1. INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA LA BUITRERA SEDE LAS LAJAS
2016
DOCENTE: FREDDY POSSU VASQUEZ
Comprensión de textos
Answer the questions 1-3 accordingtothe followingtext:
WRITELETTERS
The pen is mightierthanthe sword, theysay; ¿so why not use it? Write to packaginganufacturers andask them to forgoCFCs andexcess
packagingon items youbuy regularly.
Write toanufacturers ofcannedgoods andask themtoremove the sugar. Write topapersuppliers andask them toproduce unbleached
andrecycledpaper.
1. In the text, theunderlinedword it refers to:
The pen
The sword
Items
Letters
2. In the text, theunderlinedword regularly means
Lately
Rarely
Only
Frequently
3. In the text, thewords cannedgoods mean:
Plastic goods
Tinnedfood
Metal goods
Dogfood
Construcción de párrafos
4-6
Joggingis goodexercise when it is done regularly: at least three times a week. It strengthens the legmuscles, and, (4) it forces the heart
to beat faster, it also improves bloodcirculation. Manypeoplealso jog (5) control their weight.
Joggers burn up 62 calories foreverykilometertheyrun. (6), jogginghelps decrease levels ofemotional stress.
4.
furthermore
also
thus
since
5.
help with
helping
helps
to help
6.
In contrast
Whereas
VALORACION
3. Answer the questions 7-8 takingintoaccount the informationgivenby thefollowinggraph:
7. The graphreflects that
the average life spanin Russia is at least 80 years.
people in Chadalmost neverreachage 50.
people fromSpain andItalyhave the samelife expectancy.
people in France have the highest life expectancy.
8. Accordingto thegraph, menall over the world
tendto live longer thanwomen.
are not expectedtolive as longas women do.
want to live less thanwomen.
are requirednot to live as longas women do.
9. Readthe comments ofan expert in Baroque music.
George Frederick Handel is one of the most outstandingcomposers ofthe Baroque period. He composedmanyoperas, but since he wasn't goodat moneymanagement,
he went broke. He was well-known, though, due to his vast cosmopolitanrepertoire, includingoverfiftyoffertories. It can be saidthat he was a German artist who
wrote Italianmusic with a French style for theEnglish people.
The wordthough implies that
despite his financial difficulties, his music was very successful duringhis own time.
in spite of his great skill, heis still well-known.
he'dnever have succeededunless he hadcomposeda lot of music.
somehow, Handel dida gooddeal of work.
10. The doctor's secretary asks the patient howhe spells his name.
Howdoes youspell your name?
Howyour name does youspell?
Howdo youspell your name?
Howyour name do youspell?
