A new hero On January 2, 2007, the city of New York had a new hero – ‘Subway-Superman’, Wesley Autrey. Fifty-year-old Mr. Autrey was waiting on the subway platform with his two young daughters, aged four and six.
Suddenly, a young man who was standing on the platform – twenty-year-old Camron Hollopeter – fell onto the tracks. And just at that moment the subway train entered the station! Mr. Autrey reacted immediately – he jumped onto the tracks and then he lay on top of the man, between the two train tracks. The train couldn’t stop in time and five subway cars rolled over the two men before the train stopped. Subway workers then helped them and, incredibly, no one was badly hurt! Mr. Hollopeter, a student at the New York Film Academy, was taken to hospital with bumps and bruises. Mr. Autrey was unhurt – he was just a little dirty.
Mr. Autrey became a national hero and celebrity overnight: the mayor of New York presented him with the Bronze Medallion for bravery; the New York Film Academy also gave him $2,500 for his children education. And, last but not least, Mr. Autrey was told he could ride the New York subway for a year for free!
Now, Mr. Autrey is one of America’s everyday heroes, normal people who believe in doing the right thing. But in an interview he said, “I don’t feel like I did something spectacular. I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I felt was right.”
Answer the following questions.
1. Why Mr. Autrey was called ‘Subway Superman’?
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2. How did he react to the case of young man? [1]
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Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 2
Learner's code
READING
Task. Read the text.
An Inspiring friendship story
Once a deer, a crow, a mouse and a turtle were great friends.
One day the deer went out to gráze. He was caught in a hunter net. In the
evening the deer did not return to his friends,
The mouse said to the crow, 'Fly over the trees and find the deer.'
The crow came back after half an hour. He said, 'Our friend, the deer is in
the hunter's net. What shall we do'? said the mouse and the turtle.
'I will take mouse on my back,' said the crow. He will bite through the net
and set the deer free!
"And I will walk to the deer, said the turtle. The crow took the mouse on his
back and flew with him to the deer.
The mouse bit through the net. The deer was free. The turtle got friends
were all very happy together.
Read the text again and write next to the sentences True/False according to
the text.
1).A crow and a mouse were friends.
2). The deer was caught in a hunter net but he came back to his friends.
3).The crow flew away with the deer.
4). The crow takes the tortoise to his back.
5).At the end they were happy.
Total (5)
WRITING
Task. Complete the sentences using appropriate form of the adjectives.
1). My house is
2). This box is
3). Your dog runs
4). My house is
5). This is
than hers. (large)
than the one I lost. (small)
_than Jim's dog, (fast)
one in our neighborhood. (large)
box I've ever seen. (small)
Total (5) Writing
1.all these days he has been talking about his new plan.
2.Have you been watching TV too long?
3.He has not been sitting here all the time
1.How long it has been snowing ?
2.How long you have been learning English?
3.I have been waiting for one hour.
4.Has the boy been playing football since 10 a.m.?
5.Her sister has been doing her homework for half an hour.
6.We have not been studying since 11 o'clock.
7.Where they have been working there for two years?
8.Have you been watching too much television lately?