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Unit 11  I’ve got a cold












            Reading  Part 4

               Exam advice
                Read the article fi rst. Then read the questions carefully and underline the
                important words in each one. Finally, underline the answers in the article.


            Read the article about a young surf life saver. Then answer the questions.



                        Charlotte


                Simmonds







               Charlotte Simmonds is a 17-year-old student from Sydney   beach but my parents were very busy in their shop. This
               in Australia. Charlotte spends most of her free time on the   club was a great way to meet other children, stay  t and
               beach because she is also a surf life saver. When she’s   healthy and most importantly we could spend hours on the
               older, she hopes to work as a life saver in some of the most   beach. We learnt to swim and surf at an early age. At the age
               famous surf beaches in the world, Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka   of 15 I became a surf life saver and soon after that I saved
               or Pipeline in Hawaii. A surf life saver’s job is to save the lives   somebody in the sea.’
               of everybody on the beach or in the water but they don’t get   Charlotte loves looking after people on the beach. ‘Everybody
               any money for this.                                can see us on the beach because we wear horrible red and
               Charlotte joined surf life savers with her older brother and   yellow hats, shirts and shorts. If you can’t see us that means
               sister when she was just  ve years old. ‘We lived near the   we can’t see you so maybe you aren’t safe’.


               0  Charlotte Simmonds doesn’t
                  A  go to school.                       B  like the beach.         C  work in Sri Lanka.
               1  A surf life saver
                  A  earns a lot of money.               B  isn’t paid anything.    C  doesn’t help anybody.
               2  Charlotte is
                  A  younger than her brother.           B  the oldest in her family.   C  older than her brother.
               3  Charlotte’s mum and dad
                  A  had a lot of free time.             B  had a small business.   C  lived far from the beach.

               4  Charlotte fi rst helped a swimmer
                  A  when she was very young.            B  two years ago.          C  this year.
               5  Charlotte enjoys
                  A  wearing red and yellow clothes.     B  looking at people.      C  making sure people are safe.
               6  What advice does Charlotte give to beach users?
                  A  Make sure you can see the life saver.   B  Become a life saver!   C  You must wear a hat.


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