General English Level 6
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READING 02 It was a dark and stormy night ... - task
1. Read the questions
2. Read the story again.
3. Choose the correct answer.
1. What kind of writing is this?
a) a report
b) an opinion
c) a recount
2. What is the topic of this writing?
a) a bad accident
b) an encounter with a ghost
c) a mother and daughter argument
3. What is the mood (feeling) of this
writing?
a) strange and a bit frightening
b) terrifying
c) humorous
4. Where is this writing set?
a) on a well-lit, quiet, lonely road on
a cold, wet night
b) on a dark, quiet, lonely road on
a cold, wet night
c) on a dark, quiet, lonely road on a
on cold, wet day
5. How did John meet the woman?
a) He saw her on the side of the
road and stopped to help her.
b) He had stopped because of the
storm and she came up to the car.
c) She ran at his car and he had to
stop.
6. How did John feel when he first
met the woman?
a) concerned – she was injured;
how could he help her?
b) afraid – he thought he was going
to see a bad accident
c) curious – he wondered what the
woman was doing alone on the
deserted road
7. Which adjectives best describe the
young woman?
a) tired, wet, injured
b) quiet, unusual and determined
c) polite, strong and wild
8. Why did the old woman say that
what John told her couldn’t be
true?
a) because her daughter didn’t live
with her
b) because her daughter was not
there
c) because her daughter was dead
9. Why did John feel happy at the end
of the story?
a) because he had helped the
woman to give a last message to
her mother
b) because he was tired and was
going home to bed, after a long
night
c) because he didn’t have to see a
bad accident and he got the
woman out of his car
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