Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

32 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

complex subject, NDEs can stimulate thought on the meaning of death and ofer insights into the

possibility of an aterlife. If NDEs can teach us to accept death without fear, then NDEs can do

humanity a great service.

9 As for what really happens when or ater we die, there is only one way we’ll ever ind out.

After reading

In the Pre-reading section, check to see if your predictions about the reading text were correct.

Vocabulary

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EXERCISE

Thematic vocabulary List 10 words or phrases related to death and dying.

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EXERCISE

Academic vocabularyUsing a dictionary, complete the following chart with the

correct forms of the academic words from the reading text.

Noun Adjective Verb

1. cease


2. conclude


3. document


4. establish


5. evolve


6. survive


7. transport


8. conception,


9. validity,


10. (ir)reversible


11. X alter


12. X compile