Let's meet for dinner
Hi there Zoe!
Thanks for your email. I’d love to meet for dinner some time. I know you said you’d like to meet (1)
WHILE, DURING, INSIDE, BETWEEN the week, but the problem is, I (2)AM USUALLY GOING,GO USUALLY, USUALLY AM GOING, USUALLY GO to volleyball club on Tuesdays, and on Thursdays, I have my music lesson. So on Mondays and Wednesdays, I’m busy (3) HAVING, MAKING, GETTING, DOINGmy homework. So, if it’s okay with you, can we meet up at a weekend instead? I’m really looking forward to seeing you again. I’ve got (4) SO MANY, SUCH MANY, SUCH A LOT, SO MUCH of things to tell you!
Bye for now,
Lucy.
Radio signals
The first radio signals were sent twenty years after (1). THE TELEPHONE WAS INVENTED,The first person (2)TO SEND such signals was the Italian Guglielmo Marconi. His first radio transmissions were only sent about one mile, but Marconi (3)REALIZED that the technology had great potential. He approached the Italian government with his invention. However, the Italian government turned it down, (4) SOMarconi moved to England to continue his experiments. In 1899 he opened his first radio factory, and (5) WITHINtwo years, he had established a radio link between Britain and the USA. However, Marconi’s ‘wireless telegraph’ only (6) TRANSMITTEDsignals in the form of Morse code or ‘dots and dashes’. These transmissions were useful for communication between ships, but were (7) NOTHING LIKEthe radio broadcasts we hear today. Voices were not heard over the radio (8)UNTILL 1921.
Jenny found her old bicycle at the back of the garage. It was a lot smaller than she remembered. When she sat on it and put her feet on the pedals, her knees nearly touched her chin. She put it back sadly and went inside the house. Her dad was working on his computer in the study.
‘Dad, can I get a new bicycle?’ asked Jenny.
‘Sure,’ said Jenny’s dad. ‘Cycling is good for you. You can get one for your birthday.’
‘But my birthday isn’t for months!’ cried Jenny. ‘Everyone at school has a bike. They all go to the park after school together. I want to go too!’
‘Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t afford a bicycle now,’ said dad. ‘Why don’t you work and earn some money? You can save up for a bicycle yourself.’
Jenny was thoughtful.
‘I’m very busy now,’ dad went on. ‘I don’t have time to cut the grass. If you do that, I’ll give you five dollars.’
‘Okay,’ said Jenny. She went to the garage and got the lawnmower. She hadn’t used it before. It was quite heavy and difficult to push, but soon the grass was cut. She was putting the lawnmower away when her neighbor, Mrs. Watkins, looked over the wall.
‘You did a good job there! Can you mow my lawn too?’ said Mrs Watkins. ‘I’ll give you ten dollars!’
‘Sure!’ said Jenny. ‘I’ll come right away!’
That night Jenny went on the computer. She wrote ‘Gardening and Housework – Ten dollars an hour. Call Jenny at 23 Roseville Lane.’ She decorated the page with pictures of cleaning and gardening equipment. She printed it fifty times. Then she posted the pages through all the doors on her street.
That week, Jenny was very busy! Lots of people had jobs to do, but they didn’t have time to do them. So they called Jenny. Every day, Jenny rushed home from school. She did her homework quickly, and then she went out to work.
At the end of the week, she had $65! She told her father.
‘That’s enough for a second hand bicycle,’ he said.
‘Yes, but if I work for one more week, I might have enough money for a new bike,’ said Jenny. ‘In two more weeks, I could buy a really good bicycle! I think that’s what I’ll do. I want to have the best bicycle in the class, because I earned it!’
Jenny’s dad hugged her. ‘I think you learned something important. We appreciate things a lot more when we earn them. When we get something without earning it, we do not realize its true value.’
1 What was the problem with Jenny’s old bicycle?
It was broken.
It was too dirty.
It was too small.
Jenny didn’t like it.
2 Why didn’t Jenny’s dad buy her a bicycle?
He didn’t think it was a good idea.
He was too busy.
He had just bought Jenny a birthday present.
He didn’t have enough money.
3 Where did Jenny’s dad ask Jenny to work?
in the study.
in the bathroom.
in the garage.
in the garden.
4 How much money did Jenny earn on the first day?
$10
$5
$65
$15
5 How did Jenny tell her neighbors about her new business?
she mailed letters to them.
she sent them an email.
she delivered messages by hand.
she talked to all her neighbors.
6 How did Jenny feel at the end of the story?
pleased because she had learnt a useful lesson.
grateful to her father for his advice.
optimistic about making more money.
disappointed because she couldn’t afford a new bicycle.
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The first section of the High Line opened in 2009 and immediately became popular with tourists and locals alike. Each part of the park has a different atmosphere. Some areas are like balconies with wonderful city views. Where the rail line goes between buildings, trees are densely planted. Other sections have wide lawns and walkways planted with wild flowers. Only the final section remains the way it has been for the last fifty years – a railway line overgrown with weeds.
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