Name_______________________ Grade 10th

Reading Comprehension

I. Read the text carefully.

The power of nature

It’s early evening and Rex Geyer and his family are eating dinner. On the TV, the weather man is
telling everyone to look out for tornadoes. If a tornado hit Rex’s house, it (1) would destroy it.

Suddenly, Rex’s brother rushes through the front door. ‘Tornado! We have to go now!’ he shouts.
The whole family run to the car. As they (2) drive away to safety, two cars go past in the opposite
direction – straight towards the tornado.

If anyone else drove in that (3) direction, they’d be mad. But the people in the cars are Tim Samaras
and Pat Porter who follow and study tornadoes. This year they are trying to put a ‘probe’ into the middle
of a tornado. So far they (4) haven’t been successful. If the tornado passed over the probe, it (5)would
record a lot of useful scientific data so they are keen to try.

As Tim and Pat drive closer, the tornado gets bigger. They put a probe on the ground and, at the last
moment, they drive away. The tornado passes right over the probe and gives Tim and Pat new and
exciting scientific data. Unfortunately, for Rex and his family, the news is not so good. The following
day they return to their house but it’s (6) gone. Rex says, ‘There was nothing left, no trees, no house,
nothing.’

II. True or false:

1. It was announced on the TV about tornado.

2. Suddenly, Rex rushes through the front door. ‘Tornado!
3. As they drive away to safety, two cars go in the same direction.
4. Rex Geyer and his family were trying to put a ‘probe’ into the middle of a tornado.
5. The tornado passes right behind the probe and gives Tim and Pat new and exciting scientific data.
6. Rex’s house wasn't destroyed.

III. Chose who or what the following words refer to.

1. It
a) house b) tornado c) the TV
2. They
a) Tim Samaras and Pat Porter b) Rex Geyer and his brother c) the whole family
3. That
a) in the direction of tornado b) in the opposite of tornado direction
4. They
a) Tim Samaras and Pat Porter b) Rex Geyer and his brother c) the whole family
5.It
a) Rex's house b) car c) probe
6.It
a) tornado b) probe c) house