venerdì 14 febbraio 2014

ESERCIZIO READING AND COMPREHENSION

Mr Merriweather was dozing by the fireside. His newspaper slipped from his grasp, his head fell forward and he started to wander by the banks of a fast-flowing river. Then a coal slipped, the fire crackled and he woke up with a start.
He reached down to retrieve his newspaper and then remembered something that he wanted to ask his wife. But Mrs Merriweather was not there.
He listened for a while. The cottage seemed very quiet. Then he called out "Molly!" several times but received no reply. He shuffled out into the hall and saw that Molly's rainwear was missing from its accustomed hook. And her Wellingtons which always stood with the umbrellas in the umbrella stand had also gone. Whatever would have possessed her to go out on a night such as this?


Questions (passate col mouse sulla striscia gialla per vedere le soluzioni)

1. Which statement tells you that Mr Merriweather was dreaming?

a: he was dozing by the fireside
b: his newspaper slipped from his grasp
c: his head fell forward
d: he started to wander by banks of a river
e: a coal slipped


D "he started to wander by banks of a river

2. Mr Merriweather felt sure that his wife had left the house because:

a: the cottage seemed very quiet when he woke up
b: the door to the hall was open
c: her raincoat was not on its peg
d: her umbrella had disappeared
e: she had taken all her possessions



C "her raincoat was not on its peg



3. The word accustomed in line 11 could most accurately be replaced by:

a: acquainted
b: usual
c: protruding
d: established
e: adapted



B "usual"&nbsp&nbsp


4. The two short sentences in line 8 are effective because they convey Mr Merriweather's sense of:

a: haste
b: alarm
c: concentration
d: sleepiness
e: loneliness


C "concentration"


5. What sort of weather is suggested by the passage?

a: a wet, stormy and windy night
b: a cold frosty night
c: a mild and breezy night
d: a windy but dry night
e: a snowy night


A "stormy and windy night"

12 commenti:

  1. scusate una domanda ...che senso a mettere sotto le domande le risposte.....

    RispondiElimina
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    1. Lo stesso senso della tua "a" senza " h".....

      Elimina
    2. Se non ti piacciono le risposte suggerite, basta fermarsi alla domanda e non leggerle!

      Elimina
    3. Le risposte servono, naturalmente, come autovalutazione: prima dai la tua risposta, quella che pensi vada bene, e poi controlli se hai fatto giusto oppure no.
      Ma non mi sembra difficile da capire.
      O lo è??

      Elimina
    4. se vieni per imparare non le devi guardare le soluzioni mentre fai il compito

      Elimina
    5. se vieni su questo sito per imparare qualcosa non devi dar retta alle soluzioni mentre fai il compito ma solo dopo per vedere se si hanno fatto errori ;)

      Elimina
  2. Ciao, bel sito strutturo molto bene e anche bei testi. Ma non è che nei testi in fondo ci potresti mettere anche delle risposte aperte con alcune inerenti al testo una sola mia vita, come nel esami? Grazie mille

    RispondiElimina
    Risposte
    1. è vero servirebbe anche qualche domanda aperta. Comunque bel sito. Molto utile per il ripasso degli esami. Peccato che... sono domani :(

      Elimina
  3. sito molto bello e utile e è una cosa utile avere le risposte ai quesiti che vengono posti. sarebbe stato meglio se ci fossero state delle domande aperte comunque va bene.

    RispondiElimina
  4. molto bello bravi......però più corti ahhahahhah

    RispondiElimina