READING COMPREHENSION INGLESE LEVEL A2

ROSA PARKS  

Rosa Parks was an Afro-American civil rights activist. She was born on February, 4 1913.
She is best known for what she did in her home town of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, on December 1, 1955.
While she sat in a seat in the middle of the bus, the bus driver told her to move to the back of the bus so a white passenger could take the seat in the front of the bus. During this time, when there were no white seats for white people, black people were told to get up out of their seat.
Parks refused to move.  Like so many others she was tired of being treated as a lower class person because of the color of her skin.
She was arrested. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days and nearly estimated 17.000 people refused to ride on the city buses.
This caused a change in the law. After that, black people were able to sit wherever they wanted to on the bus. Her refusal to let others treat her differently was an important symbol in the campaign against racial segregation

QUESTIONS

1) Rosa Parks was born on December 1, 1955. True or false?

FALSE: she was born on February 4, 1913

2) Where is the town of  Montgomery located?

Alabama

3) Who told Rosa Parks to move in the back of the bus?

The bus driver

4) Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

Because she refused to leave her seat and move in the back of the bus

5) Why was Rosa Parks treated as a lower class person?

Because of the color of her skin

6) What is the best synonym for "boycott"?
a. approval
b. protest
c. agreement

b. Protest

7)  The boycott lasted more than one year. True or false?

True (It lasted 381 days)

8)  What did people do during this period?

They refused to use city buses

9)  How can Rosa Parks be best described?

• Elegant
• Brave
• Tired
• Shy

Brave