Reading comprehension exercises

Several times a month we create a reading comprehension exercise based on an article from an English language newspaper; some texts are easy, and some are hard. To practice and improve your reading comprehension, simply click on one of the titles below for the PDF question sheet. A hyperlink in the PDF takes you to the article. You can find the answer sheets here.

Relax, and get more done!
15 Minutes of Freefall - Baumgartner's record is broken
The Ice Bucket Challenge - what is it?
Tablets in the workplace
Germans and their bread
Ford gets a new CEO, with much praise for the old
Young employees; a problem generation, or just like the previous?
The German village that won't go quietly
The new (shaving) kid on the block
Fire at Swatch production facility
Who cares about gifts? It's the food!
Faber-Castell controls a pencil empire
Germany faces some large repair bills
Outsource everything?
New York Uni scientists accepted bribes from China
Germans are poor, Huh?
How can you see the Pope when in Rome?
Need a job? Make one
SAP hits the cloud
Solar industry worried about quality
The office tool that keeps on going
Too many bikes in Holland
What can you get for 750,000?
Young Americans driving less?