READING COMPRENHENSION LIVELLO B1 ESERCIZIO CON SOLUZIONI

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(1) Rocky Mountain High School is fighting pollution in an unusual way. It’s planting trees!
In an effort to fight pollution and help the environment, the Rocky Mountain Ecology Association offers free trees to institutions willing to plant them on their grounds. Among those that took advantage of the offer was Rocky Mountain High School. After consulting with his teachers on where
(5) to plant the trees, Principal Henry Goldman contacted the Ecology Club. But when the seedlings arrived,

Goldman had an idea: instead of planting the young trees in front of the school, he thought it would be
(10) better to put them behind the school, where the sun gets very hot in the afternoon. “It gets so hot inside the building that the students start to sweat during their afternoon
(15) classes,” said Webb. “Now the shade from our trees will bring them some relief.”
The relief won’t come until the trees grow taller, but the school will not have to wait long because it requested two species of trees that grow quickly. “Time is key, and we wanted our trees to get big
(20) fast,” said Goldman. “We were given a wide choice, from shrubs to fruit trees. We requested eucalyptus and willow trees.” Goldman said he is also looking forward to finally seeing some wildlife in the school yard at Rocky Mountains High School. “If all you have is a grass lawn with no trees, you can’t expect the local birds to come and visit,” said Goldman. “They have no place to make their nests. Now that will change, and we’ll be able to see birds from our classroom windows.”


1. What would be the most appropriate headline for this article?
(A) Local School Gets Greener
(B) Student Wins Science Award
(C) Principal Discovers New Tree
(D) Teacher Leads Ecological Club

A) Local School Gets Greener

2. What problem does Principal Goldman talk about?
(A) Pollution in the city
(B) Classrooms that are too hot
(C) Tall trees that block the view
(D) Wild animals that destroy trees

B) Classrooms that are too hot

3. What did the Ecology Club do for Rocky Mountains High School?
(A) It helped design the school yard.
(B) It put flowers in the classrooms.
(C) It sold seeds to the school.
(D) It provided free trees.

D) It provided free trees

4. In line 5, the word seedlings is closest in meaning to _______.
(A) bird nests
(B) young trees
(C) packages of seeds
(D) members of a club

(B) young trees

5. What decision was changed?
(A) Which trees should be dug up
(B) When the old trees should be cut down
(C) Where the new trees should be planted
(D) Which type of tree should be chosen

(C) Where the new trees should be planted

6. In line 16, the word them refers to _______.
(A) trees
(B) classes
(C) students
(D) teachers

(C) students

7. What can be inferred from the article about eucalyptus and willow trees?
(A) They grow quickly.
(B) They become extremely tall.
(C) They are less expensive than fruit trees.
(D) They do not grow flowers in the springtime.

(A) They grow quickly



8. What does Principal Goldman imply about the local birds? (A) They make their nests on the ground.
(B) They are not often seen at the school.
(C) There are fewer of them due to the pollution problem.
(D) They fly into the classrooms when the windows are open.

(B) They are not often seen at the school.

ESERCIZIO READING COMPREHENSION INGLESE

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Christmas traditions

Christmas season is the most festive time of the year in Britain and in the United States. Students at schools and colleges usually have a 2 week vacation, beginning before Christmas and ending soon after the New Year. There are a lot of parties to celebrate the birth of Christ and the arrival of the New Year.
Although no one knows exactly when Jesus was born. Christians everywhere in the world celebrate his birthday on December 25th . This day was a festival long before Christianity because ancient people believed this was time when the son god started his journey back to the earth and it was a custom to give presents to each other.

Now children are told that Santa Claus or Father Christmas in a red suit, red hat and with a long white beard puts presents for them into their stockings by the fireplace.
The winter tradition of decorating homes with evergreens began in ancient times too.
Branches of fir were thought to bring good luck and guarantee the return of spring. The Germans were the first to use the Christmas tree in their celebrations.
In the 19th century the decorated fir tree became popular in Europe and in the USA. Carol singers began to go from house to house in groups singing traditional Christmas songs asking for charity.
The greeting cards are sent on Christmas too. The most popular wishes on these holiday cards are: “Merry Christmas”, “Peace on Earth”.


QUESTIONS


1) Find true and false statements.

a. Christmas is the most widely celebrated festival in Great Britain.

b. The 25th of December was celebrated after Christmas.

c. Students have a month winter vacations.

d. Ancient people gave each other presents at this time.

e. Father Christmas puts children’s presents into stockings by the fireplace.

F. It is a modern tradition to decorate the house with a fir tree.

A.true
B.true
C.false
D.true
E.true
F.false

1) How many days of vacation have the students got at schools and colleges?

a) a week vacation
b) a 10 days vacation
c) a 2 weeks vacation
d) 3 months vacation

C. a 2 weeks vacation

2) When do people usually celebrate the birth of Christ? 

 a) on the 25th of December
 b) on the 20th of December
 c) after the New Year
 d) long before the New Year

A. on the 25th of December

3) What did the ancient people believe in? 
 a) they believed in god
 b) that was the time the sun god started his journey back to the earth
 c) that the ancient people were very kind
 d) they believed in their happy future

B. that was the time the sun god started his journey back to the earth

4) What are the children told? 

 a) they are told that everything will be all right
 b) the Santa Claus dressed in a red suit puts presents for them in their stockings
 c) the Father Christmas will sing them songs
 d) they will celebrate the New Year around the fire tree

B. the Santa Claus dressed in a red suit puts presents for them in their stockings

5) When did the tradition of decorating homes begin?

a) many centuries ago
b) two weeks ago
c) at present days
d) in ancient times

D. in ancient times

6) What did ancient people think of the branches of fir? 

a)they would bring them good luck and return of spring
b)they would bring them good mood
c)they would bring them much bread and butter
d)they would bring them happiness

A. they would bring them good luck and return of spring