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ADVANCED

READING COMPREHENSION

BY ENGLISH ROSE LEARNING

CONTENT Job Descriptions 2

Future of Historic Air Base 4

A Siberian Winter 9

Snake Bites Boy 15

New Fact Checking Website Arrives 19

Couple Sue TV Station 25

Mother Fined For Son's Absences 28

Prisoner Shot 32

SunPro After-Sun Treatment 36

Missing Refugee Boat 38

Aviation Near Miss 41

Couple Win Lottery 45

Who You Gonna Call? 48

University Offers Computer Game Course 53

King Holiday Considered 'Mixed Blessing' By Some Historians 56

Island Tribes Cope With Loss of Habitat After Tsunami 62

Prisoner 7042 67

Headline 72

ADVANCED - Reading Comprehension

JOB DESCRIPTIONS Read what the people with different jobs say and

match what they say to the name of their job. Write

the correct letter (A-K) in each box.

•Police Officer

•Waiter

•Teacher

•Nurse

•Sports Player

•Dentist

•Gardener

•Musician

•Pilot

•Author

•Architect

1. Some people treat you so badly and think that's

OK as long as they give you a few dollars. ____

2. Many people are suspicious of us but I believe

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those people are the ones with something to

hide. ____

3. It's true that I have had to put my hands into

and look into some nasty places, but the

money's great and everybody wants to know

one of us! ____

4. It's not all fancy performances and globetrotting

I can tell you! Without hard work, dedication

and lots and lots of practice, you won't

succeed. ____

5. We have become a lot more aware in recent

years about health dangers that exist while

working here and now we are even more

careful. After all, I want to remain on this side

of the curtain! ____

6. It's great seeing paper plans come to real stone

and brick reality. ____

7. Yeah, we get paid a lot but there's always the

risk of injury and our careers are pretty

short. ____

8. The first and last five minutes are the most

stressful and that goes for the members of the

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public as well. ____

9. Some days, I get blocked really badly and can't

string more than two words together. ____

10.In this institution, a lot of it is control. When

you cons i de r t he i r home l i f e , t ha t ' s

understandable! ____

11.I consider myself an artist, I really do! What I

create lasts a long time and can even change

throughout the year. ____

FUTURE OF HISTORIC AIR BASE Read the text and look at the questions that

follow it. In this reading comprehension, the

questions are multiple choice.

RAF Upper Heyford - once the heart of allied

defence against nuclear attack by the USSR -

could become a Cold War 'museum'.

Historians want parts of the base to be

preserved as a heritage centre that could show

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future generations the struggle with Soviet

communism 'in a way no document can'.

Details of the latest recommendations for Heyford -

now being called Heyford Park - have been put

forward by English Heritage which has called for

measures to prevent demolition of the 'irreplaceable'

military remains.

Current thinking comes from a detailed

assessment of Cold War infrastructure across

England by English Heritage experts. Keith Watson,

the chief executive of the North Oxfordshire

Consortium who are to develop part of the site for

housing, said they were in full agreement with

English Heritage's proposals.

He said: "We are quite content with what

English Heritage is proposing. It has always been

part of our scheme to retain these structures in any

event. "We are working with English Heritage to

agree a consistent plan for the buildings."

David Went, English Heritage inspector of ancient

monuments, said many Upper Heyford features

exemplify historical aspects of national importance

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about the Cold War.

"The sheer scale and bare functionality of the

structures on the base can illustrate for present and

future generations, in a way no document can, the

reality of the struggle with Soviet Communism," he

said.

"In our view much of this character would be

lost by future ill-thought-out change and there

stands an opportunity to ensure this does not

happen.

"We recognize that preservation of the whole

base exactly as it stands today may not be a realistic

option but a sustainable future could be found which

balances the need for preservation against other

needs."

Mr Went said the English Heritage view was that the

future appearance of the base should include the

most significant monuments and should:

•keep the open character of the runway area

wi thout p lant ing schemes p lanned by

developers

•keep a section of the main runway and the

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remainder as a grassed avenue

•provide all-weather access to the monuments,

preferably by keeping existing base taxiways

and perimeter tracks, for visitors or other

practical use

•preserve the present landscape balance around

the bomb bunkers and quick reaction area.

The English Heritage study, submmitted to the

Planning Inspectorate in advance of the public

inquiry into planning wrangles over the base which

started at Bodicote House yesterday, has revealed

that much of the Heyford landscape prior to

becoming an airbase was open common or heathland

- a feature Cherwell District Council planners would

like re-established as a local country park.

The council aims to defend the accepted

1,000-home plan which the North Oxfordshire

Consortium of developers wishes to extend to over

5,000 homes.

1. Why does English Heritage want to preserve

the air base?

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A.They believe it is still of military importance.

B.They think it can show young people something

about history.

C.There hasn't been proper planning by developers.

2. What do the North Oxfordshire Consortium

think?

A.They want to build more houses than originally

planned.

B.They say there is some possibility of keeping the

base's original buildings.

C.They want to call the base "Heyford Park”.

3. Which of these proposal does English

Heritage oppose?

A.Planting trees where the runway is currently.

B.Making it easy for people to see the important

military buildings.

C.Not destroying all of the runway.

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4. Which would be the best sub-title to the

article?

A.Fight Against Communism Not Over Yet.

B.Historians and Developers Clash Bitterly.

C.Fight To Preserve Historical ‘Document'.

A SIBERIAN WINTER Read the text and look at the questions that



It was only minus 28 degrees Celsius when we

landed in Irkutsk. But that was cold enough to

make breathing an effort - the air felt like ice as it

scraped the back of my throat. Five minutes later, I

needed a second pair of gloves and pulled my scarf

tight over my nose and mouth. I was obviously a

beginner at this.

At the petrol station, Mikhail the attendant

laughed when we asked if he wasn't freezing. He'd

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spent the whole day outside with no more than his

fur hat and a sheepskin coat for warmth. It was mid-

afternoon and icicles were hanging from his

moustache like Dracula's fangs. He said he never

drank to stay warm - unlike many others.

Vodka

There's a belief in Siberia that enough vodka

will insulate you from the cold. It's been proved

tragically wrong in the past few weeks. Dozens of

bodies of the homeless or men walking drunkenly

back from the pub were hauled out of the snowdrifts,

frozen or so badly frost-bitten that many will never

walk again.

The local hospital in Irkutsk is overwhelmed.

Ironically, it's the burns unit that's taken all the

frostbite victims - 200 of them in just two weeks in

one town. Even here, icicles are hanging down on

the inside of the windows, though the heating is on

full power. The doctor was too busy performing

amputations to talk to us.

Shortages

But we could hear the screams from the

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operating room. They'd run out of anaesthetic after

performing 60 amputations that week. The other

patients could hear it too, and one girl in the

corridor, clinging to her mother for support, was near

to tears.

Nastya is only 16. Last week she missed her

last bus home, so she walked instead - seven

kilometres through the snow, in temperatures of

minus 40. She had no gloves. Now her hands are

bandaged and hang down uselessly. She'll find out

soon if they need to be amputated.

She was far from the worst case. In one bed,

Nikolai Dobtsov lay quietly staring at the ceiling.

Underneath the sheets, blood was seeping through

his bandages, from where his feet and hands had

been amputated the day before. He was a truck

driver, he explained, with a good job delivering wood

- and recently there'd been a lot of demand. So he'd

set out to deliver a last load upcountry. The weather

forecast - just minus 25 in Irkutsk - seemed to

suggest that the journey was safe. It wasn't. His

truck broke down miles from anywhere, and for 6

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desperate hours he fought to repair the axle. He

even greased his hands for protection, and finally

managed to get the truck going again. Somehow he

found the strength to drive himself back and straight

to hospital, but it was already too late.

I asked Nikolai what would happen to him now.

He just laughed, and shrugged. Nikolai has no wife

or family in Irkutsk - and invalidity benefit is a

pittance. Life in an institution may be the best he can

hope for, and he'll almost certainly never work again.

Resilience

That incredible stoicism is everywhere. In

Irkutsk at least, people seem simply to accept that

winter is harsh - and this one especially so. It is

without doubt the cruellest Siberian winter in living

memory. Yet outdoors, everything appears to

function normally - even schools re-opened as the

temperature rose briefly to minus 25.

The trams and buses are back on the roads,

though everyone drives slowly to avoid skidding on

the layers of ice below the grit. The main street

bustles with people wrapped in layers against the

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cold. But even indoors, the chill is inescapable. After

her shift as a tram conductor, Natasha Fillipova

comes home to a freezing house. She shows us the

bedroom - where ice has built up on the inside walls.

She scrapes it off with her fingers, but that has little

effect. One night, Natasha says, she washed her hair

before going to bed. When she woke up, it was

frozen solid to the wall. The children are doing their

homework in the bathroom - the only room warm

enough to sit in. Natasha doesn't want to complain.

But she is angry with the state and the architects for

building shoddy houses.

The flats here are supposed to withstand up to

minus 40 degrees. They don't, and her children are

ill with coughs and colds. Natasha's anger is brief,

and she seems faintly embarrassed about it.

Siberians are used to cold weather, she explains.

Here, she tells us, people prefer to rely on

themselves - and the knowledge that eventually,

spring will come.

1. What do we learn in the opening paragraph?

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A.The author arrived by bus.

B.The author wasn't accustomed to such cold.The

author wished he had had another pair of gloves.

C.The author ate some ice when he arrived.

2. What is the local theory about vodka?

A.If you drink too much, you may never walk again.

B.If you don't drink it, you may lose your legs.

C.If you drink it, you may suffer less from the cold.

D.You shouldn't drink it if you are old.

3. Which sentence is true about the hospital?

A.It is too warm inside.

B.They don't have enough supplies and equipment.

C.The staff didn't want to talk to the journalist.

D.Most frost-bite victims need to have operations.

4. What happened to Nikolai?

A.He almost lost his hands.

B.He ignored the weather forecast.

C.He had a problem with his engine.

D.He had had to help himself.

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5. Houses in Irkutsk…

A.don't have separate bathrooms.

B.were built by private companies for profit.

C.are too cold if the temperature is less than -40ºC.

D.cause health problems for their residents.

SNAKE BITES BOY Read the text and look at the questions that



Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was napping

yesterday in his cowboy outfit yesterday at his

family's Fifth Ave. apartment when he shot up in bed

screaming. A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake was

coiled around his left arm and had just bitten his

pinky.

"The baby-sitter freaked out," said Teddy's

father, David Lasry, who, along with his wife, Evelyn,

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was at work when the reptile showed up about 4

p.m.

The horrified nanny called 911 and the

building's doorman. The doorman and two cable TV

workers helped pry the snake off the boy's arm and

stow it in a garbage bag, Lasry said.

Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical

Center, where his parents said he spent two hours

attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case

the snake was poisonous.

It wasn't. Experts at the snakebite treatment

center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where

cops took the critter, determined it was a non-

venomous California king snake.

But how did it end up in Teddy's bed?

A little sleuthing determined that the serpent

had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the

apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors

below the Lasrys. The apologetic owner said his son's

pet snake likely traveled up the radiator pipes and

into his neighbor's apartment.

"It's a very docile, very harmless snake," he

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said. "It's handled by our family all the time."

Lasry, 42, a fine arts publisher, said he believed the

pet was simply hungry after two weeks of cruising.

Teddy's mother, Evelyn Lasry, 37, said her son seems

to have gotten over his fright by thinking of himself

as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police

cruiser to the hospital.

"I told Teddy he's a pretty snake, a nice pet

snake who got out of his cage," Evelyn Lasry said.

"But he asked, 'Why did he bite my finger, Mamma?'

And I said, 'Because he saw that you are a big boy,

Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared.’"

1. What did the babysitter do?

She ran out of the apartment.

She took the snake off Teddy's arm.

She called for help.

She called the television company.

2. What do we learn about the snake?

It was poisonous.

It had escaped from a zoo.

It was about a meter long.

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It had escaped earlier in the afternoon.

3. Which of these statements is true?

Teddy was awake when the snake arrived.

Teddy's father was working and his mother was at

home.

Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for

two hours.

The snake is used to being touched.

4. What does Teddy think now of the snake

attack?

He was attacked because the snake was scared of

him.

He was attacked because he was asleep.

He was attacked because the snake was hungry.

He was attacked because his parents weren't at

home.

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NEW FACT CHECKING WEBSITE ARRIVES

Read the text below and then answer questions

A frica Check, a fledgling fact checking website, is

attempting to pin down unfounded claims made

by the country's leaders, media outlets along with

widely held beliefs.

There is a common claim in Johannesburg that

it has the largest man-made forest in the world. It's

easy to believe; the city has lush, green canopy that

covers many neighborhoods. But it's not true,

according to Africa Check, which found that the

largest man-made forest is actually in China, next to

the Gobi desert.

Debunking bogus claims, politically charged

fictions and unfounded statements, Africa Check is a

website that challenges media, politicians and the

occasional social media celebrity when they massage 19


the truth, or ignore it completely, said Julian

Rademeyer, southern Africa editor for the site.

"I think the fundamental element of our work

is that we are trying to get people to question what

they're told, what they read, what politicians say to

them, and to look at what the information that is

there and ask essentially what the fundamental

question is 'Where is the evidence?' If someone

makes a claim, where is the evidence to support that

claim, and to actually interrogate those claims and

not to accept things purely for what they are,"

Rademeyer said.

Africa Check was launched in June 2012 by the

Agence France Press foundation in partnership with

the University of Witswaterand's journalism

department. Rademeyer and a researcher are the

site's two full-time employees. There is also a team

of freelance reporters who work on fact checking

assignments.

Following in the footsteps of popular American

websites like PolitiFact and Factcheck.org, Africa

Check is the first media outlet in South Africa to

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solely work in fact checking. South Africa has a

strong legacy of investigative journalism and

photography that dates back to the apartheid era.

But like many countries, Rademeyer says its news

industry has been hampered by shrinking budgets

and newsrooms.

"Because of the fact that newspapers don't

have the resources they would've had in the past, or

don't have specialist beat reporters," he said. "It

allows public figures and it allows politicians to make

claims that don't go checked. I think that's where we

play a role. We come in and look at those claims and

we have the ability and the time to go through those

claims."

Paula Fray, former editor for the Star

Newspaper and a media consultant, says Africa

Check may put a much-needed pressure on

newsrooms.

"At the moment Africa Check is not known as

much as I'm hoping as it going to be known," she

said. "I'm hoping that eventually journalists will be

writing their stories and thinking if my news editor

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doesn't pick up that something hasn't been verified,

Africa Check might pick up that it hasn't been

verified. So I'm not going to put anything in my

stories unless I can prove it."

She also hopes it will create a greater culture

of accountability. "I think the more organizations out

there holding journalism to account the better

actually for the industry," Fray said.

The site also takes on myths that get repeated

so often that they go unchecked. When a South

African musician with 175,000 Facebook followers

made the claim that white South Africans are being

killed at an alarming rate, Africa Check looked into

the facts. It found that most of the musician's claims

were exaggerated or untrue.

The site has also debunked claims made about

traditional healers, South Africa's rate of asylum

seekers and a BBC report about white squatter

camps in South Africa.

Long term, Rademeyer envisions the site

expanding across the continent. "I really do think as

a project it could play a very important role," he

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said. "We've done some very basic fact checking or

fact sheet-related reporting on elements of the

elections in Zimbabwe recently. We'd obviously like

to do more of that in the next elections in Zimbabwe,

for instance, and elections in neighboring countries.

And try to expand our reach." With presidential

elections looming next year in South Africa,

Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia, the site will be

busy. Source: http://voanews.com

1. The new website has been set up to show

Africa in a more positive light.

true

false

2. The new website proved that more money is

spent on the environment in China.

true

false

3. What are the stated aims of Africa Watch?

to get people angry

to get people to think

to get people reading more 23

http://voanews.com


4. Which of these has hit South African

journalism?

bribery

corruption

money problems

5. How will Africa Watch put pressure on

newspapers?

by making them check information before publishing

by taking website traffic from them

by giving them better journalists

6. What was the Facebook musician found to

inaccurate about?

crime by whites

crime against whites

how many white killers there are

7. What hopes does Julian Rademeyer have for

the site's future?

that it can predict election results better

that they will be allowed into Zimbabwe

that it can become more important across the

continent.

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COUPLE SUE TV STATION Read the text and look at the questions that


questions are true or false.

The couple banished from the hit "reality" series

"Temptation Island" because they are parents of

a young child have sued the production company and

Fox-TV for defamation, claiming that producers knew

about the toddler all along.

Ytossie Patterson and Taheed Watson claim in

their Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that

producers edited an episode of the hit show to make

it appear that they had concealed their status as

parents and then chastised them on the air in an

"extremely condescending and humiliating manner."

A spokeswoman for Rocket Science Laboratories, the

show's producers, referred calls regarding the

lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday, to Fox, which

said it would have a statement "later in the day."

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Patterson, 34, and Watson, 29, were among

four couples sent last season to an island off Belize

in the Caribbean to film "Temptation Island," which

separates the partners and sets each person up on

dates with attractive singles to see who will cheat.

Patterson and Watson were booted off the

show midway through the season after the network

said it had discovered that they had a two-year-old

child together, making their further participation

inappropriate.

The couple claims in their lawsuit, which seeks

unspecified damages, that they revealed the

existence of their child when asked during

preliminary interviews with Rocket Science and were

told that that was "the wrong answer."

Patterson and Watson claim that "Temptation

Island" producers decided that it would boost the

show's ratings if the child's existence were suddenly

revealed during a broadcast.

During that broadcast, the couple claims, hours

of conversation between them and producers was

edited and "manipulated" to create a false

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impression that they had kept their child secret.

"The footage was edited to exclude plaintiffs'

responses to the producers questions and falsely

portrayed plaintiffs as mischievous and immoral (and

that) they had in fact concealed the existence of

their own child and that they had nothing to say

about it in the face of this disgraceful tongue-

lashing," the lawsuit claims.

1. The programme mentioned is successful.

True

False

2. The couple say they had told Fox of the child.

True

False

3. The couple felt embarrassed by their

treatment on the show.

True

False

4. The four couples go on dates with each other

to see what happens.

True

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False

5. The couple are suing for financial loss.

True

False

6. The court case is in the Caribbean.

True

False

7. The couple say that the producers changed

the film to make them look dishonest.

True

False

MOTHER FINED FOR SON'S ABSENCES Read the text and look at the questions that



A n Ipswich mother, who allowed her son to go on

holiday during school term, has been fined £400

after her son repeatedly refused to go to school.

The 36-year-old mother, who can not be

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named for legal reasons, appeared before South East

Suffolk Magistrates Court yesterday where

magistrates heard her 14-year-old son was currently

on holiday in Spain.

She told that court: "He just does not like

going to school. Although he is getting better now

and seems to be enjoying it."

The boy has had 145 unauthorised absences

between October 15 last year and March 22 this

year. His absences were blamed on a late-night life

style.

The mother has been attending parenting

classes voluntarily and told the court that she

thought they were helping her.

Out of the last eight school sessions - there are

two a day - he has attended five.

Chairman of the bench David Coe asked her if

she thought she could get her son to school in

future.

"Yes I think I can with some help," she said.

She told the court that he was on holiday

during the time other pupils were doing work

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experience because he had not been given a place.

On sentencing Mr Coe said: "He is not in school

and then he disappears on holiday. We would expect

the local authority to bring this back to court quickly

if there are further problems."

She was fined £400 and ordered to pay £50.

Yesterday's case is the second to be dealt with by

south east Suffolk magistrates recently. Last month a

37-year-old was fined £50 after her son had

attended just 16 out of 182 sessions.

And the cases follow national concern after

Oxfordshire mother Patricia Amos was jailed for

allowing her children to miss school. She was

originally sentenced to 60 days' jail, but this was

reduced on appeal.

1. The boy had returned to school when his

mother was in court.

True

False

2. The main reason for his absences was the

fact that he went out late every night.

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True

False

3. The mother has to go to parenting classes.

True

False

4. The mother claims her son is not currently

missing school lessons.

True

False

5. The mother may find herself in court again

soon.

True

False

6. There have been other similar cases

nationwide but this is the first in this area.

True

False

7. There was national support for the tough

treatment of Patricia Amos.

True

False

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PRISONER SHOT Read the text and look at the questions that



A Hermosa Beach man who cried for forgiveness

five years ago before a judge sentenced him for

the drunken-driving killing of a Lawndale man was

shot in a San Luis Obispo prison when he attacked a

guard and tried to escape, authorities said

Wednesday.

Scott Brockman, 33, taken from the medium-

security California Men's Colony to a San Luis Obispo

medical clinic for an X-ray on Tuesday, was shot in

the back by the guard when he tried to run and jump

a fence, police said.

"He started bashing on the guard and ran off,"

said San Luis Obispo police Capt. Bart Topham. "The

guard was able to get up and chase him down."

Brockman, who had previously been convicted

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of drunken driving, was sentenced Nov. 19, 1997, in

Torrance Superior Court to 14 years in prison

following his guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter

charges in the death of 27-year-old Jeffrey Dodley.

On Aug. 27, 1996, a drunken Brockman

sideswiped a car on Hawthorne Boulevard, ran red

lights in an escape attempt, and slammed into the

back of Dodley's 1984 Nissan 200SX at Manhattan

Beach Boulevard in Lawndale.

The Nissan exploded into a fireball, enveloping

the trapped or unconscious Dodley.

Dodley, a teacher's assistant at a Lawndale

elementary school who was starting a basketball

league for children, died on his way back from a

video store.

"These last months (in jail), I cried out to God,

asking why he didn't take me instead of your son,"

Brockman cried at his sentencing.

Brockman was one of two inmates taken

Tuesday to the Raytel Medical Imaging office for X-

rays. Lt. Larry Vizard, spokesman for the San Luis

Obispo prison, said Brockman punched one of two

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corrections officers in the face and escaped out the

back door of the building. The officer chased him,

ordered him to stop and fired two shots.

One struck Brockman in the back and exited

his abdomen without hitting any vital organs. He was

treated at a hospital and returned to prison

Wednesday.

Brockman, who had to serve nearly 12 years of

his sentence before he is eligible for parole, now

could be charged with battery on a peace officer and

attempted escape with force.

1. Brockman was given an X-ray after being

shot.

True

False

2. Brockman had been considered a dangerous

criminal.

True

False

3. Brockman attacked the guard before

escaping.

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True

False

4. When Brockman killed Dodley, it was his first

traffic offence.

True

False

5. Dodley was going to rent a video when he

died.

True

False

6. Brockman showed remorse for his killing of

Dodley.

True

False

7. Brockman could now die as a result of his

injuries after being shot.

True

False

8. Brockman may have to stay in prison longer

because of his escape attempt.

True

False

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SUNPRO AFTER-SUN TREATMENT Read this product information from the side of

a tube of SunPro after-sun cream.

SunPro after-sun treatment is the first and only

after-sun product with the dry skin healing

power of natural soy. The cooling lotion soothes and

revitalizes sun-exposed skin on contact and helps

minimize the short-term effects of sun damage.

With an exclusive blend of natural soy, anti-

oxidants and a multi-vitamin complex, the non-sticky

lotion minimizes flaking and peeling, and helps

reduce the signs of redness and irritation caused by

the sun. The unique formula also contains emollients

to provide 12-hour moisturization and help replace

moisture lost by sun exposure.

Directions: Apply generously to sun-exposed skin.

Cools and soothes skin

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Minimises signs of short-term sun damage

Absorbs quickly

Non-sticky

Find words in the description that mean:

1. Gives life back to

2. Recipe

3. Goes into the skin

4. Water, humidity

5. Adhesive

6. Something which causes itching

7. Owned only by us

8. Helps to calm, relax

9. Mix

10.Put on

11.

Answer True or False for the following

questions.

11. This product can help you for a long time into the

future.

12. Only this company uses natural soy in an after-

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sun product.

13. Your clothing may stick to your body after use.

14. This cream can also help to replace moisture lost

whilst sunbathing.

15. You should use on all the body together.

MISSING REFUGEE BOAT Read the text and look at the questions that


q u e s t i o n s a r e t r u e o r f a l s e .

Write true or false in the box provided.

Fears are growing that a rickety vessel loaded

with boatpeople may have sunk as it headed

towards New Zealand.

The fishing boat, thought to be carrying 42

asylum-seekers, left west Java three weeks ago and

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looked to be heading along the northern coast of

Australia. The wooden boat is so unseaworthy that

one report said its propeller had fallen off.

Indonesian authorities tracking the suspect

boat reportedly lost it from their radar screens three

weeks ago.

The Australian yesterday quoted an Indonesian

naval officer saying it was possible the wooden

vessel had sunk. The newspaper said the boat was

carrying 18 men, 16 women and eight children.

It quoted the Indonesian officer as saying the

boat was heading for New Zealand, but said there

were also reports that it could be heading for West

Timor. Other theories being put forward last night

were that it had turned back, or sought shelter in a

secluded bay.

A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Phil

Goff said there had been no word from the

Indonesians and the Australians were not directly

tracking the boat because it was yet to reach their

territory.

"The minister can't comment because we just

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don't know," the spokesman said.

"It was always unlikely that it would get here."

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer

said intelligence services could not yesterday confirm

claims that the asylum boat had sunk.

New Zealand officials have been in contact with

their Indonesian counterparts about stopping illegal

immigrants before they reached international waters.

However, it was believed the chances of the vessel

making the hazardous voyage to New Zealand were

always slim.

The New Zealand Government this week

passed a law setting out tough new fines and jail

terms for people-smugglers. The law, which Prime

Minister Helen Clark said was designed to protect

New Zealand's borders, introduced a $500,000 fine

and/or 20-year jail term for convicted people-

smugglers.

The Transnational Organised Crime legislation

also gives police wider search and seizure powers,

allowing them to board boats once they enter New

Zealand's "contiguous zone", 24 nautical miles off

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the coast.

1. There is actual evidence that the boat has sunk.

2. The Australians are trying to find the boat.

3. New Zealand has asked Indonesia to prevent this

happening in the past.

4. New Zealand law-makers are also working on this

issue.

5. Police from New Zealand can search boats as soon

as they enter New Zealand waters.

AVIATION NEAR MISS Read the text and look at the questions that


q u e s t i o n s a r e t r u e o r f a l s e .

Write true or false in the box provided.

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A commuter plane had to take evasive action

after a Suffolk-based US fighter jet came within

800m of colliding with it, a report revealed

yesterday.

The pilots of the KLM UK Fokker 50, which was

carrying 37 passengers, sent it into a dive and then

into a climb to avoid the US Air Force F15E Eagle

from RAF Lakenheath. The incident happened as the

aircraft, from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, was

coming in to land at Teesside Airport on August 13,

2001.

The two US crewmen on the F15 had been on

a training exercise and were heading south to return

to Lakenheath.

An Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB)

report said an air traffic controller warned the Fokker

when it was approaching Teesside that a fast-moving

aircraft was five miles away and closing. The

turboprop plane's collision warning system sounded,

prompting the 35-year-old captain to scan the

horizon, where he spotted the oncoming jet.

An alert saying "Descend, descend, descend"

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then sounded, and the co-pilot sent it into a dive –

but seconds later, the warning system sounded

again, telling the crew to climb immediately. As the

F15 passed below, the captain's radar display

showed it as being just 300ft below the Fokker. The

captain then saw the plane moving away to his left.

After the incident, which happened 35 nautical

miles from Teesside, the captain asked a cabin

attendant to check that no one had been injured.

The report said passengers had been subjected to a

force of 2G by the avoiding manoeuvre, but

fortunately the 'Fasten seat belts' sign had been on

at the time.

The rear seat crewman of the F15, which

recorded the incident with an on-board video

camera, said he had seen the Fokker and estimated

it was about 400ft above and would pass behind

their aircraft. A report by the safety and quality

section of the Manchester Air Traffic Control and

Airport found that the controller managing the

situation had acted correctly by not giving the Fokker

any instructions, as they might have aggravated the

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situation.

The AAIB report found that at their closest

point, the two aircraft were 800m apart horizontally

and 1500ft apart vertically. Had evasive action not

been taken, it is believed the vertical separation of

the two aircraft tracks would have been less than

100ft and the lateral separation less than 500m.

There had been a previous near-miss in the

same area involving a RAF Tornado and a Shorts

SD-360 passenger plane in March 2000, the report

added. As a result, a number of recommendations

were put into force by the Civil Aviation Authority.

1.A military plane was involved.

2. The two planes were going to the same airport?

3. The passenger plane's pilots saw the plane before

the plane's systems sounded a warning.

4. The passenger plane's pilots actually saw the

American jet.

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5. The passenger plane's pilots took evasive action to

try and avoid a collision.

6. The passengers were not aware of anything

happening.

7. This area has seen other similar incidents in the

past.

COUPLE WIN LOTTERY Read the text and look at the questions that


questions are true or false. Write true or false.

A nagging wife paid off big-time for a New Jersey

man, who won $100,000 a year for life in the

lottery thanks to his insistent spouse. Jeweler Rasen

Patel was dead-set against going to work in

Manhattan on March 5 because of bad weather. But

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his wife, Hina, insisted he go - and he picked up a

New York State Lottery instant ticket on his way in. A

few scratches of a coin later, and Rasen Patel was

screaming with joy.

Forecasters had predicted a big blizzard for

that day, but the snowfall was light. And that

prompted Hina Patel, an accountant, to push her

husband to make his usual commute from their

home in Edison into the city. "I wasn't going to go,"

he laughed, as he and his wife picked up their first

$100,000 check at a New York Lottery office on Long

Island. "I made him go because he was supposed to

collect money owed to him," she said.

Rasen Patel bought a "Set for Life" instant

lottery ticket in Penn Station on a whim and ended

up never making it to work that day. Holding his

winning ticket, he phoned home and told his wife,

"I'm a rich guy!"

"I said, 'What are you talking about?' I didn't

believe him until he got home and showed me," Hina

Patel said. "I am still in shock and can't believe we

won. We can now pay for our children's colleges, and

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we also plan to help people who aren't as fortunate."

The couple has two kids, ages 15 and 10.

They'll keep collecting as long as they live -

and the lottery will pay up to $2 million to their

estate in the case of their early deaths. Two other

lottery winners also accepted their prizes at the

same press conference.

Victoria Ragone of Port Jefferson claimed a

check for $4.5 million - her take-home pay, before

taxes, of a $9 million Lotto win. "I still can't believe it

- I never win anything," beamed Ragone, a single

medical-billing worker.

She said she wasn't going to go wild with her

new fortune at first, but then changed her mind. "I

am going to do something crazy but I don't know

what it is . . . maybe a little nip and tuck later," she

laughed.

1. Rasen didn't want to go to work on March 5th.

2. He played a scratch card lottery.

3. The weather was cold but sunny.

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4. Hina is a housewife.

5. They will collect the rest of their money next

year.

6. Victoria will be very sensible with her money.

WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Read the text and look at the questions that



The A-Team

Asotin County in Washington State is a

beautiful place. Tucked into the south-eastern corner

of this western state, the name means "place of

eels" in the local Indian language and refers to the

huge quantity of eels that are found in the county's

numerous rivers and other waterways.

Asotin is also the home of the A-Team, four

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members of the local Sheriff's department who are

involved in rescue and emergency services provision

in the county. While their colleagues busy

themselves with illegal hunting and speeding

motorists, Kevin Pate, Raul Hernandez, Bryan Grant

and Lucy Pigalle have, for some seven years, been at

the sharp end of incidents as varied as landslides,

flash floods, highway pile ups and even a bear that

ran amok in the town of Anatone.

"We are the guys they call when things go

badly wrong in the county," explains Bryan Grant, a

handsome, rugged Oregonian who, at 31, is the

"baby" of the A-Team. "We used to be called the

"Asotin Alert Team" which became the 'AA Team' but

we changed it because we didn't want to be thought

of as alcoholics!"

Forces of Nature

I asked the four members of the A-Team,

gathered for this interview in the Sheriff's Office

canteen, what caused them most problems. Was it

drunken drivers or the wildlife this region of

Washington State is famous for?

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"I would say it was undoubtedly Mother

Nature," says Raul Hernandez. "Just last week, we

rescued a guy out of his car that had been swept

away by a flash flood on the George Creek. His car

was sinking fast but we managed to get the door

open and the driver was able to swim to the shore.

Unfortunately, he was driving with his Labrador dog

and we couldn't save the dog in time."

Kevin Pate, 48 years old and the senior

member of the rescue crew, agrees. "We get some

extreme weather in this part of the state. We've had

everything from earthquakes to tornadoes."

Forest fires are also a big killer. Last summer, a

large stretch of the Umatilla National Forest, which is

situated in the west of the county, went up in smoke.

Kevin continues. "The firefighters succeeded in

controlling the blaze and we were involved in rescue

missions. A lot of picnickers and the like got caught

up in the fire and many of them couldn't get out as

they were more or less surrounded by towering

flames in a gusting wind."

Part of the Job

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Lucy Pigalle, 36, recalls the Umatilla fires.

"Many people are just convinced that these things

won't reach out and touch them. Until it's too late,

that is. This one family of four was trapped in a

picnic area with a wall of fire surrounding them. They

couldn't get out at all. We managed to beat a path

into the area and were able to get them out with

about five minutes to spare. It was terrifying.

Tragically, that day, four out-of-state visitors

perished in the Umatilla National Forest."

Bryan Grant sums up the thoughts of the rest

of the group when he states that, "you get to see

tragedy and death as part of the job. You almost

become desensitized to it. You can't save everybody.

You just have to remember all the people you

managed to save!"

I left Asotin with a reassuring feeling that my

safety, should tragedy strike, would be in the hands

of these competent, brave individuals who would

combat hell and high water to save me.

1. Asotin is in the east of the country.

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True

False

2. The youngest member of the group speaks

first.

True

False

3. The name of the group was created partly

out of a wish to avoid embarrassment.

True

False

4. Drunken drivers cause the team many

problems.

True

False

5. The driver caught up in the flash flood was

saved.

True

False

6. The A-Team was involved in fighting the fire

in the Umatilla National Forest.

True

False

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7. The family of picnickers saved themselves in

the end.

True

False

8. Bryan Grant says it's best to not think about

those who can't be saved.

True

False

UNIVERSITY OFFERS COMPUTER GAME COURSE

Read the text and look at the questions that



A Scottish University has announced a world first

in the field of elite academic achievement. It is

offering a masters degree course in computer games

software engineering.

The University of Abertay in Dundee says it 53


could put the city at the centre of a multi-million

pound industry.

Over £45bn will be spent on computer software

in Europe this year, with the games market making

up a substantial share.

There are only forty places on the course. The

course leader, John Sutherland says he hopes that

people will see that computer games are about

people as well as machines.

"Students will have to learn about how people

see, feel and hear to be successful in this

environment" he said

"In the next five years the computer games

industry will be worth more than the entire cinema

industry is today."

The University will be offering a Bachelors

course in the same discipline in the very near future

and are in the process of building a new computer

laboratory.

Computer games technology, particularly

virtual applications, have other uses apart from

entertainment.

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Medical simulations for training surgeons and

more realistic flight simulators for pilot education are

just two uses for the technology.

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1. The university wants to teach people how to

play games better.

True

False

2. There's a chance that the area might become

very important for the computer game industry

if this course goes ahead.

True

False

3. The leader of the course hopes to expand

people's understanding of what computer

games are about.

True

False

4. There is more money now in computer

games than in the entire cinema industry.

True

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/28081.stm


False

5. Only older, more advanced students can

currently take the course.

True

False

6. The university is undergoing expansion to

allow the course to take place.

True

False

7. The course is specially designed for

professionals such as doctors and pilots.

True

False

KING HOLIDAY CONSIDERED 'MIXED BLESSING' BY SOME HISTORIANS

In the following text, the headings of five

sections have been removed. Choose the best

heading (A-F) for the five sections (1-5). There

is one extra heading you do not need to use. 56


You only need to write the letter in the space.

Use these headings to fill the spaces below.

There is one extra you do not need to use.

A. Avoiding Difficult Questions

B. Fairer Chance For All

C. Inaccurate Legacy

D. A Question Of Necessity

E. Ongoing Struggle

F. Other Agendas

On the third Monday of every January since 1986,

schools, federal offices and banks across the

United States are closed so that Americans can

celebrate the birth and life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reverend King was the dynamic civil rights leader

who focused the world's attention on the problem of

racial segregation in the American South.

He is remembered for his strategy of

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nonviolent resistance and his opposition to racism.

But before he was assassinated in 1968, Reverend

King had begun to challenge more than America's

understanding of race, and some prominent

historians fear that his opposition to U.S. economic

and foreign policy is being forgotten.

1. _________

"The greatest danger by far with King birthday

celebrations is the umpteenth re-playing of the 'I

Have a Dream' speech," says David Garrow, author

of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Bearing the Cross:

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference. Professor Garrow calls the

speech -- which Reverend King delivered in 1963 on

the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,

D.C. -- an "unrepresentative sample" of what the

civil leader stood for. He says the unrelenting focus

on the address incorrectly makes Martin Luther King

look like a "rosy-eyed optimist."

2. _________

"Younger people are left with a really quite

misleading impression of King that focuses too much

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on that one very upbeat speech," says Professor

Garrow, "and oftentimes gives no attention

whatsoever to King as a critic of economic inequality

and American foreign policy around the world."

On the day he was assassinated, Martin Luther

King was in Memphis, Tennessee, supporting a strike

that had been launched by sanitation workers there.

Just moments before he died, he was writing a

sermon titled Why America May Go to Hell. Two

years earlier, he had moved into a slum in the

northern city of Chicago to call attention to urban

poverty - and to challenge the notion that the South

was the only region that had a problem with race.

Reverend King had also become an outspoken

critic of the war in Vietnam, calling the United States

"the greatest purveyor of violence in the world

today" during a sermon he delivered in New York in

1967. "In some respects," says Clayborne Carson,

director of the King Papers Project at Stanford

University, "the civil rights issues, narrowly

conceived, were the easiest to resolve, because

there you had a distinction between the way black

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people were treated in the South and the dominant

values of the nation, as expressed by the [U.S.]

Supreme Court in the Brown [vs. Board of

Education] decision [which outlawed segregation.]"

3. _________

Professor Carson, who has been editing the

correspondence and speeches of Martin Luther King

for the last 20 years, notes that Reverend King had

changed his focus before he died. "When King

started to confront the issues that were as common

in the North as in the South," he says, "then I think

he faced a much greater challenge. And I think that's

the challenge we still face today."

4. _________

So why is it that public remembrances of

Reverend King have been so concentrated on the

issues of race and non-violence, rather than on his

criticisms of economic policy and the Vietnam War?

Historian David Garrow says it is because very few

people today object to Martin Luther King's call for

an end to racial segregation. "If, on the other hand,

King holiday events addressed King's identifying

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himself as a Democratic Socialist or King's emerging

as a very outspoken critic of American militarism in

Vietnam and Southeast Asia," he says, "then holiday

celebrations would have to confront whether

American society today has any greater level of

economic equality than it did in 1968 and whether

American foreign policy in the years since 1968 is

fundamentally different than the militarism and go-

it-alone attitudes that King criticized so forcefully."

5. _________

David Garrow argues that the so-called

"sweetening" of Martin Luther King's historical

reputation was unavoidable once his birthday

became a federal holiday. He says even the most

conservative political leaders have had to find a way

to embrace Reverend King's legacy -- and putting

the emphasis on the Baptist preacher's opposition to

racial segregation has been that way.

For this reason, David Garrow says, Martin

Luther King, Jr. Day has been a mixed blessing. On

the one hand, it calls national attention to America's

problematic history with race. But on the other hand,

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he says, the holiday has made it difficult for young

African-Americans struggling with economic

inequality to identify with a civil rights leader who

was killed before they were born.

ISLAND TRIBES COPE WITH LOSS OF HABITAT AFTER TSUNAMI

In the following text, the headings of five


heading (A-F) for the five sections (1-5). There

is one extra heading you do not need to use.

You only need to write the letter in the space.


There is one extra you do not need to use.

A. Livelihoods Affected

B. Greatest Fears Allayed

C. Man-Made Concerns

D. More Aid Required Fast 62


E. Inherited Wisdom

F. Speedy Return Crucial

The primitive tribes of India's Andaman and

Nicobar Islands largely escaped last month's

deadly tsunami unscathed. But anthropologists fear

that the massive damage to their habitat has left

them vulnerable.

The five aboriginal tribes that inhabit the lush

jungles and beaches of the Andaman and Nicobar

islands number less than 1,000 people.

Left undisturbed in their secluded habitats,

they subsisted by hunting with bows and arrows,

fishing and gathering wild fruit. Never large, the

tribes' populations have shrunk over the past several

decades, in part because of increased contact with

outsiders, who carry diseases the tribes can not fend

off.

Most of them survived when the tsunami hit

the remote islands in the Bay of Bengal on December

26. But the land on which they live suffered severely

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and many anthropologists believe that the damage

to their habitat has left the tribes facing new

challenges.

Initial surveys show that island coastlines have

changed shape and salt water has tainted the soil

that nurtured coconut palms and fruit trees.

1. _______

Anstice Justin, head of the Andaman unit of

the Anthropological Survey of India, recently led a

mission to assess the damage on islands where one

of the tribes live. He found sand and debris had filled

the shallow waters where the Sentinelese people

used to pole their canoes to catch fish.

Mr. Justin says that could pose a major challenge to

the Sentinelese, who have no knowledge of fishing in

deep waters.

"The shallow waters, the blue lagoon that was

there along the south coast of the island is

completely eroded and a new field of rocks appears

to be in its place," said Anstice Justin. "There will be

no fishing ground for the Sentinelese to fish around

that area."

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Experts say the destruction of a natural

resource could make all the difference between

survival and extinction for a tribe whose numbers

have dwindled to below 250.

2. _______

An altered landscape is not the only problem.

Experts also worry that some of the tribes are

getting too much outside contact because of the

tsunami relief efforts.

Some tribes, such as the Sentinelese, have

long shunned contact with the outside world. But

others like the Onges and the Great Andamanese

have been exposed to outside influence in the past

century and their numbers have steadily shrunk over

the same period.

After their coastal homes were destroyed by

the tsunami, the Onges and the Great Andamanese

had to be evacuated and are now housed in special

relief camps in the sprawling archipelago's capital,

Port Blair.

3. _______

Samir Acharya who heads the Society for

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Andaman and Nicobar Ecology, says endangered

tribes like the Onges now number less than 100. He

says they should be moved back to their island as

quickly as possible to continue life as hunters and

food gatherers in their own natural habitat.

"This will be a prolonged contact till they are

taken back and resettled in their own area," said

Samir Acharya. "They have already been exposed to

civilized vices like tobacco and alcohol, so one is

naturally worried about that. Ideally, they should go

back to their own habitat and start living once again

in their own traditional way. That probably is one

way of ensuring their continued welfare."

4. _______

While most of the tribes survived, not much is

known so far about the welfare of one of the most

secluded tribes, the Shompens, whose island took

the brunt of the waves. A few members of the tribe

have been sighted and even shot arrows at a military

helicopter that hovered over their island on a post-

tsunami reconnaissance trip.

Despite worries about how they will cope,

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anthropologists are elated that the tribes appear to

have escaped annihilation in the disaster.

Mr. Acharya says the people may have escaped

because they moved to higher ground after they saw

the sea water go back, a phenomenon that usually

occurs just before a tsunami strikes.

5. _______

"Probably either by their tradition, or it is a

crystallized wisdom of ages that is perhaps there in

their unconscious mind that they have learned to

fear or be suspicious of receding water and that was

what has saved the day," he said.

These tribes are of Mongoloid and Negrito origin, and

some are believed to have traveled to the Andaman

Islands from Africa some 60,000 years ago. They are

considered one of the world's last links to prehistoric

times.

PRISONER 7042 In the following text, the headings of eight


heading (A-H) for the eight sections (1-8). You

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only need to write the letter in the sentence.


A. Haunted By The Past

B. Financial Wrongdoing

C. Wasted Opportunities

D. Healthy Diversions

E. Yawning And Yearning

F. Anxious Wait

G. Artistic Escape

H. Ordinary People

Looking Back In Anger

1. _________

Max Scheffer gets up at 7a.m. He got up at

7a.m. today and he will get up at 7a.m. tomorrow.

Max Scheffer knows today that he will get up at

7a.m. every single morning for the next 2 years of

his life. Which probably explains the first thing Max

intends to do when he gets out of Bayville Minimum

Security Prison For Men. "I'm going to spend a week

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in bed. I wish we didn't have to get up so early. On

the outside, I always hated getting up early." As he

speaks to me, he calmly, almost nonchalantly, carves

away at a wooden figurine with deft strokes of what

seems to be a simple Swiss Army knife.

2. _________

Max was sentenced to four years imprisonment

for his part in a fraudulent scheme to overcharge

clients in his Toronto-based insurance company. He

gives me no more details than that and I don't ask.

Two years of good behavior gives him every hope

that he could be released as early as next year.

3. _________

"I could never imagine someone like myself in

a jail. It's beyond belief. There are so many normal

guys like me in this place. Everyone is in for petty

financial stuff. Nothing violent. Bayville is actually a

pretty OK place. I just wish I wasn't so bored all the

time."

4. _________

Max finds his days organized for him. He

spends up to 19 hours locked in his cell but, being a

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low security prison, some people would be surprised

to find just how many home comforts he is allowed.

"I watch a lot of TV. We only have about six or

seven channels. You know, no cable! I got into

watching those old black and white classics which is

where the painting started." Max indicated the wall

above the TV set to me and there, between huge

posters of the Toronto Blue Jays and Albert Einstein

were hung some 15 or so vintage style movie

posters, all hand painted by Max himself.

5. _________

"The warden was really decent about getting

me the paints. I really regret not taking this up

earlier. I've only been doing this for about six

months. So you know, I could have spent the first 18

months a lot more constructively. When you're shut

away like this, you have to occupy your mind or

you'll go crazy. That's my favorite right there." He

points out a small hand painted poster for the film

Casablanca.

6. _________

I avoid asking Max about the crimes that

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brought him here but ask him instead about how he

feels about being here. What regrets does he have or

does he not waste his time with regrets? It seems

Max most certainly does waste his time. "I regret

having been so greedy. I am here for $10,000. It

wasn't worth it. I mean, even for a million it wasn't

worth it. But for ten grand it was crazy. I wish I

hadn't listened to my colleague who convinced me

everything would go smoothly. I regret being so

angry about things in the past I can't change but

that's just the way I feel."

7. _________

Max's cell shows all the signs of a man

struggling with boredom. A harmonica lies at the foot

of his bed while his small bedside table is full of

wordsearch and crossword puzzle books. On the sill

of his cell window, complete with screen instead of

bars, lies a half-finished model of the Notre Dame in

what looks suspiciously like toothpicks. "I wish I

hadn't wasted so much time when I first got here.

There are fellow inmates who have taken degree

courses, masters, you name it, they've done it right

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here inside Bayville. I did nothing but watch TV and

read the free magazines for over a year. I just

thought that's what you did! I wish someone on the

staff here had taken me aside and told me what

possibilities exist in here. That would be my only

complaint."

8. _________

As we talk together in Max's cell, I notice him looking

more and more at his watch. I ask what the problem

is. "I'm waiting for the buzzer, you know for lunch.

You start to live your life according to a buzzer. It's

sad I know." Then just as he says that, the

aforementioned call to lunch sounds and I think I see

a look somewhere between satisfaction and relief

pass across his very friendly face.

HEADLINE Put each of the headlines with a sentence from

the story below. Write only the correct letter

(A-J) after each headline.

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A.Rev. Parsley, worried about falling church

attendance figures, came up with the idea after

watching a programme on British TV whilst on

vacation there.

B. The UN official, who declined to be named, said

the money would not have to be paid if the kingdom

came into line with the rest of the nations.

C. The weather is not forecast to improve over the

next few days which will only make the rescuers'

task even more difficult.

D. A getaway vehicle was found burnt out in an

alleyway some six miles across town from where the

bank was held up.

E. The government is believed to have been

surprised at the rise in unemployment figures and

this could explain the shortfall in funds.

F. The trawler got into trouble off Sri Lanka as waves

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as high as 20 feet threatened to engulf the vessel.

G. If agreed, the agreement would see a huge

increase in Asian imports into the American market

and this has worried some politicians.

H. Increased competition from the Far East has also

led to lower profits and job losses have been on the

cards since the spring.

I. Not only are people worried about inflation but the

latest interest rates rise has also caused less

movement on the property market than is usual

for this time of year.

J. Added to this are the effects of the recently signed

trade treaty with Europe which many struggling

companies had called for.

1. Cops Hunt 4 After $5m Heist _____

2. US Said To Be Against Trade Deal _____

3. UN Offers Hope On Saudi Fine _____

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4. Brighter News On Job Front _____

5. Thousand To Go At Auto Plant _____

6. Fall In Aid To Jobless _____

7. Call To Altar Falls Flat _____

8. Indian Crew Plucked From Waves _____

9. 5 Die In Floods, Landslide _____

10. Unease Causes House Price Wobble _____

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