Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

On the third day of November, Ron and Pam went to the store. They wanted to get some food for a new recipe. It was late in the afternoon, but they wanted to eat the food soon at dinner. To save time they split the list in half. Ron was to get the pasta and tomato sauce, and Pam was to get the vegetables and juice. They went their separate ways in the store, and made plans to meet in the checkout line in half an hour.

On her way to the fruit and vegetable section, Pam ran into her friend Tom. Tom had bought a pet bunny for his friend and wanted to buy it some food. He asked Pam what he needs to feed the bunny. Pam told him lettuce and carrots, so he put 5 heads of lettuce in his basket along with one bag of carrots. Tom said goodbye to Pam and went to the front of the store to buy his vegetables. Now it was time for Pam to pick out the vegetables she would buy for dinner. She wanted to make a salad, so she bought spinach, 2 big red tomatoes, a box of mushrooms, and 3 cucumbers. Pam then went to where they kept the juice and grabbed a big bottle of lemonade.

Pam went to the front of the store and met Ron. They handed their items to the sales clerk so that they could buy them. The total cost of the food was 20 dollars. As a gift to Pam, Ron paid for the food and said happy birthday. As a gift he would be cooking her dinner.

1. what day did Ron and Pam go to the store?
2. was it late in the afternoon?
3. what did they want to do soon?
4. to save time, how did they divide the list?
5. where were they supposed to meet?
6. who did Pam run into?
7. what was he getting for his friend's bunny?
8. did Pam know what type of food?
9. how many heads of lettuce did Tom get?
10. and how many bags of carrots?
11. What did Pam want to make?
12. how many cucumbers did she get for it?
13. did she get anything else?
14. who did she go to the front of the store to meet?
15. how much did they hand the clerk?
16. who paid
17. was it Pam's birthday?
18. what would be Ron's gift to Pam?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the third day of November
2. yes
3. eat the food soon at dinner.
4. they split the list in half
5. the checkout line
6. her friend Tom
7. food.
8. yes
9. Five
10. one
11. a salad
12. Three
13. lemonade
14. Ron
15. 20 dollars
16. Ron
17. yes
18. cooking her dinner.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us. Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet . But the star was _ . It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree. "Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said. As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone. The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents. "The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice. "From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice. "I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained. My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning golden star and a note in it: Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas! Love, Bryant ,A, B, C, D,. (10)

1. Who is experiencing something for the first time?
2. Which holiday is it?
3. What is significant about it?
4. Did she come to her children's house?
5. Did they go there?
6. What had she done the night before?
7. What did they start to do?
8. What were they looking for?
9. Why?
10. What did he think of it?
11. Were they able to find it?
12. Was that okay?
13. Why not?
14. Did she start to cry?
15. Who gave her a present the next day?
16. Who handed it to her?
17. Was his voice normal?
18. Was it the first one?
19. Where was it found?
20. Was it the old one?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. grandmother
2. Christmas
3. first Christmas without Grandfather
4. No
5. Yes
6. waited up
7. decorate the Christmas tree Christmas tree
8. star
9. Grandfather had given it to her
10. unknown
11. No
12. No
13. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together
14. yes
15. Grandfather
16. Father
17. No
18. No
19. Grandfather's closet
20. No

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics,"she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. "

The Princess concluded with a simple message. "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.

But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as very "ill-informed"and " a loose cannon ."

The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms," This is a distraction we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help."

Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.

To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess's views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was working towards a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.

1. What device was causing injury to people?
2. who was trying to shed light on this issue?
3. What other organization was a part of this effort?
4. what country did she go to?
5. in what year?
6. was this trip a secret and kept out of the press?
7. what was filling the tv screens?
8. what was her concise message?
9. did it seem like her home political body support her trip?
10. of what were they unsupportive?
11. what weapon did they compare her too?
12. did she allow this to concern her?
13. did her government know about this trip before she took it?
14. did anyone give their approval for her to take the trip?
15. who?
16. did this cause a few red faces?
17. who tried to mitigate the damages?
18. what is his title?
19. did they seem to have a more compatible opinion with her now?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. landmines
2. Diana, Princess of Wales
3. Red Cross
4. Angola
5. 1997
6. no
7. images of her comforting victims
8. We must stop landmines.
9. not by some
10. they refused to support a ban on these weapons
11. a loose cannon
12. no
13. It came as a surprise
14. yes
15. by the Foreign Office
16. yes
17. Malcolm Rifkidnd,
18. the Foreign Secretary
19. yes