READING COMPREHENSION:
A Click here and match the people to what they say:
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B Circle the correct answer:
1 The Canadian border guards helped the author’s family with
A. the number of wine bottles they brought into the country
B. finding a hotel
C. the car battery
D. an expired passport
2 The sentence “Canada is to niceness as Saudi Arabia is to oil.” implies:
A. that niceness is plentiful in Canada
B. that niceness is plentiful in Saudi Arabia
C. that Canada does not export oil
D. that oil is plentiful in Canada
3 According to the author, in Canada it’s very common to
A. apologize
B. honk a horn
C. boast
D. murder
4 The law student’s name was
A. Eric Weiner
B. Michael Valpy
C. Derek Murray
D. Taras Grescoe
5 Who left a letter of apology?
A. the man who walked into a tree
B. the Canadian border guards
C. the American border guards
D. a shoplifter in Ontario
6 Kevin Vickers, a Canadian policeman, became known mainly for:
A. shooting a gunman
B. his humility, in the aftermath of a heroic action
C. recharging a student’s car battery
D. complaining while watching a film
7 According to the author,
A. people are born nice or rude
B. people can “contract” niceness
C. politeness is a way of standing out from the crowd
D. everybody considers niceness to be a good thing
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