Reading strategies are cognitive tools that students use to comprehend text efficiently, adapting their reading style according to their purpose. If a student is looking through a movie schedule solely to find the starting time of a specific film, ignoring the plot summaries and reviews, they are applying a specific strategy. Select the alternative that correctly identifies this reading strategy.

In the context of English Language Teaching (ELT), the concept of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) proposed by authors like Michael Byram emphasizes that learning a language is inseparable from understanding its culture. When a teacher promotes activities that require students to mediate between their own culture and the target culture, avoiding essentialist stereotypes, they are fostering a specific skill. Select the alternative that correctly identifies the component of Byram's model related to the ability to interpret a document or event from another culture, to explain it and relate it to documents or events from one's own.

Inferential comprehension goes beyond the literal meaning of the text, requiring the reader to combine prior knowledge with textual clues to deduce implicit information. Read the following excerpt: "John looked at the thermometer, grabbed his heavy coat and scarf, and braced himself before opening the door." Choose the alternative that best describes the inference a reader should make about the setting.

Homophones are words that share the same pronunciation but have different spellings and meanings, often causing confusion in writing and listening comprehension. Analyze the following statements regarding specific pairs of homophones in English.

I.The words "flower" (reproductive part of a plant) and "flour" (powder made from grain) are homophones in Standard English pronunciation.

II.The words "bare" (naked/uncovered) and "bear" (the animal/to carry) are homophones.

III.The words "content" (satisfied) and "content" (substance/topics) are homophones.

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Polysemy refers to the capacity of a word to have multiple related meanings, which can only be determined through the context in which it appears. Consider the word "run" in the following sentence: "The candidate decided to run for office in the upcoming local elections." Choose the alternative that best defines the meaning of "run" in this specific context.

The alternative that correctly fills in gaps 1, 2, and 3 of these sentences below is?

1. The man_____ you punished ran away.
2. The man to______you gave some money will be here tomorrow.
3. The tree _______ branches are dead will be felled tomorrow morning.

Choose the right alternative that correspond the direct speech of this sentence below:

The boss said that he had been travelling a lot the previous month. 

Classify the highlighted words in this sentence according to the grammatical statement. Choose the CORRECT option:

They said to her that she should take a few days off.

Choose the right alternative that correspond the reported speech of this sentence below:

She asked him: "Did you have many problems yesterday? 

Choose the right alternative that correspond the reported speech of this sentence below:

He said to her: “I saw your sister on the street last night.”