UNIT 2 . SCHOOL TALKSPARTI. PHONETICS

Questions 41-50: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions by circling

the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state primary school when she was five. She

enjoyed her reading and writing lessons, but there were so many pupils in the class that the teacher found it

difficult to control them.

When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her education. He sent

her to an expensive private school, where the girl wore dark green uniforms and did two hours' homework every

evening.

Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard, she passed all her exams, and went to

university at eighteen. She chose history course and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a

teacher, and returned to her old primary school to teach.

41. Why did Chantal's parents send her to a state primary school?

A. They liked it. B. It was near her house.

C. They were poor. D. It was expensive.

42. How many kinds of lessons did she like learning?

A. 3 B. 1

C. 4 D.2

43. What was her teachers' problem at the primary school?

A. large class B. low salary

C. disobedient pupils D. strict head master

44. It can be inferred from the passage that the state school is________than the private school.

A. cheaper B. more expensive

C. better D. better equipped

45. What was an important event for Chantal when she was eleven? A. leaving her home B.

getting better education

C. passing the exams D. going overseas

46. In her private school, the girls wore

A. different clothes B. the same clothes

B. colourful clothes C. cheap clothes

47. She passed all her exams because__________.

A. she liked the new school B. she was a hard working student

C. the new school was better D. all A, B and C

48. Her course at university related to__________.

A. past events B. medicine

C. numbers C. linguistics

49. At university she studied__________.

A. very badly B. very poorly

C. very well C. so so

50. What profession did she finally decide to choose?

A. cooking B. teaching

C. nursing C. advertising