MASTER TEFL -- LEARNING ENGLISH PROFESSIONALLY

  Reading Comprehension Quiz Text: Early Philosophical Explanations of the World The earliest deliberate efforts to explain the world focused mainly on describing how it developed from a simple and therefore fully understandable origin. By contrast, questions concerning human life appear to have been addressed through a different line of inquiry, one more closely linked to the poetic tradition, in which older inherited assumptions continued to be accepted, even when they were occasionally contradictory. In addition, both the initial state of the world and the process through which it diversified were imagined in anthropomorphic terms, that is, explained as the result of a single progenitor or a pair of progenitors. This genealogical mode of explanation persisted even after the Milesian philosophers definitively abandoned the traditional mythological framework previously discussed. Part of Heraclitus’ originality lies precisely in his radical rejection of this approach. Readin...

 

Adapted By Daniel Sánchez  Task:  Read  the article and Answer the following questions  with a partner. Explain how you found the responses. Reading Comprehension Questions 1–4: Multiple Choice Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D . According to Norse mythology, how did the world begin? A. Through divine speech B. From chaos alone C. From the interaction of fire and ice D. After human sacrifice What role does Bachué play in Chibcha mythology? A. She destroys the old world B. She teaches warfare C. She creates the sun D. She gives life and teaches harmony Which culture believed the world had been created and destroyed several times? A. Greek B. Jewish C. Chibcha D. Aztec What sustains the Aztec Fifth Sun according to the text? A. Natural cycles B. Human sacrifice C. Divine order D. Chaos Questions 5–7: True / False / Not Given Write TRUE , FALSE , or NOT GIVEN . Greek mythology describes Chaos as the first state of existenc...

  Adapted By Daniel Sánchez  Task:  Read  the article and  Discuss the following questions  with a partner. Do you consider what people say is always true? why? I wonder if you know what philosophy means?