READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL ONE

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

1) Circle the correct answer.

1. Why did Randy Gardner design a sleep experiment?

a. He wanted to study the effects of sleeping enough.

b. He wanted to stay awake for eleven days and nights.

c. He wanted to study the effects of going without sleep.

2. What are two things that happened to Randy during his sleep experiment?

a. He passed a counting test and met a famous football player.

b. He hallucinated and couldn’t pass a counting test.

c. He read a long book and walked into a street sign.

3. How long did it take Randy to recover from his sleep experiment?

a. Randy returned to his normal sleep schedule on the fourth night.

b. Randy returned to his normal sleep schedule in a week.

c. Randy never returned to his normal sleep schedule.

4. According to scientists, what is the purpose of sleep?

a. Scientists have never studied the purpose of sleep.

b. Scientists aren’t sure about the purpose of sleep. However, some scientists think sleep helps
the body to grow and relieve stress.

c. Scientists believe that sleep helps us forget our problems.

5. What happened to the rats after a few weeks without sleep?

a. They started losing their fur.

b. They put on weight.

c. They ate less.

6. Randy Gardner ---------- for eleven days and nights without sleep.

a. stayed awake b. lost weight c. passed a test

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2) Answer the following questions:

1. When did Gardner do his sleep experiment?

He did his experiment when he was a university student.

2. According to this article, are scientists sure why we need to sleep ?

No they are not. (See Lines 39-42)

3. Does the author tell us how Gardner stayed awake for eleven days?

4. Did Gardner stay awake for eleven days?

5. Is going without sleep dangerous for white rats?

6. How long did it take for Gardner to recover from the sleep experiment?

It took two weeks for Gardner to recover from the sleep experiment.

7. During the experiment , did Gardner have trouble speaking clearly?

8. During the experiment , did Gardner have trouble remembering things?

9. When did Gardner fail to pass a counting test?

3) Give the meaning of the following:

Blurry: Line 10
not looking clear ‫ غير واضح‬/‫ضبابي‬

Eventually: Line 30
after a long time‫ في آخر االهر‬/ ‫أخيرا‬

Experiment: Line 3
test done to prove something ‫تجربة‬

Hallucinating: Line 12
seeing things that aren’t really there ‫ هذيان‬/ ‫هلوسة‬

Slurred: Line 16
not sounding clear )slurred speech: ( ‫ تلعثن في الكالم‬/‫كالم هتداخل‬

Speech: Line 15
Talking ‫ خطاب‬/‫ حديث‬/‫كالم‬

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MIKA’S HOMESTAY IN LONDON

1. Circle the best answer to complete each statement below.

1. Mika’s host family was very kind, so she ---------- with them.

a. did research b. felt at ease c. had trouble

2. When you go to a new country, it takes time to ----------- the food, people, and culture.

a. get used to b. select c. realize

3. Mika’s parents ---------- her when she traveled from Tokyo to London all alone.

a. spent time with b. got used to c. worried about

4. My best friend’s mother is very nice to me. She --------- her daughter.

a. worries about b. treats me like c. holds parties for

5. Before buying a new car, I used the Internet to ----------- the best and most reasonable cars.

a. realize b. worry about c. do research on

6. I like to shop at discount stores because their prices are ------------ .

a. reasonable b. expensive c. high

2. Complete each of the following sentences with a reason taken from the text:.

1. Mika’s parents gave her a one-month homestay in London ----------.

because it was her birthday.

2. Mika chose a school with few Japanese students ----------.

because she wanted to speak a lot of English.

3. Mika went to London ---------- .

because it was her 19th birthday present.

4. Mike decided to study English at Oxford House ----------.

since it wasn’t expensive.

5. Mika got to know Nadiege ----------.

because they lived with the same homestay family.

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6. Mika asked English people their impressions of Japan ----------.

because she wanted to know what foreigners thought.

7. Mrs. Flannery went to a pub on Saturday evenings-----------.

because she wanted to spend time with her husband.

8. Mika felt comfortable with Mr. and Mrs. Flannery----------.

since they treated her like a daughter.

9. Mrs. Flannery cooked chicken and potato dishes ---------- .

9. since she wanted Mika to enjoy traditional English food.

3. Circle the correct answer.

1. Why did Mika Tanaka choose to study at Oxford House College?

a. She wanted to study with a French student named Nadiege.

b. She wanted to study with other Japanese students.

c. The fees were not expensive.

2. Why does Mika think it’s important to learn English?

a. People from all over the world use English to communicate.

b. She wants to live in England.

c. She has many British friends.

3. Where did Mr. And Mrs. Flannery go every Saturday evening?

a. To the pub.

b. To the movies.

c. To a party.

4. What did Mika say about the Japanese students at her school?

a. They spoke English at all times.

b. They spoke only Japanese with each other.

c. None of them had large vocabularies.

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5. What was Mika most worried about on the plane to London?

a. People would not understand her English.

b. She would not like the food.

c. Being all alone and a stranger far away from her friends and family.

Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE according to the text in
CHAPTER TWO Mika’s Homestay in London.

1. Mika asked her father for a ring.

2. Mika went to London by herself.

3. Mika lived with a host family for one month.

4. Mika did things in London with Nadiege, another homestay student.

5. For her 19th birthday, Mika Tanaka’s parents sent her to London.

6. Her host father and mother, Mr. And Mrs. Flannery, were very kind to Mika and
she felt relaxed with them.

7. Mika studied English while she was in London and in class she tried to speak a
lot.

8. She could speak more English.

9. She could meet more people from other countries.

10. She might have trouble understanding students from other countries.

11. She might be lonely.

12. She might have trouble getting from the airport to her host family’s house.

13. In the sentence The Flannerys treated Mika as if she was their own daughter,
as if means like.

14. In the sentence Mika wants to be more open-minded about people from other
countries, wants means would like.

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15. In the same way or manner as somebody or something means like, e.g.
Mika wants to be open-minded in the same way that her host family is.

16. Mika went to London because it was her 19th birthday present.

17. Mike decided to study English at Oxford House since it wasn’t expensive.

18. Mika got to know Nadiege because they lived with the same homestay family.

19. Mika asked English people their impressions of Japan because she wanted to
know what foreigners thought.

20. Mrs. Flannery went to a pub on Saturday evenings because she wanted to
spend time with her husband.

21. Mika felt comfortable with Mr. and Mrs. Flannery since they treated her like a
daughter.

22. While Mika Tanaka was in London, she lived with a middle-class British
family.

23. The Flannerys taught her a lot about British food and they invited her to a party
at their house every Saturday.

24. Mika wanted to improve her English. So, she went to London for a month to
study and live with a British family.