Mini Proyecto

MINI-PROJECT
ELEMENTARY ENGLISH – LEVEL 2

1. Ask four questions about picture below:

a. Haws are many people?

b. Are they of different nationalities?

c. Is the woman of theleft an engineer?

d. Will the women of the sweater orange and jacket pink, of travel?

READING 2

According to Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan of enormous strength. After being defeatedby the god Zeus, Atlas was forced to carry the earth and the sky for an eternity. In depictions of Atlas, he is shown as a stooped figure carrying the globe on his shoulders. Because of hisassociation with the globe, maps began to be decorated with this image of Atlas. Accordingly, the word “atlas” became a nickname for a collection of maps. Today, an atlas refers to any book that consists of abound collection of maps. For example, an atlas can be made up of maps of the countries of the world or of the states of the United States. Sometimes an atlas will also contain graphs and charts withother statistical information about the culture, religion, climate, or government of the population of a given area.

Questions

1) Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred thatAtlas supported the earth and the sky because he was

A. a Titan of enormous strength
B. punished after losing to Zeus
C. associated with maps and globes
D. a slave to the god Zeus

2) Basedon information in the passage, it can be inferred that which of the following people or groups might use an atlas?

I. a group of explorers on the Nile River
II. a backpacker planning a tour ofEurope
III. army generals preparing for battle

A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III

3) Conjunctions (or conjunctive phrases) are used to indicate oremphasize the existence of a relationship between ideas. As used in the passage, which of the following conjunctions could be used in place of the conjunction Accordingly?

I. Although
II. As a result...