Grade 7 - Reading - Exam paper questions

Complete the missing word. 14 year-old Alex Holmes is the youth world __________ at checkers, which is a board game for two players.

• champion

• captain

• winner

• competitor

Fill in the missing word. Typically a checkers game lasts about 90 minutes, but that depends _______ who is playing.

• in

• on

• by

• to

Fill in the missing word. Alex did so well at the ________ world youth competition that he was allowed to compete in the adult divison.

• immediate

• former

• present

• recent

Fill in the missing word. Alex did so well at the recent world youth competition that he was ________ to compete in the adult divison.

• agreed

• let

• allowed

• left

Fill in the missing word. He ________ to win a few games before being beaten by his own father, a world class player.

• achieved

• reached

• succeeded

• managed

Fill in the missing word. He managed to win a few games before being _______ by his own father, a world class player.

• caught

• gained

• beaten

• passed

Fill in the missing word. Alex says he has studied his father's style ________ the last few years and has included some of the ideas in his own game.

• over

• along

• within

• via

Fill in the missing word. Alex says he has studied his father's style over the last few years and has ________ some of the ideas in his own game.

• entered

• included

• accepted

• involved

Fill in the missing word. He usually spends the _________ part of a game trying to find out where the other player is weak.

• basic

• certain

• brief

• early

Fill in the missing word. Because Alex knows the checkers board by numbers, as _______ as he is told the number of the space where the other player has moved to, Alex can even play with his eyes closed.

• soon

• far

• long

• well