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Reading ComprehensionDaley Thompson is British and black.He comes fromNotting Hill Gate,a poor area of London,where many black people live there.Now he spends much of his time in Califor

Reading Comprehension

Daley Thompson is British and black.He comes fromNotting Hill Gate,a poor area of London,where many black people live

there.Now he spends much of his time in California in

U.S.A,where he trains as an athlete

At his primary school in London,Daley was always in

trouble.He had a lot of energy but he didn’t work.Some

children like to go to special schools for problem

children,but Daley was luckier.He went to small private

school,where he did well in the classroom and sport.He was excellent at football and athletics

Daley trains hard every day.He wants to be the

greatest athlete in the world.His heroes are Muhamed

Ali,Indiana Jones and Sylvester Stallone’s character,Rocky Some people think that Daley himself is a hero and already the greatest athlete ever

A.1.The following statements are false.Correct them from the text

a)Daley is living in London now

b)He went to a public school

A.2.Pick out 3 sentences to justify that Daley is very active a)

b)

c)

A3.answer the following questions

a)what is Daley’s job?

b)what is his dream?

c)who are his favourite celebrities?

A.4.find the opposite of the following words from the text -rich #

to die #

-bad at #

A.5.What do the underlined words refer to?

There(paragraph1 line2)

It(paragraph 2 line 1) refers to

A6 What’s the function of the following statement

Some people think that Daley himself is a hero and already

the greatest athlete ever

Function