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CENTRO CULTURAL PERUANO NORTEAMERICANO

THE LAST OF THE CHEJU DIVERS

Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

(1) For many years the women of Cheju Island in South Korea have made a living
as divers. (2) Today these women divers can make as much as 300 U.S. dollars a
day. (3) However, the job is dangerous and most younger women on the island
don't want to do it. (4) Right now, the youngest diver is 45 years old and the oldest
is 75. (5) In the past, diving was the only way women could get food for their
families. (6) Now it helps them save money for their children's education. (7)
However, today the younger women have other choices as well, which is a good
thing. (8) For example, a young woman named Sunny Hong didn't want to
become a woman diver. (9) She decided to become a tour guide instead. (10) She
said that she wanted some kind of job that she would be good at and where she
could use the English language.

1. In the past, the women of Cheju became divers because ____________.

 they loved to dive

 they needed food for their families
 the job was interesting
 they didn't want to become tour guides

2. How old is the oldest diver on Cheju Island?

 25
 45
 60
 75

3. The writer thinks that ____________.

 the younger women don't like the older women

 the older women should not have been divers
 the younger women are more fortunate than the older ones
 more young women should become divers

4. What is the purpose of this paragraph?

 to show how life is changing on Cheju Island

 to encourage more young women to become divers
 to show the various jobs younger women are choosing
 to explain why older women continue to dive

5. The word it in sentence 6 refers to ____________.

Martha B. Ventura Gerónimo.

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 job
 food
 money
 diving

6. Nowadays, the women divers of Cheju ____________.

 give the seafood they catch to their families

 are mostly older women
 make very little money
 become tour guides when they get older

7. The sister of someone's father or mother is ____________.

 a diver
 an ocean
 a tourist
 an aunt

8. Something that can help people breathe under water is ____________.

 a diver
 a generation
 an oxygen tank
 a choice

9. Decide which underlined word or phrase is incorrect.

When Jim has been finishing his homework he went to bed. He has been sleeping for
twelve hours

 When
 has been finishing
 went
 has been sleeping

10. Yoko ____________ to find a new job since March.

 has been trying

 have tried
 tries
 is trying

Martha B. Ventura Gerónimo.