Respuestas y Corrección de Ejercicios de Comprensión Lectora en Inglés: Smoking in Pubs, April Fool's Day, Classics y Border Crossing

Smoking in Pubs?

1. Because their intolerance towards smokers would be censured.
2. Because they were afraid they would become an overprotective state.
3. False. The government... all pubs. (Line 1)
4. False. They are examining... carriage option. (Line 4)
5. False. The government... labour voters. (Lines 6-7)
6. True. Smoking related... such diseases. (Lines 12-13)

7. Allow (Line 3)
8. Propositions
9. Staff (Lines 1/5)
10. Doubtful
11. Severe pressure is being put on ministers (by the lobby).
12. John, who was a heavy smoker, has given up smoking.
13. If people didn't pay taxes, the government wouldn't improve social services.
14. The government planned a total ban on alcohol.

April Fool's Day!

1. When some people continued celebrating New Year's Day on the wrong date (April 1), other people played tricks on them.
2. By sending false messages, for example about viruses or pretending to be writing from a bank requesting personal information.
3. False. Up until... on April (Lines 2-3)
4. False. New Technologies... on April 1 (Line 6)
5. False. The photo... fake (Line 11)
6. False. National Geographic... image (Lines 11-12)

7. Fresh (Line 6)
8. Delete (Line 8)
9. Gaze
10. Or
11. Hadn't cooked
12. Someone showed them a picture of an attacking shark.
13. What did the email do?
14. He received an e-mail whose content was spam.

Don't Forget the Classics

1. The peace is faster.
2. Simple language and stories related to the students' lives.
3. False. Their teachers... (Lines 2-3)
4. True. In an attempt... classrooms (Lines 7-8)
5. False. Many teenagers... step (Line 12)
6. True. We should... odysseys (Lines 13-14)

7. Forgetful
8. Chance (Line 1)
9. Plot (Line 9)
10. Unfamiliar
11. John Bloom, whose novel The French Affair was made into a beautiful film, died recently.
12. The doctor asked him if he ever felt that pain in his stomach.
13. Any English conversation must begin with the weather, although it is not a fascinating topic.
14. Did you enjoy dancing at the party?

A Life's Ambition: To Cross the Border

1. They used to come by boat, but now they try to cross the border.
2. The wire fence and the guard.
3. False. The double... to succeed (Lines 6-7)
4. False. They choose... carefully (Lines 5-6)
5. False. Many have... left (Lines 8-9)
6. They are... overflowing (Lines 10-11)

7. Side
8. Shelter (Line 10)
9. Profitable
10. Eternal
11. These men and women cannot go anywhere else.
12. This would be a happy world.
13. The headlines have been hit by a new phenomenon.
14. What do Africans wait in the woods for?