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Test 1
47. create - 74. escape (v) -

PART ONE: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS (25 points) 48. customer - 75. event -
(תודוקנ 25) ארקנה תנבה :ןושאר קרפ
49. damage (n) - 76. exercise (n, v) -

Read the article below and then answer questions 1-5. 50. deal with - 77. exhibit (v) -

.1-5 תולאש לע הנעו רמאמה תא ארק
51. deliver - 78. expect -

LEARNING ABOUT GARBAGE 52. deserve - 79. experience (n) -

I Janet Robbins is a professor who studies the garbage from the streets of New York, 53. despite - 80. experiment (n) -
America’s biggest city. She volunteers at the New York Sanitation Department* which collects
3.5 million tons of garbage a year. For her it is a way to learn about the lives of New York’s 54. determined - 81. expert -

8.5 million residents. 55. develop - 82. found (v) -

5 II “We’re a throwaway culture,” she says. “We treat everything — from electronic devices 56. disability - 83. gain (v) -
to furniture — like we treat paper cups. We just throw them away.” Most apartments in New
York City are small, so residents are always throwing out stuff to make more space. According 57. disease - 84. garbage -
to Robbins, this makes New York ‘a gold mine’ for people who need things for their homes. 58. disorder - 85. get rid of -
They can find beds, jewelry, and even paintings in the garbage.
59. donate - 86. goal -
10 III In her research, Robbins first observed sanitation workers for two years. She then started
collecting garbage with them. She learned to respect the important work they do to keep the city 60. drop (v) - 87. government -
clean and the residents healthy. Robbins also experienced the negative side of the sanitation 61. drop out of - 88. grateful -
job. “The smell is sometimes bad,” she says, “but you get used to it quickly.” According to
statistics, sanitation work is one of the ten most dangerous jobs in the country. “The workers 62. economy - 89. guest -

15 are in speeding traffic all day which is really not safe. Even the garbage itself can be harmful
if things fly off trucks and hurt them,” she explains. 63. educate - 90. hardship -

IV As a result of these experiences, she wrote several books about garbage. Today 64. educational - 91. high/poor quality -
she teaches a university course on the subject and encourages companies to recycle materials. 65. effect - 92. ignore -
Robbins’ biggest contribution to the sanitation department is the talks she gives to the workers.
20 She makes the city’s 6,400 sanitation workers feel proud of their work. She believes they are 66. effective - 93. illegal -
the city’s most important public workers.
67. effort - 94. illness -

68. either … or - 95. improve -
* Sanitation Department - הפשאה יוניפב תקסועה הקלחמה ,האורבתה תקלחמ
69. electricity - 96. in addition -

70. employ - 97. include -

71. encouragement - 98. inspire -

72. entire - 99. instruction -

73. environment - 100. invent -

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