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Life in these United States
Toward the end of my daughter’s ballet lesson, I was chatting with other mothers in the studio’s waiting room.
Suddenly a man in a business suit rushed in, looked around and asked breathlessly, “Is Julie here?” No one knew of a girl named Julie in the class.
“What day is this?” was the man’s next question.
“Monday,” we chorused.
“Monday!” he gasped. “Monday is catechism!” And he was out the door as fast as he had come in.
Contributed to “Life In These United States” by Margaret Stenberg
1.Which of the sentences below is NOT true, according to the text?
a) The mothers were talking while they waited for their daughters.
b) The man was in a hurry.
c) Julie was attending the ballet class.
d) As it was Monday, the man’s daughter had catechism.
e) The man left the room as quickly as he had arrived there.
2. “… I was chatting with other mothers …”
In the sentence above the underlined verb expresses:
a) a finished action in the past.
b) an action that was going on in the past.
c) an action that is taking place now.
d) a future action.
d) an action that continues up to now.
The pony express
In 1859 railroads delivered mail to the eastern part of America and as far west as Missouri. In Missouri, wagon trains and stagecoaches took over the task of carrying mail to the West. But the stagecoach journey to California was long – about 22 days. In 1860 this situation dramatically improved, with the establishment of the Pony Express, which cut the time of mail delivery to the West by more than half. A Pony Express rider, mail pouches strapped to his horse, galloped between 35 and 75 miles before passing the mail to a fresh rider, waiting at one of the 190 stations along the way. Although the Pony Express became legendary for its exploits, the company was short-lived. The completion in the early 1860s of the first transcontinental telegraph, capable of virtually instantaneous message transmission, cut short the colorful life of the Pony Express.
The New York Public Library American desk reference, Macmillan, NY, 1997, page 369.
3.”Took over” in “… stagecoaches took over the task …” can be replaced by:
a) assumed
b) accepted.
c) won.
d) included.
e) reduced.
4.”Dramatically” in “… dramatically improved …” can be replaced by:
a) absurdly.
b) melodramatically.
c) extraordinarily.
d) slowly.
e) sadly.
5. “…the Pony Express became legendary for its exploits …”
The best translation for the word “exploits” is:
a) explorações.
b) investigações.
c) explosões.
d) proezas.
e) galopes.
6.According to the text:
I) The Pony Express delivered mail in less than 11 days.
II) After a certain distance a Pony Express rider passed the mail to a fresh rider.
III) The fresh riders would be waiting at one of the 190 stations.
a) Only number I is true.
b) Only number II is true.
c) Only number III is true.
d) Only II and III are true.
e) I, II and III are true.
7.Why did the Pony Express end?
a) Because Pony Express riders were very slow.
b) Because railroads started to deliver mail to California.
c) Because wagon trains and stagecoaches were faster than the Pony Express.
d) Because of the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph.
e) Because it took them about 22 days to deliver mail.
Microlight
Question
When a plate with a gold decorative edge is placed in a microwave oven, sparks appear at the gold surfaces. Why?
Stephen Fennell , Dublin
Answer
Any metal object acts as an antenna for electromagnetic radiation, including microwaves. Electric currents are set up in the metal, which in turn cause voltage differentials within and between the pieces of metal. Gold rims of plates inevitably become scratched, and so end up with tiny gaps of less than 1 millimetre between sections of continuous gold metal.
As a result, when the plate is subjected to microwaves the voltages generated are applied across these gaps. Because air has quite a low breakdown voltage, it doesn’t take much to split the molecules in the air and cause sparks.
I have to credit Eric Billet of Brunel University for this explanation.
Robert Alcock
8.Choose the alternative used as a verb in the text.
a) sparks
b) acts
c) currents
d) rims
e) gaps
9.Choose the alternative in which the verb is NOT in the past participle in the text.
a) become
b) set
c) placed
d) subjected
e) applied
10.Much in “… it doesn’t take much …” can be replaced by:
a) many.
b) a few.
c) little.
d) a little.
e) a lot.