PASSAGE 24

CHILDMINDING

When the children were very young, John worked full-time
and Pam had a part time job, but when Pam was offered the
opportunity of a responsible fulltime job, they didn't want to
hire child minders and so John decided it should be he who
reduced his working hours to look after the children.
Although John does occasionally resent getting so little
financial reward for his work and misses the responsibility he
lost, he feels he is well suited to the arrangement he and Pam
now have.

VOCABULARY

Childminder: Someone whose job is to look after children

To reduce: To decrease, to cut

To resent: To feel bitter about, to have hard feelings about

To reward: To give a prize

To miss: To long for

Well-suited: Suitable, well-matched

EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words

C) his wife would earn more money than he could.
D) he only had a part time job,
E) his working hours were more than Pam's.

2. We understand from the passage that John................

A) doesn't have any responsibility.
B)

had experience of helping in the house before.
C) takes pleasure in housework.
D) would rather have a full-time job than look after his children,
E) earns little money.

One regret that John sometimes has is that he

A) 'feels satisfied with his situation.
B) sees so little of his wife.
Cj has less responsibility at work than before.

D)

has given up an extremely successful.

E) is suitable for the arrangement they have now.

PASSAGE 25

A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER



realize
To resemble: To look like, to be similar to

> EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above.

1. Photographs and recollections confirm that in features and
coloring he ......... his mother.
2. He was quite a small man, about five feet in height, poor
and .

3. The first term is always an unsettling time/ and it generally

takes a few weeks before students become
............
with

each other/ and work together effectively.

4.

It......... me just how right Jill had been when she said

that teaching was the only job I knew.

5. I visited the school I graduated from last week, however I
did not .......... any of my teachers there.

3. When the man in the park saw the writer, the man

A) tried to hit him,
B)

begged for some money from hi m.
C) immediately recognized the writer.
D) wondered where he had seen the writer.
E) was eating something.

PASSAGE 26
SCUBA DIVING

Exciting yet safe for all, Scuba diving is regarded as one of the
most satisfying of hobbies. It can be learned, initially
anyway, free of charge at many local baths, and afterwards
the heaviest expense is likely to be that of traveling to the sea.
Scuba divers come from all walks of life. They don't have to
be well-off or upper class; nor do they have to be particularly
strong. Generally, beginners should be over fifteen, as it is
difficult for children to master the various safety regulations.

VOCABULARY

> DEFINITIONS

To regard as: To consider
Scuba diving: Diving with air tubes
Initially: First



1. Anyone who wants to learn
Scuba
diving at local baths.

A)

should pay for it.
B)

must be a member of the local baths.
C)

may find it expensive. >
D) doesn't have to pay any money.
E) has to go to the sea.

2. We understand that Scuba divers.

A)

don't have to be rich.
B)

.shouldn't learn rules.
C)

mu st be u ppei , '.
D)