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Test 014

Reading Practice: Rain and the Number 7 Bus

Reading Text

Rain runs down the glass at the bus stop. It is a cool Tuesday afternoon. Emma waits for the Number 7 bus with a heavy bag.

A young man stands near her with no umbrella. His jacket is wet and he looks cold. Emma moves her umbrella over him and smiles. He says thank you and they talk about the bus. He works at a bakery in the next street.

Ten minutes pass and the bus is late. Then Emma sees a warm cafe with bright windows on the corner. Emma and the man drink hot tea and watch the rain.

At four o'clock the Number 7 bus arrives. Emma sits down near the door with her bag. The bus is warm and it takes her home.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. What is the weather like at the start of the story?

✗ IncorrectThe text says rain runs down the glass and the afternoon is cool, so it is not hot or sunny.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Rain runs down the glass at the bus stop" and "It is a cool Tuesday afternoon."

✗ IncorrectThe text speaks about rain, not snow, and it only says that the afternoon is cool.

✗ IncorrectEverything is wet from the rain. Only the windows of the cafe are warm and bright.

Question 2. Which bus does Emma wait for?

✗ IncorrectThe text names the Number 7 bus, not the Number 2.

✗ IncorrectEmma waits for the Number 7 bus, so the Number 5 is wrong.

✗ IncorrectThe number in the text is 7, not 12.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Emma waits for the Number 7 bus."

Question 3. What does Emma have with her at the bus stop?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Emma waits for the Number 7 bus with a heavy bag", and then "Emma moves her umbrella over him."

✗ IncorrectEmma has a heavy bag and an umbrella. The text gives no box and no raincoat.

✗ IncorrectThere is no dog in the text. Emma stands at the stop with a heavy bag.

✗ IncorrectEmma drinks tea later in the cafe. At the bus stop she has a bag and an umbrella.

Question 4. What does the young man need?

✗ IncorrectHe already wears a jacket. The text says that his jacket is wet, so a new jacket is not the answer.

✗ IncorrectThe text says nothing about a bag. His problem is the rain on his wet jacket.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "A young man stands near her with no umbrella" and "His jacket is wet."

✗ IncorrectThe text never speaks about his ticket. It says that he has no umbrella.

Question 5. What does Emma do for the young man?

✗ IncorrectEmma keeps her shopping bag. She only shares her umbrella with him.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Emma moves her umbrella over him and smiles. He says thank you."

✗ IncorrectThe text says nothing about a ticket. Emma only moves her umbrella.

✗ IncorrectNo taxi appears in the text. They wait for the bus together.

Question 6. Where does the young man work?

✗ IncorrectThey drink tea in that cafe, but the man works at a bakery.

✗ IncorrectHe stands at the bus stop with Emma, but his work is at a bakery.

✗ IncorrectThe text gives a bakery in the next street, not a shop near Emma's house.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "He works at a bakery in the next street."

Question 7. Why do Emma and the man go into the cafe?

✓ CorrectThe bus is late, and the text gives "a warm cafe with bright windows", so they go in and wait.

✗ IncorrectNobody buys bread in the text. They drink tea and watch the rain.

✗ IncorrectOnly Emma and the man sit in the cafe. No friend comes to meet them.

✗ IncorrectThey do not ask anybody about a bus there. They drink tea and watch the rain.

Question 8. What do they drink in the cafe?

✗ IncorrectIn the cold rain they take something hot. The text gives tea, not milk.

✗ IncorrectThe text gives hot tea and it does not mention cake.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Emma and the man drink hot tea and watch the rain."

✗ IncorrectThe drink in the text is hot tea, not juice.

Question 9. When does the Number 7 bus arrive?

✗ IncorrectThe bus comes at four o'clock, one hour later than three.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "At four o'clock the Number 7 bus arrives."

✗ IncorrectThe text says four o'clock exactly, not half past four.

✗ IncorrectThe arrival time in the text is four o'clock, not five.

Question 10. What does Emma do at the end of the story?

✗ IncorrectShe does not walk home. The bus takes her home.

✗ IncorrectShe leaves the cafe when the Number 7 bus comes.

✗ IncorrectShe takes the Number 7 bus, the same bus she waits for at the start.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Emma sits down near the door with her bag. The bus is warm and it takes her home."
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