Grade 1. Control work Reading

Questions

1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a) Compare Herman Gross with another actor.

b) Give his or her opinion about using animals in films

c) Give his or her opinion about Pet Doctor.
2. The text gives the reader ...

a) information about a new film.

b) ideas about how animals should be cared for.

c) news about the lives of film stars.
3. The writer thinks that Pet Doctor is ...

a) amusing.

b) original.

c) not worth seeing.
4. Why did the writer mention Romeo and Juliet?

a) It’s an example of a really good play.

b) Gross proved he’s a good actor in it.

c) The central characters are very young.

5. Which one of these TV guides is describing Pet Doctor?

a) A doctor is loved by the children whose pets he cures. But everything goes wrong and he is sent to prison.

b) A doctor finds he can cure local animals, then discovers this isn’t allowed. But it all finishes happily.

c) A doctor prefers animals to humans and stops looking after his patients. People are dying, the animals are cured, then the police arrive ...