Inmigración, Desigualdad y Dopaje: Ejercicios de Comprensión y Redacción en Inglés
Práctica de Inglés: Comprensión Lectora y Redacción
A continuación encontrarás cuatro textos con ejercicios de comprensión, vocabulario, gramática y redacción. Lee cada texto con atención antes de responder.
1. Costa Rica Immigrant Communicates Through Art
Comprehension questions
- Why did she not know when it was the deadline to turn in the work?
- Decide if the following statements are True or False:
- A) False (lines 2-4): Her first… be finished.
- B) True (line 5): She went… finishing it.
- C) False (line 18): Xinia's mother… current work.
- C
- Complete the sentences with the correct words:
- A) saddle
- B) project
- C) entitled
- D) shows
- E) praise
- Answer the questions:
- Her work had been greatly influenced by her family.
- A donkey whose head is low is eating grass next to some birds.
Writing (Redacción)
Immigrants flee from their countries because they are not safe. They work very hard to pay for a ticket to another country, but the problems appear when they arrive in the new country. The police place many obstacles for them to enter the city. When they are finally allowed in, they receive a permit for a few weeks, unless they find work and have a contract. They only want a better life for themselves and for their children.
2. Increased Inequality
Comprehension questions
- The IMF does not believe that the recovery has produced the desired effects, because only rich people are benefiting; poor people are still poor.
- a) True
- b) False (lines 2-4): This… pie.
- c) False (lines 9-11): Job losses…
- C
- Complete the sentences:
- A) impossibility
- B) contracts
- C) construction
- D) figure
- E) priority
- Answer the questions:
- A journalist asked the spokesman whether the gap between rich and poor had diminished.
- Politicians should consider a redistribution of wealth through subsidies and taxes, because their responsibility is to control inequality.
Writing (Redacción)
The inequality we live with today is not a good example for our descendants; in a way, we are hurting them, and we must fix this situation. The state should give more aid to companies so that they not only hire more people but also increase salaries, allowing workers to consume and help reactivate the economy and improve the country's situation. For our part, as citizens, we must prepare ourselves to face any job and thus have more opportunities to work.
3. Italiano? "Nein"? A Part of Italy Wants Out
Comprehension questions
- A) The people of a certain region speak German because the Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Italy when the First World War ended.
- B) 1. False (lines 10-12): Children… Latin.
2. False (lines 9-10): Citizens'… languages.
3. False (lines 13-15): Those… Austria. - C) a
- Answer the questions:
- A) What is the percentage of taxes collected in Alto Adige that stays in the territory?
- B) Several mountain huts have restored their original German names.
- C) At the end of the First World War, the region was annexed by Italy.
- D) I would travel to other cities in Europe.
- A) empire
Writing (Redacción)
Today we live in a country where several languages are studied and spoken. The advantage of a bilingual region is that communication is much more open, because you know not only one language but several. On the other hand, from a student's point of view, one disadvantage is that you have another subject to study on top of the ones you already have. In the future it will open doors in the job market, but right now many students see it only as a problem. In my opinion, it is good for the state to be bilingual, but only up to a certain point.
4. Livestrong Bracelet: To Wear or Not to Wear?
Comprehension questions
- A) Some people stopped using the bracelet because of the news that came out about Armstrong.
- B) 1. False (lines 1-2): Lou Hablas… cáncer.
2. False (lines 9-10): U.S.… cycler.
3. True (lines 15-16): Like… fall. - C) b
- Answer the questions:
- A) How did those who admired Armstrong feel about him as a symbol of hope?
- B) Armstrong's doping as a professional cyclist was discovered by the U.S. anti-doping agency.
- C) What would have happened if Armstrong had not been accused of doping?
- D) He will continue to wear the bracelet even if Armstrong resigns as president of the charity organization.
- a) embattled b) (blank) c) volunteered d) (blank) e) shield
Writing (Redacción)
Armstrong was a great cyclist whom everyone admired for his achievements. At first, people loved him and cheered for him, but when the anti-doping agency announced that Armstrong had doped during the championships he had won, his fame declined. He lost the affection of many cycling fans, and his reputation fell to levels no one believed possible. In my opinion, Armstrong is now a fallen hero, because everything he achieved was not the result of his effort alone; doping helped him win.