Comprensión lectora: prueba final mayo 2020

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READING Student's answer sheet

Reading 1: The Love Test

Reading 2: The effects of climate and weather on personality

ANSWER KEY

For your Reading Pleasure: The Citadel by A. J. Croning (Graded Reader)

The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later. In the United States, it won the National Award for 1937 novels, voted by members of the American Bookshellers Association.

For his fifth book, Dr. Cronin drew on his experiences practising medicine in the coal mining communities of the South Wales Valleys. Specifically, he had researched and reported on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease in the town of Tredegar. He had also worked as a doctor for the Tredegar Aid Society at the Cottage Hospital, which served as the model for the National Health Service.

Croning once stated in an interview, "I have written in The Citadel all I feel about the medical profession, its injustices, its hide-bound unscientific stubbornness, its humbug... The horrors and inequities detailed in the story I have personally witnessed. This is not and attack against individuals, but against a system."

The Citadel Graded Reader

Listen to the full story here

LESSON PLAN MARCH 24-31

LESSON PLAN MARCH 24-31

Reading Tests Online

Key to the Reading Test Online

Listening Tests Online

Audio of Task 1: Book Talk

Audio of Task 2: Tips to Sleep Well

Key to the Listening Test Online

Key to page 65 (c)

Key to page 144 (a) and (b)

Five Short Stories by Roald Dahl

Most of you may already be acquainted with this famous Welsh author; there is actually quite a few books by him in our library. He's written very many different things (novels, poetry, scripts for films...), but he's best known for his children's books, and short stories. Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, and often darkly comic mood. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.

During this uncertain period of home confinement, I suggest reading five of his best-known short stories: The Umbrella Man, The Landlady, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Hitchhiker, and The Way Up to Heaven. Here they are, on this free link below for you to download. We will be holding a class discussion once we're back to class. Hopefully soon!

Enjoy the read!

Roald Dahl's five short stories

LESSON PLAN MARCH 17-24

LESSON PLAN MARCH 17-24

Answer key to Grammar and Vocabulary page 62

Answer key to Reading and Film Watching p. 63

Future in the Past

Here follows a googleslide presentation of the future of the past in English my colleague Raúl was so kind to share with me and my students. Get ready to learn new vocabulary and practice your reading and listening skills as you revise this grammar point. Enjoy the show!

                                                                Future in the Past

LESSON PLAN MARCH 9-16

LESSON PLAN MARCH 9-16

answer key to Grammar Bank 6B, p.143

Answer key to the Reading p.59

Cloze: Weddings

Infinitive versus Gerund Drill

Infinitive versus Gerund Key

Used to, Be used to, Get used to Drill

Used to, Be used to, Get used to Key

Old Dogs, New Tricks

Old Dogs, New Tricks_Heading Matching

Old Dogs New Tricks_Heading Matching KEY

A Heading Matching about Friendship

Making and Keeping the Good Friends

Making and Keeping the Good Friends_answer key

B1 Mock Exam April 2019

READING TEST: Multiple Choice

READING TEST: Cloze

READING TEST: Headings

LISTENING PAPER: 3 TASKS

PART 1 AUDIO: Multiple Choice

PART 2 AUDIO: Fill in the gaps

PART 3 AUDIO: Heading Matching

And one more cloze for the road... Prepackaged Food Takes Over

This is one of the last cloze exercises you're gonna do this year (apart from the one in the exam). Remember to read the text slowly, and to make sure you understand the text and every idea in it. Only then you make your choice, ok? A complete version of the article is included in this link, right after the gapped version, but please try not to succumb to temptation too soon!

Cloze: Prepackaged Food Takes Over

Today, Thursday April 26th

Dear all, I can´t go to the school today, but I'd like to suggest that you go to class and work together on the following tasks:

1- Listening. Here follows a listening test that you could do as a class, using the computer on the teacher's desk:

Listening Test Part 1 & 2

Test 1 Audio Track

Test 2 Audio Track

Listening Test Part 1 & 2 Key

2- Cloze. Here is a cloze for you to do in 20 minutes in class.

Cloze Text

Cloze Text Key

3- You could use the time left to practice the interaction cards posted below in pairs, after taking a look at the post "getting ready to the speaking exam".

Finally, as part of your homework for next week, you have to do a writing: there are two options:

a) an article following the instructions on page 115, with a free topic of your choice; or
b) a film review, following the instructions on page 117, and choosing the film you want.

Key to the Exam Practice, Christmas 2016

Key to the Exam Practice you did over Christmas

Exam Practice for Xmas: Reading

Here goes your exam practice on Reading. Good luck!

Reading Exam NI2: Cloze

Reading Exam NI2: Multiple Choice

Required Reading before Xmas: Roald Dahl's Short Stories

Most of you are already acquainted with this very famous Welsh author, there is actually quite a few books by him in our library. He's written very many different things (novels, poetry, scripts for films...), but he's best known for his children's books, and short stories. Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, and often darkly comic mood. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.

Before the end of this year you are required to read five of his very famous short stories: The Umbrella Man, The Landlady, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Hitchhiker, and The Way Up to Heaven. Here they are, for you to download. A total of 45 pages that you are asked to read by December 12th/13th (you have two weeks for that).

After that, we will do plenty of things with what you've read, but for the time being concentrate on reading the five stories, and understanding all they say, will you? The rest of the instructions will be delivered in class by Ignacio.

Enjoy the read!

Roald Dahl's five short stories

New Year's Resolutions

Everybody's new year's resolutions for 2016 are inside a sealed envelope that will be opened in the last week of class, so that you wil be able to check on your actual progress, alright? Meanwhile, why don't you take a look at this list of 50 new year's resolutions ideas and how to achieve them? You may find yours in the list, and some tips to achieve your goal. Go for it!

50 New Year's Resolution Ideas and How to Achieve Them

End-of-May Reading Practice

Just a heads up to remind you that the June exam is coming up in less than a month... But don't worry, because you've done plenty of practice throughout the year, you may just need to revise a little bit, but it shouldn't be very hard work... Let me just give you some reading materials. Open up the four files below, do the exercises in them, and finally click on the Key below to check your answers.

Reading Practice 1
Reading Practice 2
Reading Practice 3
Reading Practice 4


Key to the Reading Practice 1 to 4 

Health and Beauty Reading Text

This is a heading matching reading exercise for you to complete over the week. I will be back to school tomorrow after my sick leave, so you guys enjoy this beautiful spring day!

Health and Beauty Heading Matching

Health and Beauty Heading Matching Key

A News Story About People, not Trees

After reading the most incredible news story about trees in class, here follows the most outrageous news story of the year. The link below takes you to the International Business Times newspaper. The headline reads:

"Spain: 11 Immigrants Drown After Border Police Fire Bullets"*

No words can follow this headline

Read the News Story here

* Where it reads 11 immigrants, you have to read 15 now.

Dedicated to all the musicians in the world...

                        ...who make our lives better... and theirs too!!

Remember the mood-food debate in class last week? We all had the chance to reflect on how food actually affects our mood, right? Now I would like to show you a piece of research which deals with another very important nutrient for our brains: Music. You're going to listen to a news story about the relationship between music and the human brain. Click on the link below to hear and read all about it.  And thanks, musicians, for being around!!
NOTE: To listen to the news, click on the slower listening speed.

Music and the Human Brain: Read and Listen