Reading Comprehension Quizzes
T1
1 Maria has a close relationship with her family.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
2 Maria’s grandmother had seven children.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
3 Maria’s grandmother is certainly still alive.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
4 Growing up in a big family made Maria’s grandmother less selfish.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
5 Katie met Rob at work.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
6 Katie knew she and Rob would be good friends because they immediately got along well.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
7 Katie thinks Rob lives his life in a positive way.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
8 Jed’s uncle’s first job was as a chef.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
9 Jed thinks people shouldn’t waste any chances in life.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
10 Jed would like to travel like his uncle did.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
T2
1 Curitiba is different from other cities in the world.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
2 Jaime Lerner spent a lot of time playing on the streets when he was a child.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
3 The city council allows people to sell things in the pedestrian areas.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
4 All the kiosks sell local food and products.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
5 The city council chose to increase the bus service because it was the least expensive type of transportation.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
6 The population of the city is about 1.9 million.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
7 Other large Brazilian cities are planning to cut the amount of fuel they use.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
8 The buses are different colors according to what they are used for.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
9 Passengers buy their tickets as they get on the buses.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
10 Mr. Lerner enjoys being an expert in developing public transportation systems.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
T3
1 Almost everyone is sometimes unhappy about the way they look.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
2 Sue Johnston used to dislike the way she looked.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
3 Wanting to change the way you look is normal.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
4 Some people feel anxious about going out in public.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
5 The survey was to find out how people want to change the way they look.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
6 Concentrating on the things you’re good at can help you feel positive about yourself.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
7 Appearance seems less important when you see you can be successful by using your talents.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
8 It’s important to appreciate how you may look different from other people.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
9 Some people spend a lot of money changing the way they look.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
10 Models probably aren’t as good-looking in real life as they appear in magazines.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
T1-3
1 Everyone in the family has been sent to prison.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
2 The family is from a city outside London.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
3 They printed fake bills worth more than 14 million pounds.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
4 More than half the fake money in the UK was made by this family.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
5 The youngest member of the family is a teenager.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
6 The great-grandmother didn’t live with the rest of the family.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
7 All the money was hidden in the great-grandmother’s house.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
8 The police saw them actually printing the money.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
9 They are all going to prison for the same number of months.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
10 The judge felt sorry for the family.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
T4
1 The rapid growth of US cities causes problems because _____.
A there are too many houses ☐
B there aren’t enough houses ☐
C houses cost too much to build ☐
2 Clarum Homes _____ one answer to the housing problem.
A has found ☐
B may have found ☐
C has to find ☐
3 The Mountain Views community is _____.
A very friendly ☐
B good for the environment ☐
C designed for people with children ☐
4 The architects have created houses which are _____.
A quite expensive ☐
B reasonably priced ☐
C overpriced ☐
5 The homes _____.
A don’t use any energy ☐
B produce their own energy ☐
C use too much energy ☐
6 _____ of the materials used in the buildings are environmentally friendly.
A Some ☐
B All ☐
C Nearly all ☐
7 Specially designed _____ make the houses easy to cool and heat efficiently.
A appliances ☐
B solar panels ☐
C windows ☐
8 Residents of the community will _____ the power company.
A buy power from ☐
B sell power to ☐
C steal power from ☐
9 Compared to other homes, these houses will use _____ water.
A a lot of ☐
B a normal amount of ☐
C less ☐
10 Clarum Homes wants to _____.
A be first in this field ☐
B become a town ☐
C remain unique ☐
T5
1 Mario sometimes _____.
A enjoys his job ☐
B travels to other countries ☐
C works in a team ☐
2 Mario thinks he got his dream job because _____.
A he’s intelligent ☐
B it was easy ☐
C he did a lot of preparation ☐
3 When Andy was young, his dream job was to _____.
A become a chef ☐
B have his own restaurant ☐
C work in a cafe at the beach ☐
4 When he was a chef, Andy _____.
A earned $295 a week ☐
B didn’t enjoy his job ☐
C didn’t get much time off ☐
5 Andy says it’s important to know _____.
A your goals ☐
B what you’re good at ☐
C how to run your own business ☐
6 It took Sarah _____ years to get a teaching degree.
A two ☐
B three ☐
C five ☐
7 Sarah’s job as a secretary wasn’t very _____.
A hard ☐
B exciting ☐
C easy ☐
8 Sarah studied _____.
A full-time ☐
B in evening classes ☐
C during the day ☐
9 Sarah advises people to _____.
A plan how they can achieve their goals ☐
B become elementary school teachers ☐
C continue working while in school ☐
10 _____ has become a successful businessperson.
A Andy ☐
B Mario ☐
C Sarah ☐
T6
1 The modern shopping area is in _____.
A Yau Ma Tei ☐
B Mong Kok ☐
C Kowloon ☐
2 _____ is not an area in Kowloon.
A Tsim Sha Tsui ☐
B Nine Dragons ☐
C Yau Ma Tei ☐
3 The writer says that Nathan Road is a good place to _____.
A explore during the day ☐
B find things at a good price ☐
C buy traditional things ☐
4 Go to Shanghai Street if you want to buy _____.
A wedding clothes ☐
B a DVD player ☐
C flashing signs ☐
5 You can _____ on Ning Po Street.
A change money ☐
B buy a car ☐
C buy a paper model of a house ☐
6 Fortune-tellers use _____ to tell you your future.
A colored lights ☐
B noodles ☐
C birds ☐
7 The writer says that Mong Kok is _____.
A not worth exploring ☐
B not the most popular tourist area ☐
C dangerous for foreigners ☐
8 The food in Mong Kok is different from the food in other areas of Hong Kong because _____.
A tourists never buy it ☐
B it’s not made for tourists ☐
C there are a lot of tourists ☐
9 The writer says that you’ll _____ in Hong Kong.
A buy more luggage ☐
B eat more ☐
C spend a lot of money ☐
10 The writer does not mention a place where you can buy _____.
A birds ☐
B jewelry ☐
C wedding clothes ☐
T7
1 30 Days on the Minimum Wage is _____.
A a TV series ☐
B a TV documentary ☐
C a drama series ☐
2 Supersize Me was about _____.
A how eating too much junk food can be bad for you ☐
B poverty in the US ☐
C the popularity of junk food ☐
3 Morgan Spurlock is _____.
A single ☐
B married ☐
C engaged ☐
4 The purpose of the experiment was to discover if Morgan and Alex could _____.
A give up their jobs ☐
B make a movie together ☐
C live on very little money ☐
5 Morgan and Alex interviewed people _____.
A and told them their life story ☐
B who were living in the same way ☐
C in the same apartment building ☐
6 Morgan and Alex rented their apartment because _____.
A it was the only one they could find ☐
B it was cheap ☐
C it was in a good building ☐
7 Morgan and Alex _____ $5.15 per hour.
A both earned more than ☐
B earned exactly ☐
C didn’t earn more than ☐
8 The couple had to live with _____.
A no furniture ☐
B a poor heating system ☐
C very little food ☐
9 During the experiment, Morgan and Alex _____.
A got along very well ☐
B argued about junk food ☐
C sometimes disagreed about money ☐
10 Morgan and Alex weren’t able to see a doctor at the free clinic because _____.
A they hadn’t applied for free medical care ☐
B there were too many people waiting ☐
C they didn’t have insurance ☐
T4-7
1 The name “Bollywood” is a combination of two words.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
2 Bollywood sells more tickets than any other movie industry.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
3 Bollywood’s total revenue was higher in 2006 than in 2005.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
4 There are no non-Indian actors in Bollywood.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
5 The first Hollywood silent movie was made in 1917.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
6 People in India have always liked the same kind of movies.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
7 Bollywood movies are popular in many parts of the world.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
8 Bollywood movies cost much less to make than Hollywood movies.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
9 All Bollywood movies are set in India.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐
10 There are more Bollywood fans in the UK than in the US.
A True ☐
B False ☐
C Doesn’t say ☐