Preparing for the reading exam 2016-II

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Preparing reading exam 2016-II

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21 May 2024

Look at text 1, exam 2016-II

What is the first thing you do with this text?

The first thing you do with a text

Look at title, pictures to get an idea of the topic.

Find out what kind of text it is.

What kind of text is it?

Read text 1, exam 2016-II

Text 1, question 1.
Which of the following fits the gap?

1. act quickly
2. be wary
3. dig in
4. rest assured

Read text 1, exam 2016-II

What is the tone of the text?

1. neutral
2. enthousiastic
3. mocking
4. angry

Text 2

Read questions 2, 3 and 4.

• In which language do you answer question 2?
• What do the five answers for question 3 mean? Which words are important here?
• What do you answer at question 4?

Text 2

Answer questions 2, 3 and 4.

How do you answer these? Which steps do you take?

answers Text 2

2: Mrs Knight, Mr Knight's wife ("demanded")

3: D ("said the decision was a victory/the court failed to recognise")

4: 1 ("irresistibly"/ OK to sack = very informal)

What does "unfortunate" mean?

Text 3

Answer questions 5, 6 and 7.

How do you answer these? Which steps do you take?

correct answers Text 3

5: E ("prospects for marriage" / "a calamitous inheritance"

6: niet, wel, niet, wel

maatschappelijke betrokkenheid: she wants to be a missionary and is concerned about slavery

kortzichtige denkbeelden: about slavery

7: C (geluid van paard en wagen)

correct answers Text 3

5: E ("prospects for marriage" / "a calamitous inheritance")

6: niet, wel, niet, wel

maatschappelijke betrokkenheid: she wants to be a missionary and is concerned about slavery

kortzichtige denkbeelden: about slavery

7: C (geluid van paard en wagen)

Look at text 4: what is it about?

Look at question 8: what do you do? Then answer the question on your exam paper.

1. read the whole text
2. read paragraph 1 and 2
3. read paragraph 1
4. read paragraph 2

Question 8

Correct answer is A. Why?

Summary of paragraph 1: left-handed children are no longer punished, but experts say they have trouble writing and fall behind.

Summary of paragraph 2: a solution might be to give them spoken as well as written exams, because they write less, have less practice and therefore get lower grades.

Read question 9

1. Counterbalance
2. Emphasise
3. Make clear
4. Make fun of

What do these words mean? What do you think would be true?

Then read paragraph 3 and answer the question.

Correct answer to question 9

= C. Why?

Correct answer to question 9

C. Why?

This paragraphs mentions successful 'lefties'. 

You could argue A, but you can be ambitious and not have a flourishing career. 

B = when you get examples of failures. (help is required)

D = no one is making fun here.

words in question 10 that you don't understand.

Correct answer to question 10

= D. Why?

Correct answer to question 10

= D. Why?

"We are all using new technologies such as computers and texting, and left and right-handed people are losing the ability to write."

Which kind of text is the most difficult for you? 1, 2, 3 or 4. And why?

correct answers Text 5

11: B "when you see somebody in pain, you feel it" = identification

12: A, because it is not the other ones. C seems true, but babies can not indicate yet, why they choose one over the oter.

13: D Strategy: first look at the odd one out, which is A. It is about completely opposing the two paragraphs. C is about differences between the two. 

The text says "as predicted" so no contradiction. B gives examples, so something new. D is supportive of the previous study. Code word: "too".

correct answers Text 5

14: B Make sure you know what the words mean! 

"this influences"= sensitive to (gevoelig voor (beïnvloeding))

15: B. Put "because" after the gap. Does that help?

16: Babies prefer (paragraph 5) Code word: "the familiar" vs strangers

17: A, because Not B: genetic make-up = nature, not culture. And not C: no force involved. 

Read paragraph 1 of text 6: 

What is text 6 about? And what is the tone?

The writer's feeling about the council's plan is of (question 18)

1. disapproval
2. enthusiasm
3. indifference
4. sympathy

Question 18

Why A?

It says: according to the text as a whole.

But the tone is set in paragraph 1. 

The writer is mocking the plan, so enthusiasm, indifference and sympathy is out of the question. 

Check your answer after you have dealt with the whole text = after question 23.

Question 19

Once you have established the tone of paragraph 1. 

What does paragraph 2 do?

A is unlikely. We do not expect a success.

The other three might be possible. But look at first sentence:

"many great ideas" = rather silly plans.

20. Which are true according to paragraph 3?

1. only 1
2. only 2
3. both 1 and 2
4. neither 1 nor 2

21. Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 4?

1. Besides
2. Consequently
3. Likewise
4. Nevertheless

21

A. Why?

Key word is "only" right under the gap.

22 Before reading paragraph 5, what do you expect the answer is?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Read paragraph 5. Does your answer change?

yes

no

23 Stijlfiguren

beeldspraak

relativering

sarcasme

woordspeling

Weet je wat ze betekenen? 

Welke worden bij citaat 1 en citaat 2 gebruikt?

Correct answer to question 23

1 = c sarcasme (the writer means the opposite of what he says)

You can expect this, if you have determined the tone of the article correctly.

2 = a beeldspraak (the visitors of the concert are not really gibbons, but behave like apes)

correct answers Text 7

24: A Which product? Safer smokes

25: A Internal documents later revealed = from industry 

26: B "are safer ... can really help"

27: B "qualified backing" = support

correct answers Text 7

28: niet, niet, wel, niet 

(4 goed is 2, 3 goed is 1, 2 of minder is 0 punten)

What is meant by Harm reduction is a tough sell? 

Het is moeilijk om 'schadevermindering' te verkopen. Alleen 3 heeft te maken het 'verkopen' van een idee.

(Personally? An astonishing article given the current evidence...)

Text 8 Candid Camera

Read question 29.

Read paragraph 1 & 2.

Sleepvraag.

Juist

Onjuist

Geplaatst op verzoek van de dochter zelf

Moest ervoor zorgen dat de ouders niet steeds naar de kamer van hun dochter zouden gaan.

Bedoeld om dochter te stimuleren in de keuken te gaan leren.

Bleek nogal wat mankementen te vertonen.

Question 30:
what does "rookies" mean?

31: Gap in paragraph 4.

1. Consequently
2. Likewise
3. Meanwhile
4. Nevertheless

31

B. Likewise. 

Why?

Before the gap: babies, after the gap: toddlers or young schoolchildren. Are seen as the same.

As opposed to teenagers with problems with far-reaching consequences. 

32. het doel van "the real dirty work of parenting"

33. The main goal of the article?
("it seems unfair to judge ... exhausted parents...")

1. argue
2. criticise
3. discourage
4. explain

Continue

Do text 9.

Work for yourself.

If you can't find the answer you can discuss with a partner.

But no louder than a whisper.

Do you need more help? Let me know.

You can check answers at Examenoverzicht.nl or wait for me.