ACCESS 2 Reading Test Term 1

Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

INDIANA JONES

Indiana Jones first appeared in 1981 in the film ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’. The creators of the character are the famous directors, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. The film was very successful and there are more films, a TV series, comics, books and computer games with the adventures of the popular archaeologist.

Dr Henry ’Indiana’ Jones Jr, works as a college professor, but sometimes he travels the world, exploring temples, monuments and tombs, looking for buried treasure. He doesn’t like his real name Henry so he has a nickname Indiana. It comes from the pet dog he had when he was a child. Indiana also doesn’t Iike snakes because he is afraid of them.

Indiana isn’t a superhero. He has no super powers, but he is very brave and always tries to help people. His adventures are popular because he is just an ordinary person in a larger than life world

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created Indiana Jones.   [T, F]

Indiana Jones is an archaeologist.   [T, F]

His job is to look for buried treasures.   [T, F]

Henry is Indiana’s real name.   [T, F]

Snakes are his favourite animals.   [T, F]

Indiana has superhuman strength.   [T, F]

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Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD!

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

1) Did Steven win his first film prize at 12 years old?

Read the text and answer the questions.

Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD!

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

2) Did he write his first film Firelight when he was in secondary school?

Read the text and answer the questions.

Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

3) Did he get into film school?

Read the text and answer the questions.

Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD!

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

3) Did he get into film school?

Read the text and answer the questions.

Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD!

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

4) Did he take a part-time job at Universal Studios?

Read the text and answer the questions.

Steven Spielberg the STAR of HOLLYWOOD!

Jurassic Park, Jaws, Minority Report, War of the Worlds. Do you know who made these thrilling films? The answer is Steven Spielberg, the famous American film director.

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg used to spend all his time making films. Right from the start he was very good at it. When he was 13, he won his first film prize. When he was 16 and still in secondary school, he wrote and directed his first film, Firelight. After secondary school, Steven applied to get into film school not once, not twice, but three times!

But he didn't get in! So he decided to go to university and take a part-time job at Universal Studios instead. Luckily, someone at Universal Studios soon noticed Steven's talent. They offered him a job as a professional director. First, Steven directed television programmes and then, he started to direct films old, Steven directed his films. When he was 29 years old, Steven directed his first big hit: Jaws. This film made over $470 million dollars at the box office.That was only the beginning.

5) Did he direct Jaws when he was 30 years old?

Choose only the correct sentences.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

A long time ago in ancient Greece, so the story goes, a creature called the Sphinx sat on a big rock outside the city of Thebes. The Sphinx was a very strange creature. She had the body of a lion, the wings of a bird and the head of a woman. The Sphinx was also a very bad creature. When someone walked past her, she asked them a riddle; “What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?’ The sphinx killed any person who didn’t know the answer to her riddle. The city of Thebes was like a prison. No one wanted to enter or leave the city because they had to walk past the Sphinx. One day, a young man called Oedipus was travelling through Greece. He was entering the city of Thebes when the Sphinx stopped him and asked him her riddle. While Oedipus was thinking, the Sphinx was laughing to herself. “He doesn’t know the answer!" she thought. But Oedipus was a very clever man. He thought for a moment, smiled and said “The answer to your riddle is: A man. A man crawls when he is a baby, walks on two feet when he is an adult, and walks with a cane when he is old." The Sphinx was so angry that Oedipus knew the answer that she jumped off her rock, fell to the ground, and died. When the people of Thebes heard that the Sphinx was dead they all cheered. They were so happy that they made Oedipus their king.

Read the story below. Then, choose T (true) or F (false) next to each statement.

THE CREATURE IN THE WARDROBE!

Last night, Daniel was sitting on his bed, reading a book. Around 10 o’clock he heard a very strange scratching noise. The noise was very close to him and it sounded like it was coming from inside Daniel's room. Daniel looked around his room but he couldn’t find where the the noise was coming from, so he continued to read his book and then he fell asleep.

Suddenly, in the middle of the night Daniel jumped out of his bed because he heard the strange noise again. This time, however, the noise was louder. He turned on all the lights and searched, his room but he didn’t find anything. The next morning, Daniel woke up and opened his wardrobe to look for his favourite sweater. As he was looking for his sweater, the scratching noise started again. At this point, Daniel started to feel nervous and even a little scared. He found his sweater on the bottom of the wardrobe and reached for it, but the sweater started to move. Daniel screamed and then he saw his black cat, Tabby, coming out from under his sweater.

Apparently, Tabby went into Daniel’s wardrobe the night before and when she couldn't get but, she started scratching at the door. Daniel was very relieved when he realised that it was only his cat making the noise and not something scarier. Though Daniel was a brave young man, this was one experience that really made him nervous.

1. Daniel was reading a book on his bed.   [T, F]

2. He heard a strange scratching noise at night.   [T, F]

3. The noise was coming from inside his parents’ room.   [T, F]

4. Daniel turned on the lights and searched his wardrobe.   [T, F]

5. Daniel opened his wardrobe to look for his cat.   [T, F]

6. His cat, Tabby, was making the strange scratching noise.   [T, F]

7. Tabby was in the wardrobe all night.   [T, F]

8. This experience made Daniel feel frustrated.   [T, F]