domingo, 4 de octubre de 2015

ADVANCED 9

ADVANCED 9


HW ASSIGNMENT # 1
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dKnzu8-D8
2. Answer the following questions:
1. You can recall what you read if..
 a. you decide it matters enough if you remember
 b. you decide you have the motiviation to read
 c. you decide you have the time to read

2. What is the first thing you need when reading?
 a. Focus
 b. Purpose
 c. Techniques

3. Which of the following was not mentioned?
 a. Skim quickly at first
 b. Read word quickly by snapping eyes across page
 c. Read chunks of words together, instead of one at a time

4. According to the video it is a good idea to
 a. to categorize information while reading
 b. avoid making connections while reading
 c. ask people if you dont understand something

5. According to the video in step 4 it is important to
 a. take notes and say words outloud
 b. compare and contrast what is being memorized
 c. highight everything

6. Whey highlighting it is important to
 a. highlight only important key words
 b. highlight everything
 c. avoid highlighting
HW ASSIGNMENT # 2
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

2. Answer the following questions:
1. The first church in St. Paul 's location was built...
 a. in 1988
 b. in the 7th century
 c. in the 14th century

2. Trafalgar Square is...
 a. in central London
 b. in the north of London
 c. near the river

3. Two great ways to tour the city are...
 a. a double decker cruise and a river bus
 b. a double decker bus and a river cruise
 c. a duble decker bus and a taxi tour

4. Nowadays, Trafalgar Square is...
 a. a vegetable market
 b. a vegetable garden
 c. a hub of restaurants, pubs and shops

5. The Tower of London was built...
 a. 900 years ago
 b. 100 years ago
 c. 300 years ago

6. London Bridge has got...
 a. 1 tower in the middle
 b. 2 towers, at right and left
 c. 2 towers in the middle

7. At Buckingham Palace...
 a. gardens are not to be missed
 b. changing of the guard is not to be missed
 c. changing of the guard is not interesting at all

8. London eye was created...
 a. for the millennium celebration
 b. for the Queen's jubilee
 c. for the Olympic Games

9. Houses of Parliament are also known as...
 a. Parliament House
 b. Westminster House
 c. Westminster Palace
HW ASSIGNMENT # 3
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

1. A colony is a group of people who do not live in their native country but
 a. do not like their native country
 b. are still ruled by their native country
 c. go back to their native country

2. The Roanoke colonists vanished; they
 a. disappeared
 b. helped each other
 c. were very sad

3. The colonists at Roanoke were from
 a. Spain
 b. Italy
 c. England

4. The colonists traveled to Roanoke in
 a. 1487
 b. 1587
 c. 1687

5. At the end of the first summer, the governor left
 a. to get more supplies
 b. because the Indians attacked
 c. without giving a reason

6. The governor could not come back right away because
 a. he got sick in England
 b. his ship sank during the voyage
 c. England was in a war with Spain

7. A fleet is a
 a. large group of ships
 b. terrible storm at sea
 c. sailor who steers a ship

8. The only clue that the missing colonists left was
 a. a map drawn in the sand
 b. the word "Croatoan" carved in wood
 c. an arrow painted on a rock

9. What happened to the colonists?
 a. They were killed by Indians.
 b. They died of disease (sickness).
 c. No one knows.

10. The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is
 a. true, a part of history
 b. fiction, a tale someone made up
 c. an Indian ghost story

HW ASSIGNMENT # 4
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

1. How are mushrooms being used to help the environment?
 a. Mushrooms are used to break down plastics
 b. Mushrooms are used to create materials that will take the place of synthetic materials that harm the environment
 c. Mushrooms are used to help trees keep their leaves longer

2. All of the following are advantages of using mushrooms EXCEPT
 a. Mushrooms, unlike plastics, naturally decompose when we are done using them
 b. Mushroom would not require using a petroleum feedstock
 Mushrooms can be grown without using water

3. Mycelium
 a. is a part of the mushroom that can be used as a type of glue
 b. comes from the Greek word meaning "to grow"
 c. is the chemical which causes styrofoam to be resilient

4. The professor mentions all of the following reasons for choosing mycelium EXCEPT
 a. It is self-assembling
 b. It is waterproof, fireproof, and liquid proof
 c. It is easy to transport on ships

5. An example of a synthetic material is
 a. plastic
 b. a mushroom
 c. water

6. The speaker mentions trees dropping their leaves in order to
 a. to prove that synthetic materials can be found in nature
 b. to illustrate that humans need trees to purify our air
 c. explain what humans can learn from observing nature's method for properly disposing of waste

HW ASSIGNMENT # 5
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

1. Where is Chichén Itza located?
 a. Mexico
 b. Peru
 c. Chile

2. Where does the city takes its name from?
 a. From a book they had
 b. From their ancesters
 c. From the large wells

3. What is the name of the god that lived in the depths of the well at Chichen Itza
 a.Pet
 b. Chack
 c. Shock

4. What was the circular building belived to be?
 a. A house
 b. An observatory
 c. A club

5. How did the Spaniards call the pyramid?
 a. The castle
 b. The warehouse
 c. The palace

6. How many steps does the main Pyramid has?
 a. 409
 b. 275
 c. 365

7. Who were to be sacrificied after the ball game?
 a. Winners
 b. Losers
 c. Both

HW ASSIGNMENT # 6
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1. What was the Louvre during the 14th century?
 a. A palace
 b. A royal residence
 c. A museum

2. Who is by many seen as the founder of the modern Louvre?
 a. Francis II
 b. Louis XIV
 c. Francis I

3. When did the construction of the modern Louvre begin?
 a. In 1190
 b. In 1564
 c. In 1541

4. Who was Catherine de Medicis?
 a. sister of Francis' second son
 b. wife of Francis' second son
 c. mother Francis' second son

5. When was the Tuileries Palace found?
 a. In 1190
 b. In 1541
 c. In 1564

6. Who united the the Tuileries with the Louvre?
 a. Francis I
 b. Louis XIV
 c. Napoleon III

7. What happened during the reign of the Paris Commune?
 a. The entrance to the Louvre was burned and destroyed
 b. The Tuileries Palace was burned and destroyed
 c. The whole Louvre was burned and destroyed

8. When did the Louvre begin to serve more as a museum and as a residence for artists?
 a. By the mid 18th century
 b. By the mid 17th century
 c. In late 17th century

9. Who agreed to display of some of the royal collection in the Louvre for the public?
 a. Louis XV
 b. Louis XIV
 c. Louis XVI

10. When was the museum opened for the public?
 a. In 1793
 b. In 1783
 c. In 1773

11. What is the architectural style of the Louvre?
 a. French Gothic
 b. French Baroque
 c. French Renaissance

12. Where did the Louvre get the majority of the works?
 a. From donations
 b. From the church
 c. From private property

13. What do you see by looking at the outside of the Louvre?
 a. A wall
 b. A fortress
 c. Some sculptures

14. What is its most famous piece of art?
 a. A sculpture
 b. A statue
 c. A painting

15. Who was the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel dedicated to?
 a. Napoleon's military victories
 b. Louis' military victories
 c. Francis' military victories

16. What is another main feature of the Louvre?
 a. The yard
 b. The courtyard
 c. The pyramid

17. Could you visit the Louvre in just an afternoon?
 a. Yes
 b. No
 c. I don't know

18. Who was responsible for the grand renovation of the Louvre?
 a. Ieoh Ming Pei
 b. Francois Mitterrand
 c. Napoleon Bonaparte

19. How many visitors did the Louvre receive every day?
 a. Around 15.000
 b. More than 6.000
 c. More than 8.000

20. What is the chef d'oeuvre?
 a. masterpiece in French
 b. Louvre in French
 c. museum in French

HW ASSIGNMENT # 7
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1.What marks the women as part of a different ethnic group?
 a. Their shackles
 b. Their dress
 c. Their language

2.The coils chafe means
 a. they pull their necks
 b. they rub their skin
 c. they choke them

3.The people live in
 a. a displaced person camp
 b. a village
 c. a sheltered border region

4.The visual effect is due to
 a. the neck being pulled
 b. the collar bone sinking
 c. the number of rings

5.These people's way of life is
 a. respected by westerners
 b. distrusted by westerners
 c. interesting for westerners

6.The brass coils are
 a. an embarassment for the women
 b. a sacrifice for their past
 c. a symbol of their roots

HW ASSIGNMENT # 8
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.

Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1.In the 1930s the new form of restaurant was called:
 a. Drive in
 b. Buffet
 c. Fast food

2.In order to cut costs, What did McDonalds brothers decide to do?
 a. to prepare veggie burguers instead of beef
 b. they brought the factory system to the back of the restaurant kitchen
 c. to fire most of the employees

3.What did they do to pay their employees low wages?
 a. They gave them only few hours
 b. They just simply reduced their wages
 c. They trainned each worker to do only one thing.

4.What was the secret for the huge success of McDonalds?
 a. Happy meals
 b. Drive in modality
 c. unexpensive food, and the taste was good

5.McDonalds is the largest purchaser in USA of :
 a. ground beef and potatoes
 b. carrots and ground beef
 c. potatoes and corn

6.Why McDonalds have changed the way the ground beef is produced?
 a. Because they own all the beef packers companies.
 b. Because they wanted their hamburguers taste exactly the same in any place.
 c. Because they invented they â��ground beefâ�� preparation of meat.

7.In 1970 the top 5 beef packers controlled the:
 a. 58% of the market
 b. 25% of the market
 c. 52% of the market

8.What company is the biggest packer in the history of the world?
 a. Cargill
 b. Swift
 c. Tyson

9.In how many days a chicken is raised nowadays?
 a. 23
 b. 48
 c. 109
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ADVANCED 8

ADVANCED 8

 HW ASSIGNMENT # 1
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb0EVoOYFWE

 2. Answer the following questions

1) Why do children see using technology as a way of life?
 A. Because the access to it is easy
 B. Because they see their parents using it
 C. Both answers are correct

2) What do people feel when they leave their phone at home?
 A. They feel naked without it
 B. They feel handless without it
 C. They feel uncomfortable without it

3) The children should
 A. Use only one screen at a time and limit their time using it
 B. Use only one screen at a time for less than 2 hours a day
 C. Use electronics for only 2 hours a day

4) What is the significant loss mentioned, when people use text messaging?
 A. Affect (what do you see - like it is when you are talking face to face)
 B. Feelings (expressing emotions)
 C. Behaviour (people can "mask" themselves in the internet)

5) Donna's daughter didn't understand her mom because
 A. Donna used a wrong expression
 B. Donna forgot an exclamation point in her text message
 C. Donna's message lost the affect

6) What's the point in "no TV, no phones and no computers" rule at the dinner table?
 A. That's inapproriate behaviour
 B. That's the time to socialize
 C. That's distracting people from eating
HW ASSIGNMENT # 2
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwK7ggA3-bU

2. Answer the following questions
1) You and I go hard, at each other like we going to _______
 A. fight
 B. for
 C war

2) You and I go rough, we keep throwing things and slammin' the _______
 A. for
 B. more
 C. door

3) You and I get so, damn dysfunctional we stopped keeping _________
 A. store
 B. sore
 C. score

4) You and I get sick, yah I know that we can't do this no _________
 A. money
 B. more
 C. saw

5) But baby there you go again, there you go Again _________ me love you
 A. faking
 B. taking
 C. making

6) Yeah I stopped using my head, using my head let it all _______
 A. grow
 B. go
 C. row

7) Got you stuck on my body, on my body like a _________
 A. tattoo
 B. canoe
 C. balloon

8) And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling __________ crawling back to you
 A. foolish
 B. blue
 C. stupid

HW ASSIGNMENT # 3
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/tom_wujec_demos_the_13th_century_astrolabe.html

2. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the main focus of the lecture?
The lecturer uses the astrolabe to argue that technology is always good and bad.
The lecturer wants to encourage people to learn how to use astrolabes in their daily lives.
The lecturer wants to convince the audience that astrolabes can help us build better computers.

2. According to the professor, an astrolabe is
A map of the sun
A puzzle
A model of the sky

3. All of the following are true of astrolabes EXCEPT
Children at the time knew how to use them
An educated person could learn how to build an astrolabe
Astrolabes were always painted gold to represent the sun

3. Why does the lecturer say "It's worth probably about three MacBook Pros"?
To put the cost of the 15th century astrolabe replica into perspective
To protest the cost of technology
To prove that everyone should own an astrolabe

4. Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of using an astrolabe?
Selecting a star
Moving the rete so the altitude of the star corresponds with the scale
Aligning the moon and the North Star

5. According to the lecturer, an astrolabe    
Can be used in hundreds of ways
Must be made out of bronze
Is always identical 

HW ASSIGNMENT # 4
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke83y0PBAAw&feature=player_embedded

 2. Answer the following questions:
Will Smith thinks the use of 3D effects in his new film is mainly focussed on creating sensations of falling and vertigo .
 True
 False


Will Smith believes that aliens may or may not exist .
 True
 False


Will Smith will play Obama in a film if he feels the ending is appropriate .
 True
 False


According to the interviewer , Will Smith seems to be both a happy and a lucky kind of person .
 True
 False


The word 'bugbear' means 'a hidden shape' .
 True
 False


What really annoys Will Smith is people talking too loudly on trains .
 True
 False
HW ASSIGNMENT # 5
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfsQBeXWktU&feature=player_embedded
2. Answer the following questions:


1. When did the Myth of the Bermuda Triangle start?
 a) On the fifth of December, 1945.
 b) On the third of December 1945.
 c) On the fifteenth of December 1935.

2. Why did the aircrafts in flight 19 take off?
 a) They were training to be aerobatic aircrafts.
 b) They were doing a routine flight.
 c) They were training for war.

3. How were the conditions of the aircrafts before the flight?
 a) They had some minor problems.
 b) They were strong and safe aircrafts.
 c) They were old aircrafts but still useful.

4. How long were the aircrafts in the air?
 a) About four hours
 b) Twenty minutes
 c) It was not mentioned

5. What happened right after the planes disappeared?
 a) They found some wreckage in the ocean.
 b) Some people heard pilots asking for help.
 c) A rescue plane took off to look for them.

6. Which area is covered in the Bermuda Triangle?
 a) 1500 000 square miles between The Bermuda Island, Puerto Rico and Miami.
 b) 1500 000 square miles between The Atlantic Ocean and The Gulf of Mexico.
 c) 150 000 000 square miles between The Bermuda Island, Puerto Rico and Miami.

7. Why did the reasons of these unexplainable disappearances start growing?
 a) Because a ship sailing in the area saw some lights in the sky.
 b) Because after many years a ship disappeared again in the Bermuda Triangle.
 c) Because the Columbus ship sailed in the area and disappeared.

8. What would not be a speculation of what happened in the video?
 a) Giant monsters appearing in the sky.
 b) Spinning compasses.
 c) Holes in the ocean which swallowed ships.


HW ASSIGNMENT # 6
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DduAbLpZDHg&feature=player_embedded#!


2. Answer the following questions:
1. How much would the drug cost in the street?
 16 or 17 pounds
 60 or 70 pounds
 1670 pounds

2. Which of these effects is NOT mentioned?
 you can go paranoid
 your heart beats faster
 you feel in good spirits

3. The expert says that...
 having drugs for personal use is illegal
 having up to half a kilo is legal
 is legal if its for religious reasons

4. Which drugs is Class A?
 Marijuana and hash
 Extasy and LSD
 Cocaine and Heroine

5. A worrying effect of Extasy is that...
 it helps you concentrate at home
 it makes you enjoy house music

 it alters your perception


6. How did Ali's friend, "Dangerous Dave", feel after having 22 E's in one night?
 He had sleeping disorders
 He had a driving accident
 He had a big headache and felt dizzy

7. What happened when a friend of Ali's gave his dog an E?
 The dog died soon
 The dog tried to rape a cat
 The dog went mad and bit him

8. What is the lesson people can learn from this?
 You can hurt yourself if you are under the effects of substances
 You run the risk of having a heart attack
 Substances affect the way your body work
HW ASSIGNMENT # 7
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZbAufhdfwU&feature=player_embedded#!

2. Answer the following questions:
1. In which year were the smurfs created?
 1958
 1968
 1978

2. Who created the smurfs?
 Peter Culdesack
 Pierre Culliford
 Dear Mulligan

3. The smurfs were created as side characters for which comic?
 The shoe with 6 wholes
 The flue with 6 poles
 The flute with 6 holes

4. For how many years did the cartoon air?
 8
 7
 9

5. How many episodes aired?
 376 episodes
 256 episodes
 266 episodes

6. The characters were given names based on...?
 They were given names based on their personality.
 They were given names base don their brothers.
 They were given names based on actuallity.

7. When they first debuted, they lived in the...?
 They lived in a lovely land.
 They lived in a magical land.
 They lived in the cursed land.

HW ASSIGNMENT # 8
1. Watch the following video and answer the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCQWwkERit4&feature=player_embedded#!
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Rights you have simply because you are human, they are applied to everyone, everywhere; they are universal:
 Natural Rights
 Human Rights
 Individual Guarantees

2. According to the United Nations, there is a total of
 29 Human Rights
 30 Human Rights
 31 Human Rights

3. This is the most widely accepted document of Human Rights:
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 Constitution
 Magna Carta

4. What was the most important contribution of Cyrus the Great?
 He conquered Babylon
 He announced that all slaves were free to go
 A document called the Cyrus Cylinder where the rights for people were written

5. Who did change the concept given by the romans of Natural Law to Natural Rights?
 French people
 American people
 British people

6. In 1915 a man from India leaded protests and insisted that all people on Earth should have rights:
 Nelson Mandela
 Martin Luther King
 Mahatma Gandhi

7. With the creation of this document Human Rights were born:
 United States Declaration of Independence
 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
 Cyrus Cylinder

8. When was the United Nations formed?
 In 1945
 In 1946
 In 1948

9. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in:
 1946
 1947
 1948




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