FINAL TEST PART I

READING COMPREHENSION

In this opportunity, we are going to practice our

reading comprehension skills; the steps of this
activity are:
A) Read the article
B) Answer the reading’s questions

Remember: All these activities help you to improve your English

and give you many new words which you can use when you write
your own compositions.

MY FAVORITE MOVIE
(Reading from the website Ello.org, written by Todd, link:
http://www.elllo.org/english/Points/PT04-Movies.html)

Best Comedy
My favorite comedy has to be Kingpin. Kingpin is a great story. It's
about a guy that wants to win money in a bowling tournament and
he finds a very religious man who can bowl very well and so he
enters him into the bowling tournament to win money and the story
also has a beautiful woman and they drive across the country. It's a
fantastic story. I laughed so hard when I saw the movie. I
recommend it to anybody.
Questions (choose the correct answer)

1. In the movie, what do the characters do?

1.1) Buy a bowling alley
1.2) Enter a bowling tournament
1.3) Teach a man how to bowl

2. What else do the characters do?

2.1) steal a baby
2.2) drive across the country
2.3) have a wedding

Best Drama

One of my favorite dramas is a movie called Sling Blade and it's

about a mentally handicapped man and his life. He is out of prison.
He was in prison for murder, for a long time before and the story
talks about his life and his relationship with the boy. It's really good
because the movie has everything. It has suspense and drama. It has
humor and also it's a little scary so it's a great movie and I could see
it again and again.
Questions (choose the correct answer)

3. In the movie, where had the man been?

3.1) in prison
3.2) in the hospital
3.3) in school

4. What does he say the movie has? (The subject “he” refers to the
author)
4.1) Many cameos
4.2) Great acting
4.3) Humor and suspense

Best Action Movie

OK, the best action movie I've ever seen has to be Raider's of the
Lost Ark. My mom took me to see this movie when I was very
young, about twelve, and I was just amazed. It was the coolest
movie ever. After we finished, I was so excited, I asked my mom if
we could see it again, and we couldn't see it again that time, but she
did take me again to see it and I ended up seeing Raider's of the Lost
Ark maybe four or five times. It has everything. It has a love story,
great action, and great suspense. It's one of the best movies ever.
Questions (choose the correct answer)

5. What Indiana Jones movie does he talk about? (The subject “he”
refers to the author)
5.1) the Temple of Doom
5.2) the Last Crusade
5.3) Raiders of the Los Ark

6. How many times did he see this movie?

6.1) Three times
6.2) Four or five times
6.3) More than six times

Best Science Fiction

OK, the best science fiction movie is still probably the original Star
Wars. Many men my age saw this movie when we were young boys,
and we were just blown away by the special effects in the story.
Also my mother took me to see this movie as well and I remember
driving home at night, looking up at the stars and thinking, "Wow,
there are people out there that are just like Star wars" so I think this
movie was very influential for many, many people.
Questions (choose the correct answer)

7. Who took him to see this movie? (The subject “him” refers to the
author)
7.1) His dad
7.2) His friend
7.3) His mother

8. After watching the movie, what did he think? (The subject “he”
refers to the author)
8.1) There were people in space.
8.2) That robots were cool.
8.3) That he wanted to make movies

Best Documentary

OK, the best documentary I've ever seen is Hoop Dreams. Hoop
Dreams is a real story, a documentary about two basketball players
over a four year period I think. And, it's just like a movie. It has
drama and it has a great story line, and the people in the
documentary, particularly the two basketball players, are fantastic.
The story is mainly about, or the documentary mainly is about one
player, basketball player who goes to a poor inner city school in
Chicago, and one basketball player who goes to a rich school in the
suburbs and the pressures they face to perform for their team.
Questions (choose the correct answer)

9. What is the documentary about?

9.1) High school basketball
9.2) College basketball
9.3) Professional basketball

10. What does the documentary cover?

10.1) A national tournament
10.2) Two players from two different schools
10.3) A team that had amazing success

Favorite Movie of All Time

OK, my favorite movie of all time is Wall Street. This is just a
fantastic movie. It's about business and power and greed and
ambition and what people will do to succeed in life. I think this says
a lot about people all around the world and how people crave power
and how power can corrupt, and in the movie, Michael Douglas
plays Gordon Gecko and I think he is the best villain of all time or
the best bad character of all time. Even though he was the bad guy in
the movie, I think everybody loved Gordon Gecko.
Questions (choose the correct answer)
11. What is the movie about?
11.1) Power and greed
11.2) A murder at a company
11.3) A family business

12. What does he say about Gordon Gecko?

12.1) He was the bad guy.
12.2) Everybody loved this character.
12.3) Both of these
¡Good Luck!