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Departamental 2 December 2012

Mario Sandoval,MC, Claudia Rodriguez

READ AND COMPLETE PAST TENSE OR PRESENT PERFECT Malaria? In Canada?

Have you ever had malaria? If you have, the chances are that you 1.(get) the disease in a hot country. Malaria is most common in tropical countries, especially those with wet and humid climates, where the mosquitos which carry the disease can flourish. However, recently, malaria 2. (become) more common in Canada. According to a recent report, over 1000 people 3.(contract) the disease in Canada in 1997, and the number 4.(rise).. every year since 1994. This is an alarming trend. Why is the incidence of malaria rising here? The answer is travel. More and more Canadians travel abroad every year, and some of them catch malaria. However, when a Toronto woman 5. (become) . sick last year, her doctor 6.(discover) .. that she 7.(never travel)... abroad in her life. She must have been bitten by a mosquito which 8. (get) . the disease from another sick Canadian.

READING COMPREHENSION

Halloween
Instructions: Read the following passage and answer the questions below.

300 years before Jesus was born, a civilization of people called the Celtics lived throughout the British Isles, Scandinavia and Western Europe. Halloween or Samhain had its beginnings in their ancient, preChristian Celtic festival of the dead. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar and marked the beginning of winter. Since they were basically pastoral people, this was a time when all livestock had to be secured for the cold months. They lived around and were controlled by superstition and a society of pagan priests called the Druids, who were Satanists, worshipping and serving the demonic god of death, Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween or Sa-man). These priests literally controlled peoples' lives through the mechanism of fear and much death. Disease and destruction continually plagued the Celtics as a result of the Druids practices and their involvement in peoples lives. Each year on October 31st, the Druids celebrated the Eve of the Celtics New Year in honor of their pagan god, Samhain. It was the biggest and most significant holiday of the Celtic year. The Celts, celebrated their new year on November 1st. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became indistinguishable. On the night of October 31, influenced by the Druids, they started the celebration of Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts

thought that the presence of the ghostly spirits made it easier for the Celtic priests (the Druids) to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. In the same way there are many theories in respect of how and when the Halloween custom of trick-or-treating actually began. One of them says that the Celts tried to pacify the evil spirits: ghosts, goblins, and demons. So, Huge "Samhain" bonfires were built to light the way for all the spirits to find their way in to the world of the living. They would leave out food, hoping that this would please the spirit world. If they did not leave a thing, then hence, the spirits would play evil "tricks" on the living in that house. The Druids required food and human sacrifices. They would go door to door asking for the virgin daughters. They made a treat if they got what they wanted. If the treat pleased the Druids, they would leave a turnip hollowed out in the interior lighted by a candle from inside. The candle was made of human fat to protect those inside from being killed by demons that night. If this was not obtained at the chosen homes, then a hexagram was painted on the door in blood to show the appointed evil spirits to cause all kinds of evil to fall on the home. In some cases, even resulted in death. That was the trick.

Samhain

October 31, Halloween; day of celebration f or Wiccans and other pagans. It is also called November Eve, Hallowe'en, Feast of Souls, Feast of the Dead.
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon

1. What is the meaning of EVE in this text?

A. The first day of November Celtics New Year. B. The last day of December Celtics New Year. C. The first day of January of the New Year. D. The first day of November Celtics New Year.

of the of the Celtics of the

2. Choose the phrase (A, B, C, D) that best completes this sentence: The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year ...

A. ghosts celebrated the new year. B. it controlled peoples' lives. C. people gathered to sacrifice animals and virgins D. the souls of those who had died were able to join with the living. 3. Which vegetable was originally used by the
Druids to make lanterns?

A. B. C. D.

Pumpkins Potatoes Turnips Tomatoes

4. What was the role of the bonfires that Celtics lit in these festivities?

A. They lit them to keep out wild animals. B. They lit them to let the ghosts to find their way in to the world of the living. C. They lit them to cook their food. D. They lit them to search lost children.
Which one of the following concepts is not found in the text?

A. Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became indistinguishable. B. A hexagram was painted on the doors in blood by the Druids to show the appointed evil spirits to cause all kinds of evil to fall on the chosen homes to be punished. C. Celts considered goblins, demons and ghosts funny spirits. D. Druids put a candle the New Year's Eve night made of human fat to protect those inside from being killed by demons.