Reading Comprehension. New Challenges 3 ( semester 1)

Complete the text with the words in the box.

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The Mysterious Ching Ling Foo

Magic is as old    recorded history and we know that           performed nearly 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt, and then ancient Greece and Rome. Until about 1750 most magic       were watched in marketplaces across Europe. But when these closed, magicians started            in public houses or rented rooms. Finally, rich people became interested    magic and magic shows were put    in theatres.

Born in 1854 in Beijing, China, Ching Ling Foo was a          magician who studied traditional Chinese magic. His show went to the United States where he was very successful. His most famous trick was producing a huge bowl full of water from under a piece of cloth and then pulling a child out from the bowl of water. Hundreds of people paid     tickets to see his shows. While he was in America, he offered a reward to anyone who could produce a child from a bowl of water as he did. Ching didn’t expect anyone to      up the challenge, but an American called William Elsworth Robinson did.

He came from New York and had started learning       magic when he was fourteen years old. Ching was furious when Robinson accepted the challenge and he refused to take      in the contest. Robinson changed his name to Chung Ling Soo and called himself ‘The Original Chinese Conjuror’. He even refused to speak English, pretending that he was really Chinese. He became even more famous      the man he copied, but he died    stage doing one of his tricks. He tried to catch a bullet from a gun but unfortunately, he failed. He died from a bullet in the chest in 1918, four years before Ching Ling Foo died in 1922.

Read the text. Are sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough

information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Healthy Eating

One of the biggest problems facing doctors today is the fact that people are eating too much food.Many people in developed societies are overweight and unfit because they never get any exercise. It’s a good idea to be aware of what you put into your mouth from a very early age. Healthy eating is important if you want to live a longer life. The first step to a healthier diet is to think about water and exercise as types of food. If we don’t drink enough water to clear out the waste products, we can suffer from tiredness, headaches and low energy . And we need to exercise to use up all the energy we are storing by eating our food. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the basis of any healthy diet because they have very few calories, but are full of vitamins and minerals. The most colourful fruit and vegetables often have the highest levels of important nutrients. Green vegetables, for example, are full of calcium (also found in dairy products), magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc and vitamins A, C, E and K. We also need carbohydrates to provide us with energy.

The best sources are beans, fruit, vegetables and whole grains, but try to avoid white flour, refined sugar and white rice, which are not good for you. We also need to eat fats and there are some good and some bad fats. Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids found in fish like salmon, herring, mackerel and sardines are very good for our hearts and brains.

1.People all over the world are overweight.               [A Right , B Wrong, C Doesn't say]

2. Drinking a lot of water makes you tired.               [A Right, B Wrong, C Doesn't say]

Read the text. Are sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough

information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Healthy Eating

One of the biggest problems facing doctors today is the fact that people are eating too much food.Many people in developed societies are overweight and unfit because they never get any exercise. It’s a good idea to be aware of what you put into your mouth from a very early age. Healthy eating is important if you want to live a longer life. The first step to a healthier diet is to think about water and exercise as types of food. If we don’t drink enough water to clear out the waste products, we can suffer from tiredness, headaches and low energy . And we need to exercise to use up all the energy we are storing by eating our food. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the basis of any healthy diet because they have very few calories, but are full of vitamins and minerals. The most colourful fruit and vegetables often have the highest levels of important nutrients. Green vegetables, for example, are full of calcium (also found in dairy products), magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc and vitamins A, C, E and K. We also need carbohydrates to provide us with energy.

The best sources are beans, fruit, vegetables and whole grains, but try to avoid white flour, refined sugar and white rice, which are not good for you. We also need to eat fats and there are some good and some bad fats. Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids found in fish like salmon, herring, mackerel and sardines are very good for our hearts and brains.

1.Exercise helps to use up the energy in the body.               [A Right, B Wrong, C Doesn't say]

2.Brightly-coloured vegetables often have a lot of nutrients.               [A Right, B Wrong, C Doesn't say]