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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
We use skimming to?
Find facts
Know the general idea of an article
Find the details of an issue
Find specific information
Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...?
Skimming
Scanning
What is the belief that the center of the universe is the Earth?
For a long time, people believed the earth stood at the center of the universe and everything, including the sun, revolved around it. This belief is called geocentrism. Geocentrism was an accepted truth until the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus came along. In 1543, Copernicus proved through his observations and mathematical calculations that the earth actually revolved around the sun. This view is called heliocentrism. Copernicus was not the first scientist to discover heliocentrism, but his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres provided more detailed support behind the theory.
Geocentrism
Heliocentrism
Nicolause Copernicus
Earth-Centered
From the excerpt above, it mainly about?
Which of the following does NOT involve skimming?
reading the initial sentence in each paragraph
looking quickly for words you're not familiar with
looking at photographs in an article
reading the first and last paragraph in a newspaper article
Skim this text in less than 5 seconds and choose the correct option:
When Tiger won the US masters in 1997, he was only 21 years old. In winning, he broke lots of records. He won the title by 12 strokes, which was the biggest ever victory at the US masters. He also became the youngest champion in 61 years.
This article is about Tiger Woods' victory on the golf course.
This article is about different types of sports.
Skimming techniques include
looking for the main ideas of the article
looking for specific words, phrases, names, dates, or places
