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Reading Comprehension: Ellis Island - The Gate to America
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Most people who came during this third phase of mass immigration came from ...
northern Europe.
southern and eastern Europe.
western Europe.
Africa.
2
Immigration officers asked the immigrants if they ...
could read and write a letter for them.
had enough gold with them.
had money, could read or write or had been to prison.
if they had worked in a prison.
3
During the colonial period people from ...
from Britain Germany, Holland and Africa came.
Asia, Australia and Africa arrived in America.
people from England, France and Denmark arrived in America.
Japan arrived in America.
4
For many immigrants Ellis Island was ...
the gate to America.
the gate to heaven.
the gate to Canada.
the gate to hell.
5
In the old days ...
Native Americans hunted Dutch settlers there.
Dutch settlers loved to have picnic there.
people form Holland built their houses there.
Dutch settlers went hunting there.
6
But ... percent of the immigrants were not allowed to go to New York.
22
12
0.2
2
7
In Ireland people were dying of hunger because ...
animals ate all potatoes.
there was a terrible war there.
potatoes rotted in the fields.
people were too lazy to work in the fields.
8
The immigration period called the 'Colonial Period' was from ...
1650 to 1780.
1415 to 1600s.
1600s to 1776.
1890s to 1943.
9
Between 1892 and 1943 ...
Native Americans emigrated via Ellis Island.
16 million people immigrated to the USA via Ellis Island.
a lot of Americans emigrated via Ellis Island.
60 million people immigrated to the USA via Ellis Island.
10
... percent of all Americans have an ancestor who came to the USA through Ellis Island.
14
4
40
400
11
The second big phase of immigration was ...
from the 1500s to the 1800s.
from 1776 to 1890.
from the 1890s to 1943.
from 1943 to 2015.
12
The new law only allowed ...
a new house for each immigrant.
a new immigration centre on Ellis Island.
no more immigrants to New York.
a set number of immigrants from each country.
13
The second big phase of immigration to America is also called ...
the 'early' immigration.
the 'old' immigration.
the 'nice' immigration.
the 'late' immigration.
14
Ellis Island lies about ...
a mile south of Manhattan.
4 miles south of Manhattan.
a kilometre south of Manhattan.
east of Manhattan in the East River.
15
In the Registry Room on Ellis Island the immigrants were ...
welcome with a warm applause.
given nice new clothes.
hugged and kissed by doctors.
checked carefully by doctors.
16
The first thing immigrants had to learn was ...
to work.
what to eat in New York.
English.
to find a place to live.
17
The third big immigration wave to America was ...
from 1776 to 1990.
from 1990 to 2015.
from the 1850s to the 1860s.
from the 1890s to 1943.
18
In 1943 the immigration centre on Ellis Island ...
was opened.
was renovated.
was closed.
was happy.
19
The people who came at that time were extremely poor and hoped ...
to find a nice partner in the USA.
to find true love in the USA.
to become famous in the USA.
to become rich in the USA.
20
Many Chinese also came to America
to build the railway and to work in gold mines.
to cook Chinese food.
to build a new Chinese town in America.
to learn English.
21
The most feared letter doctors wrote on immigrants' back was ...
'F'.
'Sc'.
'X'.
'H'.
22
After the Civil War many ...
Native Americans became farmers.
English, Scottish and Welsh farmers came to America.
German, Swedish and Norwegian farmers came to America.
farmers found land in America.
23
All the immigrants wanted to do on Ellis Island was to go through the door with the sign:
'Pull to New York'.
'Push to New York'.
'Close to New York'.
'Open to New York'.
24
The third big immigration wave to the USA is also called ...
the 'terrible' immigration.
the 'new' immigration.
the 'fantastic' immigration.
the 'nice' immigration.
25
In 1984 renovation began on Ellis Island and it was turned into a ...
parliament.
power station.
space station.
museum.
26
The new museum was opened in ...
November 1999.
1989.
September 1990.
October 1995.
27
The Statue of Liberty is ...
on the island next to Ellis Island.
the name of the ferry to Ellis Island.
a million miles away.
on the same island.
28
The nickname of Ellis Island is ...
the Isle of Tears.
the Isle of Gates.
the Isle of Fears.
the Isle of Gold.
29
After 1921 the labour unions fought against ...
too low wages.
immigrants in general.
the Statue of Liberty.
the Russians.
30
Dreadful scenes happened when ...
someone from a family wasn't allowed to enter New York.
the President arrived on Ellis Island.
a family was allowed to enter New York.
King Kong arrived on Ellis Island.
