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Passage 1
DonnaFredrick’s served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil. She joined thePeace Corps after she graduated from the college because she wanted to dosomething to help other people. She had been brought up on a farm, so the PeaceCorps assigned her to a agricultural project. Before she went to Brazil, shestudied Portuguese for three months. She also learnt a great deal about itshistory and culture. During her two years with the Peace Corps, Donna lived ina village in northeast Brazil. That part of Brazil is very dry and farming isoften difficult there. Donna helped the people of the village to organise anarrigation project, and she also advised them on planting corps. They didn’t requiremuch water. When Donna returned to the States, she couldn’t settle down. Shetried several jobs, but they seemed very boring to her. She couldn’t get Brazilout of her mind. Finally, one day she got on an plane and went back to Brazil.She wasn’t sure what she’s going to do. She just wanted to be there. After afew weeks, Donna found a job as an English teacher, teaching five classes aday. Like most of the teachers, she doesn’t make much money. She shares a smallapartment with another teacher. And she makes a little extra money by sendingstories to newspapers in the States. Eventually she wants to quit teaching andwork as a full-time journalist.
Question16
Why didDonna join the Peace Corps after she graduated from college?
Question17
What wasDonna assigned to do in Brazil?
Question18
Why didDonna go back to Brazil once again?
Question19
How didDonna make extra money to support herself?
Passage 2
Results ofa recent Harry’s pool on free time showed that the average work week for manyAmericans is 50 hours. With the time spent eating, sleeping and taking care ofthe household duties, there’s little time left for leisure activities for manyAmericans. However, having free time to relax and pursue hobbies is important.People need time away from the pressures of study or work to relax and enjoytime with friends and family. In many countries free time is spent in differentways. The results of a Harry’s pool showed that reading was the most popularspare time activity in the US. This was followed by watching TV. In a UK surveyon leisure time activities, watching TV and videos was the most popular.Listening to the radio came second. In a similar survey conducted in Japan, themost popular free time activity was eating out. The second most popularactivity was driving. There were also differences in the most popular outdoorpursuits between the three countries. The most popular outdoor activity forAmericans was gardening. In the UK, it was going to the pub. In Japan, going tobars ranked eighth in popularity and gardening ranked ninth. Although peoplearound the world may enjoy doing similar things in their free time, there’sevidence to suggest that these interests are changing. In the US, for example,the popularity of computer activities is increasing. Many more people in theStates are spending their free time surfing the web, emailing friends orplaying games online.
Question20
What isthe recent Harry Pole about?
Question21
What wasthe most popular leisure activity in the US?
Question22
What wasthe most popular outdoor pursuit in the UK?
Passage 3
On March13th, while on duty Charles Mclocklin, a very careless driver employed by thecompany Lummis was involved in another accident. The accident occurred inRiverside California. Not paying attention to his driving, Mclocklin turnedright on main street and 33rd street and hit Volkswagen rabbit. This causedminor damage to his truck and serious damage to the car. On the basis of thepolice report, the Lummis accident committee correctly determined thatMclocklin had been quite careless. As a result of the committee’s conclusion,the branch manager Mr. David Rossi reported that he had talked with Mclocklinabout his extremely poor driving record. Further evidence of Mclocklin’sirresponsibility occurred on May 6th when he was returning from his shift. Thatday he ran into a roll-up door at the Lummis facility in Valero, causingsignificant damage to the door. Damage to the truck, however, was minor.Finally, on June 7th, Mclocklin once again demonstrated his carelessness byknocking down several mail boxes near the edge of the company’s parking lot.There was damage to the mailboxes and minor damage to the truck. Mr. DavidRossi stated that he had spoken with Mclocklin on several occasions about hisdriving record. He added that he had warned Mclocklin that three preventableaccidents in one year could lead to his discharge, as indeed it should.
23. Whatdid the Lummis accident committee find out about the accident that occurred onMarch 13th?
24. Whatdid Mclocklin do on June 7th near the edge of the company’s parking lot?
25. What is most probably going to happen to Mclocklin?
