READING 1

Name: Shela Mikole Martínez Correa

Class: Second 1
Date: Friday, 8th November, 2019

Read the magazine article and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for each gap.
1
Write the letters in the grid.

Swimming the Channel

(1) 
The first person to swim the English Channel was a sailor named Matthew Webb. Webb .........
in England in 1848, and he (2) ......... to swim in a river near his home. When he was 12 years
old, he (3) ......... on a ship and sailed across (4) ......... many times, from Liverpool to (5) 
......... .
(6)  (7) 
Webb was always ......... swimming. On one of his journeys across the ocean, Webb ......... a
walk around the ship (8) ......... he saw a passenger fall into the ocean. Webb (9) 
......... and jumped
into the ocean to rescue him.
(10) 
......... 1875 Webb swam the Channel (11) ......... . Both times he did not use (12) ......... . The first
(13)  (14) 
time he failed because the wind and the ......... were too strong, so he ......... and (15) .........
(16) 
to the beach. The second time he tried, three ......... went with him, and he covered (17) .........
in oil to help him stay warm in the water. Some (18) ......... stung him while he was swimmin, but
he didn’t stop. His second attempt (19) ......... successful. His (20) ......... took 21 hours and 45
minutes.

1 A. is born B. borned C. was born D. was borned

2 A. learn B. learned C. learns D. learning
passed his driver’s moved into a new
3 A. got a job B. finished college C. D.
test apartment
4 A. The Atlantic Sea B. Atlantic Sea C. Atlantic Ocean D. the Atlantic Ocean
5 A. The New York B. San Francisco C. New York D. The San Francisco
6 A. good at B. be good at C. good in D. good for
7 A. took B. was taking C. was took D. is taking
8 A. as B. while C. when D. then
9 A. didn’t hesitated B. don’t hesitate C. wasn’t hesitate D. didn’t hesitate
10 A. on B. at C. from D. in
11 A. two times B. twice C. times two D. too times
any special many special some special any special
12 A. B. C. D.
equipment equipments equipments equipments
13 A. wave B. beach C. waves D. water
14 A. cut up B. pick up C. turn down D. gave up
15 A. came back B. came up C. came in D. came up to
16 A. ferry B. cruise ship C. fishing boats D. rescue helicopters
17 A. herself B. himself C. heself D. yourself
18 A. shark B. whale C. elephant D. jellyfish
19 A. was B. were C. is D. had
20 A. swam B. swimming C. swim D. swimmer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C B A D C C A C D A A C D D B D B D A B
 Read the magazine article and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for each gap.
2
Write the letters in the grid.

Helping homeless teenagers to help themselves

There are over two million homeless teenagers in America. Roberta Slack has managed
(1)  (2) 
......... some of them. After she ......... and her own children grew up, she didn’t know what to
(3) 
do. “I had this huge empty .........,” she says, “but all these kids on the streets had nowhere to
(4) 
live.” So, ......... 2005, Roberta (5) ......... homeless teenagers living in her house. She (6) 
.........
hundreds of teenagers. “There (7) ......... always be more to help,” she says.

(8) 
A.J. is one of the teenagers Roberta has helped. He ......... home when he was 15 because
his mother was (9) ......... and he didn’t (10) ......... her new (11) ......... . He (12) ......... with Roberta
(13) 
......... six months.

He (14) ......... college next month, and he is (15) 

......... study computer science. “I’m (16) ......... a
(17) 
......... job now, and in the future (18) ......... get my own place. But I (19) ......... always come back
and visit Roberta. She’s my second (20) ......... .”

1 A. to help B. helping C. helped D. helper

2 A. get divorced B. gotten divorced C. is divorced D. got divorced
3 A. village B. cottage C. building D. city
4 A. since B. for C. to D. about
5 A. had B. has had C. is having D. had
6 A. was helped B. helped C. has helped D. have helped
7 A. will B. won’t C. are going to D. is going to
8 A. leave B. left C. has left D. is leaving
9 A. self employer B. the boss C. employed D. unemployed
10 A. get along B. get along with C. get in D. got along with
11 A. boyfriend B. get married C. wife D. love
12 A. have lived B. did live C. has lived D. lives
13 A. since B. already C. just D. for
14 A. will starting B. will started C. is starting D. has started
15 A. going to B. is going to C. go to D. will go to
16 A. be looking for B. looking for C. looking at D. look for
17 A. part-time B. time part C. experience D. self-employed
18 A. I’m plan to B. I planned to C. I’m planning D. have planned
19 A. won’t B. will C. intending to D. planning
20 A. partner B. wife C. boyfriend D. mom

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B A B B B C C C D D A C C A D B A A D D