HOTS Reading I

Reno : Hello. May I speak to Andy, please?

Andy : Hello. Andy speaking. Who am I

speaking to?

Reno : Andy, it’s me Reno.

Andy : Oh, Reno. What can I do for you?

Reno : Will you go to the Boy Scout activity this afternoon?

Andy : Yes. And you?

Reno : Me too. By the way, can we go together?

Andy : Absolutely, we can. I’ll wait for you here.

Reno : O.K., Andy, thanks. Bye.

Andy : Bye, Reno.

The phone call is about ________.

• Andy’s intention to come to Reno’s house

• 
  Reno’s intention to go to the Boy Scout activity

• Reno’s intention to come to Andy’s house

• 
  Reno and Andy’s plan to join a Boy Scout activity

Today is a special day for Bob. He was waiting at the bus stop with his dad. He is a little scared. He is meeting his second grade teacher for the first time. He hopes he likes her. He hopes he makes new friends in his class, too.

• day of the class trip

• Halloween

• First day of school

• Christmas

Dolphins are very smart animals.  They even have their own language.   They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts.  Scientists have been studying this dolphin language.  They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other.

This paragraph mainly tells:

• How smart dolphins are

• how dolphins talk to people

• how dolpins are different from fish

• which scientists are studying languages

Tom: Hello, may I speak to Jack, please?

Jack: Hello, this is Jack. Who is calling?

Tom: It's me, Tom.

Jack: Oh, Tom. What can I do for you?

Tom: Will you be attending the soccer game this evening?

Jack: Yes, I will. Will you be there too?

Tom: Yes, I will. By the way, can we go together?

Jack: Sure, we can. I'll wait for you here.

Tom: Okay, Jack. Thanks. Bye.

Jack: Bye, Tom.

What is the phone call about?

• Jack's intention to go to Tom's house

• Tom's intention to go to the soccer game

• Tom's intention to go to Jack's house

• Tom and Jack's plan to attend a soccer game

Earth does not appear to be in any danger from any asteroids that measure one kilometre wide.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

We don’t need to worry about small asteroids under 20 metres wide.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

Stuart thinks students sometimes ___.

• look down on people who are not studying

• ask for help with their work too much

• talk about their university subjects too much

• forget that their parents were young once

Stuart says parents would like to ___.

• stay for at least one night when they visit

• meet their son or daughter's university friends

• come and visit at least once a fortnight

• visit every so often and go to a restaurant together

Stuart promises to ___.

• make only minimal changes to his daughter's bedroom

• keep his daughter's bedroom exactly as she left it

• redecorate his daughter's bedroom and turn it into a guest bedroom

• clean his daughter's old room before she comes back to visit

Khao San Road is an authentic Thai area of the city.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN