Part-time jobs

Helena
I have a part-time job in a café in the city centre. I work there every Saturday from 9.00 to
5.00 and I have worked there every week for almost a year. I like working there – the
customers are really friendly and they always ask how I am. We get to eat the café’s food for
lunch – it’s all delicious. My favourite is the cheese sandwiches with chips! When I’m older,
I’d like to have my own café.
Katja
I have worked in the local supermarket since last summer now and I really enjoy it. I work
two evenings a week and a full day on either Saturday or Sunday. Saturdays are the best
day for me to work so I can go out with my friends after work and have a rest the day after.
It’s often very busy at work so the time goes quickly. I prefer it when I’m busy.
Paula
I’ve got a part-time job in a gift shop. It sells cards and birthday presents and it also has
presents for days like Mother’s Day. I’ve worked there for two years and get on well with the
other staff. I work on Saturdays, but in the summer holidays I work on some days during the
week as well. We sometimes get people asking what to buy for their family – I like giving
them ideas. It’s a great job!
1 Who wants to work in the same field later in life?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
2 Who likes to have a lot to do at work?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
3 Who helps people make decisions at work?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
4 Who works only at the weekend?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
5 Who prefers to work on Saturdays?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
6 Who has worked in their job for the longest time?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
7 Who works more in the summer?
A Helena B Katja C Paula
Lost in the mountains

When you’re a mountain rescue volunteer, you never know when you’re going to be called to work. We go out in
all weather, and at any time of the day or night. If someone is in danger, there’s no time to lose. On New Year’s
Day last year, I was sitting down to breakfast with my family. (1)……….. Two hikers had decided to celebrate the
new year by walking along a mountain ridge in Country Kerry, Ireland, just a few miles from my home. They were
staying in a small guest house, and had set off early on New Year’s Eve. When they didn’t return by the following
morning, their host because worried and called the police. (2)………..I was just one of 12 volunteers who left our
breakfast tables and set out to look for the missing hikers. We pushed through strong winds and thick cloud, calling
and listening over and over again. (3)……….. It was too cold to survive for long out on the mountains, and the hikers
had been missing for a whole day and night. (4)……….. I shouted out, and was relieved to hear a voice about
back. (5)……….. They were so happy to see us. They explained that they’d got lost, and the winds had been too
strong for them to keep walking. Luckily, they had warm clothes, food and the tent.We led them back down the
mountain and returned them to their guest house, where a delicious hot meal was waiting for them and for the
rescue volunteer team. They said that they’ll never forget that New Year’s Day when they were rescued by local
people who became heroes.

A The police called Kerry Mountain Rescue Team. B The hikers were huddled together in a small tent between
two large rock . C They said it’s extremely dangerous to go hiking in bad weather. D Nobody answered back
so we began to lose hope. E We didn’t know they had already found their way home. F Suddenly, I heard the
sound of a whistle.

G We were just about to start eating when my phone rang.

H After searching all night, we gave up and went back home.

Dolphins
Dolphins are different from the fish in the sea in many ways. They’re part of the family of
whales. They’re warm, they (1)…………… babies which stay with (2)…………… mothers for
years, and usually swim together in family groups called ‘herds’.
People think that dolphins are unusually clever animals. Dolphins ‘talk’ to one another and
understand each other very well and (3)…………… dolphins can learn to understand words
in our language. They also will (4)…………… instructions. They’re friendly and enjoy playing
games, too. You often see (5)…………… swimming near ships at sea.
Dolphins prefer to eat certain kinds of food which they can find even if it’s dark, (6)
…………… they don’t need to drink. They get all the water that they need from the fish they
eat.
1 A has B have C are having
2 A its B their C our
3 A many B any C a lot
4 A follow B following C followed
5 A him B it C them
6 A because B but C or
Ice cream
Fifty years ago, people only ate ice cream in the hot summer months – but now (1)
…………… is eaten at any time of the year. Who made the first ice cream is a question (2)
…………… we can’t answer, but we think an Italian adventurer called Marco Polo saw
people (3)…………… ice cream in China 700 years ago. He brought the idea back to Italy. It
soon became very popular.
Ice cream then became very popular in France, (4)…………… only very rich people had
enough money to buy it. Before we had fridges, people used large pieces of ice from lakes
to (5)…………… ice cream cold. The first ice cream factory opened in America in 1851.
Americans eat more ice cream than (6)…………… other nationality – 23 litres per person per
year!
1 A they B it C she
2 A that B who C when
3 A doing B making C liking
4 A but B so C or
5 A keep B kept C keeping
6 A all B any C each

Miniature paintings
Shammi Banu is a painter (1)…………… India. His family have painted very small paintings
called ‘miniatures’ for (2)…………… years. Everything Shammi knows about painting was
taught to (3)…………… by his father. He was a great teacher. Shammi has taught many
people to paint (4)…………… 1997 and now he has British, American and Indian students in
his classes.
Shammi uses things like plants and flowers to make (5)…………… the colours he needs for
his paints. Making them takes a long time. He breaks the plants into small pieces and (6)
…………… washes them and puts them in the paint. When he has the colour he wants, he
sometimes adds food or blue to the paint to help it stay on the paper.
1 A for B from C of
2 A many B a lot C much
3 A it B him C them
4 A since B during C in
5 A some B all C every
6 A after B first C the-