N4 English Reading Comprehension Evaluation

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Lean las dos lecturas y contesten las preguntas, seleccionando la respuesta más correcta.

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Lectura #1: Lee el siguiente fragmento de "Sadako" y contesta las preguntas abajo.

At the entrance to the Peace Park people filed through the memorial building in silence. On the walls were photographs of the dead and dying in a ruined city. The atom bomb — the Thunderbolt — had turned Hiroshima into a desert.

Sadako didn’t want to look at the frightening pictures. She held tight to Chizuko’s hand and walked quickly through the building.
“I remember the Thunderbolt,” Sadako whispered to her friend. “There was the flash of a million suns. Then the heat prickled my eyes like needles.

“How can you possibly remember anything?” Chizuko exclaimed. “You were only a baby then.”

“Well, I do!” Sadako said stubbornly.

1) What does Sadako call "the thunderbolt"?

1 point

Peace Park

A storm with lightning

The atom bomb

Hiroshima

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2) Where is the memorial building?

1 point

In a desert.

In Peace Park.

At Chizuko's house.

In a photograph of a ruined city.

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3) Why doesn't Sadako want to look at the photographs in the memorial building?

1 point

Because they make her eyes prickle.

Because she was only a baby.

Because she has to be silent.

Because they are frightening.

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4) What does Sadako mean when she says "there was the flash of a million suns"?

1 point

A million years have passed since the atom bomb hit Hiroshima.

It was a very bright and sunny day.

The atom bomb caused an extremely bright explosion.

Someone took a photograph with a flash.

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5) Why did Sadako's eyes burn?

1 point

Because the photographs made her want to cry.

Because she had Leukemia.

Because the sun was so bright.

Because of the heat of the atom bomb.

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Lectura #2: Lee el siguiente fragmento de "Carmelina" y contesta las preguntas abajo.

Carmelina lay motionless in Mama and Papa's big bed. A few hours ago, she'd been fussing and crying, trying to throw the covers off. Now she lay deathly still, her face waxy and white. "She looks like a wax statue," Gianna thought.

Mama touched Carmelina's forehead and whispered, "She's as hot as an oven."

"Is Carmelina going to be alright?" Gianna asked.

"I don't know."

"She has to be all right," Gianna said. Carmelina had been born in the middle of the war. She was only two; she couldn't die now that peace was so close.

"I don't know what to do," Mama said. Her voice was tight and shrill. Gianna could tell she was fighting back tears.

6) Why does the mother say that Carmelina is "as hot as an oven"? *

1 point

It's very hot in the room.

Carmelina is sick and has a fever.

The oven is hot and ready for cooking.

Carmelina has too many blankets.

7) Why does Gianna feel that Carmelina cannot die now? *

1 point

Because the war is almost over.

Because Carmelina is feeling better.

Because Carmelina was moving around a lot.

Because her mother is taking care of her.

8) In the last paragraph, what does "she was fighting back tears" mean? *

1 point

She was fighting in the war.

She was fighting with Gianna.

She was about to cry.

She was defending herself from the enemy.

9) Why does Carmelina look "like a wax statue"? *

1 point

Because she's beautiful.

Because she's a baby.

Because she's fussing and crying.

Because she's pale and she's not moving.

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