Test Reading Comprehension (7-th form)
The Pack of Biscuits
Useful words:
stretch – протягувати fuss – шум shameless thief – нахабний злодій
insolent – зухвалий intact – цілий
1. One night there was a woman at the airport who had to wait for several hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a book and a pack of biscuits to spend the time. She looked for a place to sit and waited. She was deep into her book, when suddenly she realized that there was a young man sitting next to her who was stretching his hand, and grabbing the pack of cookies lying between them. He started to eat them one by one. Not wanting to make a fuss about it she decided to ignore him.
2. The woman ate the cookies and watched the clock, while the young and shameless thief of biscuits was also finishing them. The woman started to get really angry at this point and thought, “If I wasn’t such a good and educated person, I would give this man a black eye now.” Every time she ate a biscuit, he had one too. The dialogue between their eyes continued and when only one biscuit was left, she wondered what he was going to do.
3. Softly and with a nervous smile, the young man grabbed the last biscuit and broke it in two. He offered one half to the woman while he ate the other half. She took the biscuit and thought, “What an insolent man! How uneducated! He didn’t even thank me!” She was happy to hear her flight announced. She grabbed her bags and went towards the boarding gates without looking back to where that insolent thief was seated.
4. After boarding the plane and nicely seated, she looked for her book. While looking into her bag she was totally surprised to find her pack of biscuits nearly intact. If my biscuits are here, she thought feeling terribly, those others were his and he tried to share them with me. Too late to apologize to the young man, she realized that it was her who was insolent, uneducated and a thief, and not him!
Task I. Are the sentences True or False? 1 The woman was at the railway station waiting for the next train. 2 She bought several books and a pack of cookies to spend the time. 3 The woman found out that the man was going to taste the cookies out of the pack. 4 She didn’t make a fuss about it. 5 The woman considered that man to be an educated person. 6 The man gave the whole last biscuit to the woman. 7 She was happy when the flight was announced. 8 To her great surprise the woman discovered her pack of biscuits intact in her bag. 9 She felt herself happy. 10 The woman realized that the young man tried to share his biscuits with her.
Task II. Match the explanation (1-8) with the words (a – h). a) share b) make a fuss c) realize d) give someone a black eye e) grab f) insolent g) thief h) look for
1. to hold something with a sudden or violent movement 2. a person that steals things from another person or place 3. rude and not showing respect 4. divide something between two or more people
|
5. to know and understand something 6. to try to find something that you have lost 7. to hit a person on the face so that you have a dark area around your eye 8. to be noisy
Task III. Find the best heading for each paragraph of the text. There is one extra headline.
Task IV. Who is that, a man (M), a woman (W) or both (B)? Who
Total: 30 |
Answers to the text “The pack of biscuits”
Task 1
1 False 2 False 3 True 4 True 5 False
6 False 7 True 8 True 9 False 10 True
Task 2
1e 2 g 3 f 4 a 5 c 6 h 7 d 8 b
Task 3
1 e 2 d 3 b 4a c (extra)
Task 4
1 Woman 2 Both 3 Woman 4 Both 5 Woman
6 Man 7 Man 8 Woman