Monday, March 21, 2011

English compre / Cloze passage

 Part 1                                                         Part 2
1) steps  (routinw/procedure)                     1) asking - (1)good
2)took     (retrieved)                                   2) composed - (1)good
3)chance - good                                          3) reading - (1)good
4)information - consist                               4) roots - (1)good
5)tourist - good                                           5) taken - (1)good
6)different  (developed)                             6) have been exaggerated - (1)good
7)below     (ahead)                                     7) portrays - (1)good
8)statistics (qualities)                                 8) accompanies - accompany
9)coming    (intending)                               9) solve - be solved
10)punishments - good                             10) featured - (1)good

Part 3
 1)believes (anthropologists)
2) early
3) points (proliferated)
 4)were (practised)
5)excavation (Age)
6)roasted (used)
7)wealth (charred)
8)cannibals (suggesting)
(roasted)
(cannibalism)

1.The author was impressed that the girl managed to steal his wallet in a short time. - good (1)
2.The author's view of himself at that moment is that he was responsible and able to take care of himself. - confident (0)
3. He checked his pockets and bag to see if anything else was stolen. (2)
4.This tells us that the policeman did not care about his work. This also tells us that the status of the law and order in Italy was bad. (2)
5. The three things are that the cab driver asked him if he encountered pick-pockets, the author knowing that this Questura run was obviously part of his Sunday morning routine and that the cab driver was disgusted at the pick-pockets. (1.5)
6.The policeman was annoyed as the author disrupted his work. (replied rudely and few words (1))
7. The typist performed her task badly. (slow, unfamiliar, afraid of making mistakes (1))
8. The author knew that the gypsy woman and the children who robbed him before was in a pickpocketing group. (he had already lost his money to the gypsy community (0))

9)
a.embarrased (1)
b. move quickly (1)
c. call for (0.5)
d. sufficient (1)
e. scolding (1)

10) It was a Sunday morning when the author was pick-pocketed(0.5) by three children. Then, he visited the police office at the train station(0.5) and the police redirected him to Questura (0.5), the central police station.
He rode in a cab (0.5) to Questura. After entering the police station, he had to wait (0.5). Soon, he became impatient and talked to a policeman(0.5). He was told to come back the next day. The next day, he returned and was taken into this room where this lady took down information (0.5). He was given a report for a refund. He went to the American Express office to get his refund. (105 words - 10 words)

(3.5 - content)
(4.5 - language)
summary total - 8 pts

total compre - 21 pts / 35 pts

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