READING COMPREHENSION

READING COMPREHENSIONWhere have all the heroes gone?What is a celebrity? A celebrity is basically a famous person. Many young people talk about celebrities like Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or Rihanna as their heroes. Yet, in the past, heroes were different. They were people we admired for noble achievements.. They were people who sacrificed themselves for a higher purpose, to save other people or to support an ideal. Martin Luther King is an American hero because of his contribution to the civil right movements. But what have Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus done for humanity?Real heroes have inspired people to make sacrifices in order to achieve something worthwhile, or to benefit society. Do celebrities inspire us to do great things? Some people who have no special talent have become celebrities and achieved fame with no sacrifice at all. Yet they inspire respect in teenagers. Other celebrities like Janet Jackson or Paris Hilton are famous because they are related to famous people. What about models like Naomi Campbell or Kate Moss? What contribution to society have they made to deserve the attention and adulation they receive? Perhaps we actually care more about fame than creative talent or noble achievement. People seem to be terribly interested in the lives of the celebrities. Some say this is because its human nature to gossip. Are our lives so obscure and uninteresting that we need glamorous celebrities to brighten them up? Maybe we simply need someone to look up to. Do we admire these people because they have achieved success that we haven`t? Do we admire the fame, health and status that we dont have? Are these the things we should admire a person for? Why do we admire celebrities so? Perhaps it is because they are not real traditional heroes anymore and celebrities are the next best thing.I-. Read the text and circle the correct alternative1. 3

2. What kind of text is it?A. A scientific articleB. A short storyC. An informative articleD. An interview

3. Who is this text addressed to?

A. EverybodyB. Only boysC. Only girlsD. Adults

4. The main idea of the text is:A. to give an explanation about what a hero isB. to make the difference between celebrity and a famousC. to differentiate a hero from a celebrityD. to give an explanation about what a celebrity is

5. According to the text a celebrity is:A. a heroB. a famousC. a hero and a famousD. neither a hero nor a famous

6. Heroes and celebrities are:

A. Very sacrificed peopleB. Very similar C. Very differentD. Famous and admired

7. heroes and celebrities are similar because

A. they are known peopleB. they are examples of good behaviourC. they are rich peopleD. they are kind people

8. heroes and celebrities are different because

A. Heroes motivated people to do sacrifices and they have special talents while celebrities do not.B. Celebrities motivate people to do sacrifices and they have special talents while heroes do not.C. Heroes were not famous and celebrities are very famousD. Celebrities are heroes but heroes are not celebrities

9. According to the text a hero is:

A. a person who admires and sacrifices noblesB. a person who sacrifices the higher purposeC. a Person saved and supported by othersD. a person who sacrifices for a higher purpose

10. Martin Luther King is:A. an American celebrityB. a contributorC. an American heroD. a human hero

11. Luther King was an American hero due to:

A. He fought for the right movements.B. He was civilized C. He fought for the civil rightsD. He fought against Justin Bieber

12. Heroes have inspired people :

A. To make sacrifices to their own benefitB. To make order to achieve somethingC. To make sacrifices to benefit societyD. To make sacrifices to get inspired

13. The text mentions that there are some people:A. who have talent enough to become a heroB. who have become celebrities with so much sacrifice C. who achieved fame with much sacrifice D. who have not talent nor sacrifice at all, but they have become celebrities.

14. Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus inspire:A. respect for teenagersB. respect in teenagersC. to be respectfulD. to be a celebrity

15. Janet Jackson or Paris Hilton became famous because

A. of their relation with famous people. B. they are related to other peopleC. they have different lifestylesD. of they are celebrities

16. Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss :

A. have contributed to society with attention and adilationB. have received attention and adulation for their sacrificesC. have given sacrifices and contributions to receive attention and adulationD. they received attention and adulation without making contributions to society

17. the text mentions that perhaps celebrities become are a kind of heroes because

A. some of us care more about creative talent than noble achievementB. some of us like famous peopleC. some of us care about fame, creative talent and noble achievementD. some of us care more about fame than creative talent or noble achievement

18. according to the text, some people are interested in famous peoples life

A. to make their lives more interestingB. to have something to gossip aboutC. because they need someone to lookD. to make their lives famous too

19. some reasons why people might be so interested in the lives of celebrities areA. their success, fame, health and status B. their glamour, success and admirationC. their fame, glamour, health and livesD. their money

20. according to the text we admire famous people becauseA. they have what we dontB. they are like we would not like to beC. they have what we would not like to haveD. they want what we have

21. at the end the text mentions thatA. heroes does not exist anymoreB. Heroes are been replaced by celebritiesC. heroes and celebrities are exactly the sameD. celebrities are been replaced by heroes

22. The highlighted word they in the fourth paragraph refers to:

A. Janet Jackson or Paris Hilton B. Naomi Campbell or Kate MossC. Justin Bieber or Miley CyrusD. attention and adulation

23. The highlighted word them in the four paragraph refers to

A. famous people livesB. our livesC. teenagers livesD. celebrities

24. From the text we can infer that:

A. people need to know about other peoples lifeB. our lives are not interesting at allC. people dont like gossipingD. heroes need people around them

25. another idea we can infer is that

A. heroes were people who encouraged others to do good thingsB. celebrities are the people who encourage us to do good thingsC. heroes were celebrities and famous peopleD. celebrities and heroes are the same

26. we can also infer that people mentioned in the text are

A. nor heroes but models and famousB. celebrities or models and singersC. heroes, celebrities and/or famousD. only heroes