Reading comprehension Home Exercise -06, PASSAGE A

PASSAGE A

The white cliffs of Dover on the coast of England are chalk. Chalk is composed of the shells of sea animals. How, then, did they come to make up huge cliffs on the seacoast? Well, at one time, the chalk was under the ocean. As the animals with shells died, the shells fell to the ocean floor and piled up over millions of years, often to great thicknesses. Then, the ocean floor rose, and the water fell back, leaving the chalk to make up dry land. In many parts of England and France you can scratch the soil and find chalk underneath. Some train tunnels go through chalk.

1.       This story is mainly about-

1.       The natural history of chalk.

2.       Sea animals with shells.

3.       The seacoast of England

4.       The many places where chalk is found.

2.       When they die, some sea animals leave behind –

1.       Sea coast

2.       Ocean floor

3.       Shells

4.       White cliffs.

3.       The white cliffs of Dover formed because –

1.       Sea animals died.

2.       There was chalk on the ocean floor.

3.       The ocean floor rose up.

4.       There is chalk under the soil.

                4.       Some train tunnels –

1.       Leave the water behind.

2.       Allow the train to go through chalk.

3.       Are on the seacoast of England and France.

4.       Are stopped by the shells of sea animals

Answer: 

1.       1

2.       3

3.       3

4.       2