READING COMPREHENSION

Reading Practice

 

Read the texts and answer the questions about them.

READING 1

Jenny works for the City of Colorado Springs. She cleans up parks in the city. She works five days a week, Monday through Friday.

 

1.What is Jenny's job?

A. five days a week

B. City of Colorado Springs

C. cleans parks

D. parks

 

2.For whom does Jenny work?

A. Monday

B. parks

C. five days a week

D. City of Colorado Springs

 

3.How many days does she work?

A. Friday

B. Monday

C. two days

D. five days

 

READING 2

Ron Miller is starting his job as an exterminator for Bugs Be-Gone. Today he is going to a house on State Street to get rid of some cockroaches there. He has a problem when he starts to use the equipment and he is not sure how to operate it. He tries to read the directions but they are in English and too difficult.

He is not sure what to do but finally he calls for help at work and a fellow employee is able to come out and show him how to use the equipment. After they finish this job together, they go for lunch.

 

1.Who does he call for help?

A. his English school

B. his friend

C. someone at his work

D. Ron Miller

 

2.What problem does Ron have at his job?

A. He is alone on his first job.

B. He can’t read the directions.

C. Too many cockroaches.

D. He is hungry.

 

3.Where do they go after they finish the job?

A. they go to lunch

B. back to State St.

C. to his friends house

D. back to work

 

READING 3

Kim Yun Sung and Kim Annyong came to the United States five years ago. They lived in Los Angeles for two years and then moved to Albuquerque. Now they live in Colorado Springs.

Yun Sung and Annyong studied English at an adult education school. Yun Sung also took a class that prepared him to enter college. He works in a restaurant now, but he wants to get a better job. He plans to apply for the fire science program at Pikes Peak Community College.

Yun Sung was a fireman in his country and would like to become a fireman here. Annyong wants to work in electronic assembly.

 

1.Where does Yun Sung want to work?

A. He wants to work for the fire department.

B. He wants to work for Pikes Peak Community College.

C. He wants to work for the college.

D. He wants to work for an electronics company.

 

2.What did Yun Sung do in his country?

A. He went to adult school.

B. He assembled electronics.

C. He was a fireman.

D. He worked in a restaurant.

3.Before living in Colorado Springs, in how many American cities did Kim Yun Sung and Kim Annyong live?

A. 3

B. 1

C. 4

D. 2

 

4.Both Kim Yun Sung and Kim Annyong want . . .

A. low paying jobs.

B. better jobs.

C. easy jobs.

D. any job.

 

5.Before they moved to Colorado Springs, Kim Yun Sung and Kim Annyong lived in . . .

A. Albuquerque.

B. San Diego.

C. Pikes Peak.

D. Los Angeles.

 

READING COMPREHENSION FOR 6º

ACTIVITY
Read the texts and answer the questions

WHAT IS A BANK?

Banks are places where people can keep their money. Most people use banks to save money in their savings accounts and to pay money from their checking accounts. Today, when a person earns money from their job, their paycheck is often electronically deposited (put) into their savings or checking account. Then, he or she can pay their bills by writing checks from their checking accounts or pay online where their bills are electronically connected to their bank accounts.

Banks also give loans to people. Banks use the money that their customers deposit to lend to people to buy new houses, cars, or to start businesses among other reasons. The bank makes money from lending by charging interest. In other words, people have to pay back more than they borrowed. This amount depends on how risky the bank thinks the borrower is and how fast the loan is paid back among other things.

QUESTIONS

1. How does "interest" work?

a. Banks require people to pay back more money than they borrowed.

b. Banks pay people more money than they borrowed.

c. Banks require people to pay back money they borrowed very quickly.

d.  Banks require people to pay back the same amount they borrowed.

2. How do banks make money?

 a. By having a lot of accounts

b. Electronically

c. Saving their customers deposits

d.  Charging interest to those they lend to

3. What do banks NOT do?

a.  provide a place for people to save their money

b. lend money to people

c.  provide a place where people can pay their bills from

d. help people get jobs

4. What do banks NOT do?

a. Tax people

b. Give loans

c. Charge interest

d. Allow people to pay bills online from their accounts

5. How much "interest" do borrowers have to pay?

a. Most borrowers don't have to pay interest.

 b. It depends on a lot of things.

c. Everyone pays the same amount of interest.

d. The story doesn't say.

GREEN

Green is a beautiful color! In nature, the grass that you walk on is green and the leaves that you see on trees are usually green. Most of the plants that you see are green, too! Frogs are green and many grasshoppers are green, too. Turtles are different shades of green.

Did you know that you can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow? Because you can make green by mixing two primary colors, it is called a secondary color. Green is also the name used to describe the movement to make products that do not harm the Earth. Green products are often those made from recycled materials or those that are safe to throw out in the trash.

1. What is a green product?

a.  One that is made from grass

b. One that is safe for Earth

c. One that is fun

d. One that is mixed together

2. Turtles are...

a. green products

b. different shades of green

c.     not found in nature

d. not green

3. Which of the following might be an example of a green product?

a. a frog

b. a plastic bottle that can be recycled

c. a big truck

d. a plastic bottle that can not be recycled

4. According to the reading, which is green?

a. A frog

b. A mushroom

c.  A bat

d.  A primary color

5. Green is...

a. a kind of plant

b. a secondary color

c. a primary color

d. a type of kite