Reading Exercises

Each reading exercise on this page contains the text of a Special English audio report, followed by five questions. Click on the links to listen along in MP3 or RealAudio and to find the answers.

Test your Understanding of one of these reading excercises:

Lesson		Subject		Answers
1		Fruit Flies in Hawaii		X
2		Importance of Hand Washing		X
3		Cambodian 'Motomen' Carry E-Mail		X
4		Debate Over Outsourcing		X
5		'PandaMania' in Washington		X
6		Learning Disabilities		X

These reading exercises were the result of a suggestion by an English teacher in Iran. They were created by VOA Special English writer Nancy Steinbach, a former social studies teacher.

Please send any comments or suggestions to special@voanews.com.