READING ACTIVITY No.

Leopold came down of the building and stopped. What was this awful place?
The street was black. Strange boxes made of metal and glass, moved quickly
past him on wheels making a terrible noise. There were bigger boxes too, big
red ones, with 10 or 20 people inside. Sometimes the boxes stopped. There
were tall posts with three lights, red, yellow and green. The lights turned on and
off, the boxes stopped and started again.

All around him, there were incredibly tall buildings. And the people! People
everywhere. Many of them stopped and looked at him, then they turned and
walked away quickly. Someone shouted to him: “ Hey, you!” Are you lost? The
theatre´s over there! And then laughed. Leopold walked past windows, big glass
windows with women inside, but the women didn´t move.

At the next window, he heard loud noises coming out through an open door and
inside there were people looking at little squares boxes - hundreds of little
square boxes, all with different pictures.

Then another window, and here he saw larger boxes, this time with small people
and houses inside them! Leopold stopped again and looked around. One of the
metal boxes in the street was near him – a black and white box with a blue light Tomado de: PUCHTA H. y STRANKS F.
on top. A man in blue clothes and a strange hat got out and walked towards him. English in Mind 1. Cambridge University
“Excuse me, sir”, said the man. Leopold didn´t like him. He turned and ran. Press. 2004
 Reading Comprehension Activity No. 2

Based on the previous reading, please do complete the following chart with the right information matching numbers 1 – 8 with letters a – h.

1 A CD shop A A man in blue clothes and a strange hat got out and walked towards him.

2 Buses B There were tall posts with three lights, red, yellow and green.

3 A policeman C One of the metal boxes in the street was near him – a black and white box with a blue light on top

4 A police car D There were bigger boxes too, big red ones, with 10 or 20 people inside. Sometimes the boxes stopped.

5 A TV shop E Leopold walked past windows, big glass windows with women inside, but the women didn´t move.

6 Cars F At the next window, he heard loud noises coming out through an open door and inside there were people looking at little
squares boxes - hundreds of little square boxes, all with different pictures.

7 A clothes shop G Then another window, and here he saw larger boxes, this time with small people and houses inside them!

8 Traffic lights H Strange boxes made of metal and glass, moved quickly past him on wheels making a terrible noise.

1F - 2D - 3A - 4C - 5G - 6H - 7E - 8B