1. MARTA ROBINSON Easter
2011
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the article about a teacher called Marta. Select the best word (A, B or C) for
each space.
MARTA ROBINSON
Marta Robinson is a teacher from Birmingham in England. She (0) …………… mathematics at
university, and wants to work in a secondary school (1) …………… Birmingham one day. But
at the moment she (2) …………… maths.
After finishing university, Marta decided to go (3) …………… Africa and get some experience.
She (4) …………… for almost two years in a village in northern Nigeria and (5) …………… she
(6) …………… to a little village in Kenya. She loves (7) …………… children. All (8) ……………
students are between three and fifteen years old, all of them in one class !
The classroom is a little different from schools in England. For a start, it’s outside! The children
sit (9) …………… the floor and don’t use pens or paper (10) …………… . Marta says the
conditions are hard, and the days are long, but the people are very enthusiastic and learn very
fast.
Example:
0. A. study B. studies C. studied
1. A. on B. in C. at
2. A. taught B. teach C. teaches
3. A. to B. in C. for
4. A. work B. works C. worked
5. A. then B. now C. after
6. A. came B. was C. went
7. A. teach B. teaching C. to teach
8. A. Her B. His C. Their
9. A. on B. down C. at
10. A. hardly ever B. very often C. sometimes

2. MARTA ROBINSON (Key)
1. A. on B. in C. at
2. A. taught B. teach C. teaches
3. A. to B. in C. for
4. A. work B. works C. worked
5. A. then B. now C. after
6. A. came B. was C. went
7. A. teach B. teaching C. to teach
8. A. Her B. His C. Their
9. A. on B. down C. at
10. A. hardly ever B. very often C. sometimes