3HV: Reading test practice II

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Today

- More reading practice

- Old reading texts

Goals

- You can answer questions about a text

- Test practice

Assignment

1. Read the text carefully. If you have to, read the text twice. 

2. Find the answers to the questions in the text. Make sure you highlight the section where you found the answer.

15 minutes

Done? Read your book or prepare for test

Reading practice

Go to IL: Planner>Period 4>Week 5: reading test practice and click on 'reading test practice II.docx'

Question 1

What do you learn about Eoin Moore from the article?

A He showed he was the best in the field of

    his preference: short stories.

  B He was the best-skilled writer, being one of

    a large number of competitors.

  C His university studies helped him improve his

    writing skills, so he became the best.

Answer B

Paragraph 3: Eoin’s story was chosen from hundreds of submissions. 

Question 2

What do you learn about James Joyce from the article?

  A He described Dublin the way everybody saw it.

  B He misrepresented what Dublin was about.

  C He wrote excessively about Dublin.

Answer C

Paragraph 3

Eoin’s story was chosen from hundreds of submissions. President Higgins said: “James Joyce captured the essence of his Dublin in approximately 265,000 words, Eoin has done so in just 224 – an impressive accomplishment of which many famous writers would be jealous. There is much to admire in Eoin’s narrative and the short and skilled way in which he captured the capital’s character.”

Question 3

What is the best Dutch translation of the word “cobbles” in

 Eoin Moore’s short story?

  A kades (bij de havens)

  B karren (soort vervoersmiddel)

  C kinderkopjes (soort straatsteen)

Answer C

Paragraph 6 

It gives me cause to wonder, as I stroll aimlessly along the cobbled paths, about those who have traversed them before me, by carriage or before there were even cobbles to walk upon. I feel their lives and mine are somehow connected, that we all were at one point a part of this city, living pieces of its grand, striking framework

Question 4

 What is one of the most important themes in Eoin’s short story?

  A art

  B communication

  C history

Answer C

Paragraph 6 Eoin Moore’s short story

Now, where Norsemen once stood, I look back, along the quays, streets and alleys, to where the inhabitants live their lives: eating, speaking, and breathing their city into existence. It gives me cause to wonder, as I stroll aimlessly along the cobbled paths, about those who have traversed them before me, by carriage or before there were even cobbles to walk upon. I feel their lives and mine are somehow connected, that we all were at one point a part of this city, living pieces of its grand, striking framework. Every High King and scholar, every playwright and poet, every politician and every rebel, every merchant, student, and busker who ever set foot in the city holds or held onto a chunk of this city’s soul; every one of them stepped to the city’s heartbeat. All of us who travel those arteries step on the words, actions, and lives of those who travelled them before us. The city embodies the people, and the people embody the city.

Question 5

What is Eoin’s role in Dublin, according to the short story?

  A He belongs to Dublin, which he describes in loving detail.

  B He feels threatened by Dublin, which seems to engulf him.

  C He is an outsider, observing Dublin which is full of life.

Answer A

Paragraph 6 . 

I listen to the streets at night and I can feel the city’s lifeblood pumping through me; I can feel myself flowing through it. All of us who travel those arteries step on the words, actions, and lives of those who travelled them before us. The city embodies the people, and the people embody the city.

More practice

- Online news papers

- Books

- Links on IL

- Try to read at least 10 minutes a day

See you next week!