. Either
b. Neither

4. _____ of them told me about it so I didn't go.

a. Either
b. Neither

III. Find the correct long forms to the given contracted (short) forms.

Example: he’s--! he is

1. he’s got -!
2. he’ll- -!
3. she didn’t- -!
4. he won’t- -!
5. she can’t- -!
6. we wouldn’t- -!

IV. Underlined the correct answer

1. My ________________ names are Bill and Doris.


A. ? parent's
B. ? parents'
C. ? parents

2. Her _______________ live near London.

A. ? parents'
B. ? parent's
C. ? parents

3. My ____________ names are Michael and Jason.

A. ? brothers'
B. ? brothers
C. ? brother's

4. Our _____________ names are Jennifer Katherine. Katherine is her middle name.

A. ? daughter's
B. ? daughters
C. ? daughters'

V. Verbs. Complete the following chart with the correct form of the verb to be.

Pronoun Present tense Negative Past tense Negative Future tense

I am
You Aren’t/are not
He/She was
It Wasn’t/was not
We Will be
You were
They are

Listening/Speaking

I. You’ll have a short interview; answer the questions with complete
sentences.