Reading Unit 1Versión en línea Read and choose the correct answer for each question. por Susana Cabrera 1 A blind date Can you imagine what life would be like if you couldn’t see? At a new exhibition, you can experience the world using your other senses: touch, hearing, smell, taste and sense of balance to ‘see’ without using your eyes. Learn to understand beauty in a totally new way! Find out what things look like when you are not looking at all! At the Invisible Exhibition, you can learn about the practical aspects of being blind. Try out useful devices that make life easier for visually-impaired people, such as talking clocks, Braille typewriters, and computer screen reading software. Have a go at crossing the road using a walking stick with a sensor. Experience what it is like to do your shopping without seeing what you are buying, or build first impressions of a person based on their voice and tone, not on their appearance. But there is more to life than practicality! The Exhibition also allows you to explore art: touch sculptures, hear descriptions of paintings and photographs, and listen to music in complete darkness. Experience what it feels like to have dinner in the dark. Spend an evening at the Invisible Restaurant: eat in a relaxed atmosphere, surrounded by the tastes and smells of a delicious meal, and the sounds of good conversation and quiet music. Bring someone on a real blind date – and show them a world they have never ‘seen’ before. To book tickets for the exhibition or a table for dinner (Thursdays only), call 020 771 4236. Allow 90 minutes for the exhibition, and around three hours for dinner. Exhibition runs from Saturday 9th April until 3rd September. Prices: Exhibition €5; two-course dinner €16; four-course dinner €22. Download the menu on our website. 1 The new exhibition allows people to a experience the world using all of their primary senses. b understand how much we rely on our sight. c experience the power of senses other than sight. d see details that they may have overlooked. 2 2 The exhibition is designed a a to demonstrate innovations which help people in their everyday lives. b b for blind people to socialise and meet other blind people. c c to help sighted people understand what life is like for blind people. d d to allow more people to experience culture and art. 3 3 When you explore art at the exhibition, you a a can only use your sense of touch. b b can listen to artists talking about their sculptures. c c can feel objects and listen to people talking about pictures. d d can compare experiences in light and in darkness. 4 4 At the restaurant, you a a can have conversations with blind people. b b can choose the dishes you want by tasting them first. c c must book a table for two. d d can choose between two different menus. 5 5 The purpose of the text is to a a inform people about a permanent museum display. b b encourage people to sympathise with people who have disabilities. c c advertise a new and stimulating experience. d d give a review of an unusual restaurant.
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