Signal Engelska -Hogskoleprovet
DavidKamali
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F¨orstaupplagan, 2025
Omslagsillustration: Canva
F¨orlag: BoD BooksonDemand, Ostermalmstorg1,114 42 Stockholm,Sverige, bod@bod.se
Tryck: LibriPlureosGmbH, Friedensallee273,22763 Hamburg,Tyskland
ISBN: 978-91-8080-978-8 www.kamaliliterature.com
Introduktion
Trotsatt hogskoleprovet harfunnits im˚anga˚ar ar detsv˚artatt hitta bra ovningsmaterialsom liknarderiktigafr˚agorna.Denna bokfyllerdet tomrummet genomatt erbjuda h¨ogkvalitativa ¨ ovningar ochexempel somspeglar detfaktiska provet.
Engelska ¨ ar en central delavh¨ogskoleprovet,och attbem¨astradess tredelmoment kangoraenstorskillnad for ditt slutresultat.Denna bok ar skapad for attge digdeb¨asta f¨oruts¨attningarnaatt lyckasp˚a denengelskadelen av h¨ogskoleprovet (ELF). Har hittardunoggrantutvalda exempeloch ovningar somhjalperdig att f¨orst˚a ochhantera provetsolikafr˚agetyper.
Boken ar uppdeladi trehuvudomr˚aden:
1. L¨asf¨orst˚aelse –omfattande texter:Traningi attanalyseralangreengelskatexteroch besvaraflervalsfr˚agor om inneh˚all, slutsatser ochdetaljer.
2. L¨asf¨orst˚aelse –korta texter: Ovningar medkortare texter dar du snabbt m˚aste f¨orst˚a huvudbudskapetoch v ¨ alja r ¨ attsvar.
3. Lucktext:Fokus p˚aatt v ¨ alja r ¨ attord isammanhang f¨or attf¨orb¨attradin grammatikkanslaoch ditt ordforr˚ad.
Genomatt arbeta metodisktmed ovningarna idenna bokkommerduatt starka dinl¨asf¨orst˚aelse, bredda ditt ordf¨orr˚ad ochutveckla en effektivprovstrategi. Vi hardesignatinneh˚alletfor attgedig en stegvis progression dar du forst lar digf¨orst˚a fr˚agetypernaoch sedan tr¨anar p˚aatt besvaradem medprecision och sjalvfortroende.
Vi rekommenderarocks˚aatt du kombinerar denna bokmed de frisl¨appta hogskoleproven for attf˚a en annu bredaretraning. P˚as˚a sattvanjerdudig vid provformatet ochmaximerar dina chanser attuppn˚a en h¨og po ¨ ang.
Komih˚ag attnyckeln till framg˚ang ar regelbundentraningoch attgedig sjalv tidatt f¨orb¨attras.Varje ¨ ovning du g ¨ or tardig ettstegn¨armare attbeh¨arskaengelskan p˚ahogskoleprovet –och vi ar har for atthjalpa digp˚a vagen.
L˚at ossborja dinresamot ettbattreresultat –lycka till!
S˚ah¨ar fungerar Signal
Denna bok ar utformad for attforbereda diginfor denengelskadelen av hogskoleprovet genomatt erbjuda en omfattande genomg˚ang av provetstre delmoment.H¨ar ¨ ar hurboken ¨ ar strukturerad:
• Focus:Varje avsnittinledsmed en kort genomg˚ang av detaktuella momentet, komplett medexempel somtydligtklargor de viktigaste koncepten. Detta gerdig en stabil grund ochforberederdig for de kommande ovningarna
• Ankaruppgifter:Kapitlenborjarmed detaljeradeexempeluppgiftersom speglardevanligaste fr˚agetypernap˚a h¨ogskoleprovet.Dessauppgifter ¨ ar utformadefor attgedig insikt iprovets struktur ochhjalpa digatt utveckla effektiva l¨osningsstrategier
• ¨ Ovningsblad:Efter genomg˚angen f˚ar du sj¨alvst¨andigt l¨osauppgiftersom liknar de p˚aprovet. Genompraktisktraningf˚ardumojlighetatt forbattra dinl¨asf¨orst˚aelse, st¨arka ditt ordf¨orr˚ad ochutveckla dinf¨orm˚aga attv¨alja rattord ilucktexterna.
• Facit:I slutet av bokenfinns facitmed svar till alla uppgifter. Detta gor det m ¨ ojligtf¨or digatt kontrollera dina svar ochs¨akerst¨alla attduhar f¨orst˚att materialet korrekt.
Vi rekommenderaratt du forsoker losas˚a m˚anga uppgiftersom mojligtutan atttitta ifacit direkt,f¨or atttr¨anadin f¨orm˚aga attresonera ochanalyseratext. Vidbehov kanduanvanda en ordbok ellerandraresurser for attutveckla ditt ordf¨orr˚ad
Denna struktur ar utformad for attgedig en grundlig ocheffektivforberedelse inf¨or h¨ogskoleprovet –och hj¨alpa digatt n˚adittm˚al!
1Focus:L¨asf¨orst˚aelse– omfattande texter
Valkommentill avsnittetomlasforst˚aelse medomfattande texter!Denna delsyftar till atttestadin form˚aga attforst˚a engelska iskriftlig form.Texternap˚a provet hamtasfr˚an en mangd olikakalloroch kanbehandlab˚ade konkreta ochabstrakta ¨ amnen. De kanr¨orasig kring ¨ amnensom samh¨alle ocharbetsliv, samt sociala, kulturella ochhistoriskaaspekter.
Texterna kanhaolikasyftenoch stilar, s˚asom ber¨attande,f¨orklarande,argumenterande ellerrapporterande.Denna delavprovetutvarderarintebaradin f¨orst˚aelse av textensinneh˚alloch budskap, utan ¨ aven dinf¨orm˚aga atttolka kontext,spr˚akligavariationer ochtextens formella niv˚a.
Underprovetkommerduatt l¨asaenl¨angretextoch besvaraflervalsfr˚agor som testar dinforst˚aelse av dess huvudbudskap, detaljer ochunderliggande betydelser. F¨or attlyckaskr¨avsb˚ade en godl¨asf¨orm˚aga ochenstrategif¨or atthantera texten effektivt inom denbegransade tiden.
Tips f¨or framg˚angsrikl¨asf¨orst˚aelse
• L¨as hela texten f¨orst f¨or attf˚a en ¨ overblickinnandub¨orjarbesvarafr˚agorna
• Markeraviktiganyckelord ochpassagersom kanhjalpa digatt hitta svaren snabbare.
• L¨as fr˚agorna noggrantoch se till attduf¨orst˚arexakt vadsom efterfr˚agas innandusvarar.
• Forsok forst˚a sv˚ara ordgenom sammanhanget istalletfor attfastnap˚a enstakaord
• Ovaregelbundetp˚a attlasaolikatyper av texter,som artiklar, essaeroch rapporter, for attutveckla dinlashastighetoch forst˚aelse.
Genomatt folja dessa strategier ochregelbundettranap˚a lasforst˚aelse kommer du attvarav¨al f¨orberedd f¨or denna delavh¨ogskoleprovet.Lycka till ochharoligt medanduutvecklardinafardigheter!
Ankaruppgifter
1.1 Example1:The ForgottenVisionary
Areview of abookbyEleanor Hastings
In therealm of computinghistory,few figures have been as posthumously celebratedasAda Lovelace. Though largelyoverlookedinher owntime, shehas,in recentyears,been credited as thefirstcomputer programmer, despiteworking acentury before thefirstcomputerswerebuilt.Inher meticulously researched biography Numbersand Imagination,Eleanor HastingsdelvesintoLovelace’slife, movingbeyondthe usualclich´es to presenta more nuanced viewofthe woman whocollaboratedwithCharles Babbage andenvisionedsomething akin to modern computing.
ThebookbeginswithLovelace’sprivilegedbut restrictiveupbringing as the daughter of thepoetLordByron andthe mathematicianAnnabella Milbanke. Hastingsarguesthatitwas Milbanke’s insistence on grounding herdaughterin logicand mathematics—perhapsasa reaction to Byron’sunpredictabletemperament—thatfosteredLovelace’sanalytical brilliance. Yetthe biography does not reduceLovelacetoa mere byproductofher lineage.Instead,Hastingshighlights herintellectualcuriosity,her correspondencewithkey scientificminds of thetime, andher abilitytograsp theabstractpotential of machines.
Oneofthe most compellingaspectsof Numbersand Imagination is howitexamines Lovelace’srelationshipwithCharles Babbage,the eccentric inventor of the Analytical Engine. Hastings effectivelydismantlesthe romanticized myth that Lovelace wasmerelyBabbage’s assistant, portrayingher insteadasanindependent thinkerwho recognized that themachine coulddomorethanjustcrunchnumbers—itcould manipulatesymbols,a conceptfoundational to modern computing.
However, thebookdoesnot shyawayfromthe less triumphant aspectsofLovelace’slife. Hastings details herstruggles with illness, hercomplex relationship with hermother, andher unsuccessful attempts at applyingmathematicalprobabilitytogambling. At times, thebooksuggests, Lovelace’sambitionoutpaced the technologicalpossibilitiesofher era.
Hastingswriteswithanacademicprecision that some mayfind demanding,
but herabilitytoweave technicaldiscussionsintoa compellingnarrative ensuresthatthe biography remainsaccessible. If thereisone shortcoming, it is that thebook, in itsefforttodemystify Lovelace, occasionally underplays thesheer boldness of herimagination.Nevertheless, Numbersand Imagination succeedsin painting avivid portrait of awoman whoseintellectualcontributions,thoughlong overshadowed,weretruly aheadoftheir time.
1. AccordingtoHastings, what wasanimportant factor in AdaLovelace’s intellectualdevelopment?
A. Theinfluenceofher poet father,LordByron
B. Herformaleducationata prestigiousuniversity
C. Hermother’semphasisonmathematics andlogic
D. Thewidespread interest in computingduringher lifetime
2. What misconception aboutLovelacedoesHastingsseek to correct?
A. That shewas uninterested in scientific inquiry
B. That shemerelyassisted CharlesBabbage
C. That shewas unabletograsp complexmathematicalconcepts
D.Thatshe waswell-knownand celebrated in herown time
3. What is suggested aboutLovelace’sworkonprobability andgambling?
A. It wasa breakthrough that contributed to modern probabilitytheory
B. It proved that mathematical strategies couldconsistentlypredict outcomes
C. It wasultimatelyunsuccessful but demonstrated hercreativethinking
D. It wasdiscouragedbyCharles Babbage andabandoned quickly
4. Howdoesthe reviewerdescribeHastings’swriting style?
A. Engaging but occasionally tootechnical
B. Overly simplistic andlackingdepth
C. Focusedpurelyontechnicaldetails withoutstorytelling
D. Abstract anddifficult formostreaders to follow