READING COMPREHENSION : A NEWS Name:

STORY Date:

Australian Associated Press

8:05AM September 27, 2017

When a thief strikes a service station in Melbourne, Australia, no security guard stands in
the way. But who needs a security guard when you've got automatic doors like these?

An automatic door has proven too much for an Australian robber who became trapped
inside a petrol station he had just robbed.

He entered the Reservoir store armed with scissors on the night of September 20, jumping
the counter and stealing cash and cigarettes.

But the front doors failed to open when he tried to flee and he spent several minutes in
full view of CCTV cameras trying to activate them.

He then tried to smash the front doors before finally managing to open them.

Police are still looking for the man . They have released images of a man, who was
wearing underpants marked "Friday", they believe could help with their inquiries.

PART 1 : General Comprehension

Answer the Wh-Questions with a complete sentence or tick the correct answers.

The document is a newspaper article an online article a news report

a newspaper advertisement an extract from a novel a news programme

According to you, what does refer to ?

When was it published?

Who is it about ?

What is it about ? What does it deal with ?



Who are the other people mentioned ?

PART 2 : Detailed Comprehension

Tick the most appropriate headline . Justify your answer.

Melbourne robber trapped by automatic doors

Police hunt car thief caught on CCTV stealing petrol for his stolen Audi

Stopped by security guard after robbery

Man, 48, arrested for armed robbery at Shell petrol station

Where exactly did the event take place ?

When did it happen (occur) ?

What do they refer to?

The Reservoir store (l.5)

them (l.9)

Friday (l.11)
..

Pick out all the words related to security in the text

Closed-circuit television (in the article) ..

 Say if the statements are Right or Wrong. Justify your answers by quoting the text.

( Quote the line) (l.1) .

a. There was a security guard standing outside the store. Right Wrong
Justification

b. The day of the offence, was a Wednesday. Right Wrong

Justification

c. The thief needed petrol for his stolen car. Right Wrong
Justification

d. The robber was heavily armed .

Right Wrong

Justification

e. He was trapped inside due to automatic doors. Right Wrong

Justification

f.He was able to run away. Right Wrong

Justification

g. The thief had to break the glass doors . Right Wrong

Justification

h. He was able to run away. Right Wrong

Justification

i. His identity has already been confirmed. Right Wrong

Justification

j. The Police have stopped him thanks to video surveillance . Right Wrong
Justification