Even leaders pay tax (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. What are tax returns?

A. They are reports published by the White House.

B. They are reports made by the president.

C. They are reports of tax a person has to pay.

D. They are reports of people's incomes.

2. How much did Obama and his wife earn in 2008?

A. $400,000 B. $2,660,000

C. $4,200,000 D. $719,274

3. In the US, which people have to file tax returns?

A. Everybody.

B. Wealthy people.

C. Government officials.

D. People whose incomes are over a certain amount.

4. The Obamas have given ____ percent of their earnings to charity.

A. 10 B. 6.5 C. 9.7 D. 4.3

It was tough, but we got through (P3)

Choose the best answer:

5. The events happened ____.

A. on land B. at sea

C. in a dream D. in a film

6. At the beginning of another practice, I found my microphone was ____.

A. lost B. failed

C. broken D. changed

7. The weather on the day was ____.

A. terrible B. wonderful

C. rainy D. cloudy

8. In the last sentence the word “survive” means “to be ____”.

A. killed B. hurt

C. hungry D. safe

Let's make up our own minds (P5)

Choose the best answer:

9. Where did Linda come from?

A. Canada B. America

C. Great Britain D. Australia

10. What did the author put in their shopping basket?

A. Turnip roots B. Turnip green

C. Roots D. Green

11. Why didn't the author buy turnips in the end?

A. Because neither of them liked turnips.

B. Because neither of them knew what turnips were.

C. Because there were no turnips in the shop.

D. Because turnips meant different things to each of them.

12. What is the theme of this story?

A. People from different countries have different food cultures.

B. Both the roots and greens of turnips can be eaten.

C. Old ideas sometimes stop us thinking for

ourselves.

D. Turnips are a healthy food for both people and pigs.

Watch your manners, please! (P8)

Cloze test:

Table manners vary with different people and different situations. If you're new somewhere just 13 what other people do and don't do. If you follow the people you're eating with, you'll 14 have good table manners in their eyes.

I grew up in an old-fashioned family. My family's main time to see each other was at dinner. When we sat down to eat it was our time 15 . We talked about our day through the dinner whether we had good stories or not. A reason we talked so much was that our parents didn't allow us to get up 16 we finished all of our food.

Being the daughter of a Greek cook and 17 Italian woman, my mom always put double portions of delicious meals on our plates. The problem was we were all young and couldn't finish all the 18 . I still 19 my father having us eat dinner for almost two hours just because we couldn't finish our food!

13. A. watch B. look C. read D. see

14. A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. alway

15. A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. talked

16. A. unless B. until C. when D. if

17. A. an B. a C. the D. /

18. A. homework B. jobs C. books D. food

19. A. remember B. forget C. regret D. consider

Key:1—4 CBDB

5—8 BCAD

9—12 BADC

13—19 ADCBADA