Question

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices (A or B, C, D).

Bobbi Brown is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.

Bobbi lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only one hundred and twenty people live on Gigha but in summer this number will be doubled because of tourists who come by boat every day.

Every day Bobbi gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he drives the island’s children to school. At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop.

He says: “Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t like watching television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it”.

1. Bobbi Brown is a very busy man because____________.

A. he is 60 years old B. he has thirteen jobs

C. he lives and works on the island D. he is a postman

2. In summer, about ____________tourists come by boat every day.

A. 120 B. 60 C. 240 D. 150

3. He usually takes the island’s children to school by ____________.

A. bus B. taxi C. boat D. ambulance

4. What does Bobbi do in the evenings? ~ ____________.

A. He makes supper B. He watches television

C. He goes to bed early D. He does the accounts

5. They don’t watch television in the evenings because ____________.

A. They have a glass of wine B. They never have holidays

C. They don’t like it D. They are always tired in the evening

Answer 1

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices (A or B, C, D).

Bobbi Brown is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.

Bobbi lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only one hundred and twenty people live on Gigha but in summer this number will be doubled because of tourists who come by boat every day.

Every day Bobbi gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he drives the island’s children to school. At 9.00 he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop.

He says: “Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t like watching television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it”.

1. Bobbi Brown is a very busy man because____________.

A. he is 60 years old B. he has thirteen jobs

C. he lives and works on the island D. he is a postman

2. In summer, about ____________tourists come by boat every day.

A. 120 B. 60 C. 240 D. 150

3. He usually takes the island’s children to school by ____________.

A. bus B. taxi C. boat D. ambulance

4. What does Bobbi do in the evenings? ~ ____________.

A. He makes supper B. He watches television

C. He goes to bed early D. He does the accounts

5. They don’t watch television in the evenings because ____________.

A. They have a glass of wine B. They never have holidays

C. They don’t like it D. They are always tired in the evening