Test on Reading Form 7 A.C.Doyle

Form 7 Test on Reading

Read the text.Choose one of the variants A,B or C.

  A famous English writer,Sir Authur Conan Doyle,travelled in France.A French taxi-driver once played a joke on him.The man drove Sir Aurthur from the station to a hotel.After receiving the pay he said,"Thank you,Mr.Conan Doyle".Sir Arthur was surprised.

   "Why,how did you guess my name?" asked Sir Arthur.

   "Well,sir,I saw in the paper that you were coming from the south of France to Paris.From your appearance I understood that you were English;the barbers of the south of France use to cut hair in the style you have:not long.I put two and two together and came to the conclusion it was you".

   "That is very clever.Well,but how did you know my name?"

   "Well", said the man,"it was very simple :your name is on your suitcase".

1.What country did the taxi-driver live in?

A England

B Germany

C France

2.How did A.Conan Doyle get to the hotel?

A by bus

B by underground

C by car

3.Where did A.Conan Doyle come to Paris from?

A Ukraine

B the south of France

C the north of France

4.How did the driver learn the nationality of A.Conan Doyle?

A by appearance

B from TV news

C from newspapers

5.Did A.Conan Doyle have long or short hair?

A very short

B short

C he was bald