Reading Comprehension: A Collection of Diverse Texts

Posted on Sep 9, 2024 in French

Readings

The Right to Vote

  1. B) Thanks to two women who took legal action for it.
  2. B) Women in rural areas had more advantages than urban women.
  3. A) The majority of male voters rejected it.
  4. C) Had been fighting for their rights since the nineteenth century.
  5. A) Women started taking political posts in local government in the 1960s.
  6. D) Refused to sign the parts on sexual equality.
  7. B) Gave equal rights to both men and women.
  8. D) In the 1971 referendum, with more than 50% of male voters.

The Teacher Who Changed My Life

  1. D) Quite recently.
  2. D) Was hardly mentioned on the internet.
  3. D) To his strong personality.
  4. A) Provided the students were at their best.
  5. B) He was passionate about educational values.
  6. C) He was intolerant with his students’ low standards.
  7. D) Demanded the best from his pupils.
  8. C) On his own in a modest apartment.

How China Is Winning the School Race

  1. A) Much better than in other countries.
  2. C) All Chinese secondary students take extra after-school lessons.
  3. B) Want to copy successful education systems from other countries.
  4. C) They want to offer the best education to its citizens.
  5. C) Introduced computers into schools.
  6. D) Only gives residence permits to the best students.
  7. B) To continue playing an important part in the Chinese economy.
  8. B) In Hong Kong, only the best university students may become teachers.

Why Kids Bully: Because They’re Popular

  1. C) For no apparent reason, just because it is accepted.
  2. A) Increases with the kids’ popularity.
  3. A) In principle, any kid may become a bully.
  4. C) Psychological or background influences are also relevant when considering bullying.
  5. D) Does not imply a rise in popularity.
  6. D) Bullying was more frequent between girls than the other way round.
  7. A) Tended to be more aggressive than other students.
  8. B) Lies in changing the mind of the majority of kids at school.

Nomophobia: The Biggest Phobia in the World?

  1. A) More people are afraid now of being without their mobile phone.
  2. A) A big percentage of men have two phones.
  3. A) One-third of people older than 55 are nomophobic.
  4. B) Has better communication with her family on the phone.
  5. C) We should prioritize people over mobile phones.
  6. A) Lots of people use a phone for business purposes.
  7. A) There will be lots more nomophobes in the future.
  8. A) Charging the phone’s battery all the time.

The Last of the Noblest Generation

  1. He was the only survivor of the First World War.
  2. Was too young to be called into the army.
  3. Constantly worried about their survival.
  4. They couldn’t do anything to save his life.
  5. He was operated on, after being in pain for more than one day.
  6. Immediately after being wounded.
  7. Richard did most of the talking.
  8. Harry thought that no war could ever be justified.

Are Love Locks on Bridges Romantic or a Menace?

  1. Because it was a romantic thing to do.
  2. Follows an Italian tradition.
  3. Padlocks have appeared in great quantities and very quickly.
  4. When part of a historic bridge fell because of the weight of the locks.
  5. To prevent the damage that the locks cause.
  6. Are making profits from this epidemic.
  7. Can now be found in a variety of places.
  8. To assign a place for people to attach their locks.

Esperanto and Universal Communication

  1. The inventor of an artificial, neutral language.
  2. An idealist in favor of international understanding.
  3. Creates barriers to common humanity.
  4. Not enthusiastic about a new international language.
  5. It had been created by a Jewish person.
  6. It is not the language of any particular community.
  7. Help save a great amount of money.
  8. Shown little interest in the use of Esperanto.

Starting Early

  1. D) When he couldn’t enter his flat one night.
  2. D) Improves hotels and gives them its brand.
  3. A) Few people thought this business had a future.
  4. D) Had a team of people to work for him.
  5. A) When they compared an Oyo hotel to other, unimproved ones.
  6. D) His experiences with good people exceeded the bad ones.
  7. D) Hopes to expand in India thanks to the wider use of the internet.
  8. A) If you fail, what you learn will be useful for your next attempt.

Norway, the Green Path

  1. B) To lower the levels of gas emissions.
  2. C) A high percentage of electric cars are sold there.
  3. D) Water.
  4. B) Norway produces cheap, clean electricity.
  5. A) Electricity is cheap to produce in the country.
  6. B) Free car repairs.
  7. B) Has succeeded beyond expectations.
  8. B) Will be eliminated in part in the next 5 years.

The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

  1. C) The author of a book on the history of the English language.
  2. D) Has had a minor influence on English vocabulary.
  3. A) Capable of absorbing many foreign words.
  4. B) To analyze the effect of borrowing on English vocabulary.
  5. C) Strong relationships between people speaking different languages.
  6. D) It remains largely stable but adopts new useful words.
  7. C) Which is highly specialized and yet enjoyable to read.
  8. A) Can be a source of knowledge about our historical past.