2021 Fce 120
2021 Fce 120
. MARK 120
Name: ……………………………………………
Grade:
0 A B C D
Volunteering
When Pamela Jarrett left university to become a (0)............... school teacher, it was by no (1) ............... easy to find a
job. She therefore decided to go abroad as a volunteer teacher for a year. When she realised she would be teaching
deaf and blind children, she was a (2) ............... taken aback. But after a month's training she felt more confident that
she would be able to (3) ............... with the situation.
The basic living conditions also (4) ............... as something of a shock. Pamela’s school was situated in a remote
Ethiopian village, where her accommodation (5)............... of one room and a shared bathroom. Not only was the
space cramped, (6)............... there was no electricity, Internet or telephone access, so she felt totally cut (7) ...............
from the outside world.
Now back home in Britain, Pamela has used her (8) ............... experience to set up a similar school. The specialised
help she offers to the deaf and blind has made a huge (9) ............... to dozens of children who would (10) ...............
find themselves struggling to learn.
Pamela would certainly like to revisit Africa someday. At the moment, though, she is concentrating her efforts on ( 11)
............... her school to cater for children with other learning difficulties, too. It seems as if the more people get to
know her, the (12)............... the demand is for her skills.
The planet Mars, often known as ‘The Red Planet’, can be seen from Earth (0)........IN....... the night sky without a
telescope. Its size and brightness varies greatly according to (13) ............... position. Countless books have been
written (14) ............... Mars. It has always held a fascination for people who are interested in the possibility of life on
other planets.
Until the first spacecraft visited Mars in 1965, it (15) ............... believed that there was water on the planet. But
photographs sent back to Earth did not support (16)............... belief.
Although astronomer Phelps stated in 1895 that ‘conditions are all favourable for life’, the truth (17) ............... that the
planet Mars would be unsuitable for human habitation, not (18) ............... due to a lack of water, but also
(19) ............... of the cold temperatures and high winds. Therefore, the possibility of humans (20) ............... foot on
the Red Planet in the (21) ............... future is unlikely.
It is possible, (22) ............... that there was life on the Red Planet in the past. Signs of riverbeds have been found -
now dried up, but perhaps they (23) ............... contained water. And where there’s water, there is always the
possibility of life. More research will be carried (24) ............... during future missions to Mars.
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