Vocabulary Comprehension - Words in Context

A. In each sentence, choose best answer. The words in bold are from the passage.

1. The mail carrier delivers mail to your house. This means he or she _______ your mail.
A) brings
B) takes away

2. Simone picks up her children after school. This means she _______ school.
A) takes the children from
B) brings the children to

3. It's a long distance from Spain to _______
A) France
B) Japan

4. There is a system for finding a word in a dictionary. All words are listed _______
A) from A to Z
B) in any order

5. Reading a book _______ is a challenge for many people.
A) in another language
B) in your own language

6. On Kim's desk, there are papers and books in a mess. She _______ an organized person.
A) is
B) is not

7. On the plane, there are two options for dinner: chicken or beef. You have two _______
A) ideas
B) choices

8. If you make a mistake, you do something _______
A) right
B) wrong

B. Answer the questions below. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1. Do you make many mistakes in English?
2. Are you an organized person? Give an example to show why or why not.
3. What is something that is a challenge for you to do?
4. What is the distance between your house and your school?

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Dabbawallah: from Hindi¹ meaning lunchbox deliveryman. Dabbawallahs are sometimes also called Tiffin Men.

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It's lunchtime in Mumbai, India (population: 12 million),and students and businesspeople around the city have to make a choice. Should they go to a restaurant or eat a hot lunch from home? Today,many can choose the second option, thanks to² the dabbawallahs.

Every day,5,000 dabbawallahs deliver 200,000 lunches to people all over Mumbai. The dabbawallahs work together. They pick up a person's lunch from his or her house (or a restaurant). They put the hot lunch in a special box (called a tiffin). Then they bring the lunch to the person's office or school by lunch time. The men travel long distances (many kilometers a day) on bicycle, train, and foot to deliver the lunchboxes on time.

Many of the deliverymen are poor. Most cannot read. They use a special system of colors and lines to write a person's name and address on a lunchbox.
There are many challenges (traffic,³ bad weather, long distances), but the men are very organized. On average, for every 6 million lunches they deliver,they make fewer than one mistake! The dabbawallahs do so well that some teach classes at business schools around the world!

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