4000 Essential English Words

Reading Comprehension

PART Q Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false

statements to make them true.

1. .Two men aspired to be mayor of the cosmopolitan city of Sherman.

2. Mr. Jones was a pathological speaker who flattered people with his words.
   3. Mr. Webb was lame, so he limped when he walked.
   4. Mr. Webb tackled important issues and amended unfair laws in the city charter.
   5. Mr. Jones censored newspapers that tried to disseminate outbursts of anger.

PART O Answer the questions.

1. What did the polls predict after the people were put into a trance?


2. What misguided decision did the people feel remorse for making?


3. What was Mr. Webb willing to do after he abolished Mr. Jones’s laws from the constitution?


4. What did the phenomenal speaker become infamous for?
   5. What was Mr. Jones trying to do by working in secrecy?