Unit 4.4: Reading B1 (AT HOME)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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Exercise 1:

A: student's own answer.

B: student's own answer  

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Exercise 2:

A: Synesthesia is a brain condition that links a person’s senses together in an unusual way. 

B: For example: hearing sounds and feeling them, tasting flavors and seeing them, seeing numbers or letters in certain colors, seeing colors when hearing sounds. 

C: Yes, there are, because every synesthete is different and there are many possible combinations of senses 

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Exercise 2:

D: there are links between different parts of the brain that are normally separate.  

E: one theory says it develops in babies while they are still creating links between different parts in the brain, for example by associating letter shapes with the colours of letters on ABC blocks.

F: probably not, it is said to be a genetic trait that skips generations 

G: about 4 % of the population 

  

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Exercise 2:

H: because it’s a relatively new area of research 

Exercise 3A:

1: ervaring

2: vormen

3: apart, gescheiden

4: veelvoorkomend 

5: bevolking

  

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Exercise 3A:

6: laat toe

7: proeven

8: onderzoek

9: zekere, bepaalde

B: The four sentences are up to your own interputation

C: 1. it makes words negative. 

     2. uncommon = zeldzaam + uncertain = onzeker

  

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Exercise 3B:

1: paragraph 4, lines 23-26

2: paragraph 2, lines 8-9

3: paragraph 3, lines 14-15

4: paragraph 1, lines 3-4

5: paragraph 6, lines 48-49

6: paragraph 5, lines 33-41

  

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Exercise 4:

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