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Reading Skills

Exam Training - Humanity hits the genetic buffers

Open your Coursebook on page 39

Preparation

Answer the two following questions

Who was Charles Darwin? If don't know, look him up on the internet.

What theory is Charles Darwin most famous for? If you don't know, look it up on the internet.

Look at the title, the pictures and the caption = bijschrijft

Then answer the following three questions

What publication is the text taken from?

Skim the first two paragraphs of the text. What is Steve Jones a professor of?

On the basis of what you know now, what do think the text will be about?

Find the meanings of the following words in the text. 

They are in the correct order.

menselijk

volgens

bewering

diersoort

ontwikkelen

erven

gemiddeld

overleven

wetenschappers

versnellen

1

1. does not apply anymore
2. has made a comeback
3. has never worked
4. is still going on

2

1. convince
2. please
3. shock

3

1. by contrast
2. for example
3. moreover
4. therefore

4

1. dropping
2. rising
3. stable
4. unstable

5

1. diseases
2. mutations
3. the fittest
4. the young

6

1. colleagues
2. critics
3. supporters
4. teachers

7

1. genetic engineering
2. human fertility
3. mental development
4. physical strength

8

1. all known animals
2. evolutionay theories
3. our human bodies
4. social structures

Now, let's turn to Listening Skills

Preparation

Match the vocabulary with the correct definition

to prove that something is true

to write or say the words of a writer, book, etc.

an African mammal with a long nose that eats ants

a plan to trick or deceive someone

to intentionally damage property belonging to others

to change something so that it doesn’t work as intended

statements that are not correct

not based on facts or proof

to give a person an injection to prevent them getting a disease

an infectious disease which covers the body in small red spots

inaccuracies

to vaccinate

to cite

measles

an aardvark

a hoax

to vandalise

to verify

to tamper with something

somethingunfounded

Click on the microphone to start the recording

How False Information Spreads

Which statement about circular reporting is true?

1. It is the spread of true information.
2. It is when false information is validated by one other source only.
3. It only occurs with information on Wikipedia.
4. It may involve several publications.

Which statement is true about journalists?

1. They are not permitted to copy information from Wikipedia
2. They refuse to copy information from Wikipedia
3. As soon as they include information in an article, they verify the information
4. Many journalists may publish inaccuracies in several articles

Which statement is correct?

1. Another name for a coati is a Brazilian aardvark
2. The American student changed the information on Wikipedia to what he believed to be the truth
3. Many people believed that a Brazilian aardvark was the same as a coati
4. When writers wrote about the Brazilian aardvark they knew it was a joke

Which statement is true about Wikipedia?

1. Some people add false content to a Wikipedia entry intentionally
2. Updating information on Wikipedia is against the law
3. There is hardly any true information on Wikipedia
4. Many true facts on Wikipedia initially appear as false information

What is true about childhood vaccines and autism?

1. There is a clear connection between childhood vaccines and autism
2. Circular reporting incited many parents not to vaccinate their children
3. The claims that they were connected first appeared on Wikipedia
4. The media proved early on that the claims about vaccines and autism were false

Which statement is correct?

1. Generally speaking, it’s easy to identify false information
2. If the original source is Wikipedia or the media, the information is almost always false
3. Reflecting critically on what we read is something most people often do
4. Lack of time to think and investigate can cause us to believe things that aren’t true

Study the following phrases carefully (you could also write them down).

The following slides have gaps. Fill in the correct phras.

take things at face value - by any means - spread like wildfire - In a nutshell
-  thought nothing more of it -  in no way

_______________ (using as few words as possible), it’s the confirmation of false information

… and _______________ (not at all) is obvious as being false.

… then he forgot about it and _______________ (spent no time thinking about it).

That’s not to say that all information on Wikipedia is false _______________ (not at all)

… unsupported claims were picked up by the media and _______________ (became known by
lots of people very quickly).

We often _______________ (accept things as they appear, rather than thinking carefully about
them).

Finished!

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