Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A One-line Comprehension Passage 2



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Read the passage carefully and then answer the following questions.

Wherever there is a choice of answers circle the best one.

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Hearing the strange, loud noise, Adrianna dropped the needles and rushed outside to stare in the air at the amazing spectacle.

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1.            What caused the girl to stop what she was doing?

2.            Why do you think she rushed outside?

3.            What word in the passage could mean the same as sight?

4.            (Look, Glance, Gaze, Glare) best defines the word stare.

5.         What word in the passage tells us that the girl had probably not heard such a noise before?

6.            What kind of needles do you think they might have been?

7.            Where was this amazing spectacle?

8.            What is the name of the girl?

9.           How can we tell that she had little time in which to see the amazing spectacle?

10.       What do you think she was doing before she heard the noise?

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11.        How many needles do you think the girl might have been using?

12.        The girl appears to be (industrious, lazy, idle, malicious).

13.      Near which important place do you think she might have been when she heard the noise?

14.       Before the noise the girl most likely was (standing, lying, sleeping, sitting).

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In the spaces following list the three adjectives in the passage.
15.        (………………………………)

16.        (……………………………….)

17.        (……………………………….)

18.        Suggest a suitable topic for this passage.

19.        Write the only adverb in the passage.

20.       The activity the girl was doing was probably a  (chore, game, hobby, duty).

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21.        What do you think the amazing spectacle was?

22.        Complete the following with one word.  Having seen the spectacle she was (………………………..).

23.      What word makes us believe that the girl was indoors before she heard the noise?

24.        What word in the passage might mean the same as incredible?

25.        To where do you think the amazing spectacle was headed?

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