Reading Quiz

Which of the following would be the best title for this article?

• Sylvia Earle’s first dive

• Sylvia Earle, underwater hero

• Sylvia Earle’s childhood

• Sylvia Earle’s diving team

Where does Sylvia live in?

• The USA

• France

• England

• Brazil

What career did Sylvia decide to follow after her first dive?

• a diving instructor

• a fisherwoman

• a sea captain

• an underwater explorer

How far under water did she go in order to break world record?

• 380 meters

• 381 meters

• 382 meters

• 383 meters

The word ‘famous’ in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by _____

• well-known

• ideal

• suitable

• rich

What was causing harm to everything living in the sea?

• fishing

• oil

• pollution

• dangerous species

What does the word ‘it’ in the last paragraph refer to?

• farm

• fish

• damage

• seafood

In which space (marked A, B, C and D in the passage) will the following sentence fit? Earle warned, and many species were in danger of becoming extinct.

• [A]

• [B]

• [C]

• [D]

Where does Sylvia think we should get our fish from?

• seas

• fish farms

• rivers

• oceans

Which of the following sentences would best complete the last paragraph?

• However, they need to reduce the impact they are having on the ocean’s supplies.

• Sylvia Earle was worried about the number of fish that were being caught.

• Her books offer some solutions to marine problems to save lives under sea.

• Until 1970, nobody had lived underwater before because it was very dangerous.