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Reading comprehension:
1.Because
the
Sydney-to-Melbourne
race
is
875
kilometers
long
and
it
is
a
harsh
test
of
endurance for the world
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s top athletes.
2.Cliff Young was a toothless 61-year-old farmer; he was wearing rubber boots, and was much
older than the other runners.
3.Other athletes neither believed it nor treated Cliff Young with respect.
4.Because Cliff Young didn
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t run properly. He had the strangest running style and appeared to
shuffle.
5. When people found that Cliff Young ran through the entire night without sleeping and when it
seemed to them that he intended to keep running until he reached the finish line or fell ill or was
injured.
6. When he was running, Cliff Young imagined he was gathering his sleep and trying to outrun a
storm.
7. Cliff Young gave all the prize money to five other runners. He didn
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t keep a single cent for
himself.
8. Cliff Young is a brilliant example showing that ordinary people also have the inherent quality to
achieve great results.
3 Words in use:
1.annual
2.contract
3.distinction
4.substantial
5.furnished
6. amateur
7. assemble
8. react
9. Apparent
10. magnificent
4 Word building:
bore
fascinate
amusing
explosion
assumption
evolution
compensation
contribute
elementary
revolutionary
5 Word building:
1.assumption
2.fascinated
3.explosion
4.elementary
5. Compensation
6.evolution
7. amusing