Long reads
Reading · C1 · 14 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 50 minLong read: the river under the highwayA feature on how Seoul replaced a highway with a stream: multiple choice, vocabulary and a proposal.Free
- Sheet 2 · 50 minLong read: in defense of boredomAn essay arguing that boredom has a purpose: true/false, words from the text in context and a discussion.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 50 minLong read: what we lose when a language diesAn interview with a linguist about endangered languages and revival: multiple choice, vocabulary and a response.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 50 minLong read: why GDP is the wrong scoreboardAn opinion column on the limits of GDP as a measure of progress: true/false, vocabulary and a better scoreboard.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 50 minLong read: Rosalind Franklin and Photo 51A biography of the scientist whose X-ray image helped reveal the structure of DNA: multiple choice and vocabulary.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 50 minLong read: Wangari Maathai, the woman who planted treesA biography of the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner: true/false, words in context and a proposal.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 50 minLong read: the menderA literary short story about a repair café and an old radio: multiple choice, vocabulary and creative writing.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 50 minLong read: who looks after what belongs to everyone?An explainer on the tragedy of the commons and Elinor Ostrom's research: true/false, vocabulary and rule-writing.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 50 minLong read: the metal box that shrank the worldA feature on the invention of the shipping container and its effect on global trade: multiple choice and vocabulary.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 50 minLong read: the disappearing nightA report on light pollution, its effects and possible solutions: true/false, words in context and a proposal.Premium
- Sheet 11 · 50 minLong read: why I asked my students to close their laptopsA lecturer's opinion column on handwriting and laptops in class: multiple choice, vocabulary and a reply.Premium
- Sheet 12 · 50 minLong read: who should a driverless car save?An interview with a philosopher about the Moral Machine experiment: true/false, words in context and a discussion.Premium
- Sheet 13 · 45 minLong reads: why we love to be scaredA long read on the science and psychology of enjoying fear, from adrenaline and relief to the social side of screaming together.Premium
- Sheet 14 · 45 minLong reads: the seventeen-year campaign for ThanksgivingA long read on how the editor Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for seventeen years until Lincoln made Thanksgiving national, with true/false, inference questions, phrases in context, a discussion and a short biography to write.Free
