Looking for a job. (after M. Gold)

Looking for a job. (after M. Gold)

When I was twelve, I was one of the best pupils at public school.

My parents were proud of me. They wanted me to go to high school.
I refused to go to high school.
There were four children in my family. My mother could not work. Could my father get the money for all of us? Of course, not. Miss Barry, an English teacher, tried to get me to go to high school, But I told her that my father was unable to support me I would have to work. She asked me to promise her to study. I told her that I would, though I knew it was a lie. But I loved books, I was carried away by many books, I wanted very much to go to high school and college. Miss Barry presented me with a book. I thanked her for it and threw it. I told myself that I hated books, that they were lies and were different from life.
It was not easy to find my first job. I looked for it for months.
At last I found a job. It was in a factory. The place was dark and hot, the air was poisoned. I forgot my college hopes, I could not sleep at night. My mother made me leave the job.
Months passed before I found another job, this time in a printing shop. Then it was a job in a shop, at a chemist’s. Jobs. Jobs. I went from one to another without plan, without hope. I was at a loss what to do.
One day I stopped to listen to a man who was speaking about the struggle for a better life. The words brought hope to me and made me think, struggle and live. It was the great beginning for me. (300 words)/
1 The character studied at:

1. High school

   
   

2. Private school

   
   

3. Public school+

   
   

4. Primary school

   
   

5. Middle school

   
   

1. To be in confusion +

   
   

2. To be angry

   
   

3. To be afraid

   
   

4. To be alone

   
   

5. To be thirsty

   
   

3 The only person working in his family was…

1. Mother
   

2. Father+
   

3. Uncle
   

4. Aunt
   

5. The character

   
   

4. The false statement:

   
   

   1. His parents were proud of him

      
      

   2. He was made to leave the job by his mum

      
      

   3. He wasn’t impressed by the words of man talking about struggle for a better life+

      
      

   4. His parents wanted him to go to high school

      
      

   5. His mother could not work

      
      

5. The true statement:

   
   

   1. He had a poor health condition

      
      

   2. He was disabled

      
      

   3. He didn’t want to study

      
      

   4. His family couldn’t afford to pay his study+

      
      

   5. He wanted to travel

      
      

6. Miss Barry encouraged him to continue his education:

   
   

   1. She wanted to pay for his study

      
      

   2. She gave him books+

      
      

   3. She gave him private lessons for free

      
      

   4. She talked to his parents

      
      

   5. She consulted him about colleges

      
      

7. According to the text he hated books presented by Miss Berry because:

   
   

   1. His eyes were red

      
      

   2. He couldn’t read them

      
      

   3. They were lies and were different from life.+

      
      

   4. They were not interesting

      
      

   5. He was too busy

      
      

8. What episode helped him to change his life:

   
   

   1. A man speaking about the struggle for a better life+

      
      

   2. His colleagues from the factory

      
      

   3. Meeting with Miss Barry

      
      

   4. His parents support

      
      

   5. After his injury at work

      
      

9. The author M.Gold tried to tell us:

   
   

   1. To value the support of your parents

      
      

   2. To get an education at any cost

      
      

   3. About the hardness of studying with a lack of finance+

      
      

   4. To listen to your teacher’s advice

      
      

   5. About the life of orphans 10 The main idea of the text is:

      
      

1. Focus on being productive instead of busy

   
   

2. Life is too short to limit yourself

   
   

3. Failure is success in progress+

   
   

4. Where there is love there is life