8.Reading Comprehension

Read the text of letter and answer the questions.

Dear Shakira,

Thanks for your last letter. I am happy to read your story about your home village. It is a really wonderful village for me. My village lies between two beautiful mountains. It has not only fresh water but also clean air. There is a nice lake behind my yard. I  spend my spare time there not only for swimming but also for fishing with my school mates.
I hope  we can swim in this lovely lake someday.

Cheers,

Windy

Exercise1.
Vocabulary Building
Find the meaning of these words or phrase
1.   your last letter                                          
2.   read your story                                      
3.   about your home village                        
4.   a really wonderful village                         
5.   lies                                                           
6.   between two beautiful mountains           
7.   not only fresh water but also clean air     
8.   a nice lake                                             
9.   behind my yard                                      
10. spend                                                       
11. my spare time                                        
12. not only for swimming but also for fishing   
13. my school mates                                       
14. hope                                                     
15. can swim                                                
16. in this lovely lake                                      
17. someday                                                 


Exercise 2.
Answer these questions.
1.   Who writes thee letter?
2.   What is the behind the writer's yards?
3.   Where does the writer's village lie?
4.   What does the writer do to spend her spare time?
5.   Whom does the writer go fishing with?

Read the Greeting Card and answer the questions.
 John, get ready for building blocks, baseball and bats for year of excitement and fun. Get ready for having a life time of joy with your wonderful new little brother.

Congratulation
Mary

Exercise 3.
Answer the questions.
1.   Who writes the card?
2.   Who has a little brother?
3.   What can John do with his little brother?
4.   Is John unhappy to have a new little brother?
5.   Why does Mary send the card?

Exercise 4.
Rearrange these jumbled sentences to make a good paragraph.
1.   Mount Bromo offers some exciting experiences.
2.   It takes about three hours to drive from Surabaya to Ngadisari,
      a village near Mount Bromo.
3.   Bromo mountain is located in East Java.
4.   First, you can enjoy the beauty of Sun rise on the peak.
5.   To reach the volcano, you have to ride a horse or a jeep over the
      segara pasir, a sea of sand.
6.   Second, you can see the smoky and rumbling crater.