ENGLISH READING PRACTICE 2ndTerm

Year 2021 / 22

COMPREHENSION TEXTS

Read this text and answer the questions with full sentences.
It was a cold winter day. Charlie and Daisy were skiing down a very high mountain when an alarm
started. There was no one else nearby. They were scared. They decided to stop because they couldn’t
see where they were going. They found a large cave on the side of the mountain, so they went inside.
They waited for several hours inside the cave. It was getting dark and they were hungry. Suddenly,
they heard the sound of a helicopter and then the rescue team appeared.
“Yes! We found you!” the rescue man said, “You are safe now, we will fly you back to your hotel”.

a. What season was it?

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b. What were Charlie and Daisy doing?
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c. Why did Charlie and Daisy stop skiing?
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d. How long did they wait in the cave?
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e. How did they get back to the hotel?
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Read this text and answer the questions with full sentences.

Somewhere deep in the rainforests and mountains of Colombia there’s a very special woman. You may
never see her, but she’s there all the same. She wears a dress made of leaves. She’s got no shoes on her
feet and she has a ring of wild flowers on her head. Her name is Mother Mountain. Her job is to look
after nature and the environment, and to make sure that no-one harms it. The animals of the
rainforest and mountains love her. She’s their friend and they know that they’re safe with her.

a. Where does Mother Mountain live?

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b. What does she wear?
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c. What does she look after?
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d. How do the animals feel with her?
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Read this text and answer the questions with full sentences.

The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world. Many different cultures have
played instruments like the guitar for over 3,000 years. The oldest instrument comes from Ancient
Egypt. You can see this guitar in a museum in Cairo. It belonged to a singer who sang for the Egyptian
queen Hatshepsut. This type of guitar had a long neck and only three strings.
The lute is also an ancient instrument similar to a guitar, but it is smaller and has 12 strings.
Guitars changed over time. People used guitars with six single strings for the first time in the 1600s in
Italy, but the most important change happened in the 1850s. The Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres
Jurado made the guitar’s body bigger. His idea made the sound of the guitar louder and better. Most of
today’s classical guitars follow his design.
The first electric guitars appeared in the 1930s. The electric guitar has a solid body and can make many
different sounds. We also find them in many different shapes and sizes.

a. Where is the oldest guitar now?

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b. Who was Hatshepsut?

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c. How many strings does the lute have?

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d. What important change did Antonio make?

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e. When did the first electric guitars appear?

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GRAMMAR AWARENESS READING

Read the text and choose the right word for each gap.

After school, when the two children were (a) __________________________ the playground, they saw dark
clouds in the sky. It started raining (b)__________________________ they were walking down the street past
some of their favourite shops. While they were waiting to cross the road, a boy (c)______________________
past on a bike and splashed water all over them. They hid from the rain in a shop doorway and Adam
tried to (d) ________________________ a message to his mother. Then, while they (e) _______________________
crossing the park, they saw something that made them laugh. It (f)___________________ a clown.

a leave / left / leaving d sent / send / sended

b before / after / while e was / were / are
c ride / rided / rode f is / was / being
LINKING SENTENCES READING

Read, complete the gaps with a word and match by putting a letter in the box. (5p)
a. to wait ________ the bus
1 ____ A telephone is used b. for listening _______ music.
c. to wake you ________ when you are
2 ____ A radio is used sleeping.
d. for talking _______ another person.
3 ____ A bus stop is used
e. to ___________ photos.
4 ____ A camera is used

5 ____ An alarm clock is used

Read, complete and match.

Match the questions with the answers. There is one extra answer.