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English Form 1 Unit 2
Reading Skill Textbook page: p.24 PL

PBD Module DSKP Practice

Read the text and answer the questions that follow. LS 3.1.1 LS 3.1.2 LS 3.1.3

A Job with a Difference

In black racing suits, they are seen racing along narrow trails and rugged tracks on their motor bikes. No,

they are not racers. 1. B They are health nurses . They use on their motor bikes to deliver
life-saving treatment and health advice to rural communities in West Africa.

Many lives are lost to treatable diseases in Africa. In many cases, the vaccines and medicines are available

but fail to reach patients because transport system is unreliable. This made British racing journalist, Barry
Coleman, and his wife, Andrea, to set up RFH or Riders for Health. 2. A RFH is a social project

that improves healthcare delivery across rural Africa . This organisation trains healthcare givers
knowledge on transport maintenance, so that they can reach out to people in rural areas.

It all began when Barry visited Somalia in the late 1980s. He noticed that many new-looking motorbikes

and other vehicles are not usable because of poor maintenance. In the Ministry of Health, many motorcycles
and ambulances are broken down because nobody has been trained to repair them and there is no supply

chain of parts. 3. E There is also no knowledge of transport maintenance . He saw women dying in
childbirth because healthcare givers could not reach out to them. Thus, he set up RFH to enable healthcare

givers to give better healthcare service.

(Sourced from : https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/23/world/africa/riders-for-health/index.html)

A Three sentences have been removed from the text above. Choose from A – E to fit the numbered
blanks. LS 3.1.2

A RFH is a social project that improves healthcare delivery across rural Africa.

B They are health nurses.

C They race on their motor bikes.

D They wanted to save lives.

E There is also no knowledge of transport maintenance.

Learning Objectives:
Pupils will
• understand the main points in simple longer texts • guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from clues provided by other
known words by context
• understand specific details and information in simple longer texts

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