Reading comprehension E6 01

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>1. The fisherman Mat Noh is a fisherman. Every morning, he leaves his house at four o'clock to (1).... out to sea. He and his friends set out in (2)...... fishing boats. They take their (3)...... nets with them. (4)......often return to shore at seven o'clock. Many (5)......wait for the fishermen at the (6)...... These people want to buy fresh (7)..... Mat Noh always sells his catch to Mark. Mark takes the fish to the nearby market. (8).... sells the fish to the housewives and makes some money. 1. go. 2. their. 3. fishing. 4. They. 5. people. 6. beach. 7. fish. 8. He. 2. My school My name is Lisa. I am 12 years old. I am in class 6 at Raffle Secondary (1)...... It is a big and beautiful school. The school has a very tall gate with the (2)......"Raffle Secondary School". After the gate, there is a big (3)....... with many trees. Students love (4)...... books, playing or chatting under the trees during recess. There is also a big playground with many wings (5)...... to school yard. Many students can play on the wings during recess. There are 20 classrooms in my school. Each (6)...... has 30 desks, 6 lights, a black board, a teacher's table and a clock. All of us try to (7)..... our classrooms clean. Each class has from 25 to 30 students. Students have right to choose their seats and I often (8)....... on the first line because I can listen to the lesson (9)..... clearly. I learn about many interesting things at school, so I always want to go to school (10)..... day. I love my school. 1. School 6. classroom. 2. name 7. keep. 3. yard 8. sit. 4. reading 5. next 9. more. 10. every. 3. Job Peter Baker is a (1)..... busy man. He is 60 years old and he (2)...... thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, (3)...... accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.. Peter Baker lives and works on the island of Gigha in the West of Scotland. Only 120 (4).... live on Gigha but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day. Every weekday Peter gets up at 6:00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8:00 (5).... drives the island's children to school. At 9:00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses (6)....... the island. He also delivers the beer to the island's only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> He says: "Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and (7)......don't like watching television. (8).... the evenings, Margaret makes supper (9)..... I do the account. At 10:00 we have a glass (10)..... wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps, our live isn't very exciting, but we like it". 1. very. 2. has. 3. an. 4. people. 5. he. 6. on. 7. we. 8. In. 9. and. 10. of. 4. Everyday activities Aunt Susie is very busy. She has a lot of work to do. She gets up (1).... in the morning. She cleans the windows. She washes the floor. Then she (2).... to the market. She prepares (3).... her family lunch at eleven o'clock and washes dishes (4)... lunch. After that, (5)..... has a short nap. In the afternoon, she bakes cakes. Sometimes, she sweeps the garden and takes (6)... of trees. At six o'clock, she cooks (7)..... She checks her children's homework about at 9 p.m. She tidies the house (8).... she goes to bed. 1. early. 2. goes. 3. for. 4. after. 5. she. 6. care. 7. dinner. 8. before.

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