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GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES “2010 Año del Bicentenario de la Revolución de Mayo”

TEXT 1 Read the Text and Do the Exercises Below
Jesse James was a famous thief who lived in the Far West one hundred years ago. Read this text about him and do the exercises below. Jesse James and the Widow
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One day, Jesse James and his gang 2 were in Missouri, when they (1) saw a farmhouse. Theywanted something to eat. A widow lived there with three small children. She didn't have much in the house, but she gave them some food.

Jesse James saw that this generous woman was worried. He asked her about her problem, and she cried and told him her story. She had no money to pay the rent on the house. Her husband was dead, and she was poor. The owner of the house was not a generous man. “Paythe rent or go away”, he said. "How much money do you need for the rent?" Jesse asked the widow. "Five hundred dollars," the widow answered. Jesse took out five hundred dollars from his money bag and gave them to the widow. "I can't take this," she protested, but Jesse James insisted. “Use the money to pay the rent, good woman”, he replied. "But remember to ask for a receipt1," he told her. Thenhe got a description of the man (2), and left with his gang. Jesse and his gang waited in the woods near the house. The owner came and got his money from the widow. Jesse and his men ran out onto the road and stole their money back from the owner.

1. viuda; 2. banda de malhechores; 3. recibo

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GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES “2010 Año delBicentenario de la Revolución de Mayo”

TASK 1: What happened first? Order these actions according to the information in the text. Write the letters in the column.

A. Jesse and his men robbed the owner of the house. B. Jesse James and his gang wanted some food. C. The widow paid the rent.

1) 2) 3)

TASK 2: Are these sentences True or False? Write a

in the right column.

True 4) This textis about a man and his farmhouse. 5) Jesse asked "How much money do you need for the rent?" because he wanted to rob her. The woman was sad about her situation.

False

6)

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“the man” (2) in this sentence refers to the woman´s husband.

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TEXT 2 Readthe Text and Do the Exercises Below

Section 1: ____________________________ Community helpers are constantly in the news. Every day we read stories about firemen, police officers, paramedics, medical personnel and construction workers. All of them help the community whenever people need them. To know what a community helper is, first you need to know what a community is.

Section2:______________________________ A community is composed of different groups of people who live and work together. The community has a specific location (it is in one place), it has rules and laws that people must follow and the people work together to solve their problems. One example of a community is your family, then comes your neighbourhood, and finally the town or city that you live in. So what is acommunity helper? A community helper is anyone in the community who helps others by offering a service, for example, the Police Force, the Fire Service and the Emergency Medical Services but there are many, many more. How many can you think of?

Section 3:______________________________ First, think about your own home. Your Mum can be considered a community helper. In your family it is probablyyour mum who cooks the dinner, cleans the house, does the laundry and helps in a thousand different ways every day but not all families do have a Mum, and they are still a community, so who does all the jobs in those families? Well, there is Dad and Grandma, maybe a housekeeper or a gardener, a babysitter, older brothers and sisters, the list goes on and on. Everyone can be a community helper....