Readings Second Term
Readings Second Term
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This week's focus is on music documentaries!
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1 more than one documentary Share your favourites!
2 a music industry "secret"
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I think the documentary Homecoming
3 the length of the film about the megastar Beyoncé is well done.
4 a family member of a star However, in my opinion, 20 Feet from
Stardom is a more touching documentary
5 specific songs Emma because it's about female backup singers
6 the year the film came out from the 1960s to today who were - and
7 afamilytradition still are - underpaid and uncredited for
their work on the stage or in the recording
8 personal relationships between musicians
studio. But as the film shows, their part of
a song is often the most memorable - like
9 inequality the solo in the Rolling Stones song "Cimme
10 a personal connection to the subject of the film Shelter" and the chorus in David Bowie's
"Young Americans". lt's got me listening to
songs in a new way!
2 Choot" the correct answer.
I watched Echo in the Canyon because my
1 Since watching the documentary 20 Feet from
Stardom, Emma has ... .
3 r¡na words in the text that mean: *'ffi technicians and sound and lighting
engineers which no rock tour could ever
1 without being named or getting recognition for Lynda manage without. The film calls them
"rock's invisible heroes". I can relate to
doing something (Emma)
that a bit, because l'm in my school's
2 part of a song that is repeated (Emma) audiovisual tech team. The film is only
35 minutes long, but it captures the
3 part of a film or video showing an event (Mark) excitement and exhaustion of life as
a roadie and has incredible interviews with
4 additions or details that improve something the men and women who do these tough
jobs and who clearly love the music.
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5 describes or reflects something (Lynda)
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medicine. Scan the text for the following $**4,.+; $$¿$.1.flsfl-ir;'fi 'ffi¡'&&F${fi
numbers. What does each number refer to?
a 1992 lf you hacl a minor cut or burn, chances are !t
b85 wouldn't kill you. But that's not true when
§omeone is homeless. That's why there'§ a need
c97 for "street medicine""
] aead the article and choose the correct answer. n The movement for street medicine began in
19§2, !n Fittsburgh, USA, when ür Jim Withers
- Street Medicine lnstitute.... brought health care ts the streets and founded
a began Operation Safety Net üperation Safety Net. He iater launched Street
o has provided guidance to many countries Medicine institute, which so far has advised
c launched the street medicine movement ro 85 cities in I 5 countries wanting to implement
d established street medicine in 15 countries street medieine.
Homeiessness alrnüst aluuays leads to health
- ln the UK, the homeless ... .
resuiting from pocr nutriticn, unsani[ary
a lack the right to use the health care system ¡:rabiems
living coneliticns, iack of sl*ep and, cften,
b have less of a need for street mediclne rs substance abuse. ln addition, mental health
c are treated badly by the health care system problems are all very cümmon among the
d don't often use the health care services homeless. Bilt even in countries lil<e the UK where
: \Vhich statement below is true? everyone is lcgaily entitled to health care,
a Street medicine in Boston has cured 10,000 homeless peapie tend fiot to seek it out. For
cases of hepatitis C. aG many, daily survival is mrre important than
b As a result of street medicine, emergency anythins else. lf they're addicts or mentally iil,
room use by the homeless in one US state they might not notice symptorns of a health
has decreased by 80%. problem. Sthers worry that medical staff wiil lüok
c Hepatitis C is caused by liver failure. dcr,vn on thenl and treat them differently fron:
d At one time, 80% of patients in Pennsylvania's P5 üther patients.
emergency rooms were homeless. §treet medics may use a van or bus equipped as
- The writer of the text points out that street a rlinic or visit patients on foot, carrying supplies"
medicine.... On a typieai day, they do everything from physical
¡ is a waste of time exams anel biood tests to cleaning and bandaging
b saves most of the homeless in a city
rc wound$, treating chronic and acute ilinesses, and
elistributing and adn'¡inist*ninE medication" They
c does not solve the huge problem of treating
also refer people to a hospital or ciir"¡ic for further
the homeless
treatment, but cannot f*rce them to go, and too
d has been unsuccessful
few homeless people actualiy gc.
3 :omplete the sentences using your own words. rn §treet medicine can't reach al! the homeiess, and
successful outcomes can seem few and far
- f people are homeless, minor injuries .. , .
between. But in Boston, U§4, for instanee, where
street medicine serves m*re than I ü,CIüü
horneless peopie, it's cured 97% of those treated
- Symptoms may be missed by homeless people
+o for hepatitis C, which drug users cán contract
because of their
from dirty ar shared necdles. ln Pennsylvania,
: Vans or buses street medicine has led to an 80% drop in
- Street medics often have to clean and .,....., emergency-room visits by homefess pat¡ent§.
"These
and similar successes are just a dro¡: in the
I Homeless people who get referrals for more 45 ocean compared with the en*rmity cf the
proi:len'1. 8ut street nredicine saves lives every
: reatment
day, and many homeless patients say they are
I grateful for this seruice. Knowing som€onü cares
= nd words or expressions in the text that mean
gives them hope.
raving a right to (lines 15-20)
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Saturdays @ the Science Museum
1 ReaO the text and choose the correct answer.
APRIL.JUNE
I The T-Rex ... .
These free classes meet the first Saturday
a was descended from theropods of the month, 13:00-L7:00. Sign up soon
b is the common ancestor of today's birds before there's no room left!
c was a large theropod , Dinosaurs' Descendants - ApRrL
d is the ancestor of flightless birds Millions of years ago, small species of theropods,
2 A teenager was the first person ... . a dinosaur family that also includes the huge
T-Rex, evolved into flying creatures. They're the
a to explore bat caves in Mexico
ancestors of all birds, even flightless ones. The
b ever to enter Carlsbad Cavern ro largest, at 2.7 metres tall and weighing 150 kg, is
c to discover bats in Carlsbad Cavern the ostrich, native to Africa. With the biggest eyes
d to document Carlsbad Cavern of any land animal, this non-flier can spot predators
up to 3.5 km away. lts kick can even kill a lion! And
3 Prior to the year 2000, Cave of the Crystals ... . the smallest? That's New Zealand's kiwi. Though it
a had been filled with water 1s seems impossible, this chicken-size bird can outrun
b had been a dry underground cave a person! lt's also sometimes called an honorary
mammal. Find out why in April when you'll be able
c had only been known to a mining company to play an immersive computer game to experience
d had been 300 metres higher life as a flightless birdl
4 The deadly tsunami that h¡tJava and Sumatra ... .
Volcanology - JUNE
5 What feature will the three classes share? Learn the science of volcanoes by making 3D
40 computer models of three famous eruptions. ln
1883, there was an explosive eruption of Krakatoa
3 rinA words or expressions in the text that mean: in lndonesia. Heard 3,500 km away in Australia, it
covered an 800,000-square-km area with ash and
- notice or see something (lines 10-15) set off tsunamis around the globe. A 37-metre-high
4s wave killed 36,000 people inJava and Sumatra. ln
2 follow the route of someone (lines 27-31) 2010, ash from Eyjafjallajókull, a volcano under
a glacier in lceland, rose 9 km high and spread far
3 removed a liquid (lines 32-37) and wide across Europe, stopping air traffic for
a week. For the past 30 years, Kilauea, on the Big
so lsland of Hawaii, has been erupting continuously,
4 movement of a Iiquid (lines 47-52) releasing a steady flow of lava that has destroyed
entire neighbourhoods.