Reading Test, form 7 . 2 term

ALEX’S SCHOOL-DAY

As for me, I sometimes think that I cannot live without my school and my classmates, but there are days when I would do everything to slip the classes. Let me explain.

For example, yesterday was a typical bad day. I came to school at nine. I overslept and was late for the first lesson. As the teacher of mathematics is very strict he wrote some unpleasant words in my day-book. Then we had Ukrainian. I am not good at learning rules and writing dictations and yesterday we had a test. Of course I failed it and got very upset.

Then we had a break. During the break my friends and I always play football in the gym. We all love running and kicking the ball and nobody likes to stand in the gates. Sure, I was a goalkeeper yesterday. Our team lost and it was all my fault.

After that we had a couple of classes of English. The teacher was explaining a new topic, so nothing bad happened to me. I skipped the last lesson. It was Biology, and I was not ready for it.

However, today was different. I got an excellent mark for a test in Physics, and my best friend invited me for his birthday. The lessons were all very interesting, and I learnt a lot of new things. After classes there was an excursion to the local history museum. We listened to the story about our town.

On the days like today I love my school and my teachers. I understand that teachers help us to learn about the world, and we should be very grateful to them.

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He knows ... badly.

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They usually play football when they have ...

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As he played badly his team ...

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He ... from Biology.

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Yesterday Alex was ...

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Today Alex was ... .

Alex had a nice day yesterday.

Alex likes to stand in the gates.

Alex isn't good at Ukrainian.

They had a ... at the Ukrainian lesson.

Alex liked the present day, because...

He missed Biology.

Read the text and for questions 1-5 choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

Leo Houlding is on a remote island in the Arctic Circle. For two weeks, he climbs a steep cliff face nearly 1 mile high. At night, he sleeps in a hammock hanging from the rocks. When he reaches the top, he puts on a parachute, jumps off and flies back down. Soon after, he starts again, but this time he doesn’t stop and finishes the climb in just 24 hours.

There’s no wonder that 30-year-old Leo is one of Britain’s top adventurers! After starting climbing at the age of just 10 and becoming a champion at 15, Leo now climbs the most difficult cliffs and peaks in the world such as Mount Everest and Half Dome and El Capitán in the USA’s Yosemite National Park. He often breaks speed records, finishing climbs that usually take a week in just one day!

All this can be very risky, though. Leo bravely climbs up vertical cliffs using just his feet and fingertips and tiny cracks in the rock. He often faces severe storms, extremely cold temperatures and rock falls. So does Leo ever get scared? “Yes, absolutely!” he says. “But you can’t imagine how wonderful it is waking up on a big wall, thousands of feet above a glacier.”

These days, Leo is still climbing, but he also makes documentaries about his adventures, appears in adverts and on TV shows and gives talks to young people to encourage them to challenge themselves in life. All in all, Leo never stops looking for the next thrilling adventure!

In the first paragraph, what is different about the second time Leo climbs the cliff?

Compared to other climbers, Leo often

How does Leo climb?

What is Leo’s attitude to the dangers of climbing?

According to the text, which of the following is true about Leo?