D-Test Reading HVG3 2122

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

D-Test Reading Comprehension

June 2022

Lesson Aims:

* To analyze reading texts based on text structures and reading strategies;

* To summarize the main idea of a text;

* To distinguish what is important in a text and what is not;

* To point out and explain the writer’s opinion;

Text 1: Meralco: Unplug to save bags
Meralco, the Philippines’ top supplier of electricity, aimed to show goodwill to its customers by educating them on how electric consumption works and how to read electricity bills. Special bags that combined ‘Electricitips’ or information on how to save electricity and ways to practice smart electrical consumption were given away during Christmas bazaars and Meralco mall events.

Wat was het doel van de actie van het bedrijf Meralco?

1. de duurzaamheid van zijn producten benadrukken
2. de sympathie voor het bedrijf bij klanten vergroten
3. een veilige tas voor het vervoer van apparatuur promoten
4. oproepen om energie-verspillende apparaten te vervangen

A polar bear set its sights on cameraman BBC cameraman Gordon Buchanan was shaken but not stirred by a terrifying encounter with a polar bear: thankfully his bulletproof Perspex hide was bear proof too. The filmmaker employed the portable hide – dubbed an ice cube – to record the polar bears at close quarters for his new

documentary series The Polar Bear Family and Me.

 "The aim wasn’t to have this terrifying encounter but to see these animals up close doing what they naturally do,” Buchanan told the BBC’s Radio Times Magazine. He had previously filmed tigers in Bhutan and brown bears in Minnesota but said his encounter with the 8ft polar bear was his scariest yet. “A lot of people think 

carnivores are intrinsically dangerous but most aren’t. Polar bears are different.

 

Without a doubt, this female could smell me inside and wanted me for lunch. She was looking for a weak spot for almost 45 minutes. I was terrified.”

The mother bear was named Lyra by the filmmakers, and her cubs were Miki and Luca. The crew had to make long journeys over the ice to follow the bears into uncharted territory, often fleeing on snowmobiles when the giant predators came too close.

news.com.au, 2013

 

Welke bewering over ijsberen wordt in het artikel gedaan?

1. IJsberen vallen alleen aan als men in hun territorium komt.
2. IJsberen vallen vooral aan om hun jongen te beschermen.
3. IJsberen zijn eigenlijk minder agressief dan men denkt
4. IJsberen zijn gevaarlijker dan de meeste andere roofdieren.

DID YOU SEE DANIEL?

Or did you look past him and carry on with your life?

Like many of the young people who come to Centrepoint,

Daniel is no stranger to being ignored. His stepfather used

to lock him out of the house. His mother said she wished

she’d never had him. Daniel left home at 16 and fled to

London, hoping for a better life. With no home, he spent

his time walking around and riding around on buses. He

was cold, hungry, and grubby. Worst of all he felt

worthless. Even when he eventually found a B&B, he did

not feel safe.

While Daniel’s story may sound shocking to you, many of the

homeless young people who come to Centrepoint have been

through similar experiences.

By giving just 40p a day (£12 a month) you can get a vulnerable homeless person off the streets right now. You’ll give them a room of their own and all the support they need to rebuild their life. They’ll receive counseling to deal with their problems, career advice to help them into college or a job, and basic life skills, such as how to budget and pay bills. So, when they’re ready to leave, they can live independently.

Many people don’t give homeless people like Daniel a second glance, but today you can be the person who chooses not to ignore them. Thanks to someone like you,

Daniel is now safe at Centrepoint.

Niet

Wel

Geef van elke bewering aan of deze wel of niet overeenkomt met de inhoud van de tekst.

Met sponsorgeld zorgt Centrepoint ervoor dat dakloze jongeren af en toe een nacht kunnen

doorbrengen in een B&B

Als sponsor kun je uit een bestand kiezen welke jongere je wilt ondersteunen

De sponsor krijgt informatie over zowel de kamer als de jongere die erin verblijft.

Als je meerdere kamers sponsort, krijg je korting

What happened to the sparrows?

When I first moved into my house in Holloway in 1977 I considered house sparrows as pests to be grudgingly tolerated, owing to their predatory assaults on my primulas. This view shifted on a sultry summer afternoon

when flying ants were appearing faster than I could swat them. A nearby flock of sparrows won me over with their aerobatic skills in picking them off with pinpoint accuracy.

Now the number of sparrows in London is falling. There used to be a lot of neglected

buildings in this area which provided very adequate nesting sites for the house

sparrows. Spiraling house prices have changed that. The rise and rise of the grey

squirrel population has resulted in a competition for food also leading to a disastrous decline in house sparrow numbers.

JOHN FERBANK

London N7

The iPaper, 2014

‘What happened to the sparrows?’ (titel)
Welke twee oorzaken worden er genoemd voor het feit dat er steeds minder mussen zijn?
Geef antwoord in het Nederlands.

Text 5: Sweet Sprouts
No matter how you dress them up, Brussels sprouts are one Christmas tradition that many children could do without. Over the years, attempts have been made to improve the flavour, adding sweet glazes, chestnuts or pieces of smoked bacon, but in many, many cases to no avail. Now supermarket chain Waitrose has worked with growers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to develop sprouts
that they insist are a .

1. Bitter
2. fresh
3. kid-friendly
4. picky

According to scientists, children are not just being (b) when it comes to the knobbly sprout. Reluctance
to wolf them down stems from survival instinct, as toxins tend to have a bitter taste, just like sprouts. Sweetness, on the other hand, usually indicates that something is safe to eat, which is why children adore biscuits, cakes and desserts. But there is a good reason why parents ought to urge their little poppets to eat Brussels sprouts: they have twice as much vitamin C per 100g as oranges,
approximately 115mg as opposed to 54mg.

1. kid-friendly
2. fresh
3. traditional
4. picky

Amy Lance, Chief Sprout Taster at Waitrose says: “The humble Brussels sprout is a wonderful bundle of deliciousness, but so often overlooked by children or choosy eaters. The poor little sprout is often rejected by people both little and large alike due to its perceived (c) taste, so the supermarket giant has worked secretly with its farmers over the past year to create a milder flavoured sprout. We believe this variety will win over even the most ardent sprout haters. We hope it will get a massive
thumbs up from children this Christmas and encourage them to ‘eat their greens’.”

1. Bitter
2. fresh
3. kid-friendly
4. traditional