Reading Comprehension Form 7 Semester II

1. Complete the text with the words. There are two choices you don’t need to use. a) football b) race c) game d) goalkeeper e) training f) field

Julia began her job as a teacher in a secondary school and she was keen to help the pupils. One day during the break she noticed a girl standing all by herself on one side of the       while the rest of the children were enjoying a      of football at the other end of the field. Julia came to the girl and asked, «Are you OK?» «Yes,» said the girl.

Some time later Julia noticed that the girl was in exactly the same place, still standing by herself. Going up to her again, she asked, «Would you like me to be your friend?» The girl seemed confused, but then said, «Alright.» Feeling she was making progress, Julia then asked, «Why are you standing here all alone and not playing          with your friends?» «But I am!» the girl said with a large sigh, «I’m the            !»

2. Read the text and mark the following statements as «True» or «False».

A boy was looking at large ripe watermelons growing in the gardener’s watermelon patch. «I’ll give you my twenty-five cents for that watermelon,» said the boy pointing to a beautiful, large, ripe fruit in the middle of the patch. «No,» said the gardener, «I get $2 for a watermelon like that one.» The little boy pointed at a tiny watermelon just beginning to grow nearby, «Will you take twenty-five cents for that one?» «Sure,» replied the gardener, «I’ll give you that one for twenty-five cents». «OK,» said the little kid, sealing the deal by putting the coin in the gardener’s hand, «I’ll pick it up in about two weeks.»

1) The boy paid 25 cents, took the unripe watermelon and went away.

2. Read the text and mark the following statements as «True» or «False».

A boy was looking at large ripe watermelons growing in the gardener’s watermelon patch. «I’ll give you my twenty-five cents for that watermelon,» said the boy pointing to a beautiful, large, ripe fruit in the middle of the patch. «No,» said the gardener, «I get $2 for a watermelon like that one.» The little boy pointed at a tiny watermelon just beginning to grow nearby, «Will you take twenty-five cents for that one?» «Sure,» replied the gardener, «I’ll give you that one for twenty-five cents». «OK,» said the little kid, sealing the deal by putting the coin in the gardener’s hand, «I’ll pick it up in about two weeks.»

2) The boy decided to come in two weeks with $2