If you were planning to travel 38,000 km and visit 22 countries, what form of transport would you choose? A campervan, perhaps, taking all the comforts of home with you? Not Dutch actress Manon Ossevoort. Manon had dreamed of travelling from Europe across Africa to the South Pole for years, and she chose a slow form of transport that would symbolize the time needed to fulfill her dreams: a tractor. Manon only averaged 5 km/h as she drove, but that allowed her to get to know the hospitable people that she met everywhere, and the tractor became the star attraction when Manon stopped over in villages for the night. She would explain why she was going to the South Pole and ask people in the villages andfollowing her blog to write down their own dreams. She promised that she would build a snowman when she arrived at her destination and leave all their dreams inside it. The idea was popular and Manon received thousands of dreams on pieces of paper and in emails.Finally, on 9 December 2014, Manon’s dream came true, and she pulled up in a big red tractor at the South Pole. She then built a snowman and left a time capsule inside it with all the dreams that she had collected on her journey. Maron explained on her blog that when the time capsule is opened in eighty years’ time, future generations will be able to read something about our lives and our hopes for the future.
(Adapted from Solutions Upper Intermediate 3 rd Edition by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)
Question 31. What is the passage mainly about?A. An actress who dreamed of reaching the South Pole with a tractor.B. The journey of a woman traveling alone to the South Pole.C. The dreams of the people the woman met on her journey to the South Pole.D. A woman who fulfilled her dream to travel to the South Pole by a tractor.
Question 32. The word “their” in paragraph 2 refers to ________A. people that send her emails B. villagersC. people she met everywhere D. hospitable peopleQuestion 33. According to the passage, why did Manon choose to drive a tractor to destinations?A. To symbolize the time needed to make her dreams come true.B. To meet the people in the villages that she stopped for a night.C. To collect the dreams of people on pieces of paper to bring to the South Pole.D. To get to know the hospitable people she's met on her journey.Question 34. The phrase “pulled up” in paragraph 3 mostly means ______A. continued B. stayed C. arrived D. travelledQuestion 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. For years, Manon had dreamt of traveling from Europe across Africa to the South Pole.B. When she reached the South Pole, she created a snowman and left a time capsule inside it with all the dreams she gathered on her trip.C. Manon asked people to write down their dreams and send them to mail.D. As Manon stopped in villages for the night, the tractor became the star attraction.
