ESSENTIALS 2 (Lessons 6 - 10) Reading Comprehension Test

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ESSENTIALS 2 (Lessons 6 - 10)
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
MUHAMMAD ALI
1. Match A and B. (1,0) fight. He was not the world champion after
the fights.
A 3 Ali fought with ………………….. after his
1 Cassius Clay is strong and quick on his visit to Egypt and beat him in the first
feet, ( ) round. He was the world boxing champion
2 Cassius Clay wasn’t a good student, ( ) now.
3 Cassius Clay was friendly, ( ) 4 Ali and ……………..…… fought in Africa.
4 Cassius Clay wants to be a world It was hot and Ali tried a new game. He
champion, ( ) won the fight.
5 In Louisville there were places for white
people only, ( )
B
a so his teachers liked him.
b so black people didn’t sit with them.
c so white people are going to sit with him.
d so he usually wins his fights.
e so he had a lot of problems at school.
2. Put these in the right place. Write the

numbers 1–10. (1,0)
4. Who says this? Write the names. (1,0)
a The fight is on February 25, 1964. ( )
b Clay dances across the ring but Liston The U.S. government Cassius Clay
can’t catch him. ( ) Ali’s father white people Joe
c Liston does not move from his chair. ( ) Martin
d Liston is strong and big, but he can’t hit
Cassius Clay. ( ) a ‘Come here to the gym first.’
e Liston is very tired. ( ) ………………
f Cassius Clay wants to be world b ‘Close that big mouth for him.’
champion, so he fights Sonny Liston. ( ) ………………
g Cassius starts to dance, so Liston can’t c ‘It’s Muhammad Ali.’ ………………
hit him. ( ) d ‘It’s a good name.’ ………………
h Cassius Clay tells the newspaper men e ‘Go into the army or go to jail.’ …………
they were wrong. ( )
i The newspapers say ‘Liston is going to 5. Are these sentences right (R) or
win the fight.’ ( ) wrong (W)? (1,0)
j Liston’s face is red and one eye is closing.
( ) 1 Ali did not go to Vietnam because he did
not want to kill people. ( )
3. Put the names in the right place. (1,0) 2 The government did not send Ali to jail.
( )
Sonny Liston Joe Frazier 3 The first fight with Joe Frazier in 1971
George Foreman Leon Spinks was easy for Ali and he won. ( )
4 Ali beat Frazier in 1974, and he was the
1 Ali lost a fight with …………………… in world champion. ( )
Las Vegas in 1978. Ali beat him seven 5 Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire. This
months later. was good because the people in Zaire
2 …………..…… won an Olympic medal in loved Ali. ( )
Tokyo in 1964. Ali fought with him in 1971 6 Ali got sick and stopped boxing in 1981.
and 1974. He lost one fight and won one ( )
7 Ali teaches children to box. ( ) 5 Ali wins the fight in round 8 because …
8 There aren’t any children in Ali’s family. a he is very hot and tired.
( ) b Foreman is on the floor and can’t stand
9 Ali was world champion three times in up.
fourteen years. ( ) c he wants to be the world champion.
6. The Big Fight: what is the right 7. Match the names and the words. (1,0)
answer? (2,0)
1 “Cash” Clay ( )
1 Africans loved Ali because … 2 U.S. government ( )
a he was black. 3 Muhammad Ali ( )
b he wanted peace in Vietnam. 4 People in Zaire ( )
c he was a good boxer. 5 People at the big fight ( )
a “The fighting in Vietnam is wrong.”

b “Dance, Ali! Dance! Don’t stop moving.”
c “What’s wrong with the name Clay?”
d “Ali! Bomaye!”
e “Go into the army, or go to jail.”
2 George Foreman was …

a younger than Ali.
b slow and heavy.
c older than Ali.
3 Ali can’t dance for fifteen rounds because

…
a he is sick.
b Foreman is big and strong.
c it is very hot, and Foreman is quick.
4 Ali is going to play a new game:

a he is going to make Foreman tired.
b he is going to dance more quickly.
c he is going to hit Foreman with big, heavy
punches.
8. Write the questions. (2,0)
Cassius Clay: Excuse me. a) ……………… Joe Martin?

Joe Martin: Yes, that’s me. b) …………………
Cassius Clay: My name’s Cassius Clay and I’m very angry!
Joe Martin: c) …………………?
Cassius Clay: Because my bike was in front of this building and now it’s not there! I’m
going to find that boy with MY bike.
Joe Martin: d) ………………………….………………………………………………?
Cassius Clay: I’m going to ‘whup’ him.
Joe Martin: e) ……………………………………………………………?
Cassius Clay: No, I can’t box.
Joe Martin: Well then. I’m going to teach you how to box.

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Date: __________ Teacher: Mark: _

ESSENTIALS 2 (Lessons 6 - 10)

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

2. Put these in the right place. Write the

a “The fighting in Vietnam is wrong.”

2 George Foreman was …

3 Ali can’t dance for fifteen rounds because

4 Ali is going to play a new game:

8. Write the questions. (2,0)

Cassius Clay: Excuse me. a) ……………… Joe Martin?

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