Fiche d’exercices de Compréhension de lecture (examens d’entrée) avec corrigé

Butterflies begin life as caterpillars. A caterpillar eats leaves and grows quickly. Then it forms a hard case called a chrysalis, and inside it changes into a butterfly. What is the case called?

1. AA shell
2. BA chrysalis
3. CA cocoon
4. DA nest

Vitamin C is found in many fruits and vegetables, such as oranges, strawberries and peppers. The body uses it to help heal wounds. Which food is named as a source of vitamin C?

1. ABrown rice
2. BStrawberries
3. CHard cheese
4. DWhite bread

Our skin makes vitamin D when it is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D helps the body take in calcium, which keeps bones strong. What does vitamin D help the body do?

1. ATake in calcium
2. BFight off colds
3. CDigest sugar
4. DGrow more hair

A line graph shows the number of visitors to a park each month. The line rises steadily from January to July, then falls from August to December. Which statement best describes the data?

1. AVisits are highest in January and lowest in July.
2. BVisits peak around July and then fall towards December.
3. CVisits fall in the first half and rise in the second.
4. DVisits are the same in every month of the year.

Octopuses can change the colour and texture of their skin in less than a second. They use this ability to hide from predators and to sneak up on prey. What are two reasons octopuses change colour?

1. ATo signal danger to others and to clean their skin
2. BTo attract mates and to keep warm
3. CTo hide from predators and to sneak up on prey
4. DTo show they are angry and to sleep

Florence Nightingale collected data on deaths among soldiers in the Crimean War. She showed in clear diagrams that more soldiers died from disease than from battle wounds, and she used this evidence to persuade the government to improve hospital sanitation. What was Nightingale’s main goal in collecting the data?

1. ATo design better weapons for the army
2. BTo prove that battle wounds were not dangerous
3. CTo convince officials to improve hospital conditions
4. DTo teach soldiers how to draw diagrams

“While most of the class cheered at the announcement of an extra week for the project, Jamal quietly closed his laptop. He had finished his project the night before after staying up until 2 a.m.” Why did Jamal most likely react differently?

1. AHe had already finished, so the extra week did not help him.
2. BHe did not hear the announcement.
3. CHe had not started the project yet.
4. DHe was angry that the whole project had been cancelled.

“The town’s population grew from 8000 to 12 000 in ten years. During the same period, the number of schools stayed at two.” Which problem does the passage most likely point to?

1. AThe town built too many new schools.
2. BFewer children were living in the town.
3. CThe schools may have become crowded.
4. DThe population of the town went down.