Reading practice 2----Fast Reading 2 Main idea of the passage The passage is about_B A. the writer's first day at school B the writer's schooldays C. the writers childhood D. the writer’ s life
The passage is about ____. A. the writer’s first day at school B. the writer’s schooldays C. the writer’s childhood D. the writer’s life B Reading practice 2----Fast Reading 2 Main idea of the passage
Reading Practice 2----Fast Reading 3 Decide where you would expect to see this passage. What helped you decide? a. In a biography (a life story about someone written by someone else). b. In an autobiography hy ( the story of the writer’ s life c. a brochure to persuade people to attend this school d. a government report
a. In a biography (a life story about someone written by someone else). b. In an autobiography (the story of the writer’s life). c. A brochure to persuade people to attend this school. d. A government report. Reading Practice 2----Fast Reading 3 Decide where you would expect to see this passage. What helped you decide?
In an autobiography, because it is told in the first person and it is clearly just a part of a longer piece of writing about the author’ s life
In an autobiography, because it is told in the first person, and it is clearly just a part of a longer piece of writing about the author’s life
Reading Practice 3----Careful Reading 1 Choose the best answers 1. The writer thinks that B A. nursery school was good preparation for “ big school” B. he was not very prepared for boarding School C. he went to nursery school because his father worked abroad D. he learnt to read and to recite the alphabet at“ big school
1. The writer thinks that ____. A. nursery school was good preparation for “big school”. B. he was not very prepared for boarding School. C. he went to nursery school because his father worked abroad. D. he learnt to read and to recite the alphabet at “big school”. Reading Practice 3----Careful Reading 1 Choose the best answers. B
2. The writer was unhappy when he arrived at school because A A. the dormitory was so different from what he was used to B he didnt have enough bedding c. he was ashamed to admit that he sobbed as he fell asleep D. he didn't want to share a dormitory with five other boys
2. The writer was unhappy when he arrived at school because ____. A. the dormitory was so different from what he was used to B. he didn’t have enough bedding C. he was ashamed to admit that he sobbed as he fell asleep D. he didn’t want to share a dormitory with five other boys A