VWO Reading Comprehension 2021-III

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

00:20

Aidan only had a provisional driving licence, what does that mean?

01:25

What does 'they clocked us' mean here?

1. that the police could showthat they had reached a particular speed on a measuring device
2. that the police had seen / noticed them.
3. that the police noticed that they took a particular time exactly to do or complete something
4. that the police saw that they threw the speedometer from the car

01:56

What are your thoughts on the punishment Aidan received?

2021-III

Vocabulary

https://wordwall.net/play/37718/538/805

1. Sentencing drivers

• Read the text
• Annotate
• Look up words you don't know and add them to your wordfile! 
• Answer the question 

00:12

to eavesdrop means

1. to fall from the edge of a roof that sticks out over the top of a wall
2. to listen secretly to someone’s private conversation

00:16

to assimilate means

1. to become part of a group, country, society, etc.
2. to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect

00:24

Blast has multiple meanings here. Give them both.

1. What does John Sutton want to make clear in this letter?

1. He feels that drivers charged with dangerous driving get off too lightly in court.
2. He has noticed that not all magistrates interpret the law in the same way.
3. He has observed that the man in the street fails to understand some court sentences.
4. He has realized that practical knowledge of the law is fundamentally overvalued.

Vocabulary

https://wordwall.net/play/37719/522/188

2. How to be a TV tourist

• Read the text
• Annotate
• Look up words you don't know and add them to your wordfile! 
• Answer the question 

2 Geef bij elke plaats aan welk van de woorden/woordgroepen daar hoort.
2.1

1. d) overseas stories
2. e) regional dialects
3. f) subtitles
4. g) woolly jumpers

2 Geef bij elke plaats aan welk van de woorden/woordgroepen daar hoort.
2.2

1. d) overseas stories
2. e) regional dialects
3. f) subtitles
4. g) woolly jumpers

2 Geef bij elke plaats aan welk van de woorden/woordgroepen daar hoort.
2.3

1. a) big hubs
2. b) details of daily life
3. c) exceptions
4. d) overseas stories

2 Geef bij elke plaats aan welk van de woorden/woordgroepen daar hoort.
2.4

1. d) overseas stories
2. e) regional dialects
3. f) subtitles
4. g) woolly jumpers

2 Geef bij elke plaats aan welk van de woorden/woordgroepen daar hoort.
2.5

1. a) big hubs
2. b) details of daily life
3. c) exceptions
4. d) overseas stories

Vocabulary

https://wordwall.net/play/37836/777/989

https://wordwall.net/play/37837/405/472

3. The Shoemakers Holiday 

• Read the text
• Annotate
• Look up words you don't know and add them to your wordfile! 
• Answer the questions

3. In welke zin geeft Michael Billington kritiek op de inhoud van het
toneelstuk The Shoemaker’s Holiday, zoals geschreven door Thomas Dekker?
Citeer de eerste twee woorden van deze zin.

3. The Shoemakers Holiday 

4.  Geef aan of de volgende beweringen overeenkomen met het oordeel van de recensent Michael Billington.

Noteer “wel” of “niet” achter elk nummer op het antwoordblad.

1. Phillip Breen’s interpretation of Dekker’s comedy lacks historical context.

1. WEL
2. NIET

2. Phillip Breen’s interpretation of Dekker’s comedy creates a vision of
the world which is both painful and funny.

1. WEL
2. NIET