FACULTY OF EDUCATION

ELT PROGRAM
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST PARCIAL EXAM : READING COMPREHENSION-VOCABULARY
(B2 LEVEL)
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PART 1. READING COMPREHENSION

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
ELT PROGRAM
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST PARCIAL EXAM : READING COMPREHENSION-VOCABULARY
(B2 LEVEL)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
ELT PROGRAM
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST PARCIAL EXAM : READING COMPREHENSION-VOCABULARY
(B2 LEVEL)

Biography: Bob Dylan. Delete the wrong word in

each of the pairs in italics.

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in 1941 and loved / loving music, especially blues /
reds, from a young age. He formed several bands and played so loudly at a high school
talent show the principal had to cut the microphone off / on. He switched to folk music
because, he said: The songs are filled with more despair, more / many sadness, more
triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings."

In 1963, he released his secondly / second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It
included what became the most famous songs / song of the times, "Blowin' in the
Wind". The album made Dylan a legend overnight. The Beatles bought it and said: "We
just played it, just wore / wear it outit was incredibly original and wonderful. It
inspired a whole generation / general of musicians.

Dylan continued to have an important impact in / on the history of rock for many
decades. He has received hundreds of awards for / by his songwriting, recording and
performances. He got / win a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his "profound impact on popular
music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extra ordinary poetic
power. He still plays 100 calendars / dates a year.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
ELT PROGRAM
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST PARCIAL EXAM : READING COMPREHENSION-VOCABULARY
(B2 LEVEL)
There is a debate yesterday / today about whether or not Dylan should receive the
Nobel Prize for Literature. Thousands of his fans, as good / well as literary critics, say
his words are as important as those / these of any previous winners. His songs
describe the letter / latter half of the twentieth century and many have become
traditional protest songs. Many believe he is the greatest living poet.

PART 2. VOCABULARY

Connect the Word in column A with the corresponding Wikipedia definition in column
B. Write the response in column C. An example is made for you.

COLUMN A (WORDS) COLUMN B (DEFINITIONS) COLUMN C

(RESPONSE)
a. Rising sun 1. the friction ridges of a human finger

b. Sphere/zone 2. Presupposition D-2

c. Olfaction 3. involves the uttering or making of

sounds and may be used to encourage,
excite to action, indicate approval, or
welcome.

d. Assumption 4. the set of points at fixed distance from a

central point in n+1 dimensional space

e. Inviolate 5. refusal to communicate verbally with

someone who desires the
communication. It may range from just
sulking to malevolent
abusive controlling behaviour.

f. The silent 6. a chemoreception that forms

treatment the sense of smell

g. Sukiyaki 7. denotes the degree of importance of

some thing or action, with the aim of
determining what actions are best to do
or what way is best to live (normative
ethics), or to describe the significance of
different actions. It may be described as
treating actions themselves as abstract
objects, putting value to them.

h. rules 8. a form of non-verbal communication or

non-vocal communication in which
visible bodily actions communicate
particular messages, either in place of,
or in conjunction with, speech
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ELT PROGRAM
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST PARCIAL EXAM : READING COMPREHENSION-VOCABULARY
(B2 LEVEL)

i. Permission 9. the friction ridges of a human finger

10. regarding aspects of sentient life which

j. values are said to be holy, sacred, or otherwise
of such value that they are not to be
violated. This can be applied to both
animals and humans.

k. rights 11. the attribute of a person whose

performance of a specific action,
otherwise ethically wrong or dubious,
would thereby involve no ethical fault.
The term is more commonly used to
refer to consent.

l. Gestures 12. a term in sociology describing explicit

or implicit rules used within society or
by a group
m. Fingerprints 13. a Japanese dish that is prepared and
served in the nabemono (Japanese hot pot)
style.
n. Cheerful 14. It is viewed as a symbol associated
with Japanese imperialism in the early
20th century because of its use by Japan's
military forces during that period.