Reading Comprehension

Form 5

No 35. Read the text “A Strange ‘Burglar’ in Big Mountains”

A Strange “Burglar” in Big Mountains

Part I
The Jackson family lived in town, but at the end of November they were on the way to Big
Mountains to spend Thanksgiving there. The family went to Big Mountains by car. There were
four of them, Mr and Mrs Jackson and their children Larry and George. The brothers kept
looking out of the window. It was easy to understand why the mountains were so beautiful. At
last Father stopped the car. “Here we are!” he said.
There was a large house in front of them with a big chimney at the back wall. Behind the
house on the left there was a small apple garden and on the right there were big trees! It was so
quiet everywhere!
When Father gave the children the keys they jumped out of the car, ran to the house to open
the door and went in. There was a large sitting room and a kitchen downstairs. The sitting room
was lovely. There was a big fireplace in the corner of the room and next to it on the left a large
sofa with a standard lamp near it. On the right there was an armchair. There was a beautiful
carpet in the middle of the room. The orange curtains made the sitting room comfortable.
The kitchen was small but nice with a fridge and a cupboard at the left wall and a sink and a
cooker opposite them. There was a table and four chairs in the kitchen too.
The parents began to put the food in the fridge. The boys ran upstairs to the second floor.
There were two small bedrooms with beds and wardrobes, a bathroom and a toilet there. Then
everyone helped to bring different things from the car. That wasn’t too difficult and soon
everything was as they wanted it to be.

Task 1. Agree/ disagree.

1. At the end of November they were on the way to Big Mountains to spend Thanksgiving
there
2. There were three of them
3. The mountains were so beautiful.
4. There was not a large house in front of them with a big chimney at the back wall.
5. There was a sitting room and two bedrooms downstairs.
6. The kitchen was big and nice

Task 2. Choose the right variant.

1. The Jackson family lived in a) town b) the country c) Big Mountains

2. The family went to Big Mountains by a) plane b) car c) train.
3. There was a) a small apple garden b) a big pear garden c) a big apple garden.
4. The a) red b) orange c) blue curtains made the sitting room comfortable.
5. There was a table and a) three b) five c) four chairs in the kitchen too.
6. There were two bedrooms, a bathroom and a toilet a) upstairs b) downstairs.