READING COMPREHENSION – ČITANJE SA RAZUMIJEVANJEM

1 Read the passage below and then answer the questions.

Amelie was born in Australia, but her family moved to New York when she was six years old. She
started school when she was seven and she left school when she was eighteen. Amelie enjoyed
school and made the most of her time at school. She studied hard, made lots of friends and played
different kinds of sports, too.
After she finished school, Amelie went to university where she studied medicine because she
wanted to become a doctor. She also wanted to travel and was very lucky because when she finished
her degree she got a job as a doctor in Nigeria- She could do what she wanted to do for work and
travel. She was working in a hospital in there when she first met Peter, who was also a doctor and
was also born in Australia. They got married four years later and, after a few years, Amelie had their
first baby, a son. They also had a daughter and another son over the following years.
They travelled to many countries and they lived interesting lives. Sometimes it was very hard for
the children to start at new schools when they moved. When Amelie was 62 years old, she and her
husband retired. Their children were all grown up so she and her husband went to Mexico where
they lived for many years before they died.

0 How old was Amelie when her family moved to New York?
Amelie was six years old when her family moved to New York.

1 What three things did Amelie do to get the most out of his school days?
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2 Where did Amelie work when she met her future partner?
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3 What country was Peter born in?

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4 How many daughters did Amelie and Peter have?

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5 Where did Jason and Maria live when they retired?

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JUSTIN BIEBER

Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was born in London,

Ontario on March 1, 1994. He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and
Patricia "Pattie" Mallette.

Bieber went to a French-language elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne

Sauvé Catholic School. He learned to play the piano, the drums, the guitar,
and the trumpet.

He started as a YouTuber, but when he was 13, he was discovered by Scooter Brown, a talent
manager who decided to produce his records. Bieber's first single, "One Time" was a success in
Canada and in the USA. He dated Selena Gomez, but they broke up in March 2018. Now he is married
to a model, Hailey Baldwin. Bieber has sold more than 140 million records and is one of the best-
selling music artists in the world.

A. FIND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER

Birthdate:
Birthplace:
Father’s name:
Mother’s name:
Name of his school:
First single:
Wife’s name:

B. TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F) OR DOESN’T SAY (DS)?

T F DS

1. Justin Bieber is Canadian. ▢ ▢ ▢

2. He has got a brother. ▢ ▢ ▢

3. He started as a YouTuber. ▢ ▢ ▢

4. He can play many different instruments. ▢ ▢ ▢

5. He has a daughter. ▢ ▢ ▢

6. He has sold a lot of records. ▢ ▢ ▢

7. His wife is a model. ▢ ▢ ▢