READING TEST
THE ANGRY FAN
This happened in Australia during a water polo game that was one of the main sports events of the season. There was nothing exciting at the beginning of the game, but suddenly, one of the players jumped out of the water and ran
to the referee. He said that one of the forwards of the other team had bitten him in the leg while he was swimming under the water.
At first, the referee thought it was some kind of joke, but when the player pointed to blood on his leg, he had to believe that it was serious. He called the forward and asked him why he had done such a strange thing; though the forward insisted
that he had not bitten anybody, the referee made him
leave the game.
They
began again, but a few minutes later, two players, one from each team, climbed out of the water, shouting that somebody had bitten them. There was blood on both players'
legs. The game was stopped, and they
began to let the water out of the pool. When almost all the water was let out, everybody saw a young crocodile at the bottom of the pool. Somebody had put the
crocodile into the pool, but why? The truth became known when the players
returned to their dressing room after
the game and found a letter there.
"I have been a water polo fan for many
years", the author of the
letter wrote, "and I am not satisfied with the way the players seem to act. They have allowed the game to become
slow and uninteresting, and I have
decided that I must do something to make them move faster. I don't think I can do this well myself, and I have decided
that my crocodile will do it better".
I. Put
"+" next to the true sentences and "-" next to the false ones.
a) Water polo is very popular in Australia.
b) The players were very
excited at the beginning of the game.
c)
One
of the players was bitten in the leg.
d) d) It was a joke.
e) There was a crocodile at the bottom.
f) The crocodile was put
in the pool in order to kill the best player of the opposite team.
II. Choose the
correct answer.
- How many water polo players were bitten by the crocodile?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
- How was the crocodile found?
a)
the water was
let out of the pool
b)
the players put
the net into the pool
c)
the water was
let into the pool
- Who put the crocodile into the swimming pool?
a)
the referee
b)
the player
c)
the water polo
fan
- What did he do it for?
a)
to play a joke
b)
to make them
move faster
c)
to frighten them
- When did they know the truth?
a)
in the afternoon
b)
when they
returned to their dressing room
c)
when they
returned to the living room
- Who could make them move faster?
a)
a coach
b)
a shark
c)
a crocodile
III. Fill in the
suitable words
At fast the 1._____ thought that it was some kind of a joke? But when
the player pointed to 2._____ on his leg? He had to 3._____ that it was
serious. He called the 4._____ and asked him why he had done such a strange
thing; and though the forward insisted that he had not 5._____ anybody, the
referee made him 6._____ the game.
A)
Leave D)
referee
B)
forward E)
believe
C)
bitten F)
blood
IV. Ask 6
questions to the text
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