Name: Ronalda Kayame (1612200082)

Second semester-Academic Reading-class B

Exercise 5

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1. I think that the passage originally appeared in a newspaper.
2. This takes place in Sao Paulo.
3. Carmelita is a two-year-old girl.
4. She fell out of a fifth-floor window.
5. Alfonso works near where Carmelita lives. He and his father and brother
caught Carmelita when she fell.
Exercise 6

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1. This article is about “Why women generally live longer than men”.
2. These are some biological reasons for women’s long lives. First, women’s
hormones have a positive effect on the heart. Second, women’s hormones
help prevent infections. Third, women’s hormones for fertility also can be
used for making women not really fast to get high blood.
3. Some of the other reasons mentioned are female genes slow down aging.
Male genes age more quickly. Women generally smoke and drink less. Th
ey suffer from stress less, and they are in better physical condition.
4. I think that the author does think the other way. He thinks some of the cu
ltural reasons for women’s longer life are changing, but not the biological
reasons.
5. Yes, it is. I realize that I have never heard of this kind of information.
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