Freshman English Reading
BEN10802 英文閱讀 Ｂ組
104b (Spring 2016) Review for Final Exam
The purpose of this exam is to test your ability to read in English, understand what you read, and communicate your ideas about what you read.
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Topic and kinds of questions |
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| 1. Reading Skills & Articles & Stories from Class |
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30 |
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a. Multiple choice or true/false |
10 |
1 |
10 |
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b. Short answer |
10 |
2 |
20 |
| 2. New Article (timed) |
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25 |
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a. Multiple choice or true/false |
10 |
2 |
20 |
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b. short answer |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| 3. New Short Story |
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25 |
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a. Multiple choice or true/false |
10 |
2 |
20 |
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b. short answer |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| 4. Extensive Reading |
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20 |
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a. short answer |
2 |
5 |
10 |
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b. short essay |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Total Points |
100 |
What to Review
Reading Skills
- Efficient Reading
- Analytical Reading
- Inference
- Critical Reading
- Why and How does inference leave and impact on readers?
- What are the main points about how to read critically
- Fact and opinion
- Bias
- Logical fallacies
Articles
- Evolving English
- Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgement
- Lamb to the Slaughter
- Birmingham Bombing
- AW 8: Ethnic and Racial Diversity
- Senior Payroll (and I See You Never)
- Milgrim's Experiment
- AW 10: How Americans Spend their Leisure Time
- AW 11: The American Family
- What is the main idea of each article?
- How does the author support his/her point?
- What do you notice when you read the article critically?
Short Stories
- Lamb to the Slaughter
- Senor Payroll
- What happens in each story and why?
- What makes the story interesting?
- What issues does the story raise and how does the author want the audience to think/respond?
Extensive Reading
- The book your group read
- Ideas about how to choose a book to read in English
- What happens in your book?
- What did and didn't you like about your book & why (Give specific examples)?
- What did you learn from reading your book and from your classmates books about choosing English books to read for enjoyment?
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