Name: Enzo Carlo Ferreira de Souza

Date: 05/11 ​Teacher: Marisa Mark:

TRANSITIONS 1 (Lessons 1 - 5)

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

127 HOURS

1. Answer the questions. ​Aspen is popular for skiing

d) The Big Drop Rappel is the hardest
a) When did Aron have his accident? part of the trail.
When he was passing to another boulder as That’s true
he stepped on a other boulder e) Aron told Brian he would be back
for Leona’s party.​Aron told Leona he
would be back at her party
b) Where is the Horseshoe Canyon Trail?
On Utah

c) How long is the most popular part of

the trail?
175 kilometres

d) What number on the map shows

where Kristi and Megan said goodbye?
Thats no number that showed the location
of Krist and megan goodbye to Aron in a
map, instead of this, the police officers
used the license plate number to localize
his car, by the way the plate license
number is NM 846-MMY;

2 Correct the mistakes in

these sentences.

a) The first voice brought me hope

The first voice made him feel bad
b) Aron and Brad biked the Slick
Rock Trail.
Actually, they climbed and skied the Slick
Rock trail
c) Aspen is a popular place for biking.
 f) Megan, Kristi and Aron all work
for the same company.
That’s false, Megan and Kristi work for
Outward Bound, instead of this, Aron works
at Ute mountaineer
g) The girls left their bikes in the carpark.
They left their bikes in the end of the west
small canyon
Make sentences. Join a-g with 1 - 7
a) Aron feels happy as (3)
b) The multi-tool (7)
c) Aron knows he is in trouble (6)
d) The most important thing of (5)
e) Megan thinks that Aron (2)
f) Aron has to stop chipping (1)
g) The rope lands in the right place (4)

1) his left arm hurts

2) will be at the party.
3) he listens to his CD when player.
4) after twenty-five all is throws.
5) saving water.
6) he hears a strange sound.
7) has two knives.
3 Are these sentences true (T) or 6. Answer these questions.
false (F)? a) Why does Aron nearly fall?
a) Aron cuts through the skin of his His feet hit a pile of loose stones
arm with the knife. (F)
b) 24 hours after the accident, Aron b) Why is it important to always check
films a message for his family and friends. the weather?
(T) Because the water of the rain can quickly
c) By 6.00 pm on the second night, fill the canyon and that water can throw you
Aron has only a quarter of a liter of against the canyon’s wall, and it is deadly
water. (T)
d) Clear skies mean warmer
temperatures. (F) c) How long does Aron think it will
e) The raven appears on time. (T) take to free his trapped hand?
It takes 122 hrs 47mins
f) At 6.30 pm, Brian calls
the police. (F)
g) Aron drops his water bottle. (F) d) Why does Aron feel optimistic at
the start of the second day?
Because now the birds appeared and that
4 What do these times refer to in fills him with hope
the story? Match the
times a–g with the events 1–7 e) Aron thought he heard voices. He
was wrong. What did he
a) 70 hrs 45 mins (3) hear?
b) 71 hrs 45 mins (5) Just a small animal moving
c) 89 hrs 15 mins (2)
d) 97 hrs 45 mins (6)
e) 110 hrs 15 mins (7)
f) 122 hrs 47 mins (4)
g) 125 hrs 10 mins (1)

1) Aron arrives at the Great Gallery

2) Aron starts to have visions.
3) The sky grows brighter.
4) Aron escapes.
5) The raven appears.
6) Aron has a new idea.
7) Aron’s been awake for 100 hours.