READING COMPREHENSION FOR 11°

ACTIVITY
Read the texts and answer the questions about them

Jungle girl found

A girl 1) __________ disappeared 2) __________ she was eight 3) __________ old has been found 4) __________ Cambodia, according to 5) __________ father. Eighteen years after she disappeared, a woman was 6) __________ in a village in the Ratanakkiri province trying to steal food. The woman who was found looks 7) __________ other members of the family.
She can't speak 8) __________ language that has been identified and is very frightened, but her family hope that she will adjust and settle down.
Questions
1. a. which b. who c. she
2. a. when b. while c. during
3. a. year b. years c. age
4. a. at b. in c. on
5. a. his b. her c. their
6. a. find b. found c. founded
7. a. a b. as if c. like
8. a. any b. no c. the

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson was born in New Jersey 1) __________ 1898. After school, he went to Rutgers University, then took a law degree and worked as 2) __________ lawyer for a few years.
He then became a famous actor and singer, starring 3) __________ a number of British films after he went to live there. 4) __________ he returned to the United States, he spoke against the conditions African Americans faced.
After he 5) __________ to communist Russia, 6) __________ passport was taken away and he could not leave the country. He got 7) __________ back, but it was hard to see his films or 8) __________ his recordings for many years.
Questions
1. a. in b. on c. at
2. a. the b. for c. a
3. a. in b. on c. at
4. a. where b. when c. afterwards
5. a. went b. visited c. gone
6. a. the b. him c. his
7. a. Passport b. them c. it
8. a. listen b. hear c. see