(Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease – 95.1) A1 LEVEL

PARTY TIME

My name is Mandy and I am 8 years old. I have long brown hair, brown eyes and a big smile. My mum says I am very pretty. My mum says I am her princess. When I go to a party with my friends I always wear my best clothes. I have some new jeans and some very pretty T-shirts, and my dad says I look fantastic.

I have new shoes too – pink All Stars - and all my friends love them. Sometimes my mum gives me her pink nail varnish. When it is time to go, I brush my hair, and wash my face and hands so I am clean. Then I look in the mirror.

Oh no, my wheelchair is dirty. It is always dirty. Every time I go out it gets dirty. It is impossible to keep it clean. The wheels are dirty and there are leaves on it too. It is black and it is not pretty for a party. I feel very sad and angry and I start to cry. I am so beautiful and clean for the party and my wheelchair is old and dirty. I want a party wheelchair, so mum and dad cover it with pink, blue and silver stars. I am happy now.

A. Read through the text, answer the questions that follow.

1) What is the passage about?

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B. Please answer these multiple-choice questions. Read through the text that follow, then choose the best answer and circle it.

1. Who is Mandy?

A) She is an 8-year-old girl.B) She is a princess.C) She is a friend.D) She is the girl’s mother.

2. When Mandy goes to a party, what does she do?

A) She dances really well.B) She has many jeans and t-shirts.C) She doesn’t wear her best clothes.D) She brushes her hair, washes her hands and face.

3. Why does she drive a wheelchair?

A) She likes driving a wheelchair.B) She cannot walk.C) She plays games with the wheelchair.D) She uses it to go to a party.

4. What does Mandy’s father do to make Mandy happy?

A) He plays games with her.B) He buys new pink shoes to her.C) He paints her wheelchair for the party.D) He gives her a pink nail warmish.

REFERENCES

www.disabledaccessfriendly.com/pdf_daf/A1.%20Graded%20Reading%20Text.%20Party%20time%20QA.pdf

(Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease – 73.5) A2 LEVEL

ROBOT BIRDS

Liverpool city council wants to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council wants people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds known as “robops” will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

A. Please answer these true / false questions by reading the text above. If the sentence is true write “True” and if it is not true write “False”.

1. Liverpool city council is feeding the pigeons and they make them these

pigeons fat.

2. Actually the pigeons’ normal food includes seeds and insects.

3. The council wants to kill all pigeons, so the city will be clear.

B. Please answer these questions and fill in the blanks by reading the text above.

1. Liverpool city council wants

2. The robops are used for

3. so, the streets will not be crowded.

REFERENCES

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/31.html

(Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease – 66.7) B1 LEVEL

JAPANESE TSUNAMI DOG AND OWNER REUNITED

A. Read through the text, answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the passage about?

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2. Where is the place that the dog was founded by a Japan Coast Guard?

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3. What did the dog’s owner do when she reunited with her precious dog?

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4. What was the reason of the dog is lost?

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B. Please answer these multiple-choice questions. Read through the text that follow, then choose the best answer and circle it.

1. What does “who” refer to in the second line of the passage?

A) The dog ownerB) A Japan coast guardC) The dogD) Local media

2. What does “its” refer to in the eight line of the passage?A) Local mediaB) The dogC) TsunamiD) Earthquake

3. What does “where” refer to in the ninth line of the passage?

A) The roof of a houseB) Local mediaC) An animal care centreD) Japan

4. What does “who” refer to in the eleventh line of the passage?

A) Japanese peopleB) The dogC) A worker of the animal care centreD) The owner of the dog

C. Please answer these multiple-choice questions. Read through the text that follow, then choose the best answer and circle it.

1. According to the first paragraph………………………………….

A) A dog was rescued and it reunited with its owner.B) Dogs are important animals.C) Tsunami is a dangerous natural disaster.D) People always save animals.

2. According to the last paragraph …………………………………...

A) The owner of the dog finds the dog in front of his house.B) The owner of the dog sees a TV report and recognizes her dog.C) The owner of the dog rescues her dog at a natural disaster.D) The owner of the dog didn’t want to find the dog.

D. Please answer these multiple-choice questions. Read through the text that follow, then choose the best answer and circle it.

1. What is the target audience of the text?

A) Dog Lovers B) VetsC) PoliticiansD) Researchers

E. Please answer these multiple-choice questions. Read through the text that follow, then choose the best answer and circle it.

1. What is the meaning of “reunite” in the second line of the passage?

A) To bring people together againB) To save peopleC) To rescue from a disasterD) To give money to them

2. What is the meaning of “coast” in the fourth line of the passage?

A) A natural disasterB) A dangerous placeC) The land next to or close to the seaD) Animal care center

3. What is the meaning of “look after” in the ninth line of the passage?

A) To give informationB) To watchC) To ignoreD) To take care of

REFERENCES

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/50.html

(Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease – 53.2) B2 LEVEL

A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. There are two words EXTRA.

INTELLIGENCE PILLS

Some scientists have predicted that healthy adults and children may one day take drugs to improve their intelligence and intellectual performance.  A 1) group has suggested that such 2) might become as common as coffee or tea 3) the next couple of decades.

To counter this, 4) taking exams might have to take drugs tests like athletes.   There are already drugs that are known to 5) mental performance, like Ritalin, which is given to children with 6) concentrating.  A drug given to people with 7) vvvvv sleeping also helps people remember numbers.

These drugs 8) serious legal and moral questions, but people 9) take vitamins to help them remember things better, so it will not be a 10) problem to solve.  It will probably be very difficult to decide at what point a food supplement becomes an unfair drug in an examination.

REFERENCES

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/21.html

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