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Stories for reading comprehension 2 L A Hill LONGMAN INTRODUCTION This is the second of a series of three books which have been written to replace my Comprehension and Precis Pieces, and Further Comprehension and Precis Pieces written with R.D.S. Fielden. In this series of reading comprehension passages, the vocabu- lary and structures are carefully graded . The grading follows that of the Longman Structural Readers. Book 1 of this series covers Stages 1 and 2 of those readers ; Book 2 covers Stages 2 and 3; and Book 3, Stages 4 and 5. Words outside the grading are given at the end of each book. In this series, the comprehension questions contain no com- position element; the students simply have to choose between alternatives which are supplied to them . The series also contains grammatical exercises. The instruc- tions for these sometimes contain words which are outside the grading. They are therefore more suitable for class than private use, unless the student has someone who can explain the dif- ficult words . In a class, the teacher should explain such difficult words to the students before asking them to do an exercise. In nearly all the grammatical exercises, the student has to choose between alternatives which he or she is given. L. A. Hill There is not enough petrol in the world for everybody now, and each year there is less, so what are we going to do when it finishes? Perhaps we will go back to horses and carriages and bicycles. In the Second World War, some people did not use petrol in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead, and then they put it in big bags on top of their cars. The cars did not go fast, but it was better than nothing . But we canno