Reading Comprehension: Pedal to a Free Meal, Cup of Tea and Flashes on the Moon

Pedal to a Free Meal

TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE. The plan will be launched for the first time on 19 April and run for a year, (the hotel says).

FALSE. If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be extended to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, (affirmed the hotel spokeswoman).

...to help people get in good shape / to reduce pollution / to use less electricity and spend less money.

Guests get a free meal if they ride one of the hotel bikes and produce a certain amount of electricity / they get a 26 € ticket to buy a meal / only hotel guests who pay can participate / iPhones control the amount of energy produced / the energy produced is used by the hotel.

Reduce

Roughly

Just

Since

Complete the sentences

a) are invited, produce, enough electricity, will be given

b) began

c) driving, easier, by

d) wasting

Cup of Tea

TRUE OR FALSE

False. “And despite the increase in coffee houses, tea remains their preferred beverage.”

False. “Although it dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it wasn’t until the mid-17th century that the beverage made its appearance in England.”

It is not difficult to make.

It makes you feel happier and in a better mood.

It gives relief when you have a cold.

It is good for curing other types of illnesses.

It is a drink that stimulated workers, so that they could do longer hours at work.

wealthy

mild

increased

consoles

if, should

has become, for

Making, so3

Flashes on the Moon

TRUE OR FALSE

a) FALSE. “This unusual phenomenon has been happening several times a week.”

b) FALSE. “The so-called transient lunar phenomena have been known since the 1950s but they have not been sufficiently observed.”

Question A.2

a) This phenomenon is likely caused by: gases escaping the surface during moonquakes, meteorites hitting the moon's surface, electrically charged particles of solar wind reacting with moondust.

b) It is located in Spain, not far from Seville, because the atmospheric conditions for watching the moon are much better than in Germany.

Question A.3

4) glow

b) occurred

c) set up

d) base

Question A.4

a) orbiting, in

b) were left, still

c) started, at

d) which, is covered