Wednesday 7 January 2009

READING pg 30

READING pg 30

Pg30.
Ex1.Ask and answer the question.

1. What sign of the zodiac are you? My sign of the zodiac is scorpio.
2. Do yo know any characteristic of your star sign? No, I don´t know
3. Do you like personality test? Why?/Why not? Yes, I like. Because the personality test are very interesting and entertaining
4. Do you believe personality test and horoscopes? Sometines, because that they said may or may not true.

Ex2.Read the text quickly. Which adjectives are used to describe the author?

Experience – sociable – sensitive.

Pg.31
Ex3.Read the Steps to Reading. Then guess the answers to questions1-4.

1. What does digits(line 5) refer to? B. Fingers and toes.
2. Do you recognize any part of the word chatty (line 12)? A. Adjective
3. Is there a similar word to astrologer (line 13) in your language? B. A person.
4. Do you recognize any part of the word dissatisfied (line 26)? What is the meaning of the prefix dis-? C. Not

Ex4.Guess the meaning of words 1-6. use the ideas in the Steps to Reading.

1. destiny line 7 destí
2. talkative line 9 xerraire
3. reserved line 25 reservar
4. restrict line 26 restringir
5. misinterpret line 37 interpretar malament
6. illogical line 39 il.lògic

Ex5.Read the text on page 30 again and write True or False for sentences 1-6. Which paragraphs in the text give you the answers?

1. Penny Wilson says that toes tell her about people´s experiences.False/A.
2. The length of the author´s toe indicates that he likes meeting people.True/B.
3. Forer analyzed the results of his student´s personality test.True/B.
4. Forer invented the analysis which he gave to his students.True/B.
5. Forer thought that general descriptions apply to most people.True/D.
6. The author says that it is sensible to believe what astrologers say.True/E.

Ex6.Match definitions 1-6 with words in the text.

1. circular (adj) paragraph A. Round shape
2. very interesting (adj) paragraph B. Fascinating
3. friendly (adj) paragrph C. Sociable
4. aims, dreams (n) paragraph C. Ambitions
5. pay no attention to (v) paragraph D. Ignore
6. not rational (adj) paragraph E. Illogical.

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