Share B2_Reading_Final review
Save to Folder
Before reading a text, you should preview and predict. What should you preview?
1. titles/headlines. 2. pictures + captions. 3. frequent names and details (skimming)
Name 3 things (3 nouns) that can go with the verb "pose"
st poses a concern/ a challenge/ an opportunity/ a threat/ a dilemma
what does the root "-polis" mean? (10) Give 3 examples (5p/each)
"-polis" = city. megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan, ecopolis, etc.
tell the difference: immigrate vs. emigrate
immigrate (to move into another country) and emigrate (to move out of your own country)
to skim a text, what should you do? A. read the 1st and last sentences, or B. quick read through the whole text. Explain your answer
It depends.
'Across the world, in fact, nations don’t spur growth so much as dynamic regions—modern versions of the original “megalopolis,” a term /coined/ by the geographer Jean Gottman'. The verb "coin/be coined by" means?
to invent a new word
"We routinely procrastinate, make poor investments, waste time, and /rationalize/ our unproductive behaviors." "Rationalize" means?
to find reasons or excuses
Matching
1. c 2. g 3. e 4. a 5. b 6. h 7. d 8. f
Fill in the blank: It is ____________ to know all the vocabulary in the text
good but (difficult and unnecessary)
"some amateur paleontologists are disappointed when told that they cannot take finds home with them." Find the word class of "finds"
a noun (plural)
"He rejected the complex mathematical analysis of loads and stresses that /was/ being enthusiastically adopted by most of his contemporaries." Find the subject of the verb "was"
the (complex mathematical) analysis
What should you do if you see "this, that, these, those, it, they, them" etc. in the text?
Identify what that word refer to (reference word)
Guess the meaning of the words based on the prefix: dysfunctional, dystopia
functional >< dysfunctional, utopia >< dystopia
Explain "image" 1. She is the very image of her sister. 2. He is the very image of sophistication. 3. She is the spitting /mage of her father.
She is the very image of her sister. (She looks exactly like her sister.) He is the very image of sophistication. (He has all the qualities of sophistication.)
Who or what would you describe as: 1. the very image of success 2. the very image of beauty 3. the very image of elegance 4. the very image of evil
Awesome!
"series" is a plural or singular noun?
both
