Staying alive: compreensão de leitura A2

4 exercícios de nível A2 (Leitura) sobre “Staying alive”, com respostas. Faça cada atividade e confira na hora. Grátis, sem conta.

HabilidadeLeitura
NívelA2 Elementar
Exercícios4
Lacunas6
Tema19 de 21

Antes de começar. 4 exercícios. Leia cada texto e depois responda às perguntas.

Exercício 1. Match the pairs of adjectives with similar meanings. Put them in the correct columns.

  • astonishing      bad      big      disgusting      exhausted      filthy
  • good      hungry      sad      stunning      tasty      terrifying      tiny
Simple adjectiveExtreme adjective
surprising1astonishing
2delicious
beautiful3
4awful
unpleasant5
6starving
small7
8brilliant
frightening9
10tragic
dirty11
12huge
tired13

Exercício 2. Read the text. Find five extreme adjectives from exercise 1.

6 lacunas
  • [A]
  • Alone at sea
  • On 29 January 1982, Steven Callahan left the Canary Islands in a small yacht. 1) But a week later, during an awful storm, something (probably a whale) hit the yacht and made a huge hole in it. 2) He had to act quickly!
  • [B]
  • Steven got into an inflatable life raft and just had time to get a sleeping bag, a first-aid kit, some food, maps, and a torch from the yacht before it sank. He also managed to get a copy of a book called Sea Survival3) But he couldn’t rescue the radio from the yacht.
  • [C]
  • 4
    His food ran out after a few days so he had to survive by catching sea-birds, fish and flying fish. He drank rain water which he caught in the raft.
  • [D]
  • After about two months at sea, the raft was 3,000 km from the place where the yacht sank. 5) But unfortunately they didn’t see him. He was beginning to think that he might not survive. He was starving, exhausted, weak and very thin.
  • [E]
  • Finally, after 76 days, some fishermen saw the sea-birds that were flying around the raft and took Steven to the island of Guadeloupe. After his terrifying experience, he was finally in the Caribbean!

Exercício 3. Read the Reading Strategy. Match sentences A-G with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are two extra sentences.

Reading Strategy

When you do a task with gapped sentences in a narrative text, look carefully at the sentence before each gap and think about what is likely to happen next. Then look at the options and see which of the sentences matches your ideas. Finally, check that the text reads smoothly with your chosen sentence in place.

  • A
    During this time, Steven saw nine ships.
  • B
    Water was coming in and the boat was sinking fast.
  • C
    But he couldn’t swim back to the yacht.
  • D
    It contained lots of useful information about surviving at sea.
  • E
    He was planning to sail to the Caribbean.
  • F
    Some men were fishing near Steven’s raft.
  • G
    Alone in the life raft, Steven travelled slowly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Exercício 4. Read the text again, including the missing sentences. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Write the paragraph (A-E) which contains the answer.

  • 1
    Steven wanted to sail to the Canary Islands. T or F? Paragraph?
  • 2
    Steven’s nightmare started four days into the trip. T or F? Paragraph?
  • 3
    Steven managed to get some useful things from the sinking yacht. T or F? Paragraph?
  • 4
    Steven ate birds and fish in order to survive. T or F? Paragraph?
  • 5
    Steven didn’t reach the Caribbean. T or F? Paragraph?

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  1. 1Leia cada pergunta cuidadosamente
  2. 2Escreva sua resposta ou selecione a opção correta
  3. 3Clique em “Verificar respostas” para corrigir suas lacunas ou em “Mostrar respostas” para ver o gabarito
  4. 4Revise quaisquer erros e tente exercícios similares
  5. 5Passe para o próximo exercício quando estiver pronto