True

False (F)
ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 6. Tom goes swimming at five o'clock.
NUEVO COLEGIO MARIA MONTESSORI True (T)
False
NAME: GRADE: SEVENTH
7. Tom drives to his brother's house.
DATE: TERM: I True
False (F)
TEACHER: BRIGITTE PERTUZ B.
8. Tom and his brother listen to music.
True (T)
False
READING COMPREHENSION #1
9. Tom drinks a glass of wine in the evening.
True
False (F)
TOM'S DAY - TRUE OR FALSE?
Are the following statements TRUE (T) or 10. Tom goes to bed at 11.30pm.
FALSE (F)? Read the text first. True (T)
False
On Sunday, Tom gets up at 10 o'clock. Then he
reads his newspaper in the kitchen. He has breakfast
at 11.30 and then he telephones his mother in READING COMPREHENSION #2
Scotland.
In the afternoon, at 1.00, Tom plays tennis with his
THE WILD LIFE
sister and after that, they eat dinner in a restaurant.
At 6.00, Tom swims for one hour and then he goes Long before the arrival of Europeans on the
by bike to his brother´s house. They talk and listen Canadian prairie (the wide grasslands of what is
to music. now called Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba),
Tom watches television in the evening and drinks a the First Nations people lived in a harmonious
glass of warm milk. He goes to bed at 11.30. relationship with their natural surroundings. Every
1. Tom gets up at 10am on Sundays. item of their culture, from sewing needles to homes
True (T) was obtained from nature. Their homes were called
False teepees and were like large tents made from the
skins of deer. These people - tribes with names like
2. Tom reads the newspaper in the lounge. the Blackfoot, the Peigan and the Blood people -
True were nomadic, which means that they travelled
False (F) from place to place following the animals they
hunted or the growth of the berries and fruits on the
3. His father lives in Scotland. bushes and trees.
True (T)
They had horses, although horses came to North
False
America after escaping from the Spanish explorers
4. Tom plays tennis with his sister. who brought them here to explore the areas around
True (T) Mexico and Texas. Boys and girls were both expert
False riders. They did not use saddles or reins or stirrups;
they rode "bareback". Their clothes were made from
5. Tom and his sister eat before playing deer skins and buffalo skins and decorated with the
tennis. parts of other animals - tails from squirrels and
gophers, quills from porcupines and the delicate
bones of birds.
These children of nature did not ever have to go to
school. They did not have to study to get into a
prestigious college, nor did they have to worry
about finding a job after graduation. This does not
mean their life was easy. The winters were very
long and very cold and there were sometimes wars
between tribes. There were also the very great
dangers involved in the buffalo hunt. Warriors rode
at top speed (with no saddle) beside the huge
buffalo shooting arrows to bring them down. The
chances of a buffalo turning suddenly or of falling
off the horse were very great. We must remember
that there were also no hospitals in those days.
Even so, the young people of the tribes must have
enjoyed a very pleasant lifestyle: fishing and
gathering berries in summer, hunting in the forests
in the early morning, dancing around the fire at
night and listening to the old people tell stories and
legends from long ago.
1. Riding "bareback" means riding without
any equipment on the horse.
True (T)
False
2. First Nations people never killed deer.
True
False (F)
3. First Nations people had no enemies.
True
False (F)
4. Mathematics was not a priority for the
kind of life they led.
True (T)
False
5. The First Nations people did not develop
a written language.
True
False (F)
READING COMPREHENSION #3
CULTURE SHOCK
You have read about Romulus and Remus whose
culture shock came when they went back to the
world of human beings after being raised by a wolf.
Tarzan's culture shock came when he discovered
that he was not a "white ape" but a human being.
Emily Carr preferred the culture of the First Nations
people and the life she led on her explorations to the
dresses and polite conversations of her own culture.
You now know that First Nations culture did not
include school or even business activity, people
spent most of their time in nature or around the fire
of their home talking, telling stories and making the
things they needed to survive.
Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages
that human beings pass through when they enter and
live in a new culture. This process, which helps us
to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and
our personality reacts to the strange new things we
encounter when we move from one culture to
another. If our culture involves bowing when we
greet someone, we may feel very uncomfortable in a
culture that does not involve bowing. If the
language we use when talking to someone in our
own culture is influenced by levels of formality
based on the other person's age and status, it may be
difficult for us to feel comfortable communicating
with people in the new culture.
Culture begins with the "honeymoon stage". This is
the period of time when we first arrive in which
everything about the new culture is strange and
exciting. We may be suffering from "jet lag" but we
are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing
new sights, hearing new sounds and language,
eating new kinds of food. This honeymoon stage
can last for quite a long time because we feel we are
involved in some kind of great adventure.
Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can
be more difficult. After we have settled down into
our new life, working or studying, buying groceries,
doing laundry, or living with a home-stay family,
we can become very tired and begin to miss our RP: It is when you are used to a culture
homeland and our family, girlfriend/boyfriend, pets. with which you grew up and out of
All the little problems that everybody in life has nowhere you enter another culture with
seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when different customs, manners etc., in a few
you face them in a foreign culture. This period of words in a radical change to what you
cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to were used to.
the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the
new culture. This "rejection stage" can be quite
dangerous because the visitor may develop
unhealthy habits (smoking and drinking too much,
being too concerned over food or contact with 2. HOW DO YOU FEEL DURING THE
people from the new culture). This can, FIRST STAGE OF CULTURE SHOCK?
unfortunately lead to the person getting sick or RP: 1 stage: "honeymoon stage". This is the
developing skin infections or rashes which then period of time that we first arrive where
makes the person feel even more scared and everything about the new culture is strange and
confused and helpless. This stage is considered a exciting.
crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and
many people choose to go back to their homeland or
spend all their time with people from their own
culture speaking their native language.
The third stage of culture shock is called the
"adjustment stage". This is when you begin to 3. HOW DO YOU FEEL DURING THE
realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. SECOND STAGE?
Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and
you realize that you are becoming stronger by RP: we can get really tired and start to miss our
learning to take care of yourself in the new place. homeland and our family, girlfriend / boyfriend,
Things are still difficult, but you are now a pets. All the little problems that everyone has in
survivor! life seem to be bigger and more disturbing when
The fourth stage can be called "at ease at last". Now you face them in a foreign culture. This period of
you feel quite comfortable in your new cultural adjustment can be very difficult and
surroundings. You can cope with most problems lead the newcomer to reject or withdraw from
that occur. You may still have problems with the the new culture.
language, but you know you are strong enough to
deal with them. If you meet someone from your
country who has just arrived, you can be the expert
on life in the new culture and help them to deal with
4. HOW COULD THE THIRD STAGE BE
their culture shock.
DESCRIBED?
There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many
people don't know about. This is called "reverse RP: It can be a stage of acceptance to this new
culture shock". Surprisingly, this occurs when you culture ... you begin to like its customs and
go back to your native culture and find that you traditions or its way of being
have changed and that things there have changed
while you have been away. Now you feel a little
uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!

1. WHEN DOES CULTURE SHOCK

HAPPEN?
 5. HOW DO YOU FEEL DURING THE
FOURTH STAGE OF CULTURE
SHOCK? RP: Now you feel quite
comfortable in your new environment. It
can cope with most of the problems that
arise. You may still have language issues,
but you know you are strong enough to
deal with them.

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