Isabel Mariñosa Vela
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TEN YEARS WITHOUT BOOKS

Question 1 of 10

1

When he was a boy, the author:

Select one of the following:

  • avoided books .

  • looked at books but didn't read them

  • preferred videos to books

  • read enthusiastically

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

Students at university used to spend the evenings:

Select one of the following:

  • discussing philosophy

  • reading short books

  • thinking deeply

  • the author doesn't say how they spent the evenings

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

At work, the author:

Select one of the following:

  • didn't have to read

  • didn't have to read books

  • didn't have to read manuals and pamphlets

  • didn't have to read contracts and documents

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

The author:

Select one of the following:

  • hardly read a book for ten years

  • doesn't read books

  • hasn't read a book for ten years

  • didn't read a book for ten years

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Now the author

Select one of the following:

  • doesn't have a TV

  • has a TV next to his bed

  • has a computer with a TV inside it

  • has a computer instead of a TV

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition
Very important because of its, often negative, effect on the future

Select one or more of the following:

  • peer

  • scour

  • fateful

  • avid

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition
Extremely eager or interested

Select one or more of the following:

  • fateful

  • scour

  • peer

  • avid

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

The author probably read "Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in PostIndustrial Society"

Select one of the following:

  • in 1972

  • in 1982

  • in 1992

  • . in 1993

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition
. To search (a place or thing) very carefully in order to try to find something

Select one of the following:

  • peer

  • scour

  • fateful

  • avid

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition
A person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group

Select one of the following:

  • fateful

  • avid

  • scour

  • peer

Explanation

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