Reading Comprehension Quiz

Student’s Name:___________________________________
CHOLERA’S HISTORY

a. Cholera is a disease spread by dirty water, and not _______cooked food. (proper)b. In the crowded cities of 19th century Britain, cholera spread ___________(easy).
c. Most doctors _____________(wrong) believed that fresh air and a betterdiet would prevent the disease.
d. Huge fires were _____________(usual) lit in the streets to drive away the infection, and the clothes of victims were also burned.e. The streets were also cleaned____________(thorough).
f. However, people continued to suffer _____________(dreadful)
g. In 1854, a doctor in London,John Snow, ______________(definite) proved that cholera spread through infected drinking water.
h. He could prove that in an area where deaths from cholera werehighest, the water was ______________(entire)responsible for cholera infection.

1. Complete the spaces with the words in parenthesis and add –ly to transform theminto adverbs.

2. According to text, the underlined word drive away can be replaced by

A) Exercise
B) decrease
C) Increase
D) Remove

3.According to the text,
Who was Jhon Snow? And what did he discover?

4. The intention of the paragraph a is
A) To explain why people should avoid thecholera.
B) To explain the cholera’s definition.
C) To compare dangerous activities for the people
D) To show some of the precautions to prevent the cholera5. Write some of the precautions taken for prevent the cholera at that time.

6. Using your own words, write a brief summary of the text in five lines.