LA WEB DE READING COMPREHENSION PREFERIDA POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

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ARE YOU READY FOR AN EMERGENCY?

Printable Self-test

Print out this test and choose
which of the options below is
most like you.
Then check the scoring
table below. 

 
 

1

You enter your apartment and find it flooded. You...

 

 

a.

try to find the cause of the flood.

 

 

b.

go upstairs to confront your neighbour.

 

 

c.

call the caretaker and grab a mop.

       
 

2

There is a fire in your home. You wake up and you...

 

 

a.

run for the exit.

 

 

b.

make sure no one else is in the house.

 

 

c.

look around for a fire extinguisher.

       
 

3

At dinner, one of your children starts to choke. You...

 

 

a.

tell the child to stop.

 

 

b.

scream, “Help!”

 

 

c.

call the police.

       
 

4

You see a person faint in the street. You...

 

 

a.

go into a shop and dial for the police.

 

 

b.

comfort them and ask someone else to call the police.

 

 

c.

step around them and head for the beach.

       
 

5

In the middle of the night, you hear a window break. You...

 

 

a.

look around for a cricket bat.

 

 

b.

wake up your partner and both listen carefully.

 

 

c.

dial the telephone number of the police and report it immediately.

       

SCORING

1

a. 2

b. 6

c. 10

2

a. 10

b. 2

c. 6

3

a. 2

b. 6

c. 10

4

a. 6

b. 10

c. 2

5

a. 2

b. 6

c. 10

 

WHAT IT MEANS

31-50

You are a role model to us all.

19-30

You are conscientious but are not comfortable being directly involved.

10-18

You do not recognize emergencies, so please try to learn to act faster.

Source: New English Digest

GLOSSARY

flooded: covered with water (inundado)
flood
: inundation, water overdlowing (inundación)
caretaker (UK) = janitor (US) (encargado de edificio)
grab a mop: take an absorbent cloth to wipe the floor (tomas un trapo de piso)
run for: go quickly towards (corres en busca de)
exit: emergency way out (salida de emergencia)
to choke: to breathe with great difficulty (a atragantarse)
scream: shout (gritas en busca de)
faint: pass out (desmayarse)

head for: (colloquial) go to (te diriges a)
window break: window glass destroyed (la rotura de una ventana)
cricket bat: a bat used in playing cricket (bate para jugar criquet)
wake up your partner: cause your husband or wife to stop sleeping (despiertas a tu pareja)
report it
: inform about it (haces la denuncia)
role model: someone worthy of imitation (digno de ser imitado)
conscientious: characterized by extreme care and great effort (escrupuloso)
involved: emotionally connected (involucrado/a)
faster: more quickly (más rápidamente)

 

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