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1 What is the main idea of the passage?
Fishermen saved Steven’s life.
Steven’s situation was very bad.
Steven had a strong personality.
✔ Steven was rescued after 70 days at sea.
2 Which of the following was NOT mentioned as Steven’s problems?
He had no water.
He had no food.
✔ He had no a light bomb.
His life raft had a hole in it.
3 Why didn’t Steven put more air in his raft?
✔ Because he was too weak and tired.
Because he didn’t want to think about his situation.
Because he didn’t want to use up his strength.
Because he had to block another big hole in it.
4 What can be inferred from the passage?
✔ When Steven was rescued, the fishermen were near land.
When Steven’s boat sank, it might be in April.
Steven knew exactly when and where his boat sank.
When the fishermen found him, Steven had enough food to endure.
Summarize the Text
Complete the summary with the words in the box.
the happiest day his boat sank he saw land
alone in a life raft no food or water wanted to give up
Steven was on the ocean. About 70 days ago, .
His situation was very terrible. He had . In addition, his life raft had a
hole in it. What was worse, he was very tired and . But then
. Fishermen brought him back to land. It was of
his life.
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Fishermen saved Steven’s life.
Steven’s situation was very bad.
Steven had a strong personality.
✔ Steven was rescued after 70 days at sea.
2 Which of the following was NOT mentioned as Steven’s problems?
He had no water.
He had no food.
✔ He had no a light bomb.
His life raft had a hole in it.
3 Why didn’t Steven put more air in his raft?
✔ Because he was too weak and tired.
Because he didn’t want to think about his situation.
Because he didn’t want to use up his strength.
Because he had to block another big hole in it.
4 What can be inferred from the passage?
✔ When Steven was rescued, the fishermen were near land.
When Steven’s boat sank, it might be in April.
Steven knew exactly when and where his boat sank.
When the fishermen found him, Steven had enough food to endure.
Summarize the Text
Complete the summary with the words in the box.
the happiest day his boat sank he saw land
alone in a life raft no food or water wanted to give up
Steven was on the ocean. About 70 days ago, .
His situation was very terrible. He had . In addition, his life raft had a
hole in it. What was worse, he was very tired and . But then
. Fishermen brought him back to land. It was of
his life.
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