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24. What is the text about?
A) A foundation which awards prizes to small kids. C) Doyne`s trip to Mendham, New Jersey.
B) The girl who built a house for poor children. D) What Americans do after they finish school.
25. How did Doyne get her 5,000 dollars?
A) She took this money from parents. C) She ran a business to build houses for kids.
B) he won this money as a prize. D) She earned this money by looking after kids.
26. Do you know the meaning of this phrase WAR-TORN?
A) battle-damaged B) chronically-battled C) war-invaved D) non-violent
27. What is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A) It was Maggie’s plan to set off the journey around the globe.
B) The Do Something is the organization which supports the youth.
C) Maggie was glad to see the children in trouble on streets.
D) Nepal was a war-exhausted country when Maggie came there.


Although he was a qualified meteorologist, TV weatherman Peter Jenkins had a terrible record of forecasting. He became something of a joke when local newspaper began keeping a record of his predictions and showed that he had been wrong almost 300 times in a single year. The TV company didn`t see the funny side of this and fired him. He moved another part of the country and applied for a similar job. One section of the job application form asked for his reason for leaving his previous position. Jenkins wrote, “The climate didn`t agree with me.”
28. A newspaper wrote about Peter Jenkins because he …
A) was an owner of a TV company. B) made incorrect weather forecasts.
C) lived in different parts of the country. D) changed his frequently.
29. What does the word FIRED in text meaning?
A) shot a person or an animal. B) heated in a high temperature.
C) made someone interested and excited. D) dismissed from a job.
30. According to P. Jenkins THE CLIMATE DIDN`T AGREE WITH ME means …
A) Climate didn`t want to approve of his prediction.
B) He liked the climate although it was always wrong.
C) Climate was changing too quickly for him to predict.
D) It was difficult to say about climate in advance.