READING PRACTICE - READ THE PASSAGES AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTIONS
READING 1
One of my favorite vacation places is Mexico. I really like the weather there because it never gets cold. The people are very
nice too. They never laugh at my bad Spanish. The food is really good. Mexico City is a very interesting place to visit. It has some
great museums and lots of fascinating old buildings. The hotels are too expensive to stay but there are more affordable options.
For example, you can stay at one of the beach resorts like Acapulco. If you are planning to visit Mexico, you should definitely
see the Mayan temples near Merida.
1. 3.
a) Sam likes warm weather a) There's a lot to see and do in Mexico
b) Sam doesn't like warm weather at all b) There aren't a lof of beautiful places in Mexico
c) Sam hates warm water c) Mexico is a dirty place
d) Sam likes cold weather d) Tourists never come to Mexico
4.
2. a) Hotels are very cheap in Mexico
a) His Spanish is very good b) The hotels aren't comfortable there
b) He speaks Spanish very well c) Hotels are all poor in Mexico
c) He is Spanish d) The hotels in Mexico are pretty expensive
d) He doesn't speak Spanish very well
READING 2
Last summer, we decided to spend our vacation at the beach because the weather was very hot in the mountains. The travel
agent said that traveling by bus was the cheapest way, but we went by plane because it was faster. We wanted to have more
time to spend at the beach. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time.
5. We decided to go to the beach because ----. b) cheaper
c) expensive
a) it was cheaper than going to the mountains d) faster
b) the travel agent said that it was the cheapest 8. We ---- our vacation.
c) of the hot weather in the mountains a) hated
d) we wanted to spend time at the beach b) didn't like
6. The bus was the ---- way to travel. c) enjoyed
a) best d) regretted
b) easiest 9. We had very ---- weather during our vacation.
c) cheapest a) good
d) slowest b) freezing
7. Traveling by plane was ---- than by bus. c) terrible
a) more fun cold
READING 3 - Part 1
Dear Melissa,
I hope you are well. Guess what! I am having a big party next week at my house and I am inviting all my close friends. The
theme of the party is going to be Harry Potter, so all must dress accordingly. You would make a great witch! I need to let
everyone know by Wednesday since I am throwing the party next Saturday. Sam is going to decorate the house and my
mother is going bake a cake and make lots of food. There is going to be music and dancing as well. John is going to be the DJ.
You can stay over at my house. It’s going to be great! I hope to see you then.
Love, Sarah
1. What kind of an organisation is it? C) It is next Saturday
A) It is a slumber party D) There is going to be music and dancing
B) It is a costume party 3. Whose party is it?
C) It is about making cake A) It is Sarah’s party
D) It is a dance party B) It is Judy’s party
[Link] is the party? C) It is Sarah’s mother’s party
A) It is a fancy dress party D) It is Harry Potter’s party
B) On Wednesday
Part 2 Ken: No, thanks. I don’t like science-fictions.
Ryu : Hi Ken. Are you free tonight? Ryu: Oh... What about a comedy then? There’s one
Ken: I think so. Why? starring Adam Sandler.
Ryu: Because there’s a new science-fiction movie at the theater. Ken: I don’t know. I don’t really like his movies.
Would you like to see it?
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Ryu: What about a pop concert then? Ken: You know me very well RYU... You are welcome to
Ken: Well, I am not into pop music. watch it with me.
Ryu: Oh, I understand now, it’s Thursday today and your Ryu: That’s a great idea! Let’s meet at your place at
favorite sitcom is on TV! 7:30 then!
4. Ken doesn’t want to go the movie theater with Ryu, B) he is very busy tonight
because ----. C) he is fond of classical music
A) he wants to be alone D) he is not interested in pop music
B) he wants go to a soccer match
C) he doesn’t like thrillers 6. They are going to watch ----.
D) he doesn't want to miss his favorite TV show A) a thriller
B) Ken’s favorite sitcom
5. Ken's initial excuse not to go to the pop concert is that ---- C) Adam Sandler's comedy movie
A) his favorite sitcom is on tonight D) a pop music show on TV
READING 3
INDIAN DRUMMERS
Shillong 1) ___ north east India 2) ___ the world record yesterday for the largest number of people 3) ____ the drums
together. People travelled 4) ___ long way, many 5) ___ foot, from villages in the state in order 6) ___ in.A total of 7,951
people played the drums at 7) ___ same time, over seven hundred more than the old [Link] state now 8) ___ two world
records - it is the wettest place in the world as well.
Comprehension Questions...
1. a) In b) on c) at 5. a) by b) on c) in
2. a) breaks b) broke c) broken 6. a) join b) to join c) joining
3. a) play b) plays c) playing 7. a) the b) a c) as
4. a) a b) an c) the 8. a) hold b) holds c) holding
John Snow
John Snow 1)___ born in 1813 in York, England and was the eldest of nine children. When he 2) ___ fourteen, he started
working for a surgeon and went on to study medicine. In 1855, a lot of people started dying in an area of London of the
illness cholera and John Snow went there to study what was 3) ___. He discovered that the people who had died were
drinking 4) ___ same water. Before this study, no one 5) ___ how people got the illness. The results of his study 6) ___
important because they 7) ___ how the illness spread and also 8) ___ to start the science of public health.
Comprehension Questions...
1. a) is b) was c) had 5. a) knew b) was knowing c)knowing
2. a) has b) had c) was 6. a) is b)was c) were
3. a) happen b) happened c) happening 7. a) explaining b)explained c) to explain
4. a) a b) as c)the 8. a) help b)helping c) helped
READING 4
Robot Birds
Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that that people are feeding the birds, which makes them
fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are
eating in the city centre.
The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with
these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open [Link] robotic
birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any
food. The mechanical birds - known as 'robops' - will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different
locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to
scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two
years.
Comprehension Questions...
Q1 - Pigeons are fatter in Liverpool than in other cities. Right
Right Wrong Doesn't say Right Wrong Doesn't say
Q2 - Pigeons get fat because they eat seeds and insects. Q5 - Visitors shouldn't feed the pigeons.
Right Wrong Doesn't say Right Wrong Doesn't say
Q3 - According to the council, everyone is to blame for the number Q6 - The robotic birds can move around the city centre.
of pigeons. Right Wrong Doesn't say
Right Wrong Doesn't say Q7 - Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture.
Q4 - They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre. Right Wrong Doesn't say
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