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Reading Practice: The Lost Umbrella

Reading Text

The bus doors closed with a soft sound. Mia looked at the window and did not see her red umbrella. It was not in her bag. It was not under the seat. The bus moved away from the stop.

Mia walked to the lost property office near the bus station. It is a small room with a table and two chairs. There is a kind woman at the desk. Mia told her about the umbrella. The woman wrote down the bus number and the time.

Ten minutes later, a bus driver came in. He had a red umbrella in his hand. He asked, "Is this your umbrella?" Mia smiled and said thank you. At home, she told her mother about the kind driver.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. What does Mia lose?

✗ IncorrectThe text says Mia does not see her red umbrella. Her bag is only the place where she looks for it.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Mia looked at the window and did not see her red umbrella."

✗ IncorrectA ticket is not in the story. Mia looks for her umbrella, and it is red.

✗ IncorrectThe phone is not in the text. Mia loses her red umbrella, not her phone.

Question 2. What does Mia do after the bus moves away?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Mia walked to the lost property office near the bus station."

✗ IncorrectShe does not run after the bus. The bus moves away and she walks to the office.

✗ IncorrectHer mother is at home. Mia does not call her from the street; she goes to the office.

✗ IncorrectShe does not go home first. She goes to the lost property office near the bus station.

Question 3. Where is the lost property office?

✗ IncorrectThe office is not in the bus. Mia walks to it, and it is near the bus station.

✗ IncorrectHer school is not in the story. The office is near the bus station.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "the lost property office near the bus station."

✗ IncorrectIt is a small room near the bus station, not a big shop.

Question 4. What is there in the office?

✗ IncorrectThe text does not talk about windows. It says the room has a table and two chairs.

✗ IncorrectThere is no sofa in the text. The room has a table and two chairs.

✗ IncorrectAt first only Mia and the woman are in the room. One driver comes in later.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "It is a small room with a table and two chairs."

Question 5. What does the woman at the desk do?

✗ IncorrectShe does not give Mia a new umbrella. The driver brings Mia's old umbrella later.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "The woman wrote down the bus number and the time."

✗ IncorrectThe woman writes down the bus number and the time. She does not call Mia's mother.

✗ IncorrectShe does not look in a box. The driver comes in with the umbrella ten minutes later.

Question 6. Who comes into the office ten minutes later?

✗ IncorrectMia's mother is at home. She is not in the office.

✗ IncorrectNo student comes in. The man who comes in is a bus driver.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Ten minutes later, a bus driver came in."

✗ IncorrectThe woman's friend is not in the story. The man is a bus driver with an umbrella.

Question 7. What does the driver have in his hand?

✓ CorrectThe text says: "He had a red umbrella in his hand."

✗ IncorrectHe has an umbrella, not a bag. Mia's bag is with her.

✗ IncorrectA ticket is not in his hand. He brings the red umbrella.

✗ IncorrectThe umbrella is red, not blue. The text calls it "a red umbrella."

Question 8. What does Mia do when she sees the umbrella?

✗ IncorrectShe does not run out. She smiles and says thank you to the driver.

✗ IncorrectIt is her umbrella. She knows it and says thank you.

✗ IncorrectShe does not give money. She smiles and only says thank you.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "Mia smiled and said thank you."

Question 9. What does Mia do at home?

✗ IncorrectThe umbrella is with her now. She does not look for it at home.

✗ IncorrectShe does not go back. She stays at home and talks to her mother.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "At home, she told her mother about the kind driver."

✗ IncorrectShe does not put it in a box. She tells her mother about the driver.

Question 10. What kind of person is the bus driver?

✗ IncorrectThe text does not say he is late. It says he brings the umbrella back.

✓ CorrectThe last line calls him "the kind driver", and he brings the umbrella to the office.

✗ IncorrectThe text does not say he is new. It only shows that he helps Mia.

✗ IncorrectHe asks about the umbrella and helps Mia. The text shows a kind man, not a sad one.
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