Reading Practice Answers

Course 2013:

Are Mobile Phones Dangerous?

1. It is not clear at all. Some studies support this theory, while others completely contradict it. Therefore, the article is not entirely clear on the matter.
2. No, they are not the only dangerous devices. Other wireless devices such as laptops, cordless phones, or gaming consoles can also be dangerous for our health.
3. Because mobile phones emit Electromagnetic Radiation, which can be dangerous for children whose brains are not yet fully developed.
4. FALSE. (lines 4-5): "Mobile phone...in radio frequency"
5. TRUE. (lines 13-14): "Many years ago,...on their health"

• 6. Concern
• 7. Healthy
• 8. Scare
• 9. Device
• 10. What do some health professionals point out?
• 11. In spite of being very expensive, she bought the car.
• 12. Smoking
• 13. Mobile phones are believed to be dangerous to our health.

The Day We Met

1. He went to England to work in agricultural tasks as a volunteer in different British fields.
2. He was attracted by her shyness and bewitching appearance.
3. She sent the narrator a letter a year later.
4. TRUE. (line 4): "That summer...rain hardly appeared"
5. TRUE. (lines 14-15): "When Alice...met in that field."

• 6. Shy
• 7. About
• 8. Set up
• 9. Proposal
• 10. To play chess thirty years ago.
• 11. The Ministry of Farming organised the agricultural camps excellently.
• 12. I am looking forward to seeing you.
• 13. ..., I would never have seen her again.

Halloween: More Than an American Tradition

1. In the United States, Halloween is celebrated. People wear costumes and attend costume parties; they also use the trick-or-treat tradition. It's a fun celebration.
2. Because Irish immigrants brought this tradition in the 1840s when they arrived in America to escape the Potato Famine in Ireland.
3. Halloween comes from a contraction, "All Hallows' Eve," related to "All Saints' Day," which is a Catholic celebration. It is celebrated on the first of November.
4. TRUE. (lines 9-10): "The custom of...called souling"
5. TRUE. (line 14): "The Irish...originally"

• 6. Fun
• 7. Famine
• 8. Worried
• 9. Ghost
• 10. Better
• 11. Irish immigrants brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840s.
• 12. You had better spend more time with your children this year.
• 13. Where does the Jack-o'-Lantern custom come from?