Nellie Bly. Reading Comprehension

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Read the text

I Complete the phrases

1.Cook

2.Clean

3.Take care

4.Live

5.Publish

6.Need

a) of children

b) a job

c) a story

d) food

e) with poor people

f) a house

II Match the opposites

1.Give

2.Read

3.Go

4.Stop

5.Start

6.Travel

a) finish

b) stay at home

c) continue

d) write

e) stop

f) take

III Complete the sentences

1.For many years most women worked only …. .

a)At factories

b)At home

c)At shops

2.A Pittsburgh newspaper published… .

a)An article

b)A book

c)A story

3.The letter was written by … .

a)An editor

b)Elizabeth Cochrane

c)Some people

4.Women reporters wrote stories about … .

a)Flowers and dresses

b)Clothes and dresses

c) Flowers and clothes

5.Nellie wrote about… .

a)Poor people and dangerous places

b)Fashion

c)The owners of the factories

6.While travelling to France , …. came to see her.

a)Joseph Pulitzer

b)Nobody

c)Jules Verne

IV Choose the correct answer

1.Who wanted to help poor people?

a)Jules Verne

b)Joseph Pulitzer

c)Elizabeth Cochrane

2.Where did Nellie go after leaving Pittsburgh?

a)San Francisco

b)New Jersey

c)New York City

3.Who was happy to give Nellie a job?

a)Joseph Pulitzer

b)Elizabeth Cochrane

c)Jules Verne

4.What did Nellie do on November,14, 1889?

a)Travelled across the Red Sea

b)Left New Jersey

c)Wrote a story

5.Who greeted her in San Francisco?

a)Thousands of people

b)Jules Verne

c)Nobody

6.When did she come back in New Jersey?

a)After seventy-two days, seven hours and eleven minutes

b)After seventy-two days, five hours and eleven minutes

c)After seventy-two days, six hours and eleven minutes

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