Reading test preperation

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Reading excercises

April 6th
2022 

Reading

You'll be taking your reading test next week, 

so let's dot the i's and cross the t's!

This lesson, I would like to go over  a few reading texts from the 2016-2017 practice exam from oefenen.facet.onl with you. 

I have included the exercises (and answers) here.

The original exam consists of 39 questions.

Tekst 1: 

Letter of recommendation

Er is op jouw werk een vacature.

Je baas heeft je gevraagd om een voorselectie te maken.

Je leest deze aanbevelingsbrief die hoort bij één van de 

binnengekomen reacties.

Bij deze tekst horen 4 vragen.

True or false...
Frank can make a customer buy a product, the customer previously decided not to buy.

1. true
2. false

True or false...
Frank can make a customer feel at their ease while talking with them.

1. true
2. false

True or false...
Frank has better sales results than his colleagues.

1. true
2. false

Why was Frank so important to his former colleagues?

1. Frank shared the knowledge he had acquired with them.
2. Frank taught them how to improve communication.
3. Frank was always prepared to help them out with their tasks.

How does Mr. Hudson recommend
Frank Thompson?

1. He carefully sums up both Frank's positive and less positive points.
2. He consistently illustrates Frank's characteristics with examples.
3. He mentions Frank's positive qualities in an indirect manner.

What can be said about Frank
according to this letter?

1. Frank has responded to a vacancy of Macy's Department Store.
2. Frank is a catch for Macy's Department Store, according to Mr. Hudson.
3. Frank wants to be a salesman at Macy's Department Store.

Tekst 4:

Can smiling really 

make you happier?

Je komt een onderzoek tegen over gezichtsuitdrukkingen: door glimlachen zou je gelukkiger worden. Je bent nieuwsgierig hoe dit precies werkt en leest dit artikel.

Bij deze tekst horen 4 vragen.

What is the main idea in the first paragraph?

1. A serious facial expression could work against you.
2. Serious looking people get tired of being told that they should cheer up.
3. Smiling is likely to make unhappy people more cheerful.

What did Darwin first suggest back in the 1870s?
Changing your expression...

1. changes the way other people react to you.
2. influences your feelings.
3. makes you feel better.

In one of the experiments people were asked to do one of three things.

What is the conclusion of this experiment?

1. Participants who had to smile were the happiest.
2. Participants who only looked at images were the least happy.
3. Participants who saw their own reflection felt less emotion.

Which steps summarize Robert Zajonc's latest theory?

1. smiling --> less blood to the brain --> higher temperature --> more positive
2. smiling --> less blood to the brain --> lower temperature --> more positive
3. smiling --> moreblood to the brain --> higher temperature --> more positive
4. smiling --> more blood to the brain --> lower temperature --> more positive

Good luck,

taking your Test next week!

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