excel helps them quickly gain technical ability. Because they are playing in an orchestra, they also learn about making music together and many other aspects of musical performance. ‘The Venezuelan youth orchestras have toured abroad and have joined with youth orchestras, from other countries in international music festivals. People who hear them for the first time are ‘amazed at the quality of their playing, often far beyond that of other youth orchestras. They find it hard to believe that many of these teenagers come from the poorest families. Musicians and ‘educators from other countries have traveled to Venezuela to see how the music program works. Many of the world’s top musicians—fram Sir Simon Rattle to Claudio Abbado—have praised Abreu and Venezuela's program as the most important and innovative development in music anywhere. For his work, José Antonio Abreu has received multiple honors, including serving for five years In the 1980s as Venezuela's Minister of Culture. In 1998, he wes named as a United Nations cultural Ambassador for Peace. In 2000 he received Sweden's Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, given to people who have made important contributions to the betterment of humanity. In his own country, Abreu and his youth symphonies have established @ minor cultural revolution. While many countries honor young athletes or pop stars, Venezuelan society embraces its young classical musicians. The country now hosts twenty-eight professional orchestras and whereas in the past, Venezuelan musicians had trouble finding jobs even in their own country, now they are also playing in American and European orchestras. The Berlin Philtiarmonic, one of the top orchestras in the world, recently hired a seventeenyear-old Venezucian bass player. How has all this came about? “El Maestro,” as Abreu is called by the thousands and ‘thousands of students who love him, has always kept to his simple view: “Music makes our children better human beings." Finishing time_____Reading time Now tum to page 285 and answer the questions. Do not look back at the passage. Questions for Unit 3 After you answer the questions for a passage, follow these steps: 1. Check your answers with your teacher. For any incorrect answers, look back at the passage to understand why they are incorrect. 2. Find your reading rate (page 252) and then fill in the information on the Progress Chart for Timed Readings (page 253). 1. Dr. Paul Farmer 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thesis of the passage. ._Dr. Paul Farmer runs a large health clinic in Haiti, . Dr. Paul Farmer treat patients with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Dr. Paul Farmer is a famous doctor who went to Harvard. Dr. Paul Farmer works to bring better health care to poor people. eas 280 Reading Faster2. Farmer's parents a. were much like other middle-class American families. . had lots of money and were not interested in books. . had little money, but encouraged the children to read. . were interested mainly in sports and farming. 3. When Farmer went to Haiti, he worked on a farm picking oranges, a. True b. False 4, The Cange center—Zanmi Lasante—is a a. large community health facility in central Haiti. b. charity organization in Boston, Massachusetts, €. center for medical anthropology at Harvard University. d. project for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. 5. According to this passage, Farmer believes that a. people should not be kept in the hospital for long. b. patients should not have to travel far to get medical help. ©. doctors should not have to travel far for thelr jobs. 4. health workers should not have to carry patients. 6. Cange health workers check the patients and the living conditions in the villages. a, Tue d, False Farmer has shown that poor people in developing countries a, need stronger medicines than people in wealthy countries. b. must be treated differently from people in wealthy countries, ¢. cannot follow the same treatment as people in wealthy countries. 4d. can manage the same treatments as people in wealthy countries. 8. You can infer from this passage that Farmer a. cares a lot about the patients he treats. . would like to dedicate more time to research. enjoys earning lots of money and getting awards. d. wants to write a book about his experiences in Haiti. 2. Christo and Jeanne-Claude 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thesis of the passage. a. Christo and Jeanne-Claude build works of art in American parks. b. Christo and Jeanne-Claude believe that art should be serious and unattractive, ¢. Christo and Jeanne-Claude make art that allows people to see places in a new way. 4. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are famous for wrapping buildings and bridges. People Who Have Made a Difference | 22. The two artists sometimes work on separate art projects, a, True b, False 3. Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped objects a. so they could be unwrapped later. D. in order to get the attention of the public, ¢. because they liked wrapping things. d. so that the real shape could be seen. 4, The Gates were installed a. along the streets of New York. b. in New York’s Central Park. ©. om a skyscraper in New York. d. In an art museum in New York. 5. The Gates a. made many New Yorkers feel angry. . made no difference to people in New York. ©. had a positive effect on people walking among them, 4. affected most the visitors from out of town. ©. When Christo and Jeanne-Claude first proposed The Gates twenty-six years earlier a, the city of New York refused permission, b. Mayor Bloomberg of New York refused permission. ©. the artists did not have enough money. d. the drawings and plans were not yet ready. 7. All the art projects done by Christo and Jeanne.Claude are paid for by the artists. a. True b. False 8, We can infer from this passage that a. there is a lot of public art in the parks of New York. 1b. Christo and Jeanne Claude are not able to sell much of their artwork, ©. people in New York are not very interested in public art, 4. Christo and Jeanne-Claude want to keep their artistic independence. 3. Wangari Maathai 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thesis of the passage. @. Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, >. Mathai has worked to improve the environment and the lives of poor Africans, : Maathal started the Greenbelt Movement by planting trees in Kenya in 1976, 4. Maathai is a member of Parliament and an important politician in Kenya 2 Reading Faster ee2. Maathal studied at universities in the United States, Germany and Kenya, a. Tue b, False 3. When Maathai returned to Kenya, she realized that &, tree cutting was the answer to environmental problems, b. Kenya had many environmental problems. ¢. tree cutting was destroying the environment, 4. Kenya’s landscape was very special, 4. When poor people cut down the trees around them, a. they become even poorer. b. the grass will grow better, ©. the government punishes them. 4. families can grow more food. 5. We can infer from this passage that in the 1970s 4. women were especially interested in health problems, . most men in Kenyan villages were corrupt. . most women in Kenyan villages were not educated. d. the Kenyan government was worried about the environment. 6. The Greenbelt Movement . helps villagers plant and grow food for their families. D. plants trees in parks in Nairobi and other cities in Aftica. ©. teaches children in schools about the environment. d. teaches women to plant trees in their villages. 7. Maathai was beaten and put in prison by the government of Daniel arap Moi, a. Tue D. False 8. Mathai believes that environmental destruction a. can lead to fighting over water, food, and resources, b. is Jess important than human rights problems. . cannot be avoided in poor African countries, 4. is one result of economic development in Ai Rosa Parks 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thesis of the passage. a. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. . Rosa Parks was a member of several civil rights groups in Alabama , Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, 4. Rosa Parks played a key role in black Americans’ fight for civil rights. People Who Have Mi a Difference 2832. In the 1950s in Alabama and other states, a there were still black slaves in many cities. b. laws kept blacks and whites separate. . laws gave blacks the same rights as whites. 4. blacks were free to go anywhere they wanted. 3. When Rosa Parks was a child, white people sometimes burned down the houses of black families. a, True d. False 4. You can infer from this passage that in the mid-twentieth century a. there was probably very little violence of any kind in American society. b. black people who were violent against whites were probably not severely punished. ‘c. white people who were violent against blacks were not severely punished. 4. violent actions were probably always severely punished by American courts. 5. The Montgomery Improvement Association a. worked for civil rights for blacks. b. was a religious association, ¢. aimed to improve life in the city. 4. organized activities for black women. 6. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. k a. was arrested for his work on Park's case. b. worked as a lawyer on Park's case. ©. brought Park's case to national attention. 4. was the first activist in Montgomery. 7, Rosa and Raymond Parks got their jobs back after the boycott in Montgomery. a, True D. False 8, Rosa Parks was the first woman in American history to a. start an organization helping teenagers learn about D. be arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. ¢. meet Nelson Mandela, the president of South Africa. 4. lie in the U.S. Capitol Building after her death, 5. Tim Berners-Lee 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thesis of the passage. i a. Berners-Lee is a famous computer programmer from Great Britain. | b. Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web so people could share information, c, Berners-Lee has become rich and famous because of the World Wide Web. d. Berners-Lee believes that the Internet should remain open and neutral, | 284, _ Reading Faster2. Berners-Lee made his first computer a. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. b. when he was working at CERN. ©. asa child in Manchester. d. when he was a student at Oxford. 3. Berners-Lee began working on his invention because a. he wanted to solve a problem he was having on his computer. b. his colleagues at CERN wanted a better way to share information. . he wanted to remember information from a British encyclopedia, 4d. a colleague gave him the idea for a new computer system, 4, Enquire could work only with the computers at CERN. a, True b. False 5. In the process of developing the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee a. learned many languages. b. bullt a new kind of computer. ¢. created HTML, URLs, and HTTP, 4. invented the computer mouse 6. The first Web site provided information about a. CERN. b. Berners-Lee. . the World Wide Web. d. the Enquire program, 7. The Web has made it possible for some programmers to earn millions of dollars, a. True . False 8. You can infer from this passage that @. some people would like to limit access to the Web. b. Berners-Lee would like to limit access to the Web. ¢. Berners-Lee wishes he had made more money from his invention, 4. many people think the World Wide Web should be closed down. 6. José Antonio Abreu 1. Choose the statement that best expresses the overall thests of the passage. a. Abreu's music program has helped many young Venezuelans, . Venezuela has hundreds of children’s and youth symphony orchestras. ¢. Learning to play an instrument can help young people gain a positive attitude. 4. The National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela has been praised around the world. People Who Have Made a Difference 28:2. When Abreu founded the National Youth Symphony Orchestra, he a. hoped to attract more foreign musicians to Venezuelan orchestras, b. wanted to practice conducting a large symphony orchestra, ©. wanted to give young Venezuelans a chance to play in an orchestra, 4. believed that young Venezuelans should go to other countries to study music, 3. Abreu believes that music can a. improve the economy of a poor country. . encourage young people to become involved in drugs. ©. encourage young people to leave their families. d. help a child stop destructive social behavior. 4. Some students in Abreu’s music program used to have ties with criminal gangs, a. True b. False 8, Abreu’s music program is a. fully supported financially by the Venezuelan government. b. supported mostly by international charity organizations. ©. paid for by the families of the students in the program, 4d. supported financially by Abreu himself and other famous musicians, The children in the music program have to pay for their instruments and lessons. a. Tue b. False . 7. People who hear the Venezuelan youth orchestras are surprised a. about the size of the orchestra, b. by the kind of music they play. ©. to see such young musicians. 4. by the high-quality playing. 8. You can infer from this passage that in the past a, Venezuelans were more interested in art than music. b. not many Venezuelans were interested in classical music. ©. young Venezuelans went to the United States to study music. 4. many Venezuelans were interested in classical music. 286 Reading Faster