Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – Eco-friendly Transportation
Reading 1
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Max’s Skateboard Shopping Basket
Fifteen-year-old Max loves skateboarding. He rides his skateboard to school and to the park every day. On Saturdays, his mum always asks him to go to the local supermarket to buy food. Max usually walks there because it is very difficult to hold heavy shopping bags and ride a skateboard at the same time. He wanted to find a way to make the trip faster and more fun.
One afternoon, Max decided to solve this problem. He looked in his garage and found a small metal basket from his sister’s old bicycle. Using some strong tape and a few screws, he carefully fixed the basket to the front of his skateboard. It took him two hours to finish the job, but he was very happy with his new invention.
The next morning, Max went to the shop to test his idea. He bought apples, milk, and bread, and put everything inside the basket. As he skated home, some people stopped to watch him. He rode slowly over the streets, and nothing fell out. The basket worked perfectly, and his mum was very surprised when he arrived home so early.
Now, all of Max’s friends want a basket for their skateboards too. Max is busy at the weekends making more of them. He charges a little bit of money for each one to pay for the materials. When he leaves school, Max hopes to start his own company and design more useful things for skaters.
1 Why did Max usually walk to the supermarket?
(A) Riding his board with full bags was hard to do.
(B) He wanted to ride a skateboard at the same time.
(C) His mum always asks him to go to the park.
2 How did Max make his invention?
(A) He took a part from a bike and attached it to his board.
(B) He found a small metal basket for his sister.
(C) He took two hours to carefully fix an old bicycle.
3 What happened when Max used his basket for the first time?
(A) He brought his food back without dropping anything.
(B) Some people stopped to buy apples, milk, and bread.
(C) His mum was very surprised when she arrived home.
4 What is Max doing now?
(A) Producing extra baskets for other teenagers to buy.
(B) Charging a little bit of money to leave school.
(C) Starting his own company with all of his friends.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) The boy who fixed his sister’s old bicycle
(B) How a teenager used his skateboard to carry shopping
(C) Why teenagers want to start their own company
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 B
Reading 2
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A Greener Way to Travel
Seventeen-year-old Minh loves going on summer holidays. Every year, his family travels from their home in Hanoi to beautiful beaches in Da Nang. Usually, they catch a plane because the journey is very fast. However, Minh recently had an interesting science lesson about the environment. He decided to find out how their travel choices change the planet.
Minh spent a weekend looking for information on the internet. He wanted to compare their normal flight with a train journey. He was very surprised by what he found. A plane makes a lot of dirty and dangerous gases. The train takes sixteen hours, but it is much cleaner. Minh saw that taking the train is a much better choice for the environment.
After reading this, Minh showed the information to his parents. At first, his dad wanted to fly because he didn’t want to have a shorter holiday. He said the train was too slow. But Minh talked to him about the beautiful views they could see from the train window. Finally, his parents agreed, and they bought train tickets for their next trip.
The family’s holiday is next month, and Minh feels really excited. He knows he has to sit on a train for a very long time, but he is happy to help the earth. He hopes that other teenagers will read his story and choose to travel differently in the future.
1 Why did Minh want to learn about travel and the planet?
(A) Because of a class he took at school.
(B) Because he loves going on summer holidays.
(C) Because his family travels from their home in Hanoi.
2 What did Minh discover when he went online?
(A) The train makes a lot of dirty and dangerous gases.
(B) A train is less bad for the earth than a plane.
(C) He has to spend a weekend looking for information.
3 Why was Minh’s dad unhappy about taking the train in the beginning?
(A) He wanted to see beautiful views from the train window.
(B) He preferred to get to their holiday place quickly.
(C) He liked to buy train tickets for their next trip.
4 How does Minh feel about his holiday now?
(A) Glad because he is doing something good for the world.
(B) Unhappy because he has to sit on a train for a very long time.
(C) Excited because other teenagers will read his story.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) How to buy train tickets to Da Nang
(B) A teenager’s better choice for the planet
(C) The fastest way to go on a summer holiday
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 B
Reading 3
For each question, choose the correct answer.
The School Walking Bus
Fourteen-year-old Mia lives in a small town. Every morning, she walks to her secondary school. She always sees hundreds of cars on the roads because parents drive their younger children to the primary school. The traffic is terrible, and the streets are very dangerous. Mia decided she wanted to change this.
One evening, Mia read an article on the internet about a ‘walking bus’. This is when older teenagers walk together and collect younger children from their homes on the way to school. Mia told her head teacher about her plan. He thought it was a fantastic idea and sent a message to all the parents.
On the first day, only five young children joined the walking bus. Mia and her two best friends wore bright yellow coats so the car drivers could easily see them. The teenagers and the children sang fun songs while they were walking. The young kids had a brilliant time.
After a few weeks, everything is different. Now, over thirty children walk with Mia and her friends every morning. Because of this, there are much fewer cars at the school gates. Mia feels extremely proud of her project. Next term, she hopes to help students at another school start their own walking bus.
1 Why did Mia want to change things in her town?
(A) She thought the journey to school wasn’t safe.
(B) She liked seeing hundreds of cars on the roads.
(C) She wanted to drive younger children to the primary school.
2 What did the head teacher do?
(A) He read an article on the internet about it.
(B) He decided to collect younger children from their homes.
(C) He shared Mia’s idea with the families.
3 Why did Mia and her friends wear bright yellow coats?
(A) To make sure they were visible in the traffic.
(B) Because they wanted to sing fun songs.
(C) So the young kids had a brilliant time.
4 How has the walking bus changed things?
(A) Over thirty children walk to another school.
(B) The area outside the school has less traffic.
(C) Mia feels extremely proud of the school gates.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) The teenagers who make the school walk safer
(B) How to learn fun songs on the way to school
(C) The dangers of driving cars in a small town
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 A