Unit 5: Reading Ranulph Fiennes

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

5.1  Knowing and understanding

idiom:

She knows the system inside out.

Meaning:

She knows every detail of it.

Example:

I always thought I knew my car engine inside out, but I've been having trouble with it recently. 

Tips for the CAE Multiple Choice (Part 5)

Part 5, the Multiple Choice, focuses on the understanding of a long text, including detail, opinion, tone etc.

Read the text first before you attempt to answer any questions.

Read each question, find and underline the part of the text which answers the question. The answers to the questions will generally follow in the same order in the text.

Don't choose an answer simply because a word in the question appears in the text. Examples of this can sometimes distract you from the correct answer.

Find evidence in the text to justify your chosen answer.

https:

Sir Ranulph Fiennes                           

has been described as the world's greatest living explorer.

His expeditions include the first surface journey around the 

world's polar axis, the furthest North unsupported journey in 1986 and the first unsupported crossing of Antarctica

An unhealthy obsession

Speed read the text quickly until line 37 to find out what unexpected thing happened to explorer Ranulph Fiennes and why it may have happened.

Read the text again

Exercise 3 (pg 58)

Read the options for each question and underline any key words.

Check your answers! How did you do?

Key

• 1D  2B   3D    4C    5C    6A

Exercise 4

How far do you agree with the the statement: 

It is not how long life is, but how good it is, that matters.

Khalil Gibran 

Khalil Gibran (/dʒɪˈbrɑːn/;[1] sometimes spelled Kahlil;[a] full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران‎ / ALA-LC: Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān or Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese writer, poet and visual artist.

Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi.