LESSON D VISITING HIDALGO

1. READ THE TEXT. WHAT COULD BE THE BEST TITLE FOR THE PASSAGE?

a) Extreme sports. b) Roland’s trip. c) Hidalgo is a Paradise. d) The rock climber.

Hi my name is Roland. I am from Canada and I am a rock climber. Let me tell you that I really like extreme sports
like rock climbing, skydiving, cannoning, cave diving and more. I am actually planning to take a trip to Mexico
where there are many places to have great adventures. This time I will visit Hidalgo, especially a place called El
Chico National Park where I will first do something not really extreme. I am going to go hiking in the woods just
to relax and have fun, but the following day I’ll go rock climbing. People say that I will definitely find dangerous
animals like rattlesnakes which are abundant in this place, but I am not going to see any of them because it´s
cold.
I think it will be a piece of cake, nothing out of the ordinary. I believe that this trip is going to be the best because
Hidalgo is a paradise. After these activities, I will visit Real del Monte and I´ll eat pasties. I will also take a tour
through the mines. It’s going to be interesting to go down a tunnel and see the ruins inside them. I think that I
will spend a week or two in Huasca de Ocampo. I am going to visit famous places such as Hacienda de San
Miguel Regla and Santa Maria Regla. I will definitely enjoy my trip to Hidalgo. I am not going to get bored.

1. The word “actually” in line 2 probably means: 5. Which of the following is probably not an
a) nowadays extreme sport?
b)
✔ in reality a) Cave diving
c) really b)
✔ Hiking
d) dangerous c) Skydiving
d) Rock climbing
2. Roland’s favorite extreme sport is:
a) scuba diving 6. This passage is probably a reading
b) hiking assignment for.
c) skydiving a) American history
d)
✔ rock climbing b) A science class
c)
✔ A tourism class
3. All of the following are mentioned in the d) A sports class
passage except.
a) rattlesnakes are dangerous
b) Roland will visit Hidalgo
c)
✔ Roland likes all kinds of sports
d) Roland will take a tour through the mines

4. The best sentence to replace the phrase “it

will be a piece of cake” in line 7 is:
a) Roland wants some cake
b) It will be dangerous
c) You can eat bread in Hidalgo
d)
✔ It is going to be very easy

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