Diagnostic Reading and Listening Test 8th grade

Name: ______________________________

1. Listen to the tape and choose the correct word in the text. (earphones)

2. Let’s talk about it. What did you understand from the tape?

3. Listen to the tape again and circle the correct alternative.

Mapuche Traditions.

Kultrun
To make this particular kind of box mapuche people
generally use the 1)__________ of a sacred shrub. The a) bark b) shark c) dark
“machi” sings a song before stretching the skin to leave
her 2)_________ in it. a) bowl b) soul c) road
She also introduces small sacred objects like feathers,
seeds or herbs. On the top, they draw different symbols
that represent the mapuche 3)__________. a) park b) sand c) land
Kultrun is the most representative element in the
mapuche culture.
Araucaria
Mapuche People 4)_________ “piñones”
between May and July. To get them they a) Protect b) proyect c) collect
hit the pine with a long piece of wood or
they climb the 5)_________. The seeds
collected are eaten toasted or boiled. a) three b) tree c) shrub

Chueca or Palin
The “chueca” is a mapuche a) train b) tree c) game
6)__________. There is a ritual
celebration with prayers, dances and a) feast b) party c)prayer
a 7)_________ meant to fortify both
individual and comunal a) ship b) relationship
8)____________. It can be played in
couples or between two teams.

4. Read and write True or False.

1.______ “Piñones” are collected between Febrary and May.

2.______ Araucaria seeds are eaten raw.
3.______ The “kultrun” has small sacred objects incide.
4.______ The “chueca” is played to solve conflicts.
5.______ The “kultrun” is made of Araucaria bark.

5. Classify the following words into nouns and verbs.

Tree – collect – climb – piñones – shrub - skin – get -hit

Nouns Verbs
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