Comprehension Test

Dead Mans Island

John Escott
1 Can you complete the occupations of these people?
Carols father: Businessman
Carols mother: Secretary
a Jake Rosso: ...............
b Mr Ross: ...............
c Mrs Duncan: ...............
d Mr Duncan: ...............
e Dan and Stella Parks: ...............
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2 Are these sentences true (T) or false ()? T!"#
a Carols mother found the job in a newspaper.
b Carol and her mother talked to Mr Ross in London.
c Many visitors came to the island.
d The people on the island were members of Mr Rosss family.
e Jake Rosso killed a young girl when he was riding a motorbike.
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! Descri"e the differences# $o% has Ja&e 'osso chan(ed? $%&Ja&e '()*+,
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) Complete the follo%in( sentences %ith information from the story# -./01
a Carol lives in England now but ...
b Carols mother took her daughter to England because ...
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c Mr Ross is a rich man because
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d Carol wanted to see inside the locked room because ...
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e Mr Ross didnt want Carol to take a photograph of him so ...
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* Carol says that Mr 'oss is a dead man# +hy does she say this? Do you thin& Mr 'oss can
"e happy? 2345678,'oss 9:6;<=,
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40 marks
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Multiple-choice Test >?@
Dead Mans Island
John Escott
Setting ABCD
Choose the "est ans%er# >?EFGH
1 Carol Sanders lived in _____ for seven years.
a [ ] Australia b [ ] India c [ ] Hong Kong d [ ] Singapore
2 Her fater died _____.
a [ ] in a plane cras b [ ] on oliday c [ ] in a car accident d [ ] in Scotland
! Carol"s favourite _____ #as $a%e &osso.
a [ ] actor b [ ] #riter c [ ] teacer d [ ] singer
' At te ti(e of te plane cras) Carol #as _____.
a [ ] a secretary b [ ] #or%ing on a far( c [ ] a student d [ ] still at scool
* Se ad to leave college because _____.
a [ ] se too% drugs b [ ] se didn"t pass er e+a(s
c [ ] er (oter #anted to leave Hong Kong d [ ] se didn"t li%e er course
, Carol and er (oter decided to _____.
a [ ] go to Australia b [ ] go bac% to -ngland
c [ ] travel round te #orld d [ ] stay in Hong Kong
. /ey loo%ed in te ne#spapers _____.
a [ ] to find a 0ob for Carol"s (oter b [ ] for interesting ne#s articles
c [ ] for a flat in 1ondon d [ ] to find a big ouse in Scotland
2 3reta &oss #anted to %no# _____.
a [ ] if tey li%ed Hong Kong b [ ] #ere tey lived in India
c [ ] all about Carol"s fater d [ ] #ere tey lived before Hong Kong
4 Carol said se #ould li%e to _____.
a [ ] beco(e 3reta"s secretary b [ ] #or% in te local sop
c [ ] #or% on te far( d [ ] stay in 1ondon
15 Carol beca(e #orried _____.
a [ ] after earing about te big ouse b [ ] about #or%ing in a garden
c [ ] after earing 3reta"s pone call d [ ] about flying to Scotland
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Characters
Choose the "est ans%er# >?EFGH
11 Carol li%ed _____ (usic at scool.
a [ ] pop b [ ] ip6op c [ ] classical d [ ] reggae
12 Se _____ #en er fater died.
a [ ] played er records a lot b [ ] stopped going out #it er friends
c [ ] stopped eating d [ ] sa# a lot of er old friends
1! 3reta &oss #as about _____.
a [ ] tirty b [ ] t#enty6five c [ ] tirty6five d [ ] t#enty
1' Her usband invested (oney in co(panies _____.
a [ ] around te #orld b [ ] in te 7SA c [ ] in 8ritain d [ ] in Scotland
1* He ad _____ and #ore glasses.
a [ ] sort dar% air) a beard b [ ] long dar% air
c [ ] sort dar% air) a (oustace d [ ] long dar% air
1, -veryting on te island belonged to _____.
a [ ] 9r :ar%s b [ ] 9rs &oss
c [ ] 9r &oss d [ ] 9rs ;uncan
1. Carol"s (oter _____.
a [ ] didn"t li%e te #or% b [ ] #or%ed all day and in te evenings
c [ ] didn"t ave to #or% ard d [ ] only #or%ed during te day
12 3reta &oss li%ed _____.
a [ ] investing in co(panies b [ ] gardening
c [ ] #al%ing around te island d [ ] painting pictures
14 /ony ;uncan #as _____.
a [ ] 9r &oss"s older broter b [ ] 9rs &oss"s younger broter
c [ ] 9r &oss"s younger broter d [ ] 9rs &oss"s older broter
25 9r and 9rs :ar%s #ere really 9r &oss"s _____.
a [ ] grandparents b [ ] cousins c [ ] parents d [ ] aunt and uncle
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Dialogue IJ
+ho said this? K8J?
21 <It"s not true="
a [ ] 3reta b [ ] 9r &oss c [ ] Carol d [ ] Carol"s (oter
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22 <I #ant to forget #at"s appened."
a [ ] Carol"s (oter b [ ] 9r ;uncan c [ ] 9r &oss d [ ] Carol
2! <;on"t #orry) tey"ve been a#ay fro( -ngland for ten years."
a [ ] Carol b [ ] 9r &oss c [ ] 3reta d [ ] 9rs :ar%s
2' <9r &oss doesn"t li%e visitors to te island."
a [ ] 3reta b [ ] Carol c [ ] Carol"s (oter d [ ] /ony
2* <>ou can ride S(o%e around te island) if you li%e."
a [ ] 9r :ar% b [ ] 3reta c [ ] 9r &oss d [ ] Carol"s (oter
2, <Stay a#ay fro( te roc%s) Carol."
a [ ] 3reta b [ ] Carol"s (oter c [ ] 9r &oss d [ ] /ony
2. <?ever ta%e potograps of 9r &oss."
a [ ] /ony b [ ] 9r ;uncan c [ ] 3reta d [ ] 9r :ar%s
22 </at roo( is private."
a [ ] 9r &oss b [ ] 9rs ;uncan c [ ] 3reta d [ ] Carol"s (oter
24 <Stop playing detective) Carol."
a [ ] Carol"s (oter b [ ] 3reta c [ ] 9r &oss d [ ] 9r ;uncan
!5 </e police found te burned car and tougt I #as dead."
a [ ] 9r ;uncan b [ ] Carol"s fater c [ ] 3reta d [ ] 9r &oss
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Vocabulary LM
Choose the "est ans%er# >?EFGH
!1 a big piece of paper #it a picture and #ords on it
a [ ] docu(ent b [ ] poto c [ ] letter d [ ] poster
!2 to put (oney into so(eting and get (ore (oney bac%
a [ ] arrest b [ ] buy c [ ] invest d [ ] sell
!! very big pieces of stone
a [ ] roc%s b [ ] boats c [ ] records d [ ] tourists
!' you get eggs fro( tese ani(als
a [ ] seep b [ ] cic%ens c [ ] co#s d [ ] orses
!* a sudden brigt ligt during bad #eater
a [ ] cloud b [ ] stor( c [ ] ligtning d [ ] sun
!, to da(age or urt so(eting so tat it is no good
a [ ] stop b [ ] it c [ ] turn d [ ] spoil
!. a nu(ber of people #o #or% togeter in business
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a [ ] island b [ ] college c [ ] far( d [ ] co(pany
!2 to (a%e or do so(eting tat loo%s real but is not real
a [ ] ide b [ ] ba%e c [ ] fa%e d [ ] paint
!4 a <bo+" to put tings in li%e flo#ers
a [ ] pan b [ ] pot c [ ] bag d [ ] plant
'5 to be i(portant
a [ ] (atter b [ ] #orry c [ ] care d [ ] cry
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Plot NO
Choose the "est ans%er# >?EFGH
'1 9r &oss #as a business(an _____.
a [ ] so e travelled a lot b [ ] and e ad a lot of visitors
c [ ] and e ad is o#n plane d [ ] but e never left te island
'2 He beca(e very angry #en _____.
a [ ] Carol sold er potograps b [ ] e #asn"t in Carol"s potograp
c [ ] Carol too% is potograp d [ ] Carol too% a poto of te ouse
'! Carol #as very interested in _____.
a [ ] te loc%ed roo( b [ ] te roo( ne+t to er bedroo(
c [ ] te office d [ ] te far(ouse
'' 9r &oss id te %ey _____.
a [ ] under te plant pot b [ ] in is office c [ ] in a boat d [ ] in a plant pot
'* /e roo( #as full of _____.
a [ ] posters of 9r &oss"s favourite group b [ ] potos of 3reta
c [ ] potos of Carol d [ ] posters and potos of $a%e &osso
', 9r &oss finally told Carol _____.
a [ ] $a%e &osso #as is cousin b [ ] e #asn"t $a%e &osso
c [ ] e #as $a%e &osso d [ ] se sould leave te island
'. /e oter people on te island #ere _____.
a [ ] is friends b [ ] is fa(ily c [ ] police officers d [ ] prison officers
'2 9r &oss decided tat $a%e &osso ad to die because _____.
a [ ] e %illed a young girl b [ ] is fans no longer li%ed i(
c [ ] e ad proble(s singing d [ ] e stopped #riting good songs
'4 $a(es &oss _____.
a [ ] #anted to go to te police b [ ] #as still ta%ing drugs
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c [ ] never #anted to sing again d [ ] #anted to sing again
*5 Carol _____.
a [ ] didn"t tell anybody te secret b [ ] sold te story to te ne#spapers
c [ ] told er (oter te trut d [ ] #ent to te police
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Dead Mans Island
, a :op singer
b 8usiness(an
c House%eeper
d 3ardener
e @ar(ers
2 a /
b @
c @
d /
e @
! -ossi"le content for students ans%ers.
He loo%s older and (ore serious. His air is very sort no# and e"s got a (oustace. He is #earing
business(an"s clotes and e"s got glasses.

) -ossi"le content for students ans%ers.
a ...before se lived in Hong Kong.
b ...se #anted to ta%e er a#ay fro( bad friends and drugs.
c ...before e #as $a%e &osso) a fa(ous pop singer and e sold (any records.
d ...se sa# 9r &oss enter te roo( at nigt.
e ...e told 9r ;uncan to ta%e te fil( out of er ca(era.
* -ossi"le content for students ans%ers.
Carol calls Mr Ross a dead (an because when he went to the island he %illed Jake Rosso and took
a new identity. Socially he is dead because he never leaves the island so he never meets anyone,
not even other businessmen. e is rich and lives with his !amily but at the same time he cannot
!orget his "ast, and the death o! the girl. #t must be di!!icult to be ha""y when you have killed
somebody.
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Dead Mans Island
Setting
1 c
2 a
! d
' c
* a
, b
. a
2 d
4 c
15 c
Characters
11 a
12 b
1! a
1' a
1* c
1, b
1. b
12 d
14 c
25 d
Dialogue
21 c
22 d
2! c
2' d
2* c
2, a
2. b
22 c
24 a
!5 d
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Vocabulary
!1 d
!2 c
!! a
!' b
!* c
!, d
!. d
!2 c
!4 b
'5 a
Plot
'1 d
'2 b
'! a
'' d
'* d
', c
'. b
'2 a
'4 c
*5 a
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