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Read comprehension

Exercise 1

BRENDA SUPERGLUES LITTLE BROTHER TO BICYCLE

Brenda Sandilands,aged four,rubbed superglue … (1) her three-year-old brother’s bottom yesterday.”I thought it was cream , “she said When Craig sat on his bike , he found he was stuck and… (2) move The … (3) mother ,Mrs Sandra Sandilans said ,”It happened when I was

in the kitchen I… (4) when Brenda came in and … (5)that Crag was stuck to his bike She told me she ….(6)cream on Crag’s bottom and on the saddle of the bike Crag wasn’t able to move at all ……(7) I had to phone for an ambulance The ambulance …….(8) over an hour to arrive When it finally did come , the ambulance men unscrewed the saddle from the rest of the bike and took Crag,… (9)stuck to the saddle , to the hospital There they …….(10)to get Crag off the saddle He thought it was all very funny But he was lucky It could have been much more serious

Exercise 2

Flood in dorchester

…… (1)six o’clock yesterday evening,the River Thames burst its banks and flooded a wide area By nine o’clock the floods had reached the town of Dorchester.The main street was soon

……(2) 3 feet of water Fire engines arrived quickly to pump away water , but heavy rain made their jod very …….(3)

Mrs Rose Willow , a … (4)nearly 80 years old , and living alone in her cottage , was strapped upstairs…… (5)three hours Finally , firemen were able to rescue her with laddlers and a small

…… (6) ”My cat, Tibble, stay with me all time ”said Mrs Willow “She ………(7)me a lot She sat with me , so I am not feel afraid ”

The rain has finally stopped , the river level is falling and the weather forecast is good,…… (8)the floods have done a great deal of damage ”Luckily, no body was ………(9)or

injured ,”Chief Fire Office Hawkins…………(10)reportes,”but it will take along time to clear up the mess”

Exercise 3

Car Catches fire

Three people jumped ………(1) a car on a busy Oxford road after a fire started under the bonnet this morning They were just able to rescue their possessions before the car burst into

…… (2).Mr Peter Collins ,25,of Wey Road ,Berinsfield …………(3)his Avenger estate car home …….(4)work with two friends when he noticed smoke coming into the car He stopped ,

…… (5)was unable to open the bonnet He poured a bottle of water over the radiator where the smoke was coming from , but could not put out the flames He then ………(6)to get fire extinguishers from a nearby …… (7) , but …… (8) also failed to have any effect ………… (9) he telephoned for a………(10), but by the time it arrived , the car was totally burnt out

4 A.to B.from C.at D.in

Exercise 4

Driving instructor killed giving car lesson

A driving instructor died in a road accident near Oxford while he ……….(1) a lesson to learner driver

Mr Tony Carter of Market Street ,Oxford , was in the passsenger seat of a Metro car when it

………(2) into the lorry on the A ,361.Mr Carter ,34, a married man with two children , was the sixty – ninth person to die ………(3)Oxfordshire’s roads so far this year The accident happened at 2.30 p.m last Thursday , when Mr Carter ‘s Metro ,driven ………(4) 17-year-old Wayne Easton ,of Iffley Road ,Oxford , was turning right at a crossroads The car hit a Mercedes lorry ……(5) was travelling in the opposite direction Mr Easton was taken to the John Radcliffe…… (6) , Oxford , where his condition was described as satisfactory He has

…………(7) gone home The lorry driver Mr Ron Tubbs ,of Queen Street ,Abingdon , was

………… (8) “There was no signal”, said Mr Tubbs ”I didn’t know he was going to turn right ,

………(9) I just kept going straight ahead as normal ” Police …………(10) talk to the driver

of a red and white coat which was travelling behind the lorry at the time of the accident

9 A.too B.so C.as D.very

Exercise 5

Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp?

Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really ………(1) by all ; machines to…………(2) the electricity each home of used ; things ……….(3)it certain that the electricity in the wires did not…………(4) fires ; things to send belectricity ………(5) the right places

Everything that was …………(6) had to be thought of and ………….(7) by Edison and the men who worked ………….(8) him There was no place where they could buy the things

they………(9).Edison made 360 inventions …….(10) in order to send electric power to…… (11) it was wanted

Edison directed all the work himself , ………(12) new machines , putting wires underground , fixing lights and so on He ……… (13) to be every where at the same time He wanted his men

to do as much as he ………(14) But he …(15) asked them to do things he…….(16) would not

do or could not do

He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep , nor he often …(17) completely about sleeping He ……….(18) for a few minutes at the time , in the middle of the night , in an underground room at his power station ,…….(19) a metal box for his bed ………… (20) these days , he almost never saw his wife and their children

Exercise 6

What teenagers do with their money

Thirteen- year-olds do not spend as much money as their parents suspect- at least not according to the findings of a (1)……… survey, Money and Change The survey (2)…… three hundred teenagers ,13-17 years old , from (3)…… Britain

By the time they (4) …… their teens , most children see their weekly allowance rise

dramatically to an amazing national average of $5.14 Two thirds think they get (5)…… money , but most espect to have to do something to get it

Although they have more cash , worry about debt is(6)……….among teenegers Therefore , the (7)………of children (8) ……an effort to save for the future

Greator access to cash (9)…… teenagers does not , however , mean that they are more irresponsible (10)……… a result The economic recession seems to have encouraged (11)

…… attitudes to money , even the case of children at these ages Instead of wasting what pocket (12) ……… they have on sweets or magazines , the 13-year-olds who took (13) ………

in the survey seem to (14)……… to the situation by saving more than half (15)…… their cash

Exercise 7

Becoming a nurse: The interview

The reality of an interview is never as bad your fears.For some(1) ……… people imagine the interviewer is going to jump on every tiny mistake they(2) … In truth ,the interviewer is ar(3).…… for the meeting To go well as you are.In it what (4) ……….hisor her job enjoyable

The secret of a good interview is preparing for it.What you wear is always important as it creates the first impression So (5)……… neatly , but comfortably Make (6)…….that you can deal with any thing you are (7)…… Prepare for questions that are certain to come up , for example : Why do you want to become a nurse ? What is the most important (8)……… A good nurse should have? Apart from nursing , what other careers have you(9)………? What are your interests and hobbies?

Answer the questions fully and precisely (10) ………… ,if one of your interests is reading, be prepared to (11) ……… about the sort of books you like (12) ……… ,do not learn all your answers off (13) ……… heart.The interviewer is genuinely interested in you,so

the more relax and are yourself,themore(15) … you are to succeed.

11 A.say B.talk C.discuss D.chat

Exercise 8

The four-minute mile

It is the nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others Yet in many sports (1)………… , there is a mark which is not (2)………… in itself , but which becomes a legend as athletes (3)…… to break it The most (4)……… of these is the attempt to run the mile in (5)…… than four minutes

In 1945, the mile record was (6)……… to 4 minutes, 1,5 seconds And there, for nine years ,

it stuck Then , in 1954, a medical student (7)………… Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record He had been (8)……… For this day since running the mile in 4 minutes , 2 seconds the (9)……… year

Two other runners set the pace for him , and (10)……… 250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish He wrote (11) ……… My body had exhausted all its energy , but it (12)……… on running just the same Those (13)……… tew seconds seemed never-ending I could see the line

of the finishing tape … I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save himself from danger ”…

Bannister’s time was 3 minutes , 59,4 seconds (14)…… this record has been broken on many (15)…… since , Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten

Exercise 9

Traffic lights

The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer.It was installed (1)……… the Houses of Parliamenet in 1868 It(2)……like any railway signil of the time ,and was operated by gas.(3)…… ,in exploded and killed a policeman,and the accident(4)………… further development until cars became common

(5)……….traffic lighit are an American invetion.Red-green(6)………were installed in Cleveland in 1914 Three-colour signals ,operated(7)…………hand from a tower in the (8)

……… of the street , were installed in New York in 1918 The (9)……… lights of this type to(10)……… in Britain were in London , on the junction between St.James’s Street and Piccadilly , in 1925 Automatic signals were installed (11)…… year later

In the past , traffic lights were (12)……… In New York , some lights had a statue on top In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)……… silently , but would ring bells to (14)……… the sleeping motorists of the 1930s These are gone and have been (15)…… by standard models which are universally adopted

Exercise 10

Settling in our university

The university campus is like one big village where thousands of students live , work and relax surrounded by rolling green fields It is the centre of the student (1)……… in all its variety While it is basically a place for young people , there are a (2)…… of family flats and children are never far away People come to like here from all over the world , so members of different cultures and speakers of different languages live (3)……… door to each other One house has had special structural(4)……….to make it suitable for students hith disabilities Most first year students live on campus It’s the easiest way to (5)………people when you first arrive there’s always somebody to(6)……… It’s a busy , lively place , but because the campus is in the middle of parkland , you can (7)……….off and be alone if you want to

When you arrive here , you will be introduced to your personal tutor Ghe or he (8)………a spcial interest in your progress in your course and can also (9)… you on any personal

problems Your personal tutor is somebody you can always (10)………on for help and support (11)…………you are prepared to work hard and take(12)…….of everything the university has

to offer , you should find your time here both (13)………and rewarding So (14)the university ,

I would like to welcome you and (15)…… you luck in your studies

Exercise 11

GARRETTA A MORGAN

An accident between a car and a horse-drawn carriage turned on a green light in the mind of

one witness to it Why not , thought Garrett A Morgan , design a signal that would (1)

…………the movement of road traffic ? (2)………a result , in February 1927 Morgan

produced the world’s first automatic electric traffic signal

His invention (3)…… of a pole with two arms that turned round to (4)…… when traffic should move The words “stop” and “go” were on different sides of the arms which

automatically turned and (5)…… the right line of the traffic when necessary

Morgan , who had been (6)…… about road safely because of the (7)…….number of cars coming on to the roads at the (8)…… , sold his invention to the General Electric Company for

$40.000

Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877 and (9)…….an elementary education In 1905 he began

a job (10)……….sewing machines and in 1907 he(11)……….his own shop for this He (12)

………on to start a company selling hair treatments and later he invented the “safety hood” , which (13)…… firemen from gas and smoke and (14)…… a prize at a 1914 exhibition

Morgan died in 1963 , just months after being (15)…… by the US goverment with an award for inventing the first automatic traffic signal