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Progress Test 1–4 Starter

RE A DI NG
1 Read the article. Answer the questions with complete 6 Does Ada like working on Saturday?
sentences. ___________________________________________
7 What does Ada do in the afternoon?
A Mail Carrier's Day ___________________________________________

Ada Garcia is a mail carrier. She comes from 7

Honduras, but now she lives and works in
Phoenix, a big city in Arizona. 2 Read the article again. Check (✓) True or False.
Today, on the World News Web, we ask Ada about
her life and job. Example: Ada Garcia delivers milk.
True False ✓
How do you start a typical working day, Ada?
Well, I get up at 3:30 in the morning, I have breakfast, and 1 Ada lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
I take a shower. I eat eggs and I always drink a lot of
True False
coffee before I start work. It’s dark outside and it isn’t
easy to get up when it’s so early and so dark. Then I walk 2 Ada doesn’t take a shower in the morning.
to the post office. It’s about 20 minutes from my house. True False
What do you do at the post office? 3 Ada thinks it’s difficult to get up in the morning.
I work with ten other people. We work for four hours True False
putting letters into bags. It isn’t difficult to do, but we
4 Ada goes to the post office in her car.
work very fast.
True False
Then what do you do?
5 Ada lives 20 minutes from the post office.
At about 8:30, I take my big bag of letters and walk
outside. On a typical day, I deliver letters to 600 True False
addresses. 6 Ada works in the office for five hours every morning.
Do you like your job? True False
Yes. Well, usually. I don’t like it when it rains. And I don’t 7 Ada often delivers letters to six hundred addresses in a
like working on Saturday morning when everybody is in day.
bed. But I meet a lot of people. Old people are very
True False
friendly and I always speak to them. Some old people
don’t speak to many people in a day, so I think it’s 8 Ada doesn’t meet many old people in her job.
important to say hello and be friendly. And after lunch True False
I’m free. I don’t work in the afternoon, so I can go
shopping or ride my bike when other people are at 8
work. And that’s great!
Reading total 15

Example: What does Ada do? WRITING

She’s a mail carrier. Answer the questions and write about your life.
1 What time does Ada get up? What time do you get up on a typical day? What do you
___________________________________________ have for breakfast? What do you do in the morning before
2 Where does Ada live? you go to work/school?
___________________________________________ What do you do? Do you have a job or are you a student?
3 What does Ada eat and drink for breakfast? What time do you start work or start your homework?
___________________________________________ What do you do on a typical day? What time do you go
4 Who does Ada work with? home?
___________________________________________ Do you like your job or your life as a student? Why? What
5 What time does Ada leave the office to deliver letters? do you like about it?
___________________________________________
Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 25
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