Straightforward Pre-Intermediate Progress Test 3

Part 2
Read the story about Martin Roberts, a journalist. Are these sentences true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)?
(6) Martin graduated as a sports journalist. T F NG
(7) Oxfam and other charities have the ability to help everyone. T F NG
(8) Martin trained as a journalist in London. T F NG
(9) Thomas and Martin worked for the same newspaper. T F NG
(10) Martin was asked to work for the BBC covering stories in East Africa. T F NG

I’ve worked as a journalist for over ten years and I wouldn’t do anything else. I love my job. It’s a bit dangerous at times, but it’s really interesting and I just feel so lucky to be able to do something that I enjoy so much.

When people ask me why I became a journalist, they are often surprised by the answer. When I was at school, I was never really interested in the news and certainly didn’t plan on making a career reporting it. In fact, I wanted to be a sports teacher and I even went to university to study for it. Then, in my summer holidays at the end of my first year I went on holiday to Kenya.
While I was there, I met a man called Thomas who worked for a local newspaper. A few days before I left, Thomas asked me to come with him to a small town in the east of the country. He was going there to cover a story about war and famine in a neighbouring country. Well, I went along and immediately got hooked. It was just so exciting and it felt as though we were doing something important as well. Sure there were aid workers from charity organisations like Oxfam and Médecins Sans Frontières, but they could only help the people they saw. Thomas was telling the whole world so he could help everyone.
When I got back to England, I changed courses at university. Every holiday I’d go back to Kenya and work with Thomas – it was great experience. Anyway, when I graduated I was offered a job in Nairobi working for the same newspaper as Thomas. At first I only covered small stories in and around the city, but after a few years I was given the chance to work on stories that would interest people around the world. Finally, four years ago the BBC asked me to work for them as their East Africa correspondent. So now I travel all around the region reporting on events like wars, famine and anything else that I feel is important.

Writing

You bought an expensive digital camera from a shop to take on holiday with you. Unfortunately the camera didn’t work. You could switch it on, but it wouldn’t save any pictures. The zoom lens didn’t work and neither did the flash. Write a letter of complaint to the manager of the shop. Remember to include what you expect to happen. Write about 100–150 words.

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