Part 3: You are going to lớn read a newspaper article by a British student who worked at a summer camp in the US. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (124-130). There is one extra paragraph which you vì thế not need to lớn use. (7 points)
SUMMER CAMP: A SOAP OPERA
Every June, thousands of British students fly to lớn the United States to lớn spend their holidays working at summer camps. In return, they get a không tính tiền return flight, full board, pocket money and the chance to lớn travel. Lucy Graham joined a camp and spent eight weeks working with six to lớn sixteen-year-olds.
I applied at the last minute and was so sánh thrilled at the prospect of spending the holidays doing something more exciting than vãn working in the local supermarket that I hastily accepted the only job left - in the camp laundry.
(124) ___ On arrival I was told by the camp director that I would be doing the washing for 200 children - on my own. Any romantic dreams I'd had quickly turned into nightmare reality. For the first week, the buổi tiệc ngọt sent out by the jobs agency - nine students, including má - became a full-time cleaning squad, getting the place ready for its grand opening.
(125) ___ The children's arrival also brought 50 American counsellors to lớn look after them, and the opening of the laundry. At first, I had to lớn work from 8.45 in the morning till 10.30 at night to lớn get all my work done. Considering there was no hot water in the laundry and the machines were old, the washing came out remarkably well.
(126) ___ The kitchen workers, maintenance man and myself found that we were on the lowest level of the camp's class system. Our four British counsellor friends had a much better time. They got friendly with their American colleagues and were respected by the children. They were also given tips by parents after the holiday.
(127) ___ As for the camp itself, it had a large lake and excellent sporting facilities. But because organised activities for the children carried on into the evening, we usually didn't get the chance to lớn use them. However, much more annoying were my room-mates, three 18-year-old girls who worked in the dining room.
(128) ___ On top of that, the camp food was poor, with child-size portions; fresh fruit and vegetables were rare. One catering worker even stood over the pineapple rings, checking that you took only one each.
(129) ___ However, I couldn't mix off as soon as the children left because we had to lớn stay on for a few days, cleaning and closing down the camp. My last duty was to lớn load up the rubbish bags and take out any clothes the children had thrown away, in case their parents asked about them.
(130) ___ What's more, without the không tính tiền ticket I got to lớn the US - and the rail ticket from my parents - I would never have seen Niagara Falls, gone up the Empire State Building or had my picture taken with Mickey Mouse at Disney World.
A They had never been away from trang chính before, and spent most of the night screaming with excitement. Sometimes, the only way to lớn get any rest was to lớn pretend to lớn be ill and sleep in the medical centre.
B We weren't so sánh lucky. We were never invited to lớn join in the evening activities. When we did manage to lớn get out of the camp, our evenings tended to lớn consist of eating ice-cream at the local gas station.
C As a result, the standard of the camp you over up in is usually a question of luck. However, the agencies vì thế hold meetings where you can ask representatives from camps about the facilities and the nature of the work you will be expected to lớn vì thế.
D We swept out the bedrooms and scrubbed the lavatories, gymnasium and kitchen. We polished the cooking equipment, put up the sports nets and carried any luggage sent on ahead to lớn the bedrooms.
E On the whole it had been well worth it. Despite the washing, the camp's plus points had been a beautiful setting, meeting a great bunch of travelling companions and doing far more reading for my university course than vãn I would have done at trang chính.
F All these disadvantages meant that Saturdays, our days off, were highly valued. The places we visited then, such as Thủ đô New York City, gave má an appetite for travelling later on. If I hadn't done that, I would have regretted it - there is so sánh much to lớn see and vì thế and I was keen to lớn get on with it.
G But with so sánh many clothes to lớn wash and dry, some did get mixed up. I had six-year-olds marching up and telling má that their parents would be very angry if I didn't find their favourite sweater.
H I started to lớn have my doubts while squashed between the swimming instructor and the sports teacher during the three-hour minibus ride to lớn the camp, which was in a tiny town about 90 miles from Thủ đô New York City.
Your answer:
124. ……….…………… 125. …………………… 126. ……………………
127. ……………………. 128. …………………… 129. ……………………
130. …………………….
Part 4: Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 points)
We have seen photographs of the whole earth taken from great distances in outer space. This is the first time, the (131) ………….. first time, in man's long history that such pictures have been possible. (132) ………….. many years most people have believed that the earth was ball-shaped. A few thought it was round and (133) ………….., lượt thích a coin. Now we know, beyond doubt, that those few were (134) …………. The photographs show a ball-shaped (135) …………., bright and beautiful. In colour photographs of the earth, the sky is as (136) …………. as coal. The (137) ………….. looks much bluer than vãn it usually does to lớn us. All our grey (138) ………….. are a perfect white in colour; because, of course, the (139) ………… is for ever shining on them. We are (140) ………….. to lớn live on the beautiful earth.
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