OARV1 Unit 1 Reading Skills

1. 1. What is the purpose of writing a poem?

• to argue

• to entertain

• to instruct

• to satirize

2. 2. What is the purpose of writing a letter to the editor?

• to entertain

• to evaluate

• to report

• to express

1. 3. What is the intention of sending a parents' letter to parents/guardians?

• to criticize

• to explore

• to inform

• to describe

4. 4. She's cramming for her History exam.

5. What is the meaning of 'cramming' in the sentence?

• to learn a lot very slowly before an exam

• to learn a lot very quickly before an exam

• to learn nothing before an exam

• to force a lot of things into a small space

5. 5. Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen.

6. What is the meaning of 'keen'?

• uninterested

• impatient

• very interested

• passionate

6. 6. Which of the following is NOT an alternative to 'cram schools'

• tutorial centres

• grammar schools

• afterschool classes

• private tuition

7. 7. Students work hard in order to improve their _____________ performance.

• academy

• academically

• academic

8. 8. Through one-to-one lessons, students are able to achieve success more easily. Therefore, they can help boost confidence.

9. What does the word 'they' refer to?

• one-to-one lessons

• students

• success

9. 9. Students have different ways to pass the DSE exam. Some do it by studying hard whereas some attend cram schools.

10. What does the word 'some' refer to?

• DSE exam

• ways to pass the exam

• students

• cram schools

10. 10. Students will definitely feel ___________ when facing the DSE exam.

• stressful

• stress

• stressed

• stressy