Reading Comprehension Activity Science Fiction Stories Print
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MARTIN AND THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL
One night, Martin watched from his window, a trail of light falling from the sky, the speed of the light increasing
more and more so Martin felt scared and curious at the same time. The light landed on an abandoned lot just a
few meters from his house, so he gathered his courage and went to investigate the origin of that large and bright
light.
He found a large crater at the crash site and right in the center was something disc-shaped, which was
undoubtedly a flying saucer or an alien spacecraft. The door began to open and the boy did not even have time
to run when a very strange creature came out. It was a dark jade color with huge ears that reached the floor, it
was approximately two feet tall and had wrinkled skin, Martin managed to suppress a scream as the creature
began to speak.
–Hello, my name is Stalisky, I am from a very distant planet, my ship broke down, so I could not complete my
trip to Venus and I fell on this planet. "I'm Martin," said the boy, shaking his hand. "How do you know how to
speak our language?" –Our race has learned the cultures and languages of the 25 habitable planets we have
found in space. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me repair my ship, as our error-correcting
technology does not work on planet Earth.
Martin happily agreed, and for several weeks he went to the ship's location to help with its repairs. He and
Stalisky became very good friends, and shared knowledge with each other. Martin learned that we shouldn't
judge anyone or anything by their appearance or race, but that we should help everyone in any way we can.
When the time came to leave, they said goodbye with a hug and some beautiful words. Martin could not stop the
tears from running down his face as Stalisky's ship rose higher and moved further away from the earth.
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1.- Select the most appropriate question to identify the central theme of the text
A. How do you know how to speak our language?
B. Who was watching Stalisky from the window?
C. Is the appearance of others enough to know them completely?
D. How many languages had Stalisky learned?
2 .- Indicate the idea that summarizes the essence of the text
A. Martin was watching from his window and discovered an alien saucer
B. Earth is being invaded by thousands of aliens
C. Martin couldn't hold back his tears as he said goodbye to Stalisky
D. Martin met an alien and helped him fix his ship
3 .- In which paragraph are the characteristics of the alien described?
MARTIN AND THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL........................................................................................................1
THE WORLDS..........................................................................................................................................................1
Read the following text carefully and answer questions 5, 6, 7, and 8.
THE WORLDS
The wise man was determined to discover if there was life outside his world. To this end, he spent hours and
days observing through his telescope. One night he said to his obliging wife: “You know? Today I had the
intense sensation that a gigantic eye was looking at me from the sky. "Nonsense," she said. Come on, dinner is
ready.
At that very moment, in a very different place, someone said:
―You know, dad? Today, while I was playing with my microscope, I thought I felt a tiny eye watching me from
the slide.
"Bah, nonsense," said the father. Come on, dinner is ready.
Jorge Marin P. (adaptation)
6. Which of the following features places the previous text within the narrative subgenre of the science fiction
story?
A) It is a story where facts and characters are presented based on situations and places.
unreal of a supernatural world, causing a real effect on the reader
B) It is a story whose purpose is to provoke emotions related to fear, it presents
supernatural elements in a real setting
C) It is a short story of imaginary events that presents a mysterious robbery situation.
or crime, an investigation and characters intervene in a chase
D) It is a story that presents events that occur in imaginary world environments.
atopic, related to technological advances
7. Which of the following options mentions a literary device used in the previous story?
A) The open ending of the story
B) The double identity of the characters
C) The regressive chronological sequence of the story
D) The ghostly environment where the events occur
8. Which of the following types of narrator can be seen in the previous story?
A) Omniscient narrator, because he speaks in the third person, understands what happens in the
story and knows the causes of all actions
B) Narrator protagonist, because he speaks in the first person and experiences the feelings of the
main character
C) Narrator interlocutor, because he speaks in the second person as if he were talking to someone
D) Witness narrator, since he speaks in the third person, but does not know what his characters are
thinking.
9. Considering the above story, which of the following elements fundamentally shows the relationship between
science and technology and science fiction stories?
A) The type of narrator
B) The knot of the story
C) The atmosphere of the story
D) The use of the notion of time
10. In the sentence “I seemed to feel.” What mode is the action in?
A) Impersonal mode
B) Subjunctive mood
C) Imperative mode
D) Indicative mood
11. changing the “I would have seemed to feel”. What mode is the action in now?
A) Indicative mood
B) Imperative mode
C) Subjunctive mood
D) Impersonal mode
