Reading Test 3 (Part2: ClozeTest,Rania,Sign Language Interpreter

​Part 2 (10 questions, 10 marks)

Questions 9 to 18 are based on the following passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. For each question, mark your answer on the answer sheet.

Multiple Choice

On a cold afternoon last March, 17-year-old Rania (0) got down from her school bus and ran to the scene of a three-car (9)______ to assist Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers, who were looking for a sign language interpreter.

• pile-up

• pile-on

• pile-down

• pile-over

Multiple Choice

When her school bus (10) ________, she saw the police and emergency workers attending to the victims...

• went away

• pulled away

• moved aside

• shifted aside

Multiple Choice

...she saw the police and emergency workers attending to the victims of the accident (11)______ the apartment building where she lives with her family.

• amid

• into

• beneath

• near

Multiple Choice

She then joined a small crowd of (12) ____ across the street.

• watchers

• audience

• onlookers

• spectators

Multiple Choice

Rania noticed that an injured woman was (13)___ to communicate with an EMS worker using sign language, but he could not understand her.

• struggling

• fighting

• getting

• pretending

Multiple Choice

She ran over to the paramedic to help. "I heard you ask for an interpreter," Rania said. "I (14) ______ and I can help to interpret," she said.

• hint

• sign

• beckon

• gesture

Multiple Choice

Rania was able to relay to the emergency personnel that the woman's neck was (15)_____ and told them the name of the local hospital she preferred. "She looked hurt and I'm proud that I was able to help."

• injured

• damaged

• abused

• harmed

Multiple Choice

Rania's mother, a former sign language interpreter, had (16)_____ Rania and her siblings how to sign, though no one in the family suffers from impaired hearing.

• instructed

• taught

• coached

• tutored

Multiple Choice

"It's in her nature to help. I was impressed that she recognised the (17)_______ of the situation and took charge.

• depth

• importance

• seriousness

• difficulty

Multiple Choice

Even (18)____ adults would not have done that."

• little

• much

• most

• few