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Reading Comprehension                                                                                                       5  What problem does Debby deal with?

                                                                                                                                                 a   The local supermarket doesn’t sell food for animals.
                  A  Read the article below.
                                                                                                                                                 b   Sylvia doesn’t like to go to Debby’s nursing school.

                                                                                                                                                 c   Debby can’t take Sylvia with her to the local supermarket.
                          Where Is the Driver?
                          Where Is the Driver?
                                                                                                                                            6  Debby hopes that one day (-)

                                                                                                                                                 a   other people will understand that Sylvia isn’t dangerous.


                      I    What would it be like to call a pizza store, order your favorite pizza, and then get                                  b   Sylvia will wash herself.
                      your order delivered in a robotic car? There would be no ringing of the doorbell, no giving                                c   more people will have service animals.
                      a tip to the delivery boy. Instead, you would go out and get your pizza on your own when
                      the  car  arrived.  One  day,  this  might  actually  happen.  Ford  Motor  Company  has  created

                5     one of the first self-driving robotic cars, and they have joined with Domino’s Pizza to try
                      it out.                                                                                                                 Part Four


                      II   In the near future, when Domino’s customers order their pizza, they will be asked if they
                      want to participate in the experiment. If they agree, their order will be sent to them in a robotic                   Language Exercise
                      car that is painted black and white. They will get a recorded message to let them know when

                10    the robotic car has arrived at their house, and they will hear simple step-by-step instructions                       Circle the correct answer.
                      on how to take their pizza out of the car.
                                                                                                                                                                WHO INVENTED THE SANDWICH?
                      III  How will the delivery actually work? When the order arrives, the customer will go out
                      to the car that is waiting outside his home and type a code into a keypad on the car. That will                       Sandwiches  make  a  delicious  snack  any  time.  Interestingly,  the  sandwich  is  the
                      open the backseat window of the car and let the customer get his order from a food-warming                            (  1.  invent / invention / inventor) of John Montagu, who was known as the Earl of

                15    box. The box will be able to hold up to four pizzas and five side dishes.                                             Sandwich.  Montagu,  (   2.  who /  which /  whose)  lived  in  England  in  the  eighteenth
                                                                                                                                            century, loved ( play / playing / played) card games with his friends for hours at a
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                      IV  “The experiment will help both Ford Motor Company and Domino’s Pizza understand                                   time. He didn’t want to stop the games ( to / for / from) meals.
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                      how customers will deal with a robotic car,” says Jim Hackett, president of Ford Motor. “Will
                      people even like the idea of having to go outside their homes to get their pizza? Will they                           One day, in the middle of a game, Montagu was served a meal of bread with meat.
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                      understand how to use the code? Will they go outside if it’s raining, or will the car wait and                        His hands were busy holding the cards and putting them one on top ( on / of / the)
                20    then leave because nobody came to get the pizza? We hope to find the answers to these and                             another. Suddenly, he had an idea. He placed a piece of meat between two slices of
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                      other questions.”                                                                                                     bread. He held his meal with one hand and he ( should / can / was able to) use his
                                                                                                                                            other hand to play.
                      V    Many pizza companies are interested in this experiment. They like the idea of sending
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                      out deliveries without using drivers. Russell Weiner, president of Domino’s Pizza, says, “Our                         The Earl of Sandwich was very ( please / pleased / pleasure) with his invention. He
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                      company delivers one billion pizzas each year and pays 100,000 drivers. With robotic cars,                            ( spoke / said / told) all his friends all about it, and they quickly caught on to ( his /
                25    we’ll be able to reduce our prices, and that will benefit our customers.”                                             their / it) idea. Of course, they named the new invention (  10.  about / on / after) him.



                                                                                                                                                                          If you have guarded your mouth from evil
                                                                                                                                                                          speech, your days will be peaceful.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Derech Eretz Zuta 9





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