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Comprehension Test
Chemical Secret Tim Vicary 1 Are Are these these senten sentences ces true true (T) (T) or fals falsee (F)? (F)?
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John Duncan’ Duncan’ss wife wife died died at sea.
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John’s John’s new new job was in in a plastics plastics factory. factory.
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The factory factory was near a river. river.
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The waste products from the factory went into the drinking drinking water for the town.
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The waste products products were dangerous dangerous to rats. 1 0ma ma r k s
2 Wh Who o said said this this in the the sto story? ry? John, John, Andrew, Andrew, David Wilson, Wilson, the doctor, doctor, Simon, Mary, Christine Christine..
a ‘When ‘When can you you start’ ............... ............... b ‘! wouldn’t want anyone anyone to drink those waste products.’ ............... c ‘"o ‘"ou should should leave leave too.’ ............... ............... d ‘#e thinks thinks !’m still a little girl.’ girl.’ ............... e ‘!’m ‘!’m too old.’ old.’ ........ ............ ....... ... f ‘! have to write an article every every week about about the environm environment.’ ent.’ ............... .............. . g ‘$oney ‘$oney doesn’ doesn’tt grow on trees.’ ............... ............... h ‘#ave you you robbed a bank or something’ something’ ............... i ‘We can’t put those chemicals chemicals in the river.’ river.’ ............... j ‘%an we have have a boat’ ............... .............. . 2 0ma r k s
3 Fill Fill in the the a!s in in the story story usin usin these these "ord "ords# s# floating, swimmer, life, heavy, swim, water, water, slowed, turn, floated, swim. swim .
#urriedly& #urriedly& 'imon 'imon began to ........... .... after her. #e was a good ............... .............. . but the white clothes ............... him down. The ............... seemed heavy heavy and held held him back. (or the rest res t of his ............... he would dream about that long& slow ............... towards a white body that ............... ..... .......... )uickly )uickly away. away. *s *s he reached her she was ............... ....... ........ with her face down& unconscious. unconscious. #e tried to ............... her over but it was so difficult difficult because because she was ............. . 2 0ma r k s
$ Wh Who o are are the these se t"o t"o !eo! !eo!le le? ?
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Wher here are they? hey?
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& Com!lete these sentences sentences a'out the last last cha!ter cha!ter of the story. story.
a John was was livi living ng ..................... .............................. ......... b #is bedroom bedroom was full of ............................ ................ .............. .. c #e hadn’t hadn’t spoken spoken to %hrist %hristine ine because because ................... .............................. ........... d +very morning morning he rang rang the hospital to ask ...................... ........ e ,n the the way to the hospital hospital he he went into a shop and and ........................ ...... f The rain was was fallin falling g on the sandbank sandbankss where ...................... .............................. ........ 3 0ma r k s
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Multiple-choice Multiple-choice Test Test
Chemical Secret Tim Vicary
Setting Choose the 'est ans"er.
- John Duncan stopped being being a biologist biologist . a / 0 to make make and sell cars
b / 0 to become become a teacher
c / 0 to sail around the world
d / 0 to make make and sell boats
1 #e lost his his busi business ness after . . a / 0 his wife divorced him him
b / 0 his wife died
c / 0 he met David Wilson Wilson
d / 0 he bought another company
2 David Wilson Wilson told John that they needed needed a biologist biologist . a / 0 to find find new chemicals chemicals
b / 0 to produce new colours
c / 0 to say that the factory was safe
d / 0 to clean clean the dangerous water
3 John was when when he he was offered offered the job. a / 0 very disappointed c / 0 not surprised
b / 0 very unhappy
d / 0 very surprised
4 #e had had . . a / 0 two sons sons and a daughter c / 0 no children children
b / 0 a son and a daughter
d / 0 two daughters
5 The flat he and his his family family lived lived in was was . a / 0 small and miserable
b / 0 big and modern
c / 0 beautiful with a big garden
d / 0 twenty years old
6 When his wife was alive& alive& they used to have a . . a / 0 flat in the city
b / 0 boat for holidays
c / 0 house in the country
d / 0 house by the sea
7 John said he hadn’t hadn’t been able able to find another job because because . a / 0 companies didn’t employ biologists any more b / 0 there were too many bright young young biologists biologists c / 0 he wasn’t a very good biologist d / 0 he didn’t didn’t like biology 8 %hristi %hristine ne Duncan Duncan had had never never . . a / 0 been skiing
b / 0 been sailing
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d / 0 lived in a house
-9 John told his children children that they were going going . a / 0 to live in another country
b / 0 to be poor
c / 0 to be rich
d / 0 to work
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Characters Choose the 'est ans"er.
-- :efore :efore John got got the job& he was .. a / 0 short and thin& with black hair c / 0 tall and thin& with no hair
b / 0 tall and thin& with grey hair
d / 0 tall and fat& with brown hair hair
-1 David Wilson Wilson had . a / 0 a cold& hard hard smile c / 0 long hair
b / 0 a friendly smile
d / 0 a lot of gold rings
-2 $ary had and a friendl friendly y face. a / 0 short brown hair
b / 0 long brown hair
c / 0 short blonde blonde hair
d / 0 long blonde hair
-3 %hristine %hristine was than her her brother& *ndrew *ndrew.. a / 0 three years younger c / 0 three years older
b / 0 one year older
d / 0 one year younger younger
-4 They when they first first met her. her. a / 0 liked $ary a lot c / 0 laughed a lot
b / 0 were angry with $ary
d / 0 cooked $ary a fantastic meal
-5 David Wilson Wilson said said that John would if he told the truth. a / 0 be paid twice as much c / 0 become a director
b / 0 be an honest man man
d / 0 lose his job
-6 %hristine %hristine told $ary $ary that 'imon 'imon . a / 0 made her feel important c / 0 laughed laughed a lot
b / 0 made her feel young
d / 0 was a lot like her father
-7 'imone 'imone wrote an article article saying saying that . a / 0 the paint was fantastic fantastic for cars b / 0 the factory’s waste products were dangerous c / 0 the factory made safe products d / 0 the river was safe for swimming swimming -8 ;eter and and 'usan 'usan were . . a / 0 two colleagues from the newspaper c / 0 two people people against othing can come come out of that pipe now=’ a / 0 'imon
b / 0 %hristine %hristine
c / 0 John
d / 0 $ary
29 ‘*re you you worried about about her baby baby’’ a / 0 a policeman
b / 0 a young chemist
c / 0 a journalist
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Vocabulary Choose the 'est ans"er.
2- a person who who says says things things that that are not true a / 0 scientist scientist
b / 0 chemist chemist
c / 0 liar
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d / 0 painter
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d / 0 the lawyer
21 to have enough money to buy something something a / 0 arrange
b / 0 afford afford
c / 0 allow
d / 0 argue
22 bad& bad& not not nice nice a / 0 wrong
b / 0 dangerous
c / 0 sad
d / 0 nasty
23 land& land& air& air& water& plan plants& ts& etc. a / 0 sewage
b / 0 stream
c / 0 environment environment
b / 0 angry
c / 0 proud
d / 0 sandbanks sandbanks
24 worried worried&& afraid afraid a / 0 nervous
d / 0 miserable miserable
25 an officia officiall description description of something something a / 0 post
b / 0 log
c / 0 report
d / 0 headline headline
26 make a li)uid li)uid run out of a container by mistake a / 0 kick
b / 0 spill
c / 0 shiver
d / 0 sail
27 a small grey or brown animal animal with a tail a / 0 seal
b / 0 rat
c / 0 bear
d / 0 body
28 unhappy unhappy because because you you are not with other people a / 0 lonely b / 0 untidy
c / 0 polite
d / 0 tired
39 an illn illness ess of the body body a / 0 waste
b / 0 pain
c / 0 pipe
d / 0 disease
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Plot Choose the 'est ans"er.
3- The most important important thing that the company produced was . a / 0 paint for houses c / 0 paint for cars
b / 0 a machine machine to clean clean water
d / 0 special pipes
31 'ome of the left left a mark on John’s John’s leg. a / 0 new paint
b / 0 river water
c / 0 sea water
d / 0 waste products
32 #e told his his doctor that the water at the river mouth was . a / 0 dangerous
b / 0 safe
c / 0 clean
d / 0 dirty
33 When John tested the waste products on rats& some of their babies babies . a / 0 were healthy
b / 0 were bigger than usual
c / 0 were very small small
d / 0 were born without eyes and ears
34 David Wilson Wilson to clean up the waste. a / 0 was not interested in in machines c / 0 employ employed ed more people
b / 0 agreed agree d to buy machines
d / 0 said it was a good idea idea
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35 *fter eighteen eighteen months& months& $ary . a / 0 decided decided to marry John
b / 0 became one of the directors
c / 0 decided decided to move move to another company
d / 0 developed another new product
36 %hristine %hristine wanted to marry 'imon& 'imon& who was was interested in . a / 0 the environmen environmentt
b / 0 science
c / 0 sport
d / 0 cars
37 'he drank drank the dangerous dangerous river river water . a / 0 when she was swimming swimming
b / 0 when she was watching the seals
c / 0 as part of an e?periment
d / 0 when she nearly drowned
38 *t the ;ublic +n)uiry& +n)uiry& John . a / 0 said the water was ,@ c / 0 said nothing
b / 0 told the truth
d / 0 started crying crying
49 John didn’t didn’t know if his his grandchild grandchild would . . a / 0 be a biologist
b / 0 be like him
c / 0 be polite
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d / 0 be born healthy
Chemical Secret 1 a T
b ( c T d ( e T 2 a Dav David Wilson son
b The doctor c $ary d %hristine e John f 'imon g Dav David Wilson son h %hristine i $ary j *ndrew 3 swim& swimmer& slowed& water& life& swim& floated& floating& turn& heavy. $ John and $ary % !n the factory restaurant & a A in in a smal smalll flat flat near near the sea. sea.
b A baby clothes. c A she she woul wouldn dn’t ’t speak speak to to him. him. d A if if %hrist %hristin inee was was ther there. e. e A bou bough ghtt some some flow flower ers. s. f A the the sea seals ls used used to liv live. e.
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