📖 Reading Comprehension Set 2

Passage 1: The Underground Railroad

1. What is the main idea of this passage?
2. The Underground Railroad was a secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
3. Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor
4. Safe houses had secret rooms and tunnels
5. The journey to freedom was very dangerous
6. In this passage, what does the word
7. Train operators
8. Orchestra leaders
9. People who guided freedom seekers
10. Electrical wires
11. According to the passage, how many people did Harriet Tubman help escape?
12. Nineteen people
13. One hundred people
14. Approximately seventy people
15. Thousands of people
16. Why did freedom seekers travel mostly at night?
17. It was cooler at night
18. To avoid being seen and captured
19. The roads were less crowded
20. They enjoyed the darkness
21. What was used to indicate a safe house?
22. Signs on the road
23. Maps given to travelers
24. Lanterns or quilts with special patterns
25. Letters sent ahead

Passage 2: The Amazon Rainforest

1. Why is the Amazon called
2. Because it has lung-shaped leaves
3. Because it produces about 20% of the world
4. Because the air is very fresh there
5. Because many doctors work there
6. What is the main purpose of this passage?
7. To describe different animals in the rainforest
8. To explain why the Amazon River is important
9. To provide information about the Amazon rainforest and its importance
10. To discuss indigenous peoples of South America
11. Based on the passage, why is deforestation harmful to the planet?
12. It makes the forest look ugly
13. It threatens species and contributes to climate change
14. It makes it harder for tourists to visit
15. It creates too many farms
16. How have some trees in the Amazon adapted to their environment?
17. They grow very tall to reach sunlight
18. They can spend up to six months partially underwater
19. They produce poisonous leaves
20. They lose all their leaves in winter
21. What does
22. Poor and struggling
23. Native to a particular place
24. Recently arrived
25. Living in cities

Passage 3: The Robot Revolution

1. What is the central topic of this passage?
2. The history of factories
3. How robots are changing work and what it means for humans
4. Why robots are dangerous
5. How to program robots
6. What makes
7. They are much larger
8. They are designed to work safely alongside humans
9. They only work at night
10. They cannot learn new tasks
11. Why might the author say that
12. Because schools are getting better
13. Because technology keeps changing and workers need to keep up
14. Because robots enjoy learning
15. Because old skills are always valuable
16. What does
17. Simple and basic
18. Expensive to buy
19. Advanced and complex
20. Old-fashioned
21. What is the author
22. To scare people about robots
23. To sell industrial robots
24. To inform readers about robotic technology and its effects on work
25. To teach people how to build robots
26. How does Emma feel when she opens the letter?
27. Angry and resentful
28. Bored and uninterested
29. Emotional and moved
30. Confused and suspicious
31. Where did Emma
32. England
33. Boston
34. Scotland
35. Ireland
36. What is the main theme of this story?
37. The importance of traveling
38. Family connections across generations
39. Learning to read old letters
40. The history of Ireland
41. What does
42. Returning home
43. Leaving one
44. Visiting relatives
45. Writing letters
46. Why did Emma
47. Because Emma had asked for it
48. Because it was very valuable
49. Because she wanted to pass on courage and family heritage to Emma
50. Because no one else wanted it

Passage 4: The Science of Weather Forecasting

1. What is the main idea of this passage?
2. Weather satellites were first launched in 1960
3. Modern technology has greatly improved weather forecasting
4. Supercomputers are very powerful
5. Farmers used to look at clouds
6. What do radiosondes measure?
7. Ocean temperatures
8. Earthquake activity
9. Temperature, humidity, and wind speed at different altitudes
10. The speed of weather balloons
11. What does
12. Peaceful and calm
13. Easy to predict
14. Unpredictable with small changes causing big effects
15. Very cold
16. Why do forecasts become less accurate further into the future?
17. Because meteorologists don
18. Because the atmosphere is chaotic and small changes lead to different outcomes
19. Because satellites stop working after a few days
20. Because people don
21. Why was weather forecasting
22. People didn
23. Weather satellites didn
24. The required calculations were too numerous and complex for humans alone
25. The atmosphere was different in the past
26. What is the author
27. To convince readers that uniforms are good
28. To convince readers that uniforms are bad
29. To present both sides of the school uniform debate
30. To describe what school uniforms look like
31. According to supporters, how do uniforms help students from lower-income families?
32. Uniforms are always free
33. Economic differences become less visible
34. Uniforms help them get better grades
35. Teachers treat them better
36. What do opponents say about self-expression?
37. Self-expression is not important for students
38. Uniforms help students express themselves
39. Clothing is one way young people explore identity and express themselves
40. Students don
41. Why might the author say uniforms alone
42. Because uniforms are too expensive
43. Because deeper changes in school culture are needed
44. Because students don
45. Because uniforms are uncomfortable
46. What does
47. Being different from others
48. Wearing comfortable clothes
49. Behaving or dressing the same as others
50. Going to school every day