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On the day that I left Saturn, one of my fellow prisoners told me that since she had
known me; her opinion of “Greens” had fallen even lower than it had been before.
This hit me especially hard because she was a woman whom I deeply respectedand
also because I had secretly imagined myself to be living life as a “Green” witness
among the rebels. She said that when I decided not to speak about my prison
experiences because of the risks involved, she was hardly able to speak to me. She
condemned me for professing to be a “Green” without having the courage to act like
one.
It was then that I conceived that I owed it to the members ofthe camp to speak for
them and against Saturnian’s dictatorship. It became clear to me that, whatever the
diplomatic or personal repercussions, I had to speak the truth quite openly to those
who were prepared to listen. These words, then are written as the final stage of the
fulfillment of a pledge* made to the women of Alamet prison on Saturn. These
women are now free or living in exile,but other Saturnians have taken their place. I
will write a story of what happened to me in a spirit of love and hope, for my
experience has convinced me of the incredible and unconquerable goodness in
people.
Sheila Cassidy
“Audacity to Believe”
(Adapted)
*A formal promise to do something.
1. - What is the main idea of the text?
a) One shouldn’t keep silence for personal security
b) It isimportant to listen to other people’s opinion
c) It is fair to denounce brutality
d) One can’t always speak the truth
2. - Which of the following statements is present in the text?
a) Freedom turns into exile after jail
b) Honesty doesn’t bring on diplomatic troubles
c) Rebel prisoners do not respect “Greens”
d) Human beings are worth loving and believing in
3. - According to the text,the author changed because she:
a) Discovered she wasn’t the acting like a real “Green”
b) Made a pledge to the other women in prison
c) Didn’t believe in the goodness of people
d) Was respected by her fellow prisoners
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When the world was stillyoung, according to the Bible, the Tower of Babel rose
above the Plain of Shinar, and in it lived the descendents of Noah, all that were left
of the world’s people after the Flood. The Lord came to them, caused a confusion of
tongues, and spread them over the earth. They could then no longer understand each
other.
The world is no longer young, but its people, still plagued by a confusion oftongues,
seem to have just as much difficulty understanding each other. Besides that, the
world has grown smaller. A person can now circle the planet earth in 36 hours.
Telstar and other communication satellites beam television programs simultaneously
to earth’s not-so-far corners. But, how universal is reception of those programs when
the people of the earth speak some 3,000 differentlanguages?
Many linguists, anthropologists, and other experts feel that the answer to such lack
of communication is some kind of international language. It might be an artificial
language a natural language, or a simplified version of a natural language. But the
time is now.
Taken from The People’s Almanac,
By Irving Wallace
1. - Which of the following statements expresses the main idea of thetext?
a) God himself caused the confusion of languages
b) Man’s incommunication started in the Tower of Babel
c) It is clear that the world’s population needs to understand all existing
languages
d) It is necessary to create a universal language in order to improve
man’s communication
2. - Satellites have made human communication easier; however:
a) Incommunication reflects man’s lack of...