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READING EXAMEN APTIS READING 1: ANTARTICA: THE FROZEN SOUTH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Who is in charge Firts step on the ic

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READING EXAMEN APTIS

READING 1: ANTARTICA: THE FROZEN SOUTH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Who is in charge Firts step on the ice Hidden geography Life on the ice Race to the pole Less effort needed Why is so cold?

READING 2: THE FIRTS WEATHER MAN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Making life at sea safer Early interest in the weather prediction Weather recording equipment A second career Using science to save live Initial reactions A lack of public acceptance

READING 3: CHARLES DICKEN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Dikens for our times Difficultles for the modern reader Keeping the reader guessing The influence on the media Dicken´s early success Trying to protect his property Bringing the books to life

READING 4: EATING IN CHINA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The origins of Chinese food The influence of philosophy Regional Variations Cooking methods The style Fast food Effects of a changing diet

READING 5: OUR CHANGING RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Early uses of animals Early examples of pets A pet with many functions A friend around the world Different attitudes Various kinds of pets Advantages and problems

READING 6: BREATHINGS EASY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The origins of smoke The powerful smoking industry Raising wareness of a harmful habit Controlling the smoking habit Results of a regulation Global comparison A healthier world

READING 7: WHAT IS CAVING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The growth of a new phenomeno The wide appeal of caving Man becomes the enemy What to take with you Staying safe underground What to do in an emergency The joy of discovery

TOBACCO READING VOCAB

- NICOTINE: Causes addiction, found in tobacco leaves - STIMULANT: Drug that speeds up the activities of the central nervous system, the heart and other organs. - TAR: A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns that coats the lungs. - CARBON MONOXIDE: A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas found in tobacco that is absorbed easier in the body than oxygen.

- CHEWING TOBACCO: Coarsely chopped tobacco leaves that contain flavorings and additives much like the tobacco in cigarettes. Placed between the cheek and the gums. - EMPHYSEMA:

A

respiratory

disease

in

which

air

cannot……because they become blocked or lose their elasticity. - SIDESTREAM SMOKE: Smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. - MAINSTREAM SMOKE: Smoke that is inhaled through a cigarette and then exhaled by a cigarette smoker.

READING APTIS COMPLETAR

CLOZE 1: WRITING FROM AROUND THE WORLD 1. MANY 2. FOUND 3. RESPECTED 4. AFTER 5. CONDITIONS 6. TRAVELLED 7. BECAME 8. CONTINUES

CLOZE 2: CHARLES 1. KING 2. SPENT 3. TIME 4. DIFFERENT 5. LED 6. STARTED 7. LOST 8. BECAME

CLOZE 3: MARIA GRILLO 1. BORN 2. BECAUSE 3. MONEY 4. WORK 5. HOWEVER 6. SOUP 7. SOLD 8. RESTAURANT

CLOZE 4: THE BYCICLE 1. COMMON 2. APPEAR 3. SEEM 4. WHETHER 5. GET 6. LOSE 7. PROGRESS 8. REMEMBER

CLOZE 5: THREE BOYS ON A BOAT 1. YEARS 2. ALIVE 3. RELATIVES 4. THOUGHT 5. OCEAN 6. SURVIVE 7. SAVED 8. HEALTH

CLOZE 6: MICHAEL CAINE 1. GREW 2. STRUGGLED 3. CHANGE 4. CONFLICT 5. INTRODUCED 6. REMAINS 7. STARTED 8. GIVEN

TEXT ORGANIZATION

TEXT ORGANIZATION: MY FIRST CAR 1. I will never forget the first time i drove a car by myself 2. However, I didn’t have a car, and my parent would not let me drive theirs 3. So, when i saw an advertisement in the local paper for a cheap secondhand car, I didn’t waste a moment 4. I called the number in the advert and arranged to meet the owner of the other side 5. We agreed a price, and when I handed over the cash, he gave me the keys 6. I had just passed my test and I was the proud owner 7. I drove full of confidence, but unfortunately, I hit a lamp post at the end of the street

TEXT ORGANIZATION 2: THE ACTRESS 1. 2. 3. 4.

Carol thought that she was very good actress So she decided to go to Hollywood to follow her life- long dream She booked her trip to go there before she could change her mind When she arrived, she found a very nice hotel right on the middle of the town 5. The next day she made appointments to see as many directors as possible 6. She saw four on the first day and was offered a part at her last appointment 7. Nobody knows her because she is a really famous film star and is happy

TEXT ORGANIZATION 3: A LIFE TOUCHED BY HISTORY 1. Betty Barr has lived a life touched by the history of china 2. She was born is shanghai in 1993 to an American mother and father from Scotland 3. At that time, shanghai was an exciting city filled with people from different countries 4. But all this changed during the second world war and betty and her family spent two and a half years in a prison camp in the city 5. A few years after the war was over, betty went to wellesley college, a famous university in America 6. However, betty missed china and she applied for a jobin Hong Kong, where she taught from 1959 and learnt to speak Cantonese, the local language 7. In the early 80´s, she finally returned to shanghai where still lives with her shanghai husband, George Wang.

TEXT ORGANIZATION 4: A NEW FLAT 1. I woke up early on Saturday because I wanted to find a new place to live 2. Before I left the house, I checked the newspaper and the internet 3. I found the addresses of four places I wanted to see 4. I chose those four to look at because all the others were too expensive 5. The next three needed too many repairs and were not as close to my office 6. The first one I saw was close to where I work but the kitchen was quite small 7. As I don’t need a big kitchen, I decided on the first place TEXT ORGANIZATION 5: THE WRITER 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Jon He loved While he He sent So he decided People He sold

TEXT ORGANIZATION 6: MY FIRST DAY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Before When I arrived Mr Jones He asked In the morning B After lunch Finally, the bell

TEXT ORGANIZATION 7: A SCHOOL TRIP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

When 5 a.m. They went only When they arrived In the afternoon Whilw the were He thought it was His friends