OAIMNyc BA CECIA 2016 |. READING ‘The Australian Outback Post Plane ‘Today I'm accompanying Rowan Dougall, a postman in Queensland in the far north of Australia, on his daily delivery trip. Every day, Rowan sets off with his post bags n the tal of | his litle plane - not much bigger than a large family car - and. flies across one of the wildest places on earth, Australia's Cape North, to reach the every remote inland areas called ‘The Outback. We fly just three hundred metres above dangerous crocodiles and snakes. This is one of the longest and most expensive postman trips in the world. However, a 50-cent stamp not only gets a letter posted to a neighbouring town, it wil get it hand-delivered by flying postman to the furthest areas of the outback. To help with the cost, the plane takes three or four paying local people or tourists, and | am one of them, In the back of the plane, there is a pile of post - envelopes of all sizes, newspapers, and a few parcels. ‘Somehow | expected this post to look special, maybe to include some hats or cowboy boots, but this looks no more exciting than the post delivered tome in England, | look at some of the names and addresses, wondering about the people who are waiting for these letters and parcels, Rowan's route is 2,000 km long, with 15 stops, and | get ‘a chance to meet Sandy, who has just received an order of | clothes froma store. ‘look forward to this weekly delivery .. there’s not much that you can't get delivered out here,’ she says, ‘but | do miss actually going shopping.’ Rowan is checking the time. There are another ten stops to make before dusk. Time to leap back on the plane and up into the alt. James Stove (From: Luque Mortimer PEY Tesbulder’ MACMILLAN) 1. James comes from: OA) Australia O86) Queensland Op) the Outback @> theuk 2. Choose the true sentence about the expense of delivering mail to Cape North OA) People in the outback pay 50 cents to have a letter delivered to them. @5) Passenger fares help to cover some of the expenses OB) The sender pays more than the usual postage. On) Itis possible to find a less expensive system. 3. James is surprised that . @A\ the items are similar to his own post. OB) he can see no clear names on the items. OB) the items seem to be disorganized. On) some of the items are very unusual 4, Sandy says that OA) there are many tems that cannot be delivered toner OB) the mail piane doesn't stop long enough there ©) she would tke to be able to do her own shopping Onn she would tke the service to be more frequent 5. James claims that OA) the delivery service could be faster if he postman spent less time talking to the locals OB) the post plane is too small for the amount of post that has to be delivered @) the postman has to fly the plane himself and deliver everything by hand OD) tourists are keener than local inhabitants to go as passengers on the post plane 6. Choose the true sentence. @A) You can meet dangerous reptiles in the far north of Australia, OB) Rowan delivers letters and parcels by his family car. OB) Rowan starts his everyday job at dusk. On) Parcels deivered by Rowan contain only cowboy boots and hats. 7. James wrote the text to CA) warn about the dangers to postmen in the outback OB) get some suppor for postal services in the cutback OB) show the wild beauty ofthe Australian outback ty ©) describe postal delivery services inthe outback Ul, COMMUNICATION 8. A: Do you think your dad will lend me a thousand pounds? 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OA) move @B5)wear OB)come Of) tum 23.1 don’t think Ben can cope studying and being a professional footballer. @aA)with Os)for Osyat Or) about 24. Carol didn’t listen to my advice. | wish she to my advice. OA) would listen @ 2) had istened OB) was listening On listened 28, They ....... for a few hours when they realized they were lost. QA) have been climbing OB) were climbing ©) had been climbing ON) climbed 26.1 would rather .. I'm exhausted. OA) to stay OB) to be staying .. at home this evening. @5) stay On) staying 27, Pal... You with your homework if he had been at home yesterday. OA) would be able to help OB) could help ©B8) would can help @P) could have helped 28. ‘Did you hear about my accident this week?" Tina asked us. Tina asked us ... OA) whether we did hear about her accident this ie @5) if we had heard about her accident that week DB) if | heard about her accident that week, CO?) whether you heard about her accident this week 29. 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