Reading Practise

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 4

Test: HAVO exam reading

• Duration: 50 minutes
• Weight: 1
• English-Dutch dictionary is provided.
• Answer the open questions in Dutch!

1. Read Text 6 + 7.
2. Check your answers and score.

Pass? Work on subject of your choice.

Fail? Read Text 8.

• Describe the picture
• What type of drawing is this?
• What is the message?
• What do you think of it?

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Today and Wednesday first hour

• Practise exam reading (HAVO).
• Do this on your own and in silence.
• Hand in your work by the end of class.

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Game

Duo Reading Game

1. Form teams of two. One of you signs into LessonUp mentioning both of your names.
2. Read the text thoroughly individually. Then discuss what you've read and help each other with understanding the text.
3. Every correct answer earns your team points.

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Read Text 1

We need a new Bond

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

What is the point made by Patricia Moriarty in her letter?

1. Daniel Craig lacks the acting skills that are needed for a role in a serious drama.
2. The actor playing James Bond made an unfavourable impression in an interview.
3. The Bond movies have always had weak plot lines and uninteresting characters.
4. The budget spent on promotional activities for the latest Bond movie is extremely high.

Read Text 4 

Fare well?

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

“If Manganese Bronze does vanish” (paragraph 5)

Why is this a possible scenario for Manganese Bronze, according to the text?

1. Foreign car manufacturers have entered the British market with cheaper cars.
2. Its engineers have failed to come up with innovations and improvements.
3. Its taxis are too big to navigate comfortably through the narrow London streets.
4. Technical problems with its cars have cost the company a lot of money.

“It is a genuine emblem of the city.” (alinea 5)

Welke zin eerder in de tekst betekent hetzelfde?
Citeer de eerste twee woorden van deze zin.

Read Text 9 

Why wet skin wrinkles

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

Which of the following fits the first gap [36]?

1. to help us ward off infections
2. to keep us from slipping
3. to protect us from dehydration
4. to remind us of our origins

Which of the following fits the second gap [37]?

1. confirming
2. disproving
3. promoting
4. suppressing

Read Text 10

Mickey Mouse

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

How can the tone of this article be characterised?

1. as furious
2. as indifferent
3. as objective
4. as mocking

Read Text 11

Letters

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

1

2

3

Read Text 12

How to detect intestinal worms 

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

Welk woord uit de tekst maakt duidelijk wat het belangrijkste voordeel is van de nieuwe onderzoeksmethode?

Citeer dit woord.

How is the new method devised to detect intestinal worms presented in
the text?

1. as a clumsy solution
2. as a complex approach
3. as a controversial initiative
4. as a practical alternative

Read Text 13

Cabinet Kilter

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

What is the point made by P. Biesheuvel in this letter?
He criticises the fact that

1. many politicians tend to hand out jobs to friends and acquaintances.
2. political careers seem to depend on the schools people have attended.
3. women are still less likely to obtain high political positions than men.

Read Text 14

False Start

Red:

Read in the text in silence. You remain quiet until everyone is finished. 

Orange:

Quietly discuss what you have read with your team members. Help each other understand the text better. What does the text say exactly? What kind of question do you expect?

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

Geef van elk van de volgende veranderingen aan of deze wel of niet onderdeel was van ‘The Olympic effect’, volgens deze brief.

1 meer aandacht voor vrouwelijke sporters
2 minder aandacht voor voetbal in verhouding tot andere sporten

1. 1. wel 2. wel
2. 1. wel 2. niet
3. 1. niet 2. wel
4. 1. niet 2. niet

Read Text 15

Briefly

Green:

Get ready to answer the question.

Wordt er een boek genoemd dat een kind als hoofdpersoon heeft?
Zo nee, antwoord “Nee”. Zo ja, schrijf de titel van dit boek op.

Wordt er een boek genoemd dat zich in oorlogstijd afspeelt?
Zo nee, antwoord “Nee”. Zo ja, schrijf de titel van dit boek op.

King, Queen or Jack = 10 points

Joker = 

0 points

an Ace = 20 points

 

# = # points

3 of hearts/diamonds = 30 points 

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