Reading comprehension 5-th grade students

 The control-reading for the 5^th form pupils

the first term

I. Read the text and do the tasks.

My friend.

My best friend's name is Susan. She is twelve years old. We live in the neighbouring houses and play in the same yard. We are classmates. So we can see each other every day,

Susan is a slim and pretty girl. She is not very tall. She has got long dark curly hair, blue eyes and a straight nose. Susan is kind and careful. She is always ready to help me if I need it. She is very good at Maths, so we often do our homework in Maths together.

Susan is always honest with her parents, teachers and friends. She loves animals. There is a cat in her house and Susan takes care of him.

We spend a lot of time together. We go to school and come back home together; we go to the cinema at the weekend together, too. In the evening, we often phone each other. I am happy that I have got such a nice friend as Susan.

1. Answer the questions

1. What does Susan look like?

A-She is rather tall and slender She’s got hair and blue eyes.

B-She is pretty. She is lovely and clever.

C-She is beautiful girl with dark eyes and slender stature.

2. She is….

A-ready to speak with friends

B-ready to spend spare time along\

C-ready to care about her friends.

3. She is …..

A-good at counting

B-crazy about music

C-fond of reading

4. Susan has got…..

A-a dog

B-a parrot

C- a cat

5. Susan is…..

A-a good classmate

B- a good friend

C- a good student

6. Susan spend a lot of time

A-with classmate

B-with family

C-with her friend

II. Read the questions and find the answers in the text.

It was spring. A well-dressed gentleman came into the park and sat down on a bench under a tree. He looked around at the trees, the flowers and the green grass. Then he saw a boy six or seven years old, who lay on the ground and watched him.

“What’s the matter, sonny?” asked the gentleman. “Why don’t you go and play?”

“I don’t want to play,” said the boy.

“Why not? Look at those boys over there! They are playing a ball. Why don’t you want to run and play?” asked the gentleman.

“Oh, I am waiting,” answered the boy.

“Waiting? Why?”

“Well, I want to see you when you stand up. A man painted that bench a quarter of an hour ago.”

Put the sentences into the correct order.

a. Then he saw a boy six or seven years old, who lay on the ground and watched him.

b. “Why not? Look at those boys over there! They are playing a ball. Why don’t you want to run and play?” asked the gentleman.

c. A well-dressed gentleman came into the park and sat down on a bench under a tree.

d. “Well, I want to see you when you stand up. A man painted that bench a quarter of an hour ago.

e. “What’s the matter, sonny?” asked the gentleman. “Why don’t you go and play?”

f. “I don’t want to play,” said the boy.

III. Read the text and fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box. There is one extra word in the list.  

a) mirror            b) Medusa       c) woman         e) cave         g) statues       d) snakes f) Perseus         i) goddess

Medusa was a (who?)   / woman     and she lived in a cave. One day a (who?)___________turned her into a horrible monster. She had (what?) _______ instead of hair and big wings. When she looked at people they became stone. A lot of men went to the (where?)___________and tried to kill Medusa, but she turned them into stone (what?)____________. One day a young man called    (what name?) ______________who lived in Greece went to the cave to kill her. He did not look at Medusa and he

carried a shield as a mirror. Medusa looked into the (where?) _______and turned herself into stone.

IV  Read the invitation and put necessary prepositions to the sentences

1. We always watch a DVD___Friday night.
2. Can you come to my house party __Sunday afternoon?
3. The party will start____about 10 o’clock.
4. I will pick you up___morning after breakfast.
5. Are you going to Tom’s party___ weekend?
6. My family and I usually go shopping__-the morning.