TEN YEARS WITHOUT BOOKS

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Reading Comprehension
Isabel Mariñosa Vela
Quiz by Isabel Mariñosa Vela, updated more than 1 year ago
Isabel Mariñosa Vela
Created by Isabel Mariñosa Vela over 4 years ago
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Question 1

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When he was a boy, the author:
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  • avoided books .
  • looked at books but didn't read them
  • preferred videos to books
  • read enthusiastically

Question 2

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Students at university used to spend the evenings:
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  • discussing philosophy
  • reading short books
  • thinking deeply
  • the author doesn't say how they spent the evenings

Question 3

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At work, the author:
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  • 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

Question 4

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The author:
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  • 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

Question 5

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Now the author
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  • 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

Question 6

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Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition Very important because of its, often negative, effect on the future
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  • peer
  • scour
  • fateful
  • avid

Question 7

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Vocabulary: Choose word for this definition Extremely eager or interested
Answer
  • fateful
  • scour
  • peer
  • avid

Question 8

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The author probably read "Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in PostIndustrial Society"
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  • in 1972
  • in 1982
  • in 1992
  • . in 1993

Question 9

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

Question 10

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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
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  • fateful
  • avid
  • scour
  • peer
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