8 - READING COMPREHENSION - 2 TEXTS




Read the text “Time Flies” and answer the following questions:
1. What does the speaker mean by “landmark celebration” (in line 3)?  (3 points)
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2. Why is the speaker in this text feeling down? (3 points)
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3. What does the speaker say about how our brain works? (3 points)
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4. What advice does the speaker give to the reader about remembering things? (3 points)
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5. What is your opinion about analysing your lifetime achievements? Do you agree or disagree? Give examples to support your opinion. (6 points)
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6. What have you done to help yourself to remember things more easily? Give some examples. (6 points)
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7. Has there ever been a time you thought you hadn’t achieved something in your life? Describe what happened. (6 points)
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Read the text “Acting Stupid” and answer the following questions:
1. What does the speaker mean by “malled” (in line 8)?  (3 points) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What “stupid thing” did the speaker do with his friends? (3 points) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did the police go to the speaker’s house? (3 points)
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4. What have scientists discovered about “stupid things” people do? (3 points)
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5. “Like many animals, we want to be at the top of the social pyramid.” Do you agree or disagree? Give examples to support your opinion. (6 points)
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6. Have you ever regretted doing something stupid in your life? Describe what happened. (6 points)
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7. Talk about what your motto is in life and why. (6 points)
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