Exercise 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

For Catherine Lumby, deciding to take on the role of breadwinner in her relationship was not a difficult choice. When she discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she had just been offered a demanding new role as Director of the Media and Communications department at the University of Sydney. But she didn't see this as an obstacle, and wasprepared to use childcare when the children were old enough. It came, therefore, as a surprise to Lumby and her husband Derek that, after the birth of their son, they couldn’t actually bear the thought of putting himinto childcare tor nine hours a day. As she was the one with the secure job,the role of primary care-giver fell to Derek, who was writing scripts for television. This arrangement continued for the next four years, w ith Derek working from home and caring for both of their sons. He returned to full-time work earlier this year.

Whilst Lumby and her husband are by no means the only Australians making such a role reversal, research suggests that they are in the minority. In a government-funded survey in 2001, only 5.5 percent of couples in the 30-54 year age group saw the women working either part- or full-time while the men were unemployed.

The situation is likely to change, according to the CEO of Relationships Australia, Anne Hollonds. She suggests that this is due to several reasons, including the number of highly educated women in the workforce and changing social patterns and expectations. However, she warns that for couples involved in role-switching, there are many potential difficulties to be overcome. For men whose self-esteem is connected to their jobs and the income it provides to the family, a major change of thinking is required. It also requires women to reassess, particularly with regard to domestic or child-rearing decisions, and they may have to learn to deal with the guilt of not always being there at key times for their children. Being aware of these issues can make operating in non-traditional roles a lot easier.

118. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Men being the bread winners​​​B. Traditional roles of women

C. Women being the home makers​​​D. Reversed roles between men and women

119. Catherine and her husband decided that Catherine would be the primary earner because ____.​

A. she had a badly paid job​​​​B. she was not good at childcare

C. she had a reliable job​​​​D. she wanted her husband to stay at home

120. In paragraph 1, the word “him" refers to ____.

A. their son​​B. her husband ​C. Derek​​D. her colleague

121. They decided that Derek would look after their son because they____.

A. couldn’t afford to put their child in care for long periods each day

B. didn’t want to put their child in care for long periods each day

C. thought childcare was not safe enough for their children

D. worried about their son’s health problems

122. In paragraph 2, the word “reversal" is closest in meaning to ____.

A. stability​​B. modification​C. rehearsal​​D. switch

123. One reason tor a change in the number of men staying home is ____.

A. the stability in the number of highly-educated women who are working

B. the fall in the number of highly-educated women who are working

C. the rise in the number of highly-educated women who are working

D. the fluctuation in the number of highly-educated women who are working

Read the story of Helen Keller's life as a young girl. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.

Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama, with the ability to both see and hear, like any normal child. She began to speak when she was six months old and to walk at the age of one. But six months later, she contracted a serious illness, possibly meningitis. After she had recovered, her mother noticed that Helen didn't react to sounds, or when she waved her hand in front of Helen's face. The illness had left her both deaf and blind. As she grew up, she learned to communicate with the daughter of the family cook using sign language that they invented together. But Helen was an unhappy child and often flew into a rage. Her mother was very patient with her and tried to help her. She had read about the successful education of another deaf-blind child, and when Helen was seven she contacted a special school for blind children in Boston. The director of the school suggested that Helen work with Anne Sullivan, who was herself visually impaired and a recent graduate of the school. It was the beginning of a 49-year relationship between pupil and teacher.

Anne travelled to Helen's home and immediately began teaching her 'finger-spelling': spelling out words on the palm of Helen's hand. The first word she tried to teach her was 'doll' - Anne had brought Helen a doll as a present. But Helen could not make the connection between the letters and the objects and became very frustrated. After about a month, however, there was a breakthrough. Helen realised that the movements of Anne's fingers on her palm, while she poured water over her other hand, signified 'water. By the end of the day Helen had learned thirty new words.

1 As a baby, Helen had normal sight and hearing.

2 A relation of one of the family servants gradually taught Helen sign language.

3 Helen's mother was very unhappy and frequently got cross with her.

4 Anne Sullivan was partially blind.

5 The first word that Helen understood through finger-spelling was 'doll'

Hannah had been waiting for a collegue of ___________ father's to collect her from the bus sation for more than an hour, and she was tired ___________ waiting. There was ___________ else there, and it had ___________ raining. A friend of ___________ had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she __________ to be getting wet. Perhaps her fatjer was angry ___________ her, she thought, or had simply ___________ to collect her. Her mobile phone wasn't working and there wasn't ___________ a phone-box in the bus sation. Why did ___________ always go wrong when she travelled by bus? ___________ the bus was crowed and she felt very uncomfortable, or it ___________ stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she ___________ a car stopping outside. ___________ was waving at her. It was her father!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

A TECH TEEN

Randomkid.org is a website that gives children advice on how to raise funds for charity. This site was the (31) __________of Talia Leman. Talia had been deeply affected by televised scenes of the destructions caused by Hurricane Katrina when it (32) __________New Orleans. Talia, who was 10 years old at the time, decided she had to do something to help. Her mother offered to give her (33) __________in setting up a website intended to raised money for victims of the disaster. The response (34) __________the site was incredible and after one year, over $10 million had been donated. Talia’s success made her realise she could use the site to help other children raise money for similar worthy (35) __________or charities. She does not brag about her achievements, but she believes that children shouldn’t be afraid to take on ambitious projects.

Điền vào ô 32.

A. knocked

B. struck

C. fought

D. stroked

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

A TECH TEEN

Randomkid.org is a website that gives children advice on how to raise funds for charity. This site was the (31) __________of Talia Leman. Talia had been deeply affected by televised scenes of the destructions caused by Hurricane Katrina when it (32) __________New Orleans. Talia, who was 10 years old at the time, decided she had to do something to help. Her mother offered to give her (33) __________in setting up a website intended to raised money for victims of the disaster. The response (34) __________the site was incredible and after one year, over $10 million had been donated. Talia’s success made her realise she could use the site to help other children raise money for similar worthy (35) __________or charities. She does not brag about her achievements, but she believes that children shouldn’t be afraid to take on ambitious projects.

Điền vào ô 34.

A. of

B. for

C. to

D. with

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

A TECH TEEN

Randomkid.org is a website that gives children advice on how to raise funds for charity. This site was the (31) __________of Talia Leman. Talia had been deeply affected by televised scenes of the destructions caused by Hurricane Katrina when it (32) __________New Orleans. Talia, who was 10 years old at the time, decided she had to do something to help. Her mother offered to give her (33) __________in setting up a website intended to raised money for victims of the disaster. The response (34) __________the site was incredible and after one year, over $10 million had been donated. Talia’s success made her realise she could use the site to help other children raise money for similar worthy (35) __________or charities. She does not brag about her achievements, but she believes that children shouldn’t be afraid to take on ambitious projects.

Điền vào ô 31.

A. brainchild

B. brainstorm

C. offspring

D. inspiration

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

A TECH TEEN

Randomkid.org is a website that gives children advice on how to raise funds for charity. This site was the (31) __________of Talia Leman. Talia had been deeply affected by televised scenes of the destructions caused by Hurricane Katrina when it (32) __________New Orleans. Talia, who was 10 years old at the time, decided she had to do something to help. Her mother offered to give her (33) __________in setting up a website intended to raised money for victims of the disaster. The response (34) __________the site was incredible and after one year, over $10 million had been donated. Talia’s success made her realise she could use the site to help other children raise money for similar worthy (35) __________or charities. She does not brag about her achievements, but she believes that children shouldn’t be afraid to take on ambitious projects.

Điền vào ô 33.

A. a hand

B. a head

C. a leg

D. an arm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

A TECH TEEN

Randomkid.org is a website that gives children advice on how to raise funds for charity. This site was the (31) __________of Talia Leman. Talia had been deeply affected by televised scenes of the destructions caused by Hurricane Katrina when it (32) __________New Orleans. Talia, who was 10 years old at the time, decided she had to do something to help. Her mother offered to give her (33) __________in setting up a website intended to raised money for victims of the disaster. The response (34) __________the site was incredible and after one year, over $10 million had been donated. Talia’s success made her realise she could use the site to help other children raise money for similar worthy (35) __________or charities. She does not brag about her achievements, but she believes that children shouldn’t be afraid to take on ambitious projects.

Điền vào ô 35.

A. causes

B. reasons

C. courses

D. actions

Fill one suitable word in each blank to complete the passage.

When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow White lying on the ground. She (1) _______ not breathing at all. She was dead. The lifted her (2) ________ and looked at her longingly. They talked to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead. They (3) __________ her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three days. They were going to bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her beatiful red cheeks.

They said, "We cannot (4) __________ her in black earth", and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she could be seen all sides. They laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she was a princess. Then they put the (5)__________ outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it and watched over her. The animals too came and mourned for Snow White, first an owl, then a reven and finally a dore......