Act.

4: Unit 1 Consolidation Activity (Reading Comprehension):

1 THE GHOST IN THE FOREST

Answer the following question according to the reading

http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/themepark/nature/reading-ghost.htm

Many people who live near the Theme Park are afraid to go into the
Forest area. There is a legend, that a woman who once lived in the
forest as an outlaw hundreds and hundreds of years ago, still walks
there as a ghost at night. The legend says, she was a great warrior
from a rich family, but the wicked king, who ruled the country, killed
her family and burned her castle, that is quite close to the Theme
Park.

Her name was Maureen. Maureen escaped being killed, by running

into the forest. Because of this, the King made a decree. Many of the
poor people, who knew Maureen, liked her very much and they told
her what the King was going to do. Maureen decided to fight the
King. She did this by helping the poor, by robbing the rich and giving
their money to the poor. Everytime someone rich came through the
forest, she would rob him. Maureen was a heroine for the poor, but in
the end, one of the poor betrayed her.

She was caught by the King´s soldiers and hung in the forest by the
King from one of the old oak trees. The legend says that her ghost
still walks there by night.

Seleccione una respuesta.

So beware!

What is the name of the woman in the legend?

a. Marion b. Marine c. Maureen

Wish is most commonly used in hypothetical (or imagined)

situations:

Hope v.s Wish

I wish that I had a dog. (I don't really have a dog, but if I did, I would
be happy.) I wish (that) you were here. (Unfortunately, you're not,
and I miss you.)

Sometimes wish is used in greeting and expressions of goodwill:

We wish you a "Merry Christmas." They wished him "Happy

Birthday."(S V IO DO) Wish me luck.

Hope can also be used in expressions of goodwill, but the grammar

is slightly different:

I hope (that) you have a Merry Christmas. I hope (that) you had a
nice Birthday.

Hope can be used to specify a desired outcome. For future hopes,

the possibilities remain open, but for past hopes, the outcome has
usually been determined already.

I hope you can come to the party on Saturday. I was hoping that you
would come to the party. I had hoped to see you at the party on
Saturday.

I hope to get an A on the exam. I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.

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(some time in the future) (some time in the past)

(future possibility) (but you didn't make it) (but I didn't)

(it is still possible) (although it might) (it could happen) (but you
probably

He hopes to be elected President. She hoped you wouldn't find her.

Wish and hope are also used in certain types of requests and
pleasantries. In such situations, wish carries a more definite and
formal tone.

I wish to see the doctor.(right now)

I hope to see you again.(anytime in the future)

Answer to the following question according to the above grammar

explanation.

Complete with right form of the expression wish or hope.

I _______ that you have a Happy New Year

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. Hope b. Wish c. Wishes d. Hopes

Answer the following question according to the reading.

Three Taiwanese fishermen were rescued yesterday from a small

uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The men had disappeared
for more than three months. They had left Taiwan in a small fishing
boat and had planned a week-long trip. On their fifth day, however,
they encountered a typhoon, and it badly damaged their boat.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.

After the storm had passed, they discovered that the engine wouldn´t
start, so their boat just drifted at sea for over a month. During this
time, the fishermen caught fish to eat and drank rain water to stay
alive.

Finally, the boat drifted toward a small island. When it got close
enough, the men jumped out and swam to shore. On the island, they
found fresh fruit and vegetables, and they continued to catch fish to
eat. The fishermen had lived on the island for two months when a
passing ship rescued them. Although the three men had lost a lot of
weight, they were still in fairly good shape. Their families feared that
the fishermen had died during the typhoon. They were surprised and
happy that the ship had found them and that they were safe and
sound.
This article can be found in :

Seleccione
una respuesta.

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. a gossip magazine b. a comics magazine c. a Journal newspaper

SELECTION READING FROM ON LINE CONTENT UNIT 2

His good looks, dark complexion and pleasant voice swept her off her feet almost
immediately. When he asked her for a date she nearly fainted with emotion and
agreed to meet him the following day. Last month she found out he would never
divorce his wife and decided to leave him.

Answer to the following question according to the above reading.

Did she agree to meet him for a date the following day, or not?

a. She agreed to meet him for a date the following day b. She agree
to meet him for a date the following date c. No she didn´t d. Yes, she
did

The picture of Dorian Gray

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light
summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came
through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more
delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he

was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord
Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and
honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches
seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as
theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted
across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of
the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect,
and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo
who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek
to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of
the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or
circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the
straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant
organ.

In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-
length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and
in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself,
Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago
caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so
many strange conjectures.

As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so

skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his
face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up,
and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he
sought to imprison within his brain

some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.

"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said
Lord Henry languidly. "You must certainly send it next year to the
Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar. Whenever I
have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have
not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many
pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was
worse. The Grosvenor is really the only place."

"I don't think I shall send it anywhere," he answered, tossing his

head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him
at Oxford.

"No, I won't send it anywhere."

Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows and looked at him in amazement

through the thin blue wreaths of smoke that curled up in such fanciful
whorls from his heavy, opium-tainted cigarette. "Not send it
anywhere? My dear fellow, why? Have you any reason? What odd
chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a
reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it
away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse
than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. A portrait
like this would set you far above all the young men in England, and
make the old men quite jealous, if old men are ever capable of any
emotion."

"I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I
have put too much of myself into it."

According to the above reading answer to the following question .

“I have put too much of myself into it." This

expression means:

Seleccione al menos una

a. The picture is not on sale.

Very few people in our town trust Roger Ditchemquick as he has deceived a lot of
people, especially women. Last year he met Jenny Flint at the Annual Fireman´s
Ball.

Seleccione una respuesta.

SELECTION READING FROM ON LINE CONTENT UNIT 2

His good looks, dark complexion and pleasant voice swept her off her feet almost
immediately. When he asked her for a date she nearly fainted with emotion and
agreed to meet him the following day. Last month she found out he would never
divorce his wife and decided to leave him.

Answer to the following question according to the above reading.

What did she discover last month? ( so ) What she did?

a. She noticed he was married so, she left him b. She discovered he
was a single man and she got married to him c. She found out he
was married and she didn´t care that situation d. She didn´t discover
he was a married man

Answer the following question according to the reading.

Her name was Maureen. Maureen escaped being killed, by running
into the forest. Because of this, the King made a decree. Many of the
poor people, who knew Maureen, liked her very much and they told
her what the King was going to do. Maureen decided to fight the
King. She did this by helping the poor, by robbing the rich and giving
their money to the poor. Everytime someone rich came through the
forest, she would rob him. Maureen was a heroine for the poor, but in
the end, one of the poor betrayed her.

She was caught by the King´s soldiers and hung in the forest by the
King from one of the old oak trees. The legend says that her ghost
still walks there by night.

So beware!

Where did Maureen go after her family was killed and her castle
burned?

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. She ran into the forest. b. She went to the Theme Park for the
day. c. She ran to the poor people
Hope v.s Wish

I wish that I had a dog. (I don't really have a dog, but if I did, I would be happy.) I
wish (that) you were here. (Unfortunately, you're not, and I miss you.) Sometimes
wish is used in greeting and expressions of goodwill: We wish you a "Merry
Christmas."(S V IO DO) They wished him "Happy Birthday." Wish me luck. Hope
can also be used in expressions of goodwill, but the grammar is slightly different:
(some time in the I hope (that) you have a Merry Christmas. future) I hope (that)
you had a nice Birthday. (some time in the past) Hope can be used to specify a
desired outcome. For future hopes, the possibilities remain open, but for past
hopes, the outcome has usually been determined already. I hope you can come to
the party on Saturday. (future possibility) I was hoping that you would come to the
(but you didn't make it) party. (but I didn't) I had hoped to see you at the party on
Saturday. (it is still possible) (although it might) I hope to get an A on the exam. (it
could happen) I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. (but you probably did) He hopes to
be elected President. She hoped you wouldn't find her.

Wish and hope are also used in certain types of requests and pleasantries. In
such situations, wish carries a more definite and formal tone.
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(right now)

(anytime in the future)

Answer to the following question according to the above

grammar explanation

Which is the right option in Spanish for:

I hope to get an A on the exam.

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. Todavía es posible que obtenga una A en el examen b. Deseo

que obtengas una A en el examen c. Esperaba tener una A en el
examen d. Deseaba que obtuvieras una A en el examen

WISH AND HOPE

Wish is most commonly used in hypothetical (orimagined) situations:

I wish that I had a dog. (I don't really have a dog, but if I did, Iwould
be happy.) I wish (that) you were here. (Unfortunately, you're not,
and I miss you.)

Sometimes wish is used in greeting and expressions ofgoodwill:

We wish you a "Merry Christmas." They wished him "Happy

Birthday."(S V IO DO) Wish me luck.

Hope can also be used in expressions of goodwill,but the grammar

is slightly different:

I hope (that) you have a Merry Christmas. I hope (that) you had a
nice Birthday.

Hope can be used to specify a desired outcome.For future hopes,

the possibilities remain open, but for pasthopes, the outcome has
usually been determined already.
I hope you can come to the party on Saturday. I was hoping that you
would come to the party. I had hoped to see you at the party on
Saturday.
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(some time in the future) (some time in the past)

(future possibility) (but you didn't make it) (but I didn't)

(it is still possible) (although it might) (it could happen)

I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. He hopes to be elected President.

She hoped you wouldn't find her.

Wish and hope are also used in certaintypes of requests and

pleasantries. In such situations, wishcarries a more definite and
formal tone.

Complete with the right word.

We ______ to win the game next Sunday because we have

trained very hard.

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. wish b. hope c. wishes d. hopes

The picture of Dorian Gray

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst
the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more
delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his
custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet
and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to
bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds
in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window,
producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced
painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey
the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through
the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the
straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was
like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man
of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist
himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such
public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.

As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile
of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up,
and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his
brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.

"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry languidly. "You
must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar.
Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to
see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the
people, which was worse. The Grosvenor is really the only place."

"I don't think I shall send it anywhere," he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that
used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford.

"No, I won't send it anywhere."

Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows and looked at him in amazement through the thin blue wreaths of
smoke that curled up in such fanciful whorls from his heavy, opium-tainted cigarette. "Not send it
anywhere? My dear fellow, why? Have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are! You do
anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it
away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and
that is not being talked about. A portrait like this would set you far above all the young men in
England, and make the old men quite jealous, if old men are ever capable of any emotion."

"I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself
into it."

According to the above reading answer to the following question.

The artist has just finished a painting of:

a. Lord Henry. b. Basill Hallvard c. A view of the garden.

Answer the following question according to the reading

Three Taiwanese fishermen were rescued yesterday from a small

uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The men had disappeared
for more than three months. They had left Taiwan in a small fishing
boat and had planned a week-long trip. On their fifth day, however,
they encountered a typhoon, and it badly damaged their boat.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.

After the storm had passed, they discovered that the engine wouldn´t
start, so their boat just drifted at sea for over a month. During this
time, the fishermen caught fish to eat and drank rain water to stay
alive.

Finally, the boat drifted toward a small island. When it got close
enough, the men jumped out and swam to shore. On the island, they
found fresh fruit and vegetables, and they continued to catch fish to
eat. The fishermen had lived on the island for two months when a
passing ship rescued them. Although the three men had lost a lot of
weight, they were still in fairly good shape. Their families feared that
the fishermen had died during the typhoon. They were surprised and
happy that the ship had found them and that they were safe and
sound.
How long had they planned to be away?

a. They planned to be away for two months b. They planned to be

away for a week-long trip c. They planned to be away on a weekend

Answer the following question according to the reading

Three Taiwanese fishermen were rescued yesterday from a small

uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The men had disappeared
for more than three months. They had left Taiwan in a small fishing
boat and had planned a week-long trip. On their fifth day, however,
they encountered a typhoon, and it badly damaged their boat.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.

After the storm had passed, they discovered that the engine wouldn´t
start, so their boat just drifted at sea for over a month. During this
time, the fishermen caught fish to eat and drank rain water to stay
alive.

Finally, the boat drifted toward a small island. When it got close
enough, the men jumped out and swam to shore. On the island, they
found fresh fruit and vegetables, and they continued to catch fish to
eat. The fishermen had lived on the island for two months when a
passing ship rescued them. Although the three men had lost a lot of
weight, they were still in fairly good shape. Their families feared that
the fishermen had died during the typhoon. They were surprised and
happy that the ship had found them and that they were safe and
sound.
Choose the best headline for this story

Seleccione a. Fishermen found safe and sound

s: 1 THE GHOST IN THE FOREST

Answer the following question according to the reading

http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/themepark/nature/reading-ghost.htm

Many people who live near the Theme Park are afraid to go into the
Forest area. There is a legend, that a woman who once lived in the
forest as an outlaw hundreds and hundreds of years ago, still walks
there as a ghost at night.

The legend says, she was a great warrior from a rich family, but the
wicked king, who ruled the country, killed her family and burned her
castle, that is quite close to the Theme Park.

Her name was Maureen. Maureen escaped being killed, by running

into the forest. Because of this, the King made a decree. Many of the
poor people, who knew Maureen, liked her very much and they told
her what the King was going to do. Maureen decided to fight the
King. She did this by helping the poor, by robbing the rich and giving
their money to the poor. Everytime someone rich came through the
forest, she would rob him. Maureen was a heroine for the poor, but in
the end, one of the poor betrayed her.

She was caught by the King´s soldiers and hung in the forest by the
King from one of the old oak trees. The legend says that her ghost
still walks there by night.

So beware!
Who killed Maureen´s family and burned her castle?

Seleccione una respuesta.

a. The king killed her family. b. The queen killed her family.

Answer the following question according to the reading

Seleccione

FRUITIBIX

Do you want to be slim? Do you worry about your family's health?

Then you should try Fruitibix, the new healthy fruit and nut biscuit.
Fruitibix tastes wonderful, but it contains less sugar than most other
biscuits. Each biscuit contains dried fruit and nuts including apples,
coconut and banana. Sometimes you feel like eating something
between meals. Now, instead of having a chocolate bar, bite a
Fruitibix. It won't make you fat and it will keep you healthy.

At lunchtime, instead of chips or hamburgers, have a Fruitibix. It

contains all the essential food for a balanced meal. And if you are in
a hurry, and you don't have time for a proper meal, Fruitibix will give
you the energy to keep on going.

So whenever your children ask for something sweet, give them

Fruitibix instead of cakes or chocolate. They will love the taste and it
won't harm their teeth.

Discover Fruitibix. It's on your supermarket shelves now!

Taken from: Preparation PET and Practice, Oxford University Press

Why, in the writer’s opinion, should people eatFruitibix instead of
chocolate?

a. Fruitibix is cheaper and easier to eat than chocolate b. Fruitibix is

healthier and less fattening than chocolate c. Fruitibix tastes better
than chocolate.

Answer the following question according to the reading

Three Taiwanese fishermen were rescued yesterday from a small
uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The men had disappeared
for more than three months. They had left Taiwan in a small fishing
boat and had planned a week-long trip. On their fifth day, however,
they encountered a typhoon, and it badly damaged their boat.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.

After the storm had passed, they discovered that the engine wouldn´t
start, so their boat just drifted at sea for over a month. During this
time, the fishermen caught fish to eat and drank rain water to stay
alive.

Finally, the boat drifted toward a small island. When it got close
enough, the men jumped out and swam to shore. On the island, they
found fresh fruit and vegetables, and they continued to catch fish to
eat. The fishermen had lived on the island for two months when a
passing ship rescued them. Although the three men had lost a lot of
weight, they were still in fairly good shape. Their families feared that
the fishermen had died during the typhoon. They were surprised and
happy that the ship had found them and that they were safe and
sound.
How long were the fishermen missing?

a. They were missing for more than three months b. They were
missing for two months c. They were missing on their fifth day