SEMESTER I
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
“DEAR MOM, YOU'RE RUINING ME" Jean Van Leeuwen
Dear mom,
I am working very hard on cleaning my room. But I want to go to Katy's this afternoon to work on our Halloween costumes. Can I finish tomorrow? I would get up early and do it before breakfast and I'll do a good job. Please? Write back.
Love, The Prisoner in Tower # 3
Dear Prisoner,
No.
Love, Mom.
For days a time Sam's mother never came up to her room. And then one day Sam would come home from school and find the Condemned sign on her doorknob. Her mother had made the sign. It said: THIS ROOM IS CONDEMNED.
ITS OWNER MAY NOT GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE PREMISES ARE RESTORED TO NEETNESS. In other words, Sam was grounded until she cleaned her room.
It wasn't fair. She was always getting the Condemned sign. Bradley hardly ever did. And his room was really disgusting, with posters of rock stars and basketball stars and movie stars wearing tiny bikinis covering every inch of his walls, and even suspended from the ceiling. But, her mother pointed out, his floor was clean. And his desk. That was all she cared about.
Sam had been imprisoned in her room for three hours now. She sat on the floor, looking at everything she was supposed to be putting away. It was possible she might be there all day.
There were her clothes, piled high on her chair and overflowing onto the floor. Assorted shoes. An umbrella from when it rained on Tuesday. Library books. Magazines with pictures of adorable teen-movie stars that Rebecca had lent her. Her piano music from yesterday's lesson. And odds and ends of junk: nail polish remover, cotton balls, a tennis-ball, wadded-up notes from Katy, rocks from rock collection they were making for science, pencil stubs, gum wrappers. And about twenty crumpled tissues.
The thing to do, Sam decided, was sort everything into piles. A pile of dirty laundry, a pile of her dresser drawers, a pile to throw away. That was how her father, the organization man, would do it.
She sighed. It was conceivable she could be imprisoned in her room all week-end. She decided to paint her finger nails instead.
I. Find true and false statements.
1. Sam was a schoolgirl.
2. She was the only child in the family.
3. The above mentioned episode occurred in winter.
4. Sam was put into prison.
5. Sam was often punished by her mother for the constant disorder in her room.
6. Sam's mother was abusive and aggressive.
II. Choose the correct variant
1. As a punishment the girl was not allowed to: a) visit her friend; b) attend the party;
c) leave the room until it is cleaned.
2. Sam wanted to go to Katy's because she wanted: a) to prepare costumes for
the party; b) to gossip about their classmates; c) to do homework together.
3. Bradley was fond of: a) basketball stars; b) rock, movie and basketball stars;
c) posters of stars.
4. The mother didn't scold Bradley because:
a)she liked Bradley more than Sam; b) he was physically handicapped; c) the floor in his room was always clean.
5. Sam's clothes were:
a) scattered around the room; b) piled on her chair, c)kept in a wardrobe.
6 Concerning her possessions lying on the floor Sam's decision was:
a) to sort everything into piles; b) to throw everything away; c) to put everything into her dresser drawers.
a) humorous; b) tragic; c) dramatic.
III. Answer the questions.
What sign did Sam see on her doorknob?
Why did Sam think that it wasn’t fair?
What was Sam doing in her room?
What kinds of things were there on the floor?
What did she decide to do first?
What did she do at the end of the story?
IV. Make up six questions of different type to the text.
SEMESTER II
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
MOTHER TERESA
Mother Teresa was a simple nun. She never wanted to be famous, but everyone in the world knew who she was. She received many important awards. She travelled around the world to accept them. She asked people for help. Then she gave everything to the poor.
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in what is now Macedonia. She was the youngest of three children. Agnes's father died when she was a child. Her mother made dresses to support the family. Agnes's mother also liked to do charity work, such as visiting the sick. Agnes often went with her, and she enjoyed helping these people. She was a good and religious girl.
Even as a child, Agnes wanted to be a nun. When she was 18 years old, she joined a group of nuns in Darjeeling, India. There, she chose the name Teresa. Then she went to Calcutta to work at St. Mary's School. The school was in a convent. Sister Teresa lived in the convent and worked at the school for 20 years. She eventually became the principal. During all those years, Sister Teresa was always concerned about how other people lived. The convent had clean buildings and beautiful lawns. But outside the convent, the streets were dirty and crowded and full of very poor people.
One day in 1946, Sister Teresa was riding on a train to Darjeeling. She looked out of the window and saw dirty children. They were wearing rags and sleeping in doorways. Sick and dying people were lying on filthy streets. She loved her work at the school, but she realized that other people needed her help more. At that moment, she believed God sent her a message. She decided to go to work with the poor.
Two years later, Sister Teresa left the convent. First, she went to a hospital to learn to take care of sick people. After three months, she was ready to live with the poor and the sick. One day, she saw a group of poor children and called them to her. She told them she was going to open a school. The school had no roof, no walls, and no chairs. On the first day, only five students came. She used a stick to write lessons in the dirt.
Several months later, Sister Teresa had many students. Everyone in Calcutta knew about her. A friend let her use part of his house for the school. She taught the children language and math. She also taught them how to keep clean and stay healthy. Soon, other nuns came to help her. Sister Teresa was happy that they wanted to join her. But she told them that life with her was not easy. She said that everyone had to wear the same clothes — white cotton saris. She wanted all the nuns to look like the poor people in India.
In 1948, Sister Teresa started her own group of nuns. They were called the Missionaries of Charity.She was their leader, so they called her "Mother" Teresa. The nuns lived in the slums with people who were poor, dirty, and sick. It was hard work and the days were long. But many young nuns came from around the world to join Mother Teresa.
One day, Mother Teresa saw an old woman in the street. She took her to a hospital. They refused to help the woman because she was poor. Mother Teresa decided to open a place for the sick and the dying. Later, she started homes for children without families. She also started clinics. Over the years, news of her work spread around the world. Many people sent her donations of money. Others came to work with her in India or other places. By 1990, the Missionaries of Charity were working in 400 centres around the world.
Over the years, Mother Teresa received many great awards, such as the Nobel Peace Prize. But she always said her greatest reward was helping people. Her message to the world was, "We can do no great things — only small things with great love". She died in 1997 at the age of 87. The whole world mourned her death.
1. True or False Statements
Everyone in the world knows who Mother Teresa was.
Agnes chose the name Teresa when she joined a group of nuns in India.
Sister Teresa had worked at St. Mary's school for 20 years and eventually became a principal.
Sister Teresa was rarely concerned about the convent where the school was.
She decided to go to work with the poor because she didn't like her work at school.
Sister Teresa was the only nun in the school she opened.
2. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mother Teresa became famous because she...
A. started a hospital; B. was a good teacher; C. knew everything about everybody;
D. lived her life to help others.
2. When Agnes was 18 years old, she went to...
A. Macedonia. B. Mexico; C. India. D. Indonesia.
3. Sister Teresa lived and worked in the convent in Calcutta for...
A. two years; B. twelve years; C. twenty years; D. twenty two years.
4. Right after Sister Teresa had left the convent, she...
A. went to hospital to learn to take care of sick people; B. went to Calcutta; C. travelled around the world to accept awards; D. went to St. Mary's School.
5. Sister Teresa decided to work with the poor...
A. when she did charity with her mother; B. when she saw sick and dying people lying on dirty streets; C. when she asked people for help; D. when she opened her school.
6. Mother Teresa's first school...
A. taught religious subjects only; B. was very small and simple; C. wasn't liked by the people of Calcutta; D. had clean buildings and beautiful lawns.
3. Complete the sentences.
She never wanted … , but everyone in the world knew who she was.
Even as a child, Agnes wanted to be … .
During all those years, … Teresa was always concerned about how other people lived.
First, she went to … to learn to take care of sick people.
She also taught them how to keep … and stay … .
By 1990, the Missionaries of … were working in 400 centres around the world.
4. Make up four questions of different type to this text.
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