CICLO ESCOLAR 2014-2015
BASIC ENGLISH READING
COMPREHENSION 1st grade.
STUDENT’S NAME:______________________________________________________
GROUP:__________ DATE:_______________________________________________
TOTAL POINTS : ______________ GRADE: _______________
I.
Read
carefully the following text then answer the exercises below.
Eggs and a Bunny.
Easter Sunday was a cloudy but festive day in Memorial
Park for about 100 kids from local orphanages. An Easter egg hunt started at 10
a.m. when a fire engine blasted its horn. Boys and girls, ranging in age from 2
to 6, dashed throughout the park, yelling and screaming, walking and running,
and quite often, falling down. One little girl, Amanda, found her first egg
less than a minute after the horn blew. Instead of putting it into her basket
and continuing to search for more, she sat down. Then she spent the next 10
minutes examining it, unwrapping it, and eating it piece by piece. When she
finished, she put the wrapper into her basket, wiped her hands on her white
dress, and went to hunt for another egg.
Meanwhile Jeff, one of the older boys, filled his basket
to overflowing. He asked one of the firemen to hold it for him, and then took
off running for more candy eggs. As soon as he found some, he put them into the
basket of the child closest to him. Two little toddlers both saw a candy egg at
the same time, and they both bent over to pick it up. They banged heads, and
both of them sat down bawling. A couple of volunteer nurses picked them up and
told them that everything was going to be all right.
By 11 a.m., the search was over. Most of the kids were
studying their candy, exchanging it with others, or eating it. But then the
fire engine horn blasted again, causing three-year-old Jenny to cry. A fireman
on a bullhorn told everyone to gather around, because a special guest had
arrived.
Once everyone was settled, the Easter Bunny climbed
down out of the fire engine. The bunny was 6'6" tall. Most of the kids
cheered and ran toward him. Even Jenny stopped crying for a moment. She stared
at the bunny and at all the kids running toward the bunny; then she started
crying even harder. The Easter Bunny hugged the kids, and they hugged him. Then
the Easter Bunny sat on a fire engine step, and one by one the kids came up,
sat on his lap, and got their pictures taken. After that, the older kids were
allowed to explore the fire engine itself.
The festivities ended about 3 p.m., when the orphans
climbed into the buses for the return trip home. Most of them said they had a
fun time. Six-year-old Sara asked, "Can we do this every Sunday?" And
more than one boy asked, "Can I drive the fire engine next time?"
II.
Select the
correct answer.
1.
Where
did the kids celebrate Easter Sunday?
A.
At home. B.
Inside a big house C. In a park D. Not mentioned
2.
What
did Amanda do with her first egg?
A.
She put it into her basket. C. She
ate it.
B.
She gave it to her best friend. D. She threw it away.
3.
Why
did Jeff give candy eggs to other children?
A.
Because his basket was full.
B.
Because he didn't like candy.
C.
Because he wanted to drive the fire engine.
D.
Because other kids asked him for candy eggs.
4.
When
did children start searching for eggs?
A.
When the Easter Bunny arrived.
B.
After some doctors and nurses arrived.
C.
When the fire engine sounded loudly.
D. When everybody had
arrived.
5.
From
the last paragraph, what can you conclude?
A.
The children went back by bus.
B.
The festival activities lasted about 5 hours.
C.
The children had a good time in the park.
D.
The children didn’t really understand what
Easter Sunday was.
(TOTAL POINTS 10)
