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7. What does “them ” in p2iragraph 8 refer to?
A. earlier owners
B. the gadgets
c. houses in New Hampshire
D. the writer’s family
8. What are we told about the automatic curtains?
A. They had been brought from a previous house.
B. Some of them worked as they were supposed to.
c. The room where they were íìtted was never used.
D. The author and his íamily decided not to use them.

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Read the artìcle and ansvver questions 1-8 by choosing the correct ansvver, A,
B, c or D.
THE MAKE-A-WISH EOUNDATION

Find out all about vvhy volunteers are important for making vvishes come true
in our intervievv with Sophia Giorgi.

When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to
help the Make-A-Wish Poundation, nobody understood what she was talking
about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because
this specied organisation had helped to make a dream come true for one of
her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to
meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say,
Sophia said that the previous year Make-A-Wish had helped her best
friend, Andreas, who was seventeen years old and had been ill for a long
time. “Andreas had always wanted to be a pilot, but he knew it probably
wasn’t possible because of his illness,” explained Sophia. “But, thanks to the
Make-A-Wish Poundation in Greece, Andreas had a brilliant day at the Air
Base in Araxo. He flew in a helicopter and learnt all about war planes.”
Sophia said one of the pilots had spent a lot of time with Andreas, answering
his questions and explaining things to him. Andreas certainly had a day to
remember, and Make-A-Wish has helped nearly 90 other children in Greece
to “live” their dreams.
But what exactly is Make-A-Wish? Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a
worldwide organisation which started in the United States in 1980. “It’s a
charity which helps children who have got very serious, life-threatening
illnesses. Make-A-Wish helps the children to feel happy even though they are
ill, by making their wishes and dreams come true.” Sophia explained.

We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had íĩrst started. She said it had all
begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a

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