The Reading Test
Read about this piece of England in China, then do the test.
The building company Hong Kong Housing is building a new suburb in Shanghai, a city with a population of more than 16 million people. But this suburb is not like other parts of Shanghai. It is a little piece of England. The name of the new area is "English Town". The manager of Hong Kong Housing, Shi Guangsheng, says many people in this area of China want to buy an English house and live in an English town.
"This town is like Bristol or Chester. There is an English square and there are pigeons to feed like in Trafalgar Square, London. There are four English-style pubs and you can buy English beer to drink. There is a canal and you can row a boat there like in Cambridge."
Are there any cricket fields? "No, there aren't any places to play cricket because nobody in Shanghai can play this game. But there is a football stadium like those in England. And the thing we are very proud of is our shopping street. There are several shops where you can buy traditional English food like fish and chips or Christmas Pudding."
The rich Shanghai businessman can do some gardening too. For with every house in "English Town", there is an English lawn and there are long gardens with ponds and tall hedges.
But there is one problem. The houses in this part of town cost a minimum of $400,000!
Ex.1 True or false:
1. Over sixteen million people live in Shanghai.
2. They are building a new suburb near Shanghai.
3. The new suburb looks different from the other parts of Shanghai.
4. "English Town" is in a Chinese city.
5. Few people would like to buy a house in "English Town".
6. These houses are only for English people to buy.
7. There are pigeons in all the gardens.
8. The pubs in "English Town” look like pubs in England.
9. There aren't any cricket fields in the new development.
10. Shi Guangsheng feels proud about the English-style shops.
11. Most houses have a lawn.
12. The houses are cheap.
13. How many English-style pubs are there in "English Town"?
A Forty
B Fourteen
C Four
14. What can you buy at the pubs in "English Town"?
A Lemonade
B Beer
C Juice
15. Where can you go boating?
A On the river
B On the lake
C On the canal
16. It’s possible to go boating in "English Town” like in…
A Chester
B Cambridge
C Bristol
17. Which is true?
A Nobody in Shanghai can play cricket.
B Nobody in Shanghai likes playing cricket.
C Nobody in Shanghai is good at playing cricket.
18. What are they proud of?
A Their shopping street
B Their football stadium
C Their cricket fields
19. Who can do some gardening in "English Town”?
A Rich people
B Poor people
C Anybody
20. What is there with every house in "English Town”?
A A lawn and a garden
B A garden, a pond and a hedge.
C A lawn, a garden, a pond and a hedge.
21. Are there any problems in "English Town”?
A No
B One
C Some​

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