READING COMPREHENSION. Part II
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Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
Learning something new can be a scary experience. One o f the hardest things I ’ve ever had to
do was learning how to swim. I
was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swim m ing was
an important skill that I should learn. I also thought it would be good exercise and help me to
becom e physically stronger. W h a t I didn’t realize was that learning to swim would also make me
a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous, and my first swimming
lesson was no exception. After I changed into my bathing suit in the locker room , I stood timidly
by the side of the pool waiting for the teacher and other students to show up. A fter a couple of
minutes the teacher came over. She
smiled and introduced herself, and two more students joined
us. Although they were both older than me, they didn’t seem to be embarrassed about not
knowing how to swim. I began to feel more at ease.
13. W hat is the main idea of the text?
A) Swimming is a bad exercise for
children.
B) Teacher and his new students at the
stadium.
C) Bathing suit is necessary for swimming.
D) How to conquer fear in learning to
swim.
14. A ll of the following statements are TR U E,
E X C E P T ...
A) Swimming makes one a more confident
person.
B) The author
was always afraid of the
water.
C) The author didn’t seem to be afraid at
all.
D) Swimming was an important skill for
the author.
15. W hich word best describes how author
felt when he was waiting for his
teacher?
A) thoughtful
B) relaxed
C) nervous
D) ashamed
16. According to the passage, when did the
author begin to feel relaxed?
A) After seeing the students who didn’t
know how to swim.
B) Before the teacher came over to the pool
with his students.
C) He never experienced such feeling in the
text above.
D) On changing his bathing suit in the
locker room.
Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
Lately, some people have been concerned that the explosion in text messaging among
young people is having a negative effect on their literacy skills. However, a recent study at the
department of communication and science at City University in London compared the spelling
and punctuation of
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