II. Read.

I was a postman in a remote area of Myanmar. Once a month I went downtown to collect the post and then walked from village to village, which were far away from each other. In each village, I delivered and collected the post. I also used to read and write letters for the villagers. Most of them were illiterate. I also passed on the news I had heard from the town and the other villages. The people treated me well. It was a hard job but I loved it.

U Sein Tun

from Myanmar

My mother came from Baffin Island. She used to live in an igloo: a domed house built from blocks of ice. The house had only one room for all the generations: grandparents, parents, brothers, unmarried sisters, and sometimes other relatives. Everyone worked together to survive the Arctic winter. Men went out hunting while women stayed at home making clothes and preparing food. When they had to travel far, they rode on dogsleds. At night they used to entertain themselves by telling and acting out stories. They danced to drum music too.

Akycha from Canada

* Find the words which mean:

Story 1.     16. not able to read or write:                    ………………………………

                  17. tell:                                                     ………………………………

                  18. behave towards (somebody):             ………………………………

Story 2.     19. a cubed chunk:                                    ………………………………    

                  20. to live in difficult conditions:            ………………………………

                  21. a vehicle that travels over snow:       ………………………………

** Discuss the questions.

22. Why did the postman have to walk from village to village? 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23. Why were most villagers illiterate? 

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24. Why did the people in Baffin Island use ice blocks to build their houses? 

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25. Why did each house have only one room? 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Use used to or didn’t use to with the verbs from the box to complete the sentences.

        go                           do                              get                           eat                             tell   

          play                         have                          write                        speak            spend

26. Mr. Dorothy ……………………………fishing, but now he is too busy to do it.

27. Victoria ……………………………short hair, but now her hair is long and wavy.

28. Those old secretaries ……………………………reports on computer, but now they do.

29. I miss my childhood when we ……………………………a lot of time playing hide and seek.

30. I ……………………………computer games. I can’t understand why many people like it.

31. I still remember the stories my grandmother ……………………………us when I came to visit her.

32. Cooper ……………………………on with the girl living next door, but now they are best friends.

33. At some point kids start doing things they ……………………………. They get more independent.

34. My sister ……………………………potato chips when she was younger. Now she likes them a lot.
35. He lived in France until he was six. He ……………………………French, but he’s forgotten a lot of it.

36. A. emotion                   B. indecisive                   C. obesity                           D. believable

37. A. hanging                    B. belong                         C. singer                             D. anger

38. A. behaved                   B. passed                         C. entertained                     D. changed

39. A. imagination             B. average                       C. language                         D. appearance

40. A. increase                   B. surprise                       C. release                            D. promise

V. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

41. A. worthwhile              B. igloo                            C. habit                               D. practice

42. A. obese                       B. dogsled                       C. extend                            D. remote

43. A. household                B. suppose                       C. Artic                               D. diet

44. A. transformation         B. independence              C. understanding                D. illiterate

45. A. uncontrollable         B. biological                    C. particularly                    D. seniority

VI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

46. She appears to actually like the man, which I find ………………………. (credible)

47. The photo brought back many happy memories of my ………………………. (child)

48. ………………………couples do not have the same rights as married couples. (marry)

49. I think riding a bicycle is ………………………, especially when it rains. (convenience)

50. People of the previous generations didn’t use to use ………………………items. (technology)

XI. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given in brackets.

46. It is no use arguing; I’ve made up my mind. (point)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

47. If she doesn’t work harder, she’ll fail her entrance exam. (unless)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

48. My son was ill. I had to take a day off to look after him. (so……that)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

49. Phong didn’t notice the sign. It was right in front of him. (even though)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

50. Jane is quite warm and friendly. Her sister is quite warm and friendly. (Both)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

41. As I get older, I want to travel less.
The older …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
42. I haven’t done gardening for three months.
The last time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
43. Sally lost all her hope; she decided to stop her business.
Such ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
44. He feels sorry that he can’t come to his brother’s wedding.
He wishes …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
45. The local government will enlarge the roads in upcoming years.
The roads …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………