English Reading Exercises for A1 – Stranger than fiction?

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However, one story is more believable. It happened in Michigan, USA, in a place called Dewey Lake. In the summer of 1964, a woman called Mrs Ultrup described a meeting with a strange creature. It was about three metres tall and covered in hair. It chased her into her house and attacked her dog. She called the police. When they arrived, there were huge footprints in the ground outside Mrs Ultrup’s house. The police photographed the footprints, and the local newspaper reported the events. But this was not the end of the story. Other people in the Dewey Lake area reported seeing the creature. Three teenage girls called the police after seeing the creature beside the lake. Suddenly, the ‘Dewey Lake Monster’ was on news programmes around the country and people arrived with guns to look for it. But they couldn’t find it. To this day, the Dewey Lake Monster is still a mystery. The people at the centre of the stories are certainly not looking for attention or money; in fact, they do not want to talk about their experiences at all.

When you do a multiple-choice task, treat each option as a true of false task. Remember that only one option – the correct answer – is true.

1)
Sasquatch and Bigfoot are
a)
two creatures from different parts of North America.
b)
two different names for the same creature.
c)
completely different creatures: one is real, the other is mythical.
2)
Bigfoot is similar to a human because
a)
it is about the same size as an adult human.
b)
its hair is similar to a human’s hair.
c)
it moves in a similar way to a human.
3)
Who or what did the Dewey Lake Monster attack, according to the stories?
a)
Mrs Ultrup.
b)
A dog.
c)
Three teenagers.
4)
The writer doesn’t think people invented stories about the Dewey Lake Monster to get attention. Why not?
a)
Because they don’t want to talk about it.
b)
Because the stories appeared in newspapers and news programmes.
c)
Because they called the police after seeing the creature.

Cara Berlatih