Read the text below.

What is Reading?

I. Reading is a conscious and unconscious thinking process.

II. The reader applies many strategies to reconstruct the meaning that the author is assumed to have intended.

III. The reader should not do this by comparing information in the text to his or her background knowledge and prior experience, he should read due to the teacher’s guidance.

(By Beatrice S. Mikulecky, Ed.D.)

Identify the correct alternative according to the context

The companies Johnson and Byer announced a slew of domestic policy initiatives last year.

Observing the context above, it is correct to understand that:

Read the dialogue below.

A: Could I ask you the time, please?

B: No problem. It’s quarter past four.

Observing the function above as asking for something, it is correct to say that:

Call your mother immediately when you can—she's very worried about you.

According to the context, the bold item can be replaced by:

We’re having the house painted next week.

In the passive sentence above, we can understand that:

I. We are not going to paint the house ourselves;

II. Someone else will paint it;

III. The emphasis is on who is painting the house.

Indicate the correct alternative according to the context.