Reading Comprehension - Multiple Matching
Read the following article in which four students speaking about homework and then answer the questions on the following page.
A. Muneera
How do you feel working at home after six hours of class works and one hour journey by a packed school bus? Tiring, isn’t it? I believe no student likes to toil one or two hours in the evening with exercises and tasks and so do I. It looks life is all work and no fun. It is heaven for me if I am able to watch my favourite cartoons on TV after the school time, enjoying my popcorns all the while. Still, my teachers would bet I am regular with my homework and my notes are always completed. But, that is a matter of my responsibility than passion. In spite of these things, I must say, I like to learn English poems by heart and whenever we are asked to do it, I turn to my homework with what you may call an excitement. s
B. Jabir
Usually I reach home after the school at around five in the evening. Our school bus has a special design with seats arranged in circles. So we sit talking and sharing all sorts of funny things. So, one and a half hours fly off in the blink of an eye. Of course, my teachers give me homework. My feel of doing them really depends. Some teachers give works which are exciting and some load us with boring tasks. If the given tasks make me do something my own, I like them. For instance, last week, our science teacher asked us to do an experiment, to bud in order to make a plant. We all loved doing it
C. Sheena
Our teachers give a lot of group activity in class and I enjoy most of them. I also have a thrill in our tussle with ideas. So, school time is seldom hard for me. It is not that appealing to be in bus with students, all drooped and exhausted. But, what is good for me is that I reach home just after fifteen minutes of travel. The first thing I do after my coffee is to complete my homework. If it is left for another time, my mind gets held in it and I am not able to play. I think, if we make a schedule for homework, it won’t be a burden
D. Yunis
Overall, I am an average student, but I believe sincerity in work can make things done. I ride my own bike for nearly 30 minutes after the school and then go to play after a tea. I spend two hours for homework alone in the night time before my dinner. As dad always says work is an opportunity, not a burden, I train myself not to grumble about workload. What I do is to get up early in the morning to revise. In my case, it has helped to grasp faster and clearer.
The questions below are about some students speaking about homework (A–D). For each question write the correct letter A, B, C or D in the box.
Which student
a)enjoys traveling time by school bus?
b)mentions the amount of time spent on work in school on a day?
c) enjoys studies?
d) expresses an assessment of oneself as a student?
e) enjoys spending evenings in easy recreations?
f) reaches home early, after a very short time of travel?
g) tries to improve attitude to work?
h)suggests that teachers should take care to make homework interesting?
i) likes to do only one particular task as homework?
j)gives a practical suggestion to make the task of homework feel lighter?
