Monday, 1 March 2010

Emirati will be first Arab woman to reach North Pole



Today, in the national newspaper, there is a new about Elham Al Qasimi who plans to become the first Arab woman to ski cross-country to the North Pole.
She said "If a picture could be taken, I would be a stick man standing on top of the Earth".
Elham chose to publicise her expedition when she learnt that she would be the first Arab woman to make the round-trip journey of 100 nautical miles, a trip that will last between 10 and 14 days.

Mobile monitor for drivers’ safety



In the nationalday's newspaper, there is a new new about a new application of mobail phone and its called "Driver Riskometer" and that tracking information such as distance, speed and time spent on the mobile phone.

The application launches automatically and uses a GPS-enabled feature to keep track of kilometres and minutes travelled, the vehicle’s top and average speed and the percentage of time spent in different speed ranges.
Reading comprehension
Paragraph (B)
Questions:
1) What did the Japanese Mather do in earliest 20 century?
a) Stayed at home
b) Go to work
c) Support her husband.

2) The Japanese family today..
a) Still have arranged marriage
b) Follow author developed countries
c) They marred young.

3) Arranged married in Japan in the first of this century was
a) Too much
b) A little
c) Started to decline

4) What is the major work of the Japanese husband?
5) What did the Japanese parents think about the arranged marriage?