Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 46
I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village in Chad, about 500 kilometres from the capital N’Djamena. Coming from a (36)______country, I got quite a shock, as conditions were much harder than I had ( 37) ______. But after a few days I soon got used to (38) ______there. The people were very friendly and helpful, and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the countryside was.
One of my job was to supply the village with water. The well was a long walk (39) _____, and the women used to spend a long time every day ( 40)_______heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted the organization and arranged to (41 ) _____some pipes delivered. We built a simple pipeline and a pump, and it worked first time. It wasn’t perfect there were a few (42) _____but it made a great difference to the villagers, (43 )______had never had running water before. And not (44 ) ____did we have running water, but in the evenings it was hot, because the pipe had been (45) ____ in the sun all day.
All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. I would recommend it to anyone who was planning to work for a charity
Điền vào ô 37
A. felt
B. planned
C. found
D. expected
Chọn D
“I got quite a shock as conditions were much harder than I had expected”: tôi khá là sốc vì điều kiện ở đây khó khăn hơn nhiều so với tôi nghĩ.