Why didn’t Cliff set out in 2004?

When my mother was young, she had to work hardly to support the family.

Đọc văn bản và trả lời các câu hỏi sau. Đối với các câu hỏi 1,2 viết câu trả lời vào chỗ trống sau mỗi câu hỏi (có thể trả lời ngắn gọn nhưng phải đủ ý); đối với các câu hỏi 3,4,5 khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D ứng với phương án đúng để hoàn chỉnh câu. (1.0p)

In 2005, Cliff Jones began a journey round Britain on a unicycle, a bike with only onewheel. He had already made a documentary film about his experiences travelling roundEurope in a 50-year-old car. He was mad about motor sport and had a job building racingcar engines. To save money, Cliff rode to work in London on an old bicycle, which he alsoused to go to France on holiday. ‘That trip opened my eyes,’ he says. ‘I decided to do atour of Britain by bike.’

Cliff didn’t want a normal touring bike, and he knew he wanted to build one himself. After one false start in 2004, when he had to turn back because of a knee injury, he finally set out in 2005. He was away for four months, and travelled over 8,500 km.

The best bit of the trip was arriving in Wales and seeing Mount Snowdon. ‘Although I met cyclists who could easily ride up mountains on their bikes, which I couldn’t do, I never regretted my unicycle.’

His worst moment came when he had to drink some dirty water from a stream. A serious fever kept him in bed in hospital for five long days. He was determined not to give up and go back home before he had completed his challenge, but found it hard to carry on because he felt so weak. Yet despite all this, Cliff now says, ‘If I could afford it, I would do something similar again.’

When did Cliff Jones begin his journey round Britain on a unicycle?

Tìm một từ thích hợp để điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn chỉnh văn bản sau. (1.0p)

Summer Work in Reykjavik

If you take a walk through Reykiavik - the capital of Iceland - this summer, you’ll see groups of young people working in parks, gardens and green areas around the city. Although most of these kids are in high school, they (1) ________ the summer keeping the city green as part of a program which is known (2) ________‘work school’.

The ‘work school’ consists of a surprisingly large (3) ________ of Reykjavik’s teenagers. Roughly 75% of Rcykjavik’s 14-year-olds and 60% of the city’s 16-year-olds take part in it.

They get paid for their work, and at the same time they improve the environment of their city. They also learn (4) ________ to work as a member of a team which is led by an adult. This experience (5) ________ them with useful skills for when they leave education and enter the world of work.

The boy laughed happy as he played with the teddy bear.

The news was so shocking that no one could believe it.