Reading Comprehension Test

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

I.               Fill in the text with the correct variant.

Diva of Magic

Romany is an international star. She works around the world on cruise ships, performing a funny, entertaining magic show. She is very successful. 1)______.

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very ordinary. As a child, she loved ballet. 2)_______. She was very good at it, and at the age of fifteen, she was given a role in a show. 3) ______. She managed to stay very slim, but she developed a serious eating problem.

After that, she decided to give up ballet. She got a degree and had a successful career in sales. However, she never stopped wanting to be a performer. So she joined a circus club, and before long, she started doing jobs occasionally. 4________. She was working all day and spending all her free time doing circus work. 5______.

She knew that she couldn’t continue living this way. So she took time out to decide what she really wanted. She realized she wanted to work on stage. However, she wasn’t sure what to do. 6._____. But then she had an idea. She would become a magician! She quit her job and applied to the National Centre of Circus Arts to study magic. She has never looked back!

Recently, Romany wrote a book about how she became a star. 7)______. Romany hopes that the people who read it will feel able to live their dreams, too, just like she did. Like her, we all have complicated lives, but we can overcome out problems and live the life we’ve always wanted.

 TRUE or FALSE

Although Romany has an extraordinary life, her early life was very extraordinary too.

TRUE or FALSE

Romany wrote some book about how she became a star. 

TRUE or FALSE

Romany hopes that the people who read her book will feel able to make their dreams come true.

TRUE or FALSE

Romany thinks that people have complicated lives, but they can overcome their problems and live the life they’re always wanted. 

TRUE or FALSE

As a child, Romany loved ballet and opera.