READING by Ruth Wolff

1. READINGby Ruth Wolff

2. Reading, 3 parts, 1 hour (25 points)Part 1: Email approx. 100 words, 7 questions (7 points)Part 2: Text approx. 400 words, 2 tasks (4 points)Part 3: Text approx. 700 words, 7 questions per task (14 points)

3. What is expected of you at level B2? Rapidly grasp content of topics related to interests/ job and decide if closer reading is worthwhile. Understand details of texts within field of interest, including attitude of writer. Understand most important points on topics within academic/professional specialty. Quickly look through technical information to find relevant explanations to help for a specific problem.

4. What kind of exercises can you expect?Multiple choiceOrdering of paragraphsFinding best headline or titleTrue/falseIdentifying emailsFill-in-the-gaps or cloz tests

5. Mock reading examRock Art: An Ancient Painting is DiscoveredFrom “Nature Conservancy Magazine” summer 2009www.nature.org

6. Was the biologist exploring for prehistoric paintings at the time of his discovery? Did he realize immediately that the art rock was genuine?

7. Rock Art: An ancient painting is discoveredWorking as a cave biologist for the Nature Conservancy in Tennessee, Cory Holliday spends most of his days tracking down rare things such as hidden caverns and dwindling populations of Indiana bats. But even Holliday was surprised the day he discovered a rare piece of rock art while surveying a new 4,200-acre Conservancy property for bat caves. “On first impression, I thought it was something a kid had painted on the rock,” says Holliday. “I don’t know anything about archaeology, so I assumed it was fake.”The painting turned out to be 1,000 years old, from a prehistoric Mississippian culture. “We invited a local expert, Jan Simik, a professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, to examine the painting,” says Holliday. “He confirmed that it was real.”The image on the rock is a humanlike figure that is typical of the period, according to Simik. “Its hands look like crayfish claws,” says Holliday. “And it’s got antennae or something like antlers on its head.” Simik chipped off a tiny sample of the pigment and ran an analysis at a lab. He says the painting is unusual in that it is black. Nearly every other open-air painting in the Southeast from the same era is made from red clay.

8. Answer true or false: Mr. Holliday is a cave biologist in Mississippi. He was surveying 4,200 acres for bat caves. The figure has big ears on its head and claws. The painting is made from red clay. The anthropologist chipped off a piece of pigment to run an analysis. The painting is 500 years old.

9. Rock Art: An ancient painting is discoveredWorking as a cave biologist for the Nature Conservancy in Tennessee, Cory Holliday spends most of his days tracking down rare things such as hidden caverns and dwindling populations of Indiana bats. But even Holliday was surprised the day he discovered a rare piece of rock art while surveying a new 4,200-acre Conservancy property for bat caves. “On first impression, I thought it was something a kid had painted on the rock,” says Holliday. “I don’t know anything about archaeology, so I assumed it was fake.”The painting turned out to be 1,000 years old, from a prehistoric Mississippian culture. “We invited a local expert, Jan Simik, a professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, to examine the painting,” says Holliday. “He confirmed that it was real.”The image on the rock is a humanlike figure that is typical of the period, according to Simik. “Its hands look like crayfish claws,” says Holliday. “And it’s got antennae or something like antlers on its head.” Simik chipped off a tiny sample of the pigment and ran an analysis at a lab. He says the painting is unusual in that it is black. Nearly every other open-air painting in the Southeast from the same era is made from red clay.

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