inglese - reading comprehension

inglese - reading comprehension

capire parole sconosciute dal contesto senza tradurle

grip
cobbler
jack
tuck
puddle
relief
badger
gloomily
soggy
totter
dunce
cuddle
wriggle
greasy
shriek
dimly
glum
thrush

queste parole probabilmente risultano sconosciute prese una per volta ma quando sono in una frase è semplice capire il loro significato

Quindi cercate di capire il significato in queste frasi con la deduzione

esempi

I gripped the wheel as hard  as I could with both hands and began to turn it.
Grip deve essere un verbo tipo hold  oppure take hold of quindi stringere

the cobbler had just finished repairing my shoes when I went into his little shop.
cobbler può essere solo un uomo che aggiusta le scarpe quindi calzolaio

I put the jack under the car and turned the handle until two of the car's wheel were off the ground
the jack  può essere solo il cric

1)  the badger slowly moved out from the trees into  the open ground, we could see its black and White head clarly in the moolight

2) " It's no use " he admitted gloomily  " I shall never be able to do it"

3) Someone had spilt  a Whole  cup of tea over my bread which was now soggy  and impossible to eat

4) When  he heard his enemies looking for him he wriggled back carefully  and quietly into the Leaves

5)  The waiter took their order, he looked hot and greasy as if the cook hae fried him with the food

6) Sudden  shriek of horror from outside  the door caused me to drop the egg on the floor

7)  Tuck your shirt inside your trousers, it looks  most untidy hanging out like that

8) He stepped back fell over the dog and sat down in the large puddle his trousers were wet through

9) I felt a strong sense of relief when that weekend was over. It was as if all my problems and worries ha suddenly been  removed

10) Almost exhausted, he tottered the last few metres to the finish and fell into the arms of his waiting friends.

11)  I felt a real dunce because I had understood nothing and written nothing  by the time all the Others in the class had finished the question

12) The little  girl cuddled he doll livingly  as she lay in bed

13)  I found it very difficult to see what I was eating in the dimly-lit restaurant

14) don't look so glum ! things may get better

15)  I was Woken by the sound of a thrush singing from a branch on the tree ouside my bedroom window


soluzioni

1) the badger deve essere un animale con la testa bianca e nera
quindi un tasso

2) gloomily opuò essere triste e sconsolato perché non riesce ad usarlo

3)  soggy è il pane su cui si è versato il tè quindi inzuppato

4) per evitare il nemico wriggled  si nascose oppure sgattaiolo sotto le foglie

5) greasy è il cameriere che sembra essere stato cucinato cioè sudato

6) shriek  di terrore può esser un grido  che mi ha spaventato

7) tuck con la camicia nei pantaloni si può infilare

8) puddle è caduto e si è bagnato i pantaloni quindi pozzanghera

9) ho dimenticato tutti i problemi quindi ho provato relief quindi sollievo

10)  tottered i metri possono essere percorsi

11) non ho capito niente quindi mi sentìì un dunce quindi un somaro

12) cuddled la bambina cosa fa con la bambola a letto la abbraccia la coccola

13)  dimly si fa fatica a vedere quello che si mangia quindi scarsamente illluminato

14) glum le cose potranno andare meglio quindi non essere depresso

15) thrush cosa può cantare su un albero fuori dalla finestra  un uccello quindi un usignolo

inglese - reading comprehension

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this section is useful to  teste vocaburary and formal gramatical control
you are required to fill  in a blank  a sentence  with  one of four given words or phrases


here an example

she quickly washed the milk off the carpet so that it wouldn't leave  a ........................

A  stain     B colour   C fault  D remark

answer : A

the text is intended to test your understanding of which word is correct in a particular context

GENERAL POINT

it is important  to remember that whatever choice you make  you answer  must be correct  in both
meaning and structure


example

do you ............. to my  smoking a pipe

A  mind  B excuse C object  D  dislike

all these choise seem to express a similar meaning  tha of "not liking" but only one i s structurally correct
choice C object is correct because  it is followed  by  to
mind dislike an excuse  cannot be followed by to

example 2

be careful  when you enter the prison. There are some  very .......... guard dogs

A tame  B friendly   C beautiful  D fierce

all the choice are adjective  and would be appropriate from a sructural poin of view  but   A  B  C  cannot be correct (why  should you be careful  of such charming guard dogs  D fierce  is there fore the right answer 

example 3

However hard you tried he never ........ to swim more than 100 metres

A succeeded  B failed   C  realised   D  managed

A succeeded   has the right kind of meaning  but is wrong structurally because  succeede shoud be followed by  in .....ing

B failed   is right structurally  but has the wrong meaning

C realised  is wrong in meaning and structure

D managed   is correct in meaning and structure  ( managed is followed by TO )

remember to read the sentences carefully  and check that your choice is correct both in sturcture  and meaning

your aim in preparing for rhis section  is to broaden your understanding of the correcti use of English
words and phrases
different way  + preposition combination, phrasal verbs  general vocabulary idiomatic expression
Word  which cause  special difficulties
to prepare this part of examination you must  be willing to do a lot of work by yourself and  is recommend the use of a good English-English  dictionary 
it is  very important  that your dictionary  should you explain  the various meaning of words but gshoul also give clear examples  of how  they are used