Meeting 1 - Literacy: Interactive Reading

Choose the best answer for GAP 1:

Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They ......(1)... you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different ......(2)... and sizes . They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

......(3)... homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands

of the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part

of the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build ......(4)... houses. In

the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood ......(5)... the main

building material for many centuries

• analyze

• stick

• work

• protect

Choose the best answer for GAP 2:

Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They ......(1)... you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different ......(2)... and sizes . They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

......(3)... homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands

of the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part

of the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build ......(4)... houses. In

the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood ......(5)... the main

building material for many centuries

• windows

• calls

• perspectives

• shapes

Choose the best answer for GAP 3:
Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They ......(1)... you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different ......(2)... and sizes . They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

......(3)... homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands

of the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part

of the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build ......(4)... houses. In

the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood ......(5)... the main

building material for many centuries

• are building

• have built

• build

• built

Choose the best answer for GAP 4:
Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They ......(1)... you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different ......(2)... and sizes . They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

......(3)... homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands

of the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part

of the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build ......(4)... houses. In

the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood ......(5)... the main

building material for many centuries

• their

• our

• your

• her

Choose the best answer for GAP 5:
Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They ......(1)... you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different ......(2)... and sizes . They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

......(3)... homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands

of the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part

of the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build ......(4)... houses. In

the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood ......(5)... the main

building material for many centuries

• has been

• was

• will be

• is

Select the best sentences to complete the passage:

Houses are buildings that people can live, eat and sleep in. They protect you from dangers

and bad weather. Most houses show the lifestyles, traditions and cultures of the people

who live in them. Homes and houses have different shapes and sizes. They are built of

different materials that depending on the climate of the area you live in. Long ago, people

built homes with whatever building materials that they had. In Africa and some islands of

the South Pacific they used grass or leaves that grew nearby. In the south-western part of

the United States the Pueblo Indians used sun-dried bricks to build their houses. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In the northern part of North America and in northern Europe wood has been the main

building material for many centuries. Early settlers in America built log cabins and in

Scandinavia people designed wooden houses with large beams and balconies. Brick is

among the oldest and most popular building material. It lasts long and is easy to get. Early

Dutch settlers brought bricks across the Atlantic to build their first houses. Stone is the

longest lasting of all building materials. Weather cannot destroy it so much and insects and

animals cannot bore into it as they can into wood. Stone has been used for all sorts of

houses, from palaces to farmers' cottages. In modern buildings we use concrete instead of

stone and brick. It is cheaper and can be produced almost everywhere. Concrete is a

mixture of sand, broken stones, water and other materials. Cement is added to hold it

together.

• Before you actually build a house there a lot of things you must do first. You must

  have a piece of land on which your house can be built, then you should ask an

  architect or builder to find out if there are any restrictions or limitations on building in

  the area.

• Even though today you can transport materials all over the world, it is still easier and

  cheaper to use the materials that are at hand. There are four basic kinds of material

  that are used today.

• When the outside of the house is finished you must start working on the interior.

  Windows, doors have to be built into the frame.

• Home styles around the world are different because of culture and tradition. Western-

  style houses and buildings are found all over the world. With their simple design they

  are slowly replacing traditional houses in the Middle East and Asia.

Re-write the sentence from the text that answers the following question:
What makes houses built of different materials?

Re-write the sentence from the text that answers the following question:
Where are wooden houses built?

Select the idea that is expressed in the passage.

• It is more convenient to use building materials imported from all over the world to

  build a house.

• People in some countries use growing materials nearby to build their houses.

• Wood, brick, stone, and concrete are four basic materials used to build houses

  today.

• Stone houses can be easily destroyed by the weather.

Select the best title for the passage

• the World’s Houses

• Building materials of Houses

• How to build a House

• Cultural and Lifestyle of Houses