V4 - formative reading revision 2

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V4 - CAE reading

Explanation and practice: PART 6

Part 5 

Let's see how well you did on the text. The answers are:

  C - A - C - D - D - C

Let's have a look at the answers and where they could be found in the text. Remember, for part 5 the questions are always per paragraph, with 1 final question on the entire text.

Question 31: What problem regarding colour does the writer explain in the first paragraph?

A Our view of colour is strongly affected by changing fashion. not in the text

B Analysis is complicated by the bewildering number of natural colours.  not in the text

C Colours can have different associations in different parts of the world.

D Certain popular books have dismissed colour as insignificant.  no, there are popular books on the topic but they are wrong. There are few serious works on colour.

Question 32: what is the first reason the writer gives for the lack of academic work on the history of colour?

A There are problems of reliability associated with the artefacts available.

B Historians have seen colour as being outside their field of expertise.

C Colour has been rather looked down upon as a fit subject for academic study.

D Very little documentation exists for historians to use.   Not true, the author mentions a lot of documention

Question 33: The writer suggests that the priority when conducting historical research on colour is to

A ignore the interpretations of other modern day historians.  not in the text

B focus one’s interest as far back as the prehistoric era.   no, this one is deceving as paleonthologists are mentioned

C find some way of organising the mass of available data.

D relate pictures to information from other sources.   no, this contradicts what is stated in the text (green)

Question 34: In the fourth paragraph, the writer says that the historian writing about colour should be careful...

A not to analyse in an old-fashioned way.  not in text

B when making basic distinctions between key ideas. not mentioned in text

C not to make unwise predictions.  no, though this one might be confusing since 'our own conceptions'  is mentioned.

D when using certain terms and concepts.

Question 35: 35 In the fifth paragraph, the writer says there needs to be further research done on ....

A the history of colour in relation to objects in the world around us.   no, this owrk is 'not concerned with (green)

B the concerns he has raised in an earlier publication.  no, he only states that this work is different (blue)

C the many ways in which artists have used colour over the years.  not in text

D the relationship between artistic works and the history of colour.

Question 36: An idea recurring in the text is that people who have studied colour have...

A failed to keep up with scientific developments.
   no, he never mentions this in particular.

B not understood its global significance.
   no, they have not understood the differences globally with regards to societt and culture.

C found it difficult to be fully objective.
  yes, he mentions several times the failures  of other scientists

D been muddled about their basic aims.
   no, their aims are never put into question, only their methods and philosophy.

Part 6 : 

In part 6 you read 4 short texts from different writers. You have to answer 4 questions, each worth 2 points. You have to understand each writer's opinion on various topics and compare them with the opinions of the others. You might have to read each text several times, so it could use up a lot of your precious reading minutes.

There will be a common theme to the 4 articles!

Watch the video: 

1. Watch the video on how to do part 6 of the CAE reading.
2. Take notes while watching: what are the tips he gives you?
3. Then return to the formative test, put your answers next to the correct ones, and reread the texts + redo the questions.
4. Translate words that you don't know and need to understand the text.
5. Mark the parts of the text that contain the answers and write down why you thought your own answer was correct (if it was incorrect before).

Answers: D - B - G - C - A - F

Practice

For next week, do the following:

• go to Magister - Studiewijzer - CAE Reading
• open the document 'practice CAE Reading 5-8'
• apply your new insights to reading the text of PART 6 & answer the questions that go with the text: 37-40
• highlight the parts of the text where you found your answers