READING COMPREHENSION

1. It is obvious that the room upstairs in Norah's house is

A) very comfortable
B) not cold
C) small
D) tidy
E) not safe

2. They sleep in the room downstairs because ....

A) it is larger than the one upstrairs
B) the strong wind may break the windows upstairs
C) it has a stove which warms very well
D) it has many large windows
E) they can see the gale better there

3. The flowers in Norah's garden........................

A) attract everybody's attention.
B) need looking after carefully.
C) should be watered every week.
D) are badly affected by the salt spray.
E) like to be sprayed with salty water.

PASSAGE 17
BALLONING

One of my great ambitions is to learn how to pilot a balloon
on my own. I look forward to weekends because my father,


2. Army duties included parachuting and .... of light aircraft.
3. I have ............them in the car to our destination.
4. The air hostess requested that the passengers.......... their
seat belts.

5. He just went away .......... to have a long private think.
READING COMPREHENSION

1. The writer always wanted .................

A) to have his own balloon.
B) to ride with his father in the basket.
C) to be a balloonist like his father.
D) to be a pilot.
E) to learn how to fly a balloon.

2. The writer pilots the balloon
...........

A)

only on weekends.
B)

when his father is without him.
C)

only when the weather is calm.
D)

to
the tavern, said the driver. ", I'm glad of that!" answered the
stranger, in a more sympathetic mood. He meant to say more
but the east wind blew clear down a man's throat if he tried
to
speak. The girlish voice was something quite charming,
however, and presently he spoke again. "You don't feel the
cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western
Country. There is none of this damp chill," he said, and
then
it seemed as if he had blamed the uncomplaining young
driver.

VOCABULARY

^ DEFINITIONS-

Tavern: Pub, inn

Sympathetic: Understanding, kind

Mood: Frame of mind, temper

Girlish: Like a girl, relating to a girl

Charming: Delightful, attractive

Presently: Now, currently

Damp: Wet, moist, humid

B) two miles left.
C) more than two miles to go
D)

less than two miles
E)

a lot of miles to cover

2.

We learn from the passage that the driver
.................

A)

has been driving for some time
B)

is a close friend of the passanger
C)

is traveling with a beautiful lady.
D)

is driving a woman to her house
E)

is bored with the passanger.


places where people go at their leisure, but opened new
playgrounds to millions. Because of it, the ability to ride a
horse is a rare skill, railways are no longer a decisive factor in
molding our communities.

VOCABULARY

^ DEFINITIONS-

To influence: To affect

Factor: Reason, cause

Progress : Development

Civilization: People, nation, culture

Source: Origin, basis

To speed: To drive too fast, to race

Desperately: Urgently, badly

Shortage: Lack

Leisure: Free time

Playground: Playing field

Decisive: Important, vital