READING COMPREHENSION:
A Who says what?
the speaker / If we want a brighter future, we have to build it now in the dark times.
Alexis De Veaux / Something good is going to happen, we just don't know what it is yet.
Majid / Thinking like a mother is a tool we can all use to build the world we want.
the speaker’s mother / Justice is what love looks like in public.
Cornel West / Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth.
Alternatively, do the exercise in interactive form, here:
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B Choose the correct answer:
1 The speaker mentions … at the beginning of her presentation.
A Apartheid
B the attack on the World Trade Center
C the famine in Somalia
D the ISIS invasion in Iraq
2 Yifat’s reaction when she saw the building on fire was
A to run for cover.
B to write a speech about inequality.
C to prevent her baby from witnessing the scene.
D to raise money for the victims of the attack.
3 When Yifat lists all the catastrophes that have happened since 9/11, she does NOT mention
A disease.
B economic collapse.
C war.
D environmental crisis.
4 How did Majid contribute to saving lives?
A He helped people whose lives were threatened escape.
B He collected food for those in need.
C He provided housing for the homeless.
D He planted seeds so as to improve farming methods.
5 Yifat lists certain achievements of mankind that seemed impossible at first. Which is NOT one of them?
A the end of apartheid.
B marriage equality.
C the fall of dictators.
D saving the environment.
6 How did Yifat and her brothers initially react to her mother’s optimistic attitude?
A They listened attentively.
B They contradicted her.
C They laughed at her.
D They offered counterarguments.
7 How did the women farmers in Sudan help the starving Somali people?
A They sent food.
B They sent money.
C They raised global awareness.
D They worked in Somali farms.
8 At the conclusion of Yifat’s presentation, what is it that mothers – in the broader sense of the term - do?
A they try to protect their own family.
B they hide behind walls.
C they are wary of strangers.
D They give priority to the needs of the many.
Alternatively, play it in Kahoot mode here: