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One woman's 'no-spend year', and how she survived.

She cycled 120 miles to a wedding, and her lunch budget was just 51p a day. Michelle McGagh, a 34-year-old journalist, had a mortgage of £230,000 which she wanted to reduce. Last November, she looked at her finances and she discovered that every year she spent a lot of money unnecessarily - for example, £1,570 in the pub, £1,110 in restaurants, and £400 on coffees. So she made a radical plan - to stop spending money for a year. She continued to pay her broadband, gas, and electricity bills, and allowed herself £30 a week to buy food and household essentials. But she couldn't spend money on anything else - no clothes, no buses or flights, no meals out, no drinks, and no cosmetics. She cooked large quantities of curry and bolognese sauce, which lasted her a week, and which she ate with rice or pasta. It was cheap and healthy, but also 'really boring'. She also experimented with home-made cleaning products and beauty treatments, like using vinegar for cleaning or olive oil as moisturiser, but she decided that most of them didn't really work.

 

1. Michelle McGagh, … journalist, had a mortgage of £230,000 which she wanted to reduce.

A. a 29-year-old

B. a 36-year-old

C. a 28-year-old

D. a 35-year-old

E. a 34-year-old

 

2. She continued to pay her broadband, gas, and electricity bills, and allowed herself … a week to buy food and household essentials.

A. £50

B. £20

C. £30

D. £25

E. £40

 

3. She … large quantities of curry and bolognese sauce, which lasted her a week, and which she ate with rice or pasta.

A. made

B. prepared

C. maked

D. cooked

E. baked

• 1-A, 2-A, 3-E

• 1-E, 2-C, 3-D

• 1-B, 2-D, 3-A

• 1-C, 2-E, 3-B

• 1-D, 2-B, 3-C

At first, she tried to see her friends as often as before. She cycled 120 miles to be at a friend's wedding, and camped in their garden to avoid paying for accommodation. The following weekend, she rode 60 miles to Brighton to meet friends. But she couldn't join them for dinner in a restaurant, and when they went to the pub, she drank tap water. In the end, she simply went out less, which made her feel more isolated. Of course, she couldn't afford to go abroad, so she missed a trip to Ibiza with friends. Her only holiday was a cycling trip to East Anglia, where again she camped. Here, for the first and only time in the year, she bought food that she had not cooked herself - a bag of chips for £1.95. At the end of the year, she had saved £23,000. She was much slimmer and fitter - over the year, she had cycled 6,500 miles. She says she now feels freer and happier, because she appreciates the simple things in life. She also gained confidence and a sense of adventure.

 

1. The following weekend, she rode 60 miles … to meet friends.

A. to East Anglia

B. to Brighton

C. to Ibiza

D. to home

E. to restaurant

 

2. Her only … was a cycling trip to East Anglia, where again she camped.

A. holiday

B. weekend

C. vacation

D. trip

E. travel

 

3. She was much slimmer and fitter - over the year, she had … 6,500 miles.

A. skated

B. rolled

C. walked

D. ran

E. cycled

• 1-B, 2-A, 3-E

• 1-A, 2-B, 3-C

• 1-E, 2-D, 3-A

• 1-C, 2-E, 3-B

• 1-D, 2-C, 3-D

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But she learned the hard way that you can't really socialize if you don't want to spend money. The evening after her year-long challenge ended, she bought all her friends a drink in the pub. But she has not gone back to her s to socialize and go on holiday. She has even taken a taxi. But after buying a few new clothes and some perfume, she insists, "I have absolutely no interest in buying anything else. So what's her key tip for those who want to save? "Whenever you open your wallet, think about whether what you are buying is something you need or something you want. We all say. 'I need to buy this.' Most of the time, we want to buy it. Maybe we don't know the difference between needing something and wanting something any more.

 

1. The evening after her year-long challenge ended, she bought all her friends … in the pub.

A .

B. а food

C. a drink

D. а champagne

E. a pasta

 

2. We all say. …

A. I need to buy this.

B. I don’t need to buy this.

C. I can buy this.

D. I can't buy this.

E. I would like to buy this

 

3. Most of the time, we … to buy it.

A. want

B. must

C. need

D. don't want

E. wish

 

• 1-A, 2-B, 3-C

• 1-B, 2-C, 3-E

• 1-D, 2-E, 3-B

• 1-C, 2-A, 3-A

• 1-E, 2-D, 3-D

Interviewer

 

The charity Adelante Africa was started in 2008. That summer a group of Spanish and British tourists had travelled to Uganda on safari to see the mountain gorillas. Halfway through the trip, in a small rural village called Igayaza, the lorry they were travelling in broke down. While a mechanic repaired the lorry, the group took shelter in a nearby building. It was a primary school for orphans, children without parents, but it was in a terrible condition. The walls were falling down, the blackboards were broken, and there weren't many desks. But the children were wonderful, very bright and friendly. One of the tourists was a primary school teacher and she started teaching them English songs. She was amazed at how quickly they learned. When they left they asked the head teacher how they could help, and he said, 'What we need is a new school'. When the tourists arrived home from their holiday, they decided to set up a charity to raise money to rebuild the school. Two years later, on the 14th of March 2010, the new school opened with 75 children – and since them Adelante Africa hasn't stopped.

 

1. The Adelante Africa Charitable was started …

A. in 2009

B. in 2008

C. in 2010

D. in 2007

E. in 2006

 

2. One of the tourists was a primary school teacher and she started teaching them … songs.

A. American

B. Beautiful

C. English

D. African

E. Rock

 

3. Two years later, on the … the new school opened with … – and since them Adelante Africa hasn't stopped.

A. 16th of March 2010, 75 children

B. 14th of March 2010, 80 children

C. 15th of March 2010, 75 children

D. 12th of March 2010, 57 children

E. 14th of March 2010, 75 children

• 1-E, 2-A, 3-A

• 1-D, 2-B, 3-B

• 1-C, 2-D, 3-C

• 1-A, 2-E, 3-D

• 1-B, 2-C, 3-E

Interviewer: Jane, tell us what Adelante Africa has been doing since 2010, since the primary school was finished. Jane: Well, we've done a lot. Our next major project was to build a children's home for the orphans who don't have anybody in their extended family who can look after them. The children's home has been running since 2012 and now we have 57 children there. But we also realized that if we wanted to help the local children, we really needed to help their parents, too. Our primary school was beautiful but many of the children were sick, they had malaria or malnutrition. So we started several small community projects, for example we tried to help people to improve their diet by giving them seeds to plant a variety of vegetables. Most people in rural Uganda, you see, erm, don't eat fruit and vegetables, except what they can find growing wild. We've also been building water tanks to collect rainwater so that they have cleaner water to drink, and they don't have to walk the long distances to the nearest river. And we've started a small factory to make sunflower oil, which has helped local farmers, and also given some jobs to local people. Sunflower oil is much healthier than the palm oil that most people were using before, so really we've helped the whole community with this. Interviewer: And are any of your new projects related to education? Jane: Absolutely. In 2011 we started a FAL group in Igayaza - FAL stands for Functional Adult Literacy, so these are classes to teach adults - mainly women – to read and write, and to speak English, which is the official language in Uganda.

 

1. Jane, tell us what Adelante Africa has been doing since … , since the primary school was finished.

A. 2011

B. 2010

C. 2015

D. 2017

E. 2014

 

2. Most people in rural Uganda, you see, erm, don't eat … , except what they can find growing wild.

A. fruit and vegetables

B. fruit

C. vegetables

D. berries

E. mushrooms

 

3. “FAL” stands for …

A. Foundation Adelante Literacy

B. Foundation Adult Literacy

C. Functional Adult Literacy

D. Foundational Adult Literacy

E. Functional Adelante Literacy

• 1-D, 2-C, 3-A

• 1-E, 2-D, 3-B

• 1-C, 2-E, 3-D

• 1-A, 2-,B 3-E

• 1- B, 2-A, 3-C