English Reading Comprehension and Grammar Exercises Correction

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Coetzee Wins Nobel Prize (2004)

1. a) False. b) False.
2.
- a) Because political factors seem to have more importance than just the literary ones.
- b) He worked for IBM and after that, he was a professor of literature and published literary criticism.
3. a) Unquestionably, b) Worry, c) Assumptions, d) Swiftly.
4. a) Who last, b) Winning received, c) Whose wasn’t chosen, d) Is.

1. a) True, b) False.
2.
- a) They appear in European cultures following the legends and literature of the ancient Greeks and the medieval population.
- b) It is said that dragons look like dinosaurs in size and shape.
3. a) Wise, b) Guarding, c) Resemble, d) Submerged.
4.
- a) Have formed / To know.
- b) Is seen because.
- c) Largest / Bigger.
- d) That dragons had played an important role in his life.

1. a) False, b) False.
2.
- a) According to the new study, watching too much television is directly related to attention problems in children, problems such as the inability to read for a long time or pay attention.
- b) Earlier studies linked the habit of watching television in children to the increase of weight and aggressiveness.
3. a) Amount, b) Signs, c) Tested, d) Earlier.
4. a) Began / Between, b) Often a, c) On / Are, d) What she would do when she finished her homework.

1. a) True, b) False.
2.
- a) Amphibians have a sort of skin much more delicate than other types of animals, that’s why they will be the first to suffer from environmental disasters.
- b) They are able to live throughout the world except Antarctica since they have improved a great variety of species due to their adjustment to several types of aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
3. a) Comprehensive, b) Since, c) Drastic, d) Remarkable.
4. 1: Continues, 2: Will rise, 3: Has created, 4: Protecting, 5: Has caused, 6: Most important, 7: Polluting in order to.

1. a) False, b) False.
2.
- a) Polynesian islanders got tattooed because for them it was a way of being protected against enemies.
- b) Sailors chose to have crosses tattooed because they thought that as a symbol of Christ those tattooed crosses would keep them safe from being hit.
3. a) Mummies, b) Nearly, c) Deep, d) Fuzzy.
4. a) Becoming / Is, b) "What a", c) Who it, d) Were linked / Worn.

1. a) True, b) False.
2.
- a) The number of felines has gone down due to human activities. Forests have been reduced so that these animals have little space to live into their habitat.
- b) They want to resolve the problem by making assisted reproduction using semen from other felines in order to enhance the number of these kinds of animals in the future.
3. a) Declined, b) Treat, c) Farming, d) So far.
4. a) To be reproduced / Have to, b) Carelessly, c) Very / To make, d) When he began his new wild cat project.

1. a) True, b) True.
2.
- a) Because using the mobile phone in a social event such as a wedding, a birthday, or a friends' meeting could be understood as a synonym of boredom or evidence that you don't want to join the rest of the people at the event.
- b) The text tells us that it could be a good idea to ask them to move away if they are disturbing, even if they are inside our car.
3. a) Perhaps, b) Outset, c) Apologize, d) Come across.
4. 1. Using, 2. Is applied, 3. Have been, 4. Than, 5. Who, 6. From / Without, 7. Phone (If there was a mobile phone in her bag).

1. a) False, b) True.
2.
- a) Pluto is a very happy dog which is always doing funny things in order to make people laugh.
- b) In the USA, pets have increasingly become more important thanks to the tendency of "take-your-dog-everywhere" and although the hotel industry doesn't allow pets in guests' rooms, some USA hotel chains such as "Loews Hotels" started to accept them four years ago and they have realized that pets are very important to American families.
3. a) Inappropriate, b) Vivacious, c) Trend, d) Realizing.
4. a) 1- So, 2- Them; b) 1- To, 2- Don’t like; c) 1- Began, 2- Between; d) 1- Leaving, 2- On.

1. a) False, b) True.
2.
- a) A compulsive consumer, according to the text, is a person, either a woman or a man, who buys things (clothes, technical items, etc.) which he/she doesn't need at all, in order to be better dressed or made-up (women) or to collect and have more technical items (men).
- b) Men usually buy electronic and technical gadgets, such as laptops, music players, PDAs, mobile phones… while women mostly buy things to improve their physical appearance, such as clothing or make-up.
3. a) Extent, b) Rocketed, c) Trends, d) Seeking.
4. 1. Be experienced, 2. In, 3. Admitting, 4. For, 5. Should, 6. Than, 7. Yesterday.

1. a) False, b) True.
2.
- a) The microchip in the shoes sends information about the number of steps of the person who is wearing them to another microchip set on the TV. If the person has taken 12,000 steps, he or she can watch TV for 2 hours, and when those are reached, the microchip automatically switches the television off.
- b) Just a "square-eyes" limit of 2 TV hours may help the family become aware of their sedentary life and the changes they should make.
3. a) Concerns, b) Expired, c) Device, d) Bring about.
4. 1. Easiest, 2. From (Verb avoid + from something), 3. Which, 4. Of, 5. Has increased, 6. [...] 7. Tries, 8. Spent.