Subsecretara de Educacin Media Superior

Direccin General de Educacin Tecnolgica Industrial

rea acadmica de la DGETI de la Ciudad de Mxico
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Jos Vasconcelos

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I. ANSWER IN ENGLISH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
Reading Strategies. Write a brief description of each one (3 to 5 lines)
1. What is skimming?
2. What is scanning?
3. What is intensive reading?
4. What is extensive reading?
5. What is listening?
6. What is speaking?
7. What is reading?
8. What is writing?

II. TYPES OF TEXTS

Review the characteristics of each one. Write a brief description of
each one ( 3 to 5 lines)
Argumentative
Descriptive
Expository
Informative
Instructive
Narrative
Persuasive
Speculative

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Jos Vasconcelos

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III. Reading comprehension. Underline all the cognates in the text and then
answer the questions.
Global warming
The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last
40 years than previously thought due to climate change,
Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday.
Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water,
contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small island
nations and threatening to wreak havoc in low-lying, denselypopulated delta regions around the globe.
The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a
growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and
consequences rising oceans. It also serves as a corrective to a
massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors.
Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and
additional water from melting sources of ice. Both processes are caused by global
warming. The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to
raise world ocean levels by seven metres (23 feet), which would bury sea-level cities from
Dhaka to Shanghai.
Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is
critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature
rises, scientists say. But up to now, there has been a perplexing gap between the
projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists
gathering data from the oceans.
The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate
Research, is the first to reconcile the models with observed data. Using new techniques to
assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 metres (2,300 feet) from 1961 to 2003, it
shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimetre-per-year rise in sea levels
rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC.
(c) AFP 12/23/2008

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Jos Vasconcelos

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Instructions: After reading the text underline the right choice.
1. The new study:
a) Shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.32 millimeter-per-year rise in sea
levels.
b) Did not reveal anything that scientists didn't already know.
c) Used
new techniques to assess ocean temperatures.
2. Ultimately, the new study should help scientists to:
a) Lower water levels.
b) Better predict climate change.
cities like Dhaka and Shanghai.

c) Bury sea-level

IV. Reading Strategies. Exercise I. Underline True or False according to

each sentence.
1. Skimming is used to find a particular piece of information.
a) True
b) False
2. Scanning is used to quickly gather the most important information.
a) True
b) False
3. Writing is the process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and
spaces)
a) True
b) False
4. Intensive reading is used on shorter texts in order to extract specific
information.
a) True
b) False
5. Extensive reading is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and
includes reading longer texts for pleasure
a) True
b) False

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Jos Vasconcelos

2016 Ao del Centenario de la Institucin de Congreso Constituyente

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Reading Strategies. Exercise II. Underline the right choice for each sentence.

1) What sort of reading is skimming?

A) quick reading
B) slow reading
2) What sort of reading is scanning?
A) quick reading
B) slow reading
3) If you scan a dictionary what are you doing?
A) finding a word
B) reading a story
4) If you skim a newspaper what are you doing?
A) reading the front page
B) seeing what's in the paper
5) It is good to scan a story if you want to read it quickly.
A) True
B) False
6) Key words and numbers can help with...
A) skimming
B) scanning
7) What sort of reading do you use to find a word in a dictionary?
A) skimming
B) scanning
C) careful reading
8) What sort of reading do you use to find out what's on TV today?
A) skimming
B) scanning
C) careful reading
9) If you want to find the football results in a paper, do you...
A) skim
B) scan
C) read carefully
10) If you want to see quickly what ingredients you need in a recipe, do you...
A) skim
B) scan
C) read carefully

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V. Scanning And Skimming Exercises.
Pulp Friction
Every second, one hectare of the world's rainforest is destroyed. That's equivalent
to two football fields. An area the size of New York City is lost every day. In a year,
that adds up to 31 million hectares -- more than the land area of Poland. This
alarming rate of destruction has serious consequences for the environment;
scientists estimate, for example, that 137 species of plant, insect or animal become
extinct every day due to logging. In British Columbia, where, since 1990, thirteen
rainforest valleys have been clearcut, 142 species of salmon have already become
extinct, and the habitats of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures are
threatened. Logging, however, provides jobs, profits, taxes for the govenment and
cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government is reluctant to restrict
or control it.
Much of Canada's forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper.
According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of
the world's wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products
could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved.
Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by
agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp

SKIMMING
1. The main idea of paragraph one is:
a)Scientists are worried about New York City.
b)Logging is destroying the
rainforests.
c)Governments make money from logging.
d)Salmon are an endangered
species.
2. The main idea of paragraph two is:
a)Canadian forests are especially under threat.
c)Canada is a major supplier of paper and pulp.
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b)Hemp is a kind of plant.

d)Canada produces a lot of

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SCANNING
1. How many species of salmon have become extinct in BC?
a) 27
b)31
c)137
d)142
2. How much of the world's newsprint paper is supplied by Canada?
a)31%
b)49%
c)34%
d)19%

VI. Samples of Types of Texts. Underline what corresponds in each case.

1. The following passage is an example of informative text:
New Sydmouth Public Library
What can I borrow or hire?
There is a large collection of books including paperbacks, non-fiction books,
'talking books, books in large print and books in languages apart from English. Up
to 6 items can be borrowed for 3 weeks.
a) True
b) false
2. What is this text passage trying to persuade you to do?
CLEAR YOUR DEBTS FAST!
Do you owe more money than you are making?
Do you have lots of different debts?
It's quick and easy to apply and you could get the money within just 2 days! Yes
that's right 2 days, so why waste time. So if you want to clear your debts, make
home improvements, go on a holiday or just buy something you've always wanted
call us now on 0900 7895 2369.
a) To go on holiday.

b) To make some home improvements.

c) To take out a loan with the advertising loan company.

something you've always wanted.

d) To buy

3. What type of text is the following passage?

The boy was astonished by what he saw inside. Never could he have imagined
that, there in the middle of the desert, there existed a tent like this one. The ground
was covered with the most beautiful carpets he had ever walked upon, and from
the top of the structure hung lamps of hand-wrought gold, each with a lighted
candle.
a) descriptive
b) instructive
c) informative
d) persuasive
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4. This is an example of persuasive text.
I had to leave my sick bed to visit Bert Baxter before school. It took me ages to get
there, what with feeling weak and having to stop for a rest every now and again,
but with the help of an old lady who had a long black moustache I made it to the
front door.
a) true
b)false
5. The following passage contains descriptive text.
Everyone was in a state of high excitement, all the women in light cotton saris worn
specially for the occasion, now clambering over the side, screaming when the boat
rocked and clutching each other in pleasurable panic.
a)true
b) false

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