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A Quiz on General Knowledge
Charles Kent and Tony Smith are playing a game. They are asking each other questions about general knowledge CHARLES: When was America discovered, Tony? TONY: I'm not certain. Do you know? CHARLES: America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. TONY: In a way that's right. But the Vikings travelled there long before Columbus. And what about the Red Indians? CHARLES: All right. Ask me a question now. TONY: Who invented the electric light bulb? CHARLES: That's easy. It was invented by Edison. TONY: Correct. Now fora harder question. Who will be the first tnen on Mars? CHARLES: I can't answer that. But I think Mars will be visited by men before the end of this century. TONY: Ask me a question now. CHARI.ES: All right. What is the nearest planet to the sun? TONY: That's easy. It's .. er... Venus. NO. Pluto. No. Wait a minute. It's on the tip of my tongue. Oh dear, what is the nearest planet to the sun?
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7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.
Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He had a part-time job which gets him up every morning at five o'clock. He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5:15 to go to the corner where the newspapers are. The newspapers were delivered to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to carry them. In the winter it is still dark when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is light. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch where it will be protected from wind and rain or snow. His customers think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him tips.
Billy earns about $ 70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest on records and clothes. Once a month, he has to collect money from his customers. Since many of them work during the day, Billy has to collect the money at night. Sometimes, when Billy is sick, his older brother has to deliver the newspapers. Once, Billy's father had to help.
Billy has seventy customers now, but he hopes to get more soon. Someday, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
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