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LISTENING 15 Minutes
A. You will hear three short conversations. For each conversation, put a tick () in the box
below the correct picture.
B. You will hear a conversation between a girl, Diana, and her best friend, Dan, about a
book they have just finished reading and the conference they went to. Decide if the
statements are right (R) or wrong (W).
THE KICKSTARTER
CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE
‘READING RAINBOW’
By Eileen Shim, News.Mic
“Butterfly in the sky. I can go twice as high. Take a look. It’s in a book.
A Reading Rainbow.”
For 26 years, this song meant something special to American kids. The PBS TV
programme Reading Rainbow, hosted by the actor LeVar Burton, introduced children
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to books and motivated them to read and learn. Thanks to crowdfunding, the show is
back to stay like many other things in the ‘80s and the ‘90s.
On Wednesday morning, Burton created a Kickstarter to bring Reading Rainbow to
a new audience. While he had already launched a tablet app for the programme two
years ago, his new goal was to put the programme on the Web for families, build a
10 special version for classrooms and make all this free for schools in need. “I believe that
every child has a right, and a need, to be literate. We have a responsibility to prepare
our children… and right now, the numbers show that we, as a society, are neglecting
this particular responsibility,” he wrote on the Kickstarter page. And people agreed. In
just 12 hours, around 23,000 Reading Rainbow fans decided to pitch in, far surpassing
15 Burton’s initial goal of $1 million. By the end of the day, the Kickstarter had already
1. A fundraising campaign.
2. The reduced number of children that read.
3. A television programme for kids.
4. The need to encourage children to read, and develop their literacy skills.
C. Match the words from the text with the corresponding meanings in the box.
GRAMMAR 10 Minutes
A. Read the sentences and choose the best verb for each space.
1. Burton ________ the children that it is important to read. ((a) said / (b) told / (c) asked)
2. Burton ________ creating a book club at our school. ((a) said / (b) asked / (c) suggested)
3. Can you ________ me where the library is, please? ((a) say / (b) tell / (c) ask)
4. He ________ that he would join us after school. ((a) said / (b) suggested / (c) told)
5. Jane ________ me she would be late for school today. ((a) said / (b) suggested / (c) told)
1. “__________ the book?” asked Burton. / Burton asked the children if they enjoyed
the book. (a) Do you enjoy (b) Did you enjoy
2. He suggested __________ library. / He said: “If I were you, I would visit the local
library.” (a) visiting the local (b) to visit the local
3. Anne said, “I __________ a detective story.” / Anne said that she had never read
a detective story. (a) never read (b) have never read
4. He asked __________ science fiction books. / “Do you like reading science
fiction books?” (a) if I liked reading (b) do I liked reading
WRITING 35 Minutes