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The document discusses bipolar disorder, describing its symptoms, diagnosis, and lifelong treatment requirements. It notes bipolar disorder causes unusual shifts in mood and behaviors and episodes may last from days to weeks. The document also explores the impacts of dams, including altering geography, flooding villages, and changing downstream nations by withholding water. Finally, it examines exposure to secondhand smoke in the US, finding declines but that many groups like children and those in poverty still face high exposure, presenting health risks.

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3 - Verbal Reading Comprehension

The document discusses bipolar disorder, describing its symptoms, diagnosis, and lifelong treatment requirements. It notes bipolar disorder causes unusual shifts in mood and behaviors and episodes may last from days to weeks. The document also explores the impacts of dams, including altering geography, flooding villages, and changing downstream nations by withholding water. Finally, it examines exposure to secondhand smoke in the US, finding declines but that many groups like children and those in poverty still face high exposure, presenting health risks.

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3- READING COMPREHENSION

TEXT 1
Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic
depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy,
activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
Bipolar disorder is typically diagnosed during late adolescence or early
adulthood.
Occasionally, bipolar symptoms can appear in children. Bipolar disorder can
also first appear during a woman’s pregnancy or following childbirth. Although
the symptoms may vary over time, bipolar disorder usually requires lifelong
treatment.
People with bipolar disorder experience periods of unusually intense emotion,
changes in sleep patterns and activity levels, and uncharacteristic behaviors —
often without recognizing their likely harmful or undesirable effects. These
distinct periods are called «mood episodes». Mood episodes are very different
from the moods and behaviors that are typical for the person.
During an episode, the symptoms last every day for most of the day.
Episodes may also last for longer periods, such as several days or weeks.
Retrieved from
< https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml>

1. The main purpose of the author is to


A) describe bipolar disorder and its characteristics.
B) determine the best treatment for bipolar disorder.
C) explain the differences between mental disorders.
D) inform about the reality of patients with bipolarity.

2. The word SHIFT can be replaced by


A) state B) change C) rule. D) action.

3. Regarding patients with bipolar disorder, it is possible to infer that


A) they are all diagnosed when they are old
B) they will take medications only for a time.
C) it may be difficult to fully understand them.
D) it can be very difficult to recognize them.

4. It is not compatible to affirm that bipolar disorder


A) affects personal concentration.
B) alters emotions in an intense way.
C) causes unusual shifts in energy.
D) is a mental disorder that has a cure.
5. If a pregnant woman suddenly experiences periods of unusually intense
emotion, changes in sleep patterns and uncharacteristic behaviors,
A) she may have developed bipolar disorder.
B) she can never improve her emotions.
C) her pregnancy will be very protracted.
D) her intellectual level could improve.

TEXT 2
Of all the things that humanity builds from concrete or stone, there are few
structures that influence the Surface of Earth quite as profoundly as a dam. By
blocking the low of a river, we influence the trajectory of geology itself and
change the lives of people living nearby. Dams alter geography, they transform
a river's natural course and create reservoirs that, when rising, can flood an
entire village. This exploitation of rivers can destroy local homes, farmland and
livelihoods. The effects can be felt a long way from home, too. Damming rivers
that cross entire continents, like the Nile in Africa, can withhold valuable water
and power from countries downstream, forever changing the trajectories of
those nations. Some of these concrete creations are so enormous that they
may remain for millennia. Long after we are gone, future archaeologists will
study such submerged settlements and may wonder why we let them go for the
sake of shortterm politics and energy demand.
6. How would you summarize this article's position on dams?
A) They mention the negative effects after their construction.
B) It explains why they disapprove of the construction of dams.
C) They explore the positive and negative effects they bring.
D) It lists all the contributions dams have done for society.
7. Taking into account the text, which of these is not an effect of dams
mentioned in the text?
A) Withholding water from countries.
B) Affecting wildlife living in rivers.
C) Causing the flooding of villages.
D) Destroying farmland, hurting Jobs
8. The text points that dams could affect people's lives positively by
A) causing the destruction of their livelihood.
B) flooding the villages where people live.
C) taking away or reduce their water supply.
D) becoming a greener source of energy.
9. Which characteristic of the Nile River made it a good
example for the article's argument in the second paragraph?
A) It is the largest river in the world.
B) There are many dams built in its course.
C) The Nile flows through multiple countries.
D) There are lots of native wildlife on the Nile.
10. What will future archaeologists wonder when looking at dams?
A) How were such massive concrete structures built back then?
B) Who could have benefitted from the instalment of this construction?
C) What was the purpose of such a large and imposing structure?
D) Why did people flood villages for the sake of politics and energy?

TEXT 3
Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the United States dropped
by half between 1999 to 2000 and 2011 to 2012, one in four nonsmokers — 58
million people — are still exposed to SHS, according to a new Vital Signs report
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data from the National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show that declines in
exposure to SHS have been slower and exposure remains higher among
children, blacks, those who live in poverty, and those who live in rental housing.

The report finds two in every five children aged three to 11 years are still
exposed to SHS. The study assessed exposure using «cotinine», a marker of
SHS found in the blood. «Secondhand smoke can kill. Too many Americans,
and especially too many American children, are still exposed to it», said CDC
Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. «That 40 percent of children — including
seven in 10 black children — are still exposed shows how much more we have
to do to protect everyone from this preventable health hazard». Additional key
findings in the Vital Signs report include that:
Nearly half of black nonsmokers are exposed to SHS.
More than two in five nonsmokers who live below the poverty level are
exposed to SHS.
More than one in three nonsmokers who live in rental housing are exposed to
SHS.
The study used rental status as a way of identifying people who live in multiunit
housing, which is an environment where the issue of SHS exposure is of
particular concern.
CDC Newsroom (2018) 58 million nonsmokers in US are still exposed to
secondhand smoke. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p0203-secondhand-smoke.html

11. The passage is essentially about


A) increased exposure to secondhand smoke.
B) decreased exposure to secondhand smoke.
C) the vulnerability of children to secondhand smoke.
D) the danger of nicotine consumption in vulnerable groups.

12. The word EXPOSURE implies


A) fear. B) pain. C) injury. D) risk.
13. Establish the incompatible statement regarding secondhand smoke.
A) It is a preventable problem. B) It attacks vulnerable groups.
C) It affects children remarkably. D) It is impossible to be diminished.

14. It can be inferred that the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES)
A) avoids cotinine as a marker for secondhand smoke.
B) ignores the participation of children in its tests.
C) focuses on sectors of low socioeconomic status.
D) guarantees exposure to secondhand smoke.

15. Which of the following conditions implies a good solution for the
secondhand smoke problem?
A) Scientific studies about smokers
B) Plus taxes for tobacco companies
C) More benefits for students and workers
D) A remarkable decrease in smoking

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