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On what date is the 'Rally for Awareness' scheduled to happen?
🅐 March 1st 🅑 March 18th 🅒 April 5th 🅓 March 28th
🅑 March 18th
How many people lost their jobs due to the closure of the Bates Sugar factory?
🅐 2,500 🅑 3,000 🅒 3,500 🅓 4,000
3,500
What is the name of the company promoting easy online earnings?
🅐 JobQuick 🅑 Salespush.com
🅒 QuickHire 🅓 WebEarners
What key word did the blogger use to describe the company’s offer?
🅐 Mistake 🅑 Fraud 🅒 Scam 🅓 Trick
Scam
What is true about the rally of awareness?
People will gather outside the factory enterance
What time are buses scheduled to depart for the rally?
🅐 7 a.m. 🅑 8 a.m. 🅒 9 a.m. 🅓 10 a.m.
🅒 9 a.m.
What phrase is used to describe rapidly increasing costs in the newspaper article?
🅐 Surging costs 🅑 Rising prices 🅒 Skyrocketing prices 🅓 Exploding bills
🅒 Skyrocketing prices
According to the ad, what is one step required to start working?
🅐 Attend in-person training 🅑 Visit the sugar factory 🅒 Watch online tutorials 🅓 Speak to a recruiter
🅒 Watch online tutorials
What word did James White use to describe how he gave his credit card details?
🅐 Thoughtlessly 🅑 Foolishly 🅒 Bravely 🅓 Easily
Foolishly
What do we learn about Bates Sugar factory?
The official reasons it closed have not been announced
Which group of people is invited to attend the rally?
🅐 Only factory workers
🅑 All local residents
🅒 City officials
🅓 Media representatives
🅑 All local residents
According to one quote, what will happen if no action is taken to support the unemployed?
🅐 The town will shrink
🅑 Workers will move abroad
🅒 The town may be abandoned
🅓 Wages will drop significantly
Answer: 🅒 The town may be abandoned
What phrase is used to describe how money will arrive?
🅐 Coming in quickly 🅑 Rolling in 🅒 Flowing through 🅓 Falling into place
🅑 Rolling in
What amount of money was withdrawn from James White’s bank account?
🅐 $500 🅑 $800 🅒 $1,000 🅓 Over $1,000
Over $1,000
What is one of the goals of the Rally for Awareness?
🅐 Raise money for sugar imports
🅑 Promote alternative agriculture
🅒 Get national attention on unemployment
🅓 Reopen the sugar factory
🅒 Get national attention on unemployment
What word is used in the article to describe the suffering caused by job loss?
🅐 Trouble 🅑 Hardship 🅒 Burden 🅓 Loss
🅑 Hardship
What organization is mentioned as having registered the company?
🅐 ILO 🅑 WHO 🅒 ICANN 🅓 FTC
ICANN
What verb is used to mean “find and catch” the scammer?
🅐 Seek out 🅑 Catch on 🅒 Track down 🅓 Follow up
🅒 Track down
What is the main purpose of the blog entry?
to warn people
Vocabulary: what word in Text B matches the definition
the land and building used by a business, school, etc.
Premises
Vocabulary: what word in Text matches the definition
Increasing quickly to a high level
Skyrocketing
Vocabulary: what word in Text matches the definition
to arrive in large quantities
Roll in
Vocabulary: what word in Text matches the definition
difficult conditions
Hardship