I. Read the text below. Are the sentences 1-5 âRightâ (A) or âWrongâ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer âRightâ (A) or âWrongâ (B), choose âDoesnât sayâ (C). Write your answers on your exam sheet
Seventeen-year-old Herui Alemayhu came to the United States from Ethiopia two years ago. The teen was excited for a chance to live in a different country, but afraid of how heâd adapt to an American high school. âMaking friends was the hardest part for me, I donât like to be lonely or anything, so I was so scared about making friends,â Alemayhu said. Teenage life in America is hard regardless of where a kid lives, but for immigrants the transition to high school can be the most challenging. Besides learning a new language, immigrant teenagers have to make friends, and adjust to the different technology that is used in American schools. âThereâs a lot of hi-tech stuff here,â Alemayhu said. âThe biggest problem for teens I think is on one side they are still attached to the culture of their parents,â said Bob Ponichtera, executive director and founder of Libertyâs Promise. âWe have a lot of sympathy for the parents too because they left everything they had to come here.â Ponichteraâs grandparents were immigrants that came here from Italy at the turn of the last century. They worked in factories to provide a better life for his parents. His father, in turn, started his own business and was able to send Ponichtera to Yale University. Most of the students agreed that their moms and dads made those sacrifices to provide a better life for them. âAmerica is good and itâs full of opportunity that we didnât have in Africa. I really like being here and it feels good,â Charles
1. Herui Alemayhu has been in the USA for three years.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesnât say
2. Herui lives in New York.
A . Right B. Wrong C. Doesnât say
3. Transition to high school can be difficult.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesnât say
4. Bob Ponichtera comes from a family of Spanish immigrants.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesnât say
5. The problem for immigrants is that they donât know much about their new country.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesnât say