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Read the text below and answer the following activity.
The Boy Who Lived
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him. This boy was another good reason for keeping the Potters away; they didn't want Dudley mixing with a child like that.
(Extracted from Chapter One, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone written by J.K.Rowling and published in 1997)


According to the text, which of the following information is FALSE:

  • A The Dursleys were proud to be ordinary.
  • B The Dursleys and the Potters do not have a lot in common.
  • C Mrs. Dursley and Mrs. Potter do not have a good relationship.
  • D Mrs. Dursley and Mrs. Potter have seen each other for several years.
  • E The Dursleys ignored the existence of the Potters.

The American singer Beyoncé included in her song “Flawless” a sample from a speech given by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie entitled “We Should All Be Feminists”. Read the sample from the song and answer the following activity.


We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you will threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. Feminist: the person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.


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According to the excerpt, the song DOES NOT suggest that:

  • A Women have been constantly pressured to engage in the institution of marriage due to social expectations imposed on them.
  • B Men should learn to be less ambitious.
  • C Society has treated women as less important than men.
  • D Women are taught to compete with each other as a result of social pressures related to marriage.
  • E Men are taught to have more contact with their sexuality than women.

 Read the following sentences:

I. I am eternally grateful to you! By the way, I want to take you out for dinner! My treat!

II. Unfortunately, she gave up her singing career. Nevertheless, she continued acting as the main actress of the show.

III. We got a divorce because we did not love each other anymore. Besides, we realized that we did not have a lot in common.

IV. They danced all night long. Actually, they did not even sleep.

Now, choose the adverbial expressions that best replace the words underlined in the previous sentences. 

  • A Furthermore – besides – however – in fact.
  • B Incidentally – however – furthermore – in fact.
  • C Anyway – however – furthermore – in fact.
  • D Incidentally – moreover – furthermore – besides.
  • E However – besides – furthermore – in fact.

 Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words:

She was the ____________ woman I ever met. Besides, she was ____________ intelligent and creative. Also, she received the ___________ recognition of her time for _________ the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.  

  • A Prettiest – extremely – biggest – being.
  • B Prettiest – extremely – biggest – be.
  • C Prettier – extremely – bigger - being
  • D Prettiest – extremely – bigger – be.
  • E Pretty – extreme – bigger – being.

 Read the following sentences: 

I. I am eternally grateful to you! By the way, I want to take you out for dinner! My treat!

II. Unfortunately, she gave up her singing career. Nevertheless, she continued acting as the main actress of the show.

III. We got a divorce because we did not love each other anymore. Besides, we realized that we did not have a lot in common.

IV. They danced all night long. Actually, they did not even sleep. 

Now, choose the adverbial expressions that best replace the words underlined in the previous sentences. 

  • A Anyway – however – furthermore – in fact.
  • B Furthermore – besides – however – in fact.
  • C Incidentally – moreover – furthermore – besides.
  • D However – besides – furthermore – in fact.
  • E Incidentally – however – furthermore – in fact.