act 6 quiz

Files for act. 6 - Online activity - Unit 2

1 Reading "Famous latin american literature nobel prize winners" Miguel Angel Asturias (October 19, 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala - June 9, 1974, Spain) He was awarded the 1952 the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Prize in Paris, France and the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the first child of Ernesto Asturias Girón, a lawyer and judge, and María Rosales de Asturias, a schoolteacher who was the daughter of a colonel. Asturias's father opposed the dictatorship of Manuel Estrada Cabrera. His parents were quite persecuted. His father lost his job, and he and his family were forced to move in 1905 to one of his grandparents’ house farm in Salamá. It was here that Asturias first came into contact with Guatemala's indigenous people; his nanny, Lola Reyes, was a young indigenous woman who told him stories of their myths and legends that would later have a great influence on his work. In 1908, his family returned to Guatemala. Asturias began writing as a student and wrote the first draft of a story that would later become his novel The President. In 1922, Asturias spent a year studying medicine before switching to the faculty of law at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala. After he finished his law studies, he went to study to Paris at the Sorbonne where he finished his novel The President. In 1949, Asturias served as an ambassador to Mexico where he wrote his masterpiece Men of Maize. He believed that the development in Guatemala depended on better integration of indigenous communities and a more equal distribution of wealth in the country. When the government of President Jacobo Arbenz fell in 1954, Asturias went into exile. In 1966, democratically elected President Julio César Méndez Montenegro achieved power and Asturias was given back his Guatemalan citizenship. Material adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias

2 Reading "Octavio Paz" Octavio Paz Lozano ( March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico- April 19, 1998, Mexico City) Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat and writer. He was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 National Prize of Arts and Sciences in Mexico and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Paz was born to Octavio Paz Solórzano and Josefina Lozano. His father was an active supporter of the Revolution against the Díaz regime.

Paz was introduced to literature early in his life through the influence of his grandfather's library. He used to read lots of books of classic Mexican and European literature. As a teenager in 1931, under the influence of D. H. Lawrence, Paz published his first poems, including Cabellera. Two years later, at the age of 19, he published Luna "Wild Moon", a collection of poems. In 1937, Paz abandoned his law studies and left for Yucatán to work at a school in Mérida for sons of peasants and workers. In 1943, Paz received a fellowship and began studying at the University of California at Berkeley in the United States. Two years later, he entered the Mexican diplomatic service. In 1945, he was sent to Paris, where he wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude. In 1952, he travelled to India, Tokyo and Switzerland. His early poetry was influenced by Marxism, surrealism, and existentialism, as well as religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism. When he returned to Mexico City in 1954, he wrote his great poem Sunstone which was praised as a magnificent example of surrealist poetry. From 1970 to 1974, he lectured the Charles Eliot Norton professorship at Harvard University. In 1990, Paz invited several of the world's writers and intellectuals to Mexico City to discuss the collapse of communism, including Cornelius Castoriadis, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Franqui. The encounter was broadcast on Mexican television. Material adapted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio_Paz

3 Reading "Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez" Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia - April 17, 2014, Mexico City) Colombian novelist, short-story writer, film critic, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He was awarded the 1969 the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Prize in Paris, France, the 1972 Romulo Gallegos Prize and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. His father Gabriel Eligio García was a pharmacist. His mother, Luisa Santiaga Marquez, was the daughter of a liberal veteran Coronel of the Thousand Days War, whom García Márquez described as his "umbilical cord with history and reality," for being an excellent storyteller. He enjoyed his grandmother's unique way of telling stories. No matter how fantastic or improbable her statements, she always delivered them as if they were the irrefutable truth.

His parents had to leave Gabito and his brother when his father became a pharmacist in Barranquilla.Since García Márquez's parents were more or less strangers to him for the first few years of his life, his grandparents influenced his early development very strongly. His grandfather used to teach him lessons from the dictionary and take him to the circus each year. García Márquez began his career as a journalist while studying law at the National University of Colombia. After the so-called "Bogotazo" in 1948, bloody riots that erupted on April 9 because of the assassination of the popular leader Jorge Gaitan, the university closed indefinitely and his pension was burned. García Márquez moved to the University of Cartagena. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on, he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. His literary works such as A Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Colera, No one writes to the Colonel among others labeled as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Garcia Marquez’s imagination produces a visual image; that is why many of his histories have been adapted to films, the television series and even to form opera. Material adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez

4 Reading "Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa" Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (March 28, 1936, Arequipa, Peru) Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist and a college professor. He was awarded the 1967 Romulo Gallego Prize, the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Upon announcing the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said it had been given to Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat". His maternal family, the Llosas, was sustained by his grandfather, who managed a cotton farm. As a child, Vargas Llosa was told that his father had died—his mother and her family did not want to explain that his parents had separated. In 1946, at the age of ten, he moved to Lima and met his father for the first time. His parents re-established their relationship and lived in Magdalena del Mar. When Vargas Llosa was fourteen, his father sent him to the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima.

At the age of 16, before his graduation, Vargas Llosa began working as an amateur journalist for local newspaper. In 1953, during the government of Manuel A. Odría, Vargas Llosa enrolled in Lima's National University of San Marcos, the oldest university of the Americas, to study law and literature. Upon his graduation from the National University of San Marcos in 1958, he received a scholarship to study at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain.Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero and The City and the Dogs, The Green House and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral. In 1971, Vargas Llosa published García Márquez: Story of a Deicide which was his doctoral thesis for the Complutense University of Madrid. He writes prolifically across an array of literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. Several, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter have been adapted as feature films. Material adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Vargas_Llosa

5 Reading "short fragments" United States President Barack Obama released a statement on Thursday lamenting the death of Colombia’s celebrated writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez who passed away at the age of 87. President Obama described Garcia Marquez as a ―great visionary‖ and added that he has been one of [my] favorite writers since I was young. Taken from http://colombiareports.co/president-obama-laments-death-gabrielgarciamarquez/ on May 20th -2014 Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken, New Jersey, made Frank Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little dives (he carried his own P.A. system), he eventually got work as a band singer, first with The Hoboken Four, then with Harry James and then Tommy Dorsey. With the help of George Evans (Sinatra's genius press agent), his image was shaped into that of a street thug and punk who was saved by his first wife, Nancy Barbato. Taken from http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000069/bio on May 20th -2014 Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor. Mr. Obama likes to have his workout — weights and cardio — first thing in the morning, at 6:45. (Mr. Bush slipped away to exercise midday.)

Taken from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/statesmen/ on May 20th-2014 He reads several papers, eats breakfast with his family and helps pack his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off to school before making the 30-second commute downstairs — a definite perk for a man trying to balance work and family life. He eats dinner with his family, then often returns to work; aides have seen him in the Oval Office as late as 10 p.m., reading briefing papers for the next day. Taken from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/statesmen/ on May 20th-2014

6 Reading "Francis Darwin's reminiscences of his father" The following is from Francis Darwin's reminiscences of his father. It summarizes a typical day in Darwin's middle and later years, when he had developed a rigid routine that seldom changed, even when there were visitors in the house. 7 am Rose and took a short walk. 7:45 a.m. Breakfast alone 8–9:30 a.m. Worked in his study; he considered this his best working time. 9:30–10:30 a.m. Went to drawing-room and read his letters, followed by reading aloud of family letters. 12 or 12:15 p.m. Returned to study, which period he considered the end of his working day. 12 noon Walk, starting with visit to greenhouse, then round the sandwalk, the number of times depending on his health, usually alone or with a dog. 12:45 p.m. Lunch with whole family, which was his main meal of the day. After lunch read The Times and answered his letters. 3 p.m. Rested in his bedroom on the sofa and smoked a cigarette, listened to a novel or other light literature read by ED [Emma Darwin, his wife. 4 p.m. Walked, usually round sandwalk, sometimes farther afield and sometimes in company.

4:30–5:30 p.m. Worked in study, clearing up matters of the day. 6 p.m. Rested again in bedroom with ED reading aloud. 7.30 p.m. Light high tea while the family dined. In late years never stayed in the dining room with the men, but retired to the drawing-room with the ladies. If no guests were present, he played two games of backgammon with ED, usually followed by reading to himself, then ED played the piano, followed by reading aloud. 10 p.m. Left the drawing-room and usually in bed by 10:30, but slept badly. Even when guests were present, half an hour of conversation at a time was all that he could stand, because it exhausted him. Taken from http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/2008/12/charlesdarwin.html on May 20th-201

7 Reading "Civil War" The Civil War was one of the most difficult times in American history. From 1861 to 1865, America was at war with itself. The war stemmed from differences in beliefs between anti-slavery individuals in the northern states, and pro-slavery individuals in the south. Slavery was very important to the southern economy, and many southerners were afraid that Abraham Lincoln would try to to abolish slavery when he became president. Such individuals did not think the government had the right to tell the states what to do. People in the north thought that slavery was immoral, and were afraid that if slavery was allowed in America's new territories, it would never be defeated. In 1860 and 1861, eleven southern states decided to secede (break away) from the United States and form their own government. It was called the Confederate States of America. Richmond, Virginia was made their capital. Congress declared war on April 14, 1861 for the purposes of preserving the Union. The first shots of the Civil War were fired two days earlier at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The war that ensued was long and deadly. Over 500,000 soldiers were killed, by far, more than any other war in American history. Both the north and the south won many major victories. Many battles proved inconclusive. The northern side, however, had more people and supplies. The turning point in the war occurred between July 1-3 of 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the only time the south waged a major battle on northern soil (not including battles fought in border states). The Union (Northern) army was victorious and drove the Confederates back to Virginia.

In 1864, the Confederate Army was further weakened. Union forces had cut the Confederacy in two separate parts by taking over the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans. Robert E. Lee's army was also under constant attack from Union general Ulysses S. Grant throughout Virginia. Finally, after Union forces invaded the Confederate capital of Richmond, the Confederate States of America were forced to surrender on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. The war was over and the Union was preserved. Taken from: http://mrnussbaum.com/civil_war_main_idea/

8 Reading "Starfish" Starfish, sometimes called sea stars, are found in all of the world's oceans, even in the icy Arctic Ocean. They are a kind of ocean invertebrate, which means they lack backbones. All starfish have at least five arms, but some have more. Many kinds of starfish can re-grow arms that are bitten off by predators. Starfish can be dull or colorful and come in many different sizes. Scientists believe there are more than 1,500 types of starfish. Starfish attack and eat other invertebrates. Some starfish, however, are harmful to undersea communities because they eat special kinds of coral or fish. Starfish are rarely eaten by humans because their bodies are bony and taste bad. Humans often use them as ornaments or collectibles. Taken from: http://mrnussbaum.com/starfish-reading-comprehension/

9 Reading “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement”. Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake’s demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man. Her subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status in American culture, and her actions have

left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements around the world. As a child, Rosa became aware of the segregation which was deeply embedded in Alabama. She experienced deep rooted racism, and became aware of the different opportunities faced by white and black children. She also recalls seeing a Klu Klux Klan march go past her house – where her father stood outside with a shotgun. Due to the Jim Crow laws, most black voters were effectively disenfranchised. In 1932, she married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery. He was active in the NAACP and Rosa Parks became a supporter helping with fund-raising and other initiatives. She attended meetings defending the rights of black people and seeking to prevent injustice. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

10 Reading "Louis Pasteur" Louis Pasteur worked tirelessly to develop antidotes and cures to many dangerous illnesses such as anthrax and rabies. He also successfully invented a way to pasteurise milk and make it safe from Tuberculosis. Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, Eastern France. He was a conscientious and hard working student, though not considered exceptional. One of his professors called him ‘mediocre’. He received a doctorate in 1847 and after obtaining posts at Strasbourg, Lille and Paris he spent much time researching aspects of Chemistry. His most important discoveries were in the field of germ study. He showed that germs required certain micro-organisms to develop; using this knowledge he found that the fermentation of yeast could be delayed. Louis Pasteur then turned to practical ways of killing bacteria in liquids such as milk. His process of pasteurisation successfully killed bacteria in milk without destroying milk protein. This was a radical discovery and made drinking milk safe. The process of pasteurisation was named after him and it saved many lives. Louis Pasteur next created a cure for anthrax – a disease that mainly affects cattle. He found that by giving cattle a weakened form of the illness they were able to develop immunity to the illness. This success encouraged him to develop a cure for rabies – a very common disease at the time.

Louis Pasteur had great faith in the good nature of humans. He worked tirelessly to deliver real benefits for the treatment of infectious diseases. More than any other person, Louis Pasteur helped to increase the life expectancy of man in the late nineteenth and early twentieth Century. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

11 Reading "Eva Peron" Eva Peron served as Argentina’s First lady from 1946 to 1952. Eva Peron or ‘Evita’ became a powerful political figure with a large support base amongst the poor and working class trade union members. She inspired millions with her campaigns to help the poor and give women the right to vote. To her supporters she was a saint who strove to overcome poverty and injustice. To her detractors (in the nation’s military and bourgeoisie) she was a controversial figure at the heart of Argentinian politics. Eva Peron was born in rural poverty in a town called Los Toldos. She was the illegitimate daughter of a failed land owner. Aged fifteen, she left her rural home to go to Buenos Aires where she hoped to pursue her theatrical career. Aided by her natural beauty she gained work in the theatre. In Buenos Aires she also began campaigning for women to be given the vote and to deal with the widespread poverty endemic in Argentina. She caught the eye of prominent politician, Juan Domingo Peron, and in 1945 they were married and six months later she became President Peron’s first lady. As the president’s wife she took a high profile in campaigning for issues such as women’s rights and for the improvement of the descamisados (shirtless) i.e. the very poor. Her supporters dispute these assertions of her enemies, arguing the military and political opponents were merely trying to tarnish her image. In 1952 she was given the title of ‘spiritual chief of the nation’. Six months later, in 1952, she died tragically young from cancer. In 1955, Juan Peron was overthrown by a military coup, they took her body and had it interned in a Milanese grave under the name of a nun. They feared her legacy would provide a point of opposition to the military regime.

In 1973, Juan Peron returned to Argentina to begin a third term as president after the military regime were overthrown. Eva Peron’s body was returned in November 1974 Eva Peron remains an important symbol of emancipation, especially for women in Latin America. She was one of the first women to create a lasting political / humanitarian legacy. Christina Fernandez, the first female elected President of Argentina, claims that women of her generation owe a debt to Eva for “her example of passion and combativeness”. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

12 Reading "Queen Elizabeth" Queen Elizabeth II, she was born in 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned head of state, when she was just 25 years old – after the death of her father, George IV, in 1952. Queen Elizabeth is now the second longest serving British monarch and has presided over half a century of continual change both within the Royal Family, Britain and the Commonwealth. Elizabeth was the eldest child of Prince Albert, the Duke of York (later George VI) and his wife Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother). Her father Prince Albert was second in line to the throne, until his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 – pushing the shy Prince Albert into an unexpected role of King. King George VI rose to the challenge though he died early in 1952. In 1952, her father, George VI passed away and Queen Elizabeth was crowned to widespread enthusiasm. Her coronation set TV records around the globe, and it appeared to usher in a new era for the monarchy and British Commonwealth. News of Edmund Hilary reaching the peak of Mt Everest were delayed to coincide with her coronation. It appeared a symbolic end to the post-war austerity. The 1950s could be seen as the golden age for the Queen. Deference and respect to the Royal family were still high, and the young Elizabeth looked like the fairytale Princess. However, over the next few decades, widespread social change saw a decline in traditional attitudes to the monarchy. Also the new era of TV and intense media scrutiny led to many unfavourable headlines as her children were caught up in marital problems and related scandals. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

13 Reading "Walt Disney"

Walt Disney was a film producer, media magnate, and co-founder of the Walt Disney Company. He was an iconic figure in the Twentieth Century media and entertainment industry, helping to produce many films. With his staff, he created famous cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; his name was also used for the successful Disney Theme Parks. During his lifetime, he received a record 59 Nominations for the Academy Awards, winning 22 Awards. Walt Disney was born on 5 December, 1901, in Chicago. His parents were of German/English and Irish descent. As a child, the Disney family moved between Marceline in Missouri, Kansas City and back to Chicago. The young Walt Disney developed an interest in art, and took lessons at the Kansas City Institute and later Chicago Art Institute. He became the cartoonist for the school magazine. When America joined the First World War, Walt dropped out of school and tried to enlist in the army. He was rejected for being underage, but he was later able to enlist in the Red Cross and in late 1918 was sent to France to drive an ambulance. In 1919, he moved back to Kansas City where he got a series of jobs, before finding employment in his area of greatest interest – the film industry. It was working for the Kansas City Film Ad company that he gained the opportunity to begin working in the relatively new field of animation. Walt used his talent as a cartoonist and drawer to begin his first work. In 1927, the Disney studio was involved in the successful production of ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’, distributed through Universal Pictures. However, with Universal Pictures controlling the rights to ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’, Walt was not able to profit from this success. He rejected an offer from Universal and went back to working on his own. It was at this point, that he created the character – Mickey Mouse (originally called Mortimer Mouse). Ub Iwerks drew Mickey Mouse, and Walt gave a voice to the character. The Mickey Mouse cartoons with sound tracks became very popular and cemented the growing reputation and strength of Disney Productions. The skill of Walt Disney was to give his cartoons believable real life characteristics. They were well drawn and captured the imagination of the audience through his pioneering use of uplifting stories and moral traits. In 1932, he received his first Academy Award for Best short subject: Cartoons for the three coloured ‘Flowers and Trees’ He also received a special Academy Award for Mickey Mouse. In 1933, he developed his most successful cartoon of all time ‘The Three Little Pigs’ (1933) with the famous song ‘Whose afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”.

Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

14 Reading "Pele" Pele is the most iconic footballer of the twentieth Century. He epitomised the flair, joy and passion the Brazilians bought to the game. Pele’s career spanned throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In his early career, the young and unknown Pele helped inspire Brazil to victory in the 1958 World Cup. In 1962, Brazil retained the World Cup. In 1966, Brazil were hot favourites, but, lost out to the home nation England. His crowing glory was the Brazilian victory in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. In this world cup, some of the football played by Brazil and Pele was widely considered to the greatest in the history of the game. Brazil won the final 4-1 against Italy; it was a genuine advertisement for the ‘beautiful game’ and a fitting pinnacle of Pele’s international career. Pele went on to score over 1,000 goals in professional games. (The 1000th goal coming as a penalty in the US league sparking celebrations around the world). His strike rate in international games was one of the highest ever. In 92 appearances, he scored 77 goals. In the domestic league, Pele made his debut for Santos aged just 16. He played for Santos in the Brazilian league from until the 1972-73 season. Pele finished his career in the lucrative US league. In 1975, he signed for New York Cosmos and played three seasons. He led the New York Cosmos to the US title in 1977 – the year of his retirement. After retiring has gone onto be a great ambassador for football and sport in general. In 1992, Pelé was appointed a UN ambassador for ecology and the environment. He was also appointed a UNESCO goodwill ambassador. He is not only one of the most gifted footballers of his generation, but, also a mild mannered man who used his fame and prestige for a positive effect. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

15 Reading "Michael Jordan"

Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. But, his family moved to North Carolina where he grew up. As a sophomore, at times, he struggled to get in the High School Team due to his low height. Instead he concentrated on other sports, such as baseball. But, as a late developer, he grew to 6 foot 3 inch and this helped him to dominate the junior court. Michael Jordan attended the University of North Carolina where he was named College Player of the Year but the Sporting News. In 1984, he was picked in the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. In 1984, he was also selected to be in the US Olympic basketball team, where, with the team, he won the gold medal. In the late 1980s, Jordan led an increasingly successful Chicago Bulls team. They won their first championship in 1991 and went on to win six titles in the space of nine years. Along the way, Jordan broke many of the long standing NBA records. In 1988-89, he led the league with 32.5 points per game. In 1992, Jordan again returned to the Olympics. This time as a full professional – Jordan was part of the ‘Dream Team’. The US easily won the Olympic gold – with their opponents often admitting they felt honoured to be on the same court as Michael Jordan and the ‘dream team’. However, in 1993, a series of personal difficulties caused him to temporarily retire from the game. His father was murdered during an armed robbery, devastating Jordan who saw his father as his closest confident. He was also struggling with his own gambling issues. For a short time, he made a foray into baseball, playing the 1994 season for the Birmingham Barons. But, in the 1994-95 season he came back to his primary love – basketball. Despite losing some of his youthful speed, Jordan still had the magic touch and led the Chicago Bulls to the semi finals with some stellar performances. The next year, 1995-96, he led the Chicago Bulls to another title. Jordan continued to play until past his 40th birthday in the 2002-03 season. After he finally retired, he had played a total of 1,072 games, with a points per game average of 30.1 and a total of 32,292 points. In June 2010, Jordan was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th-most powerful celebrity in the world with $55 million earned between June 2009 and June 2010. According to the Forbes article, Jordan Brand generates $1 billion in sales for Nike. Taken from: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html

16 Reading "The Canterville Ghost" The ghost did not appear for the rest of the week. The only strange thing that happened was the blood-stain, which they found on the library-floor every morning. It was also quite strange that the colour of the stain changed from time to time. Some mornings it was red, then brown or purple, or even green. These changes amused the family very much, and bets on the colour were made every evening. The only person who did not enter into the joke was Virginia. For some unexplained reason, she was rather annoyed at the sight of the blood-stain, and nearly cried the morning it was green. The second appearance of the ghost was on Sunday night. Shortly after the family had gone to bed they heard a fearful crash in the hall. A suit of armour had fallen on the floor and in a chair sat the Canterville ghost and rubbed his knees, which seemed to hurt. When the twins started shooting peas at him with their pea-shooters, the ghost stood up with an angry growl and passed through them like a mist. He also blew out the candle, leaving them all in total darkness. On top of the stairs the ghost turned around and, in order to frighten the Otis boys, laughed his most horrible laugh. Just then, a door opened and Mrs Otis came out of her bedroom. “I am afraid you are not well,” she said, “I have therefore brought you this bottle of medicine.” The ghost looked at her furiously, and then he disappeared. When he reached his room, he was completely exhausted. This American family was extremely annoying. But what annoyed him most was, that he had not been able to wear the suit of armour. The weight of it had made him fall and hurt his knees. For some days after this the ghost only left his room to renew the blood-stain. However, on Friday, the 17th of August, he tried to frighten the Otis family again. At half-past ten the family went to bed. For some time the ghost heard the twins laugh, but at a quarter past eleven all was still. So, at midnight he left his secret chamber and glided through the corridors, when suddenly, behind one corner, a horrible ghost stood right in front of him. As the Canterville ghost had never seen another ghost before, he was terribly frightened. He quickly hurried back to his room. But then he thought that he should go and speak to the other ghost. After all, two ghosts were better than one, and his new friend might help him to frighten the twins. However, when he came back to the spot, he found that this 'other ghost' was not real, but only a white sheet which the twins had hung there to play a trick on him. Very upset the Canterville ghost went back to his chamber. Taken from: https://www.ego4u.com/download/pdf/canterville-ghost_easy.pdf Comenzado el

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the text "Civil War" and answer the following question: What was the reason to start the war? Seleccione una: a. It was stemmed because of many soldiers were killed.

b. It was stemmed between different beliefs in slavery.

c. It was stemmed because of the attack to the king.

d. It was stemmed between different beliefs of soldiers.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Correct the mistake of the next sentence: I want to play tennis, I wish it would stopped raining. Seleccione una: a. stopped

b. tennis

c. Raining

d. would

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Enunciado de la pregunta Select the correct sentence attending the use of the punctuation marks:

Seleccione una: a. Mom had to go into hospital: she had heart problems.

b. Mom, had to go into hospital she had heart problems!

c. Mom had to go into hospital, she had heart problems?

d. Mom had to go into hospital she had heart problems.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Complete the conversation with the correct answer using "used to" for habits and customary past actions:

We used to go to the beach for our holidays _______________ Seleccione una: a. now I eat a lot.

b. when we were children.

c. now she plays the piano.

d. now we drive.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Listen to the audio and according to it, answer to the following question selecting only one option: What is the girl’s bad habit? Seleccione una: a. She is hungry.

b. She Bites her nails.

c. She doesn’t obey her mother.

d. She is sick.

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Enunciado de la pregunta According to the reading "Famous Latin American Literature Nobel Prize winners", who was influenced by the wonderful stories of his nanny? Seleccione una: a. Jorge Mario Vargas Llosa.

b. Octavio Paz Lozano.

c. Gabriel García Márquez.

d. Miguel Angel Asturias.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the sentences and choose the correct one according to the conditional sentence form: Seleccione una: a. If I were you, I try to do better on the next test.

b. If I were you, I would try to do better on the next test.

c. If I were you, I tried to do better on the next test.

d. If I am you, I would try to do better on the next test.

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Enunciado de la pregunta During this English course, you studied that people can use the expression “hope” when they want something and they believe it is really possible to achieve it. At the same time, people use the expression “wish” when they want something but they do not think it is very possible to achieve it.

So, according to the prior statements, choose the sentence that can be best inferred from the image:

Seleccione una: a. I wish I could jump as a dolphin.

b. I hope I can jump as a dolphin.

c. I wish I can jump as a dolphin.

d. I hope I could jump as a dolphin.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Complete the dialogue with correct option in passive voice: Sara: We can leave now, all the beds have been made. Rebecca: Has the laundry been put away yet? Sara: ___________________________________ Rebecca: But has the garbage been taken out yet? Sara: Oh, no. The garbage hasn’t been taken out yet. I’ll do it right away. Seleccione una: a. Yes, and all the beds are ready.

b. Yes, and all the dishes have been done.

c. Yes, we must go now.

d. Yes, can we go later?

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Enunciado de la pregunta Choose the correct answer I wish to make a formal allegation against my disturbing boss. "A formal allegation against someone"" means:

Seleccione una: a. Comment.

b. Complaint.

c. Compliment.

d. Conspiracy.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Because the water there is ______, the area has been evacuated based on an official decree. Seleccione una: a. predicted

b. purified

c. diverted

d. contaminated

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Enunciado de la pregunta Select only one option to define the word "wish": Seleccione una: a. to have a great attachment to and affection for.

b. to delay temporarily or be temporarily delayed.

c. to feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune.

d. to seek or request the presence of.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the sentences and choose the correct one according to the conditional sentence form: Seleccione una: a. Wait! Don't tell me. If you tell me the ending, you will spoil it for me. I want to see it myself.

b. Wait! Don't tell me. If you told me the ending, you will spoil it for me. I want to see it myself.

c. Wait! Don't tell me. If you tell me the ending, you spoil it for me. I want to see it myself.

d. Wait! Don't tell me. If you will tell me the ending, you spoil it for me. I want to see it myself.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the text "The Canterville Ghost" and complete the following sentence, using the correct form of Past Perfect:

They _______ because a suit of armour ___________ on the floor. The ghost _______ angry because he (not) ___________ able to wear the suit of armour. Seleccione una: a. wake up / fall / is / is not

b. woke up / had fallen / was / had not been.

c. had woken up / felt / had been / was not

d. woke up / felt / had been / had not been

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Enunciado de la pregunta During English IV, you studied the expression “if” and the different types of conditionals, namely the first, the second and the third conditionals. There is one more form and it is called “the zero conditional”. The zero conditional is used for scientific facts or statements that are always true. In this case, we use the simple present tense in both parts of the sentence. Based on the prior information, choose the option that best interprets the image:

Seleccione una: a. If you drink too much water, you could get sick.

b. If you drink too much water, you get fatter.

c. If you drink too much water, you get taller.

d. If you drink too much water, you get better.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Complete the conversation with the correct answer using “wish” to express hypothetical situation in the present and future: I __ Paula had passed her test. Seleccione una: a. hope

b. can’t

c. All answers are correct.

d. wish

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Enunciado de la pregunta Choose the best option according to the sentence: If it is ___________ the streets will get wet. Seleccione una: a. rains

b. raining

c. rained

d. rainned

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Enunciado de la pregunta Find the mistake in the following sentence:

If the truck drivers goes on strike, the delivery will arrive late. Seleccione una: a. delivery

b. goes

c. Truck

d. arrive

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Enunciado de la pregunta According to the following reading, answer this question selecting the correct answer: What is Frank Sinatra´s nationality? Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken, New Jersey, made Frank Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little dives (he carried his own P.A. system), he eventually got work as a band singer, first with The Hoboken Four, then with Harry James and then Tommy Dorsey. With the help of George Evans (Sinatra's genius press agent), his image was shaped into that of a street thug and punk who was saved by his first wife, Nancy Barbato. Taken from http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000069/bio on May 20th-2014

Seleccione una: a. He is British.

b. He is French.

c. He is Canadian.

d. He is American.

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Enunciado de la pregunta According to the audio answer to the following question: Had Tommaso already watched the movie? Seleccione una: a. No, he had watched it on video.

b. No, he had never watched it.

c. Yes, he had watched it twice.

d. Yes, he had watched it once.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Choose the correct answer: When Peter was seventeen ______________ Seleccione una: a. he uses to go to parties every weekend.

b. he will go to parties every weekend.

c. he used to went to parties every weekend.

d. he used to travel to San Andres for vacation when he was single.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the text "Starfish" and answer the following question: What does the word "lack" mean in the sentence: “They are a kind of ocean invertebrate, which means they lack backbones”. Seleccione una: a. Have

b. Hide in

c. Do not have.

d. Eat

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Enunciado de la pregunta Read the text "The Canterville Ghost" and select the best structured sentence with wish or hope: Seleccione una: a. The twins hopes they can do as many naughtiness to the Canterville ghost as they can.

b. The twins wish they can do as many naughtiness to the Canterville ghost as they can.

c. The twins hope they could do as many as naughtiness to the Canterville ghost as they can.

d. The twins hope they can do as many naughtiness to the Canterville ghost as they can.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Choose the correct answer according to the meaning of the word: A the word related to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Seleccione una: a. Universe.

b. Education.

c. World.

d. Weather.

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Enunciado de la pregunta Complete the conversation with the correct answer using “wish” to express hypothetical situations in the present and future: Hello Melisa, I ________ I were 2 inches taller. Seleccione una: a. All answers are correct.

b. can’t

c. wish

d. hope

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