Read the text. Then do Exercise 1. Read the text. Then do Exercise 1

CODE GREEN UNIT 6 TEST

Name: ______________ Date: ______________

Class: ______________ Mark: ____ / 75

Reading

Read the text. Then do Exercise 1.

This should have been the most exciting day of Claire Winterbourne’s life. She had picked up painting as a hobby six years ago and today she had a meeting with destiny. Instead, she was sitting at the airport, terrified and waiting for her flight. When she first got the message to fly to Berlin to show her work, she was the happiest person in the world. But then she realized, “Berlin…,” she would have to fly to Berlin. That was one thing Claire had had no intention of doing.

Claire had always been very artistic ever since she was a child. At school her teachers encouraged her to take up art lessons. But when she finished school and went to study at university, she began to paint less and less. She got a degree in business management and started working in an office for a big company. She enjoys her work there and likes the challenge of business. But after she had worked there for 5 years, she realized that she should make time for other things that interest her, and that’s when she started painting again. At first, she only showed her family and friends her work. They were all very impressed and encouraged her to start a website and upload some pieces. She got lots of messages from people she didn’t know telling her how much they liked her work. One day she got a message that she will always remember. The man wrote, “Hello Claire. I have become a huge fan of your work and would like to meet you to discuss exhibiting at my art gallery here in Berlin, Germany. Please contact me for details if you are interested.”

Claire did, and arranged to have an exhibit at his gallery. She was so excited that she forgot about her fear of flying. When she calmed down, she realised what she was in for. She started to sweat and became very nervous. She tried to find a different way of getting to Berlin from Edinburgh, Scotland. She saw that she could get there by taking the train to London and then by taking the Eurostar train to Brussels in Belgium. Then she would have to take yet another train to Berlin. That would take far too long and would cost a lot more. Horrified, she realised that she had no other options but to go by plane.

So here she was at Heathrow airport waiting for her flight. Instead of imagining her artwork hanging on gallery walls in a city famous for its support of the arts, she was imagining her plane falling to the ground with her in it. It was almost time to board and Claire had to make a decision. Either she would let her fear defeat her and she would go home, or she would beat her fear, get on the plane and reach for her dreams. After taking a deep breath, she gave in her plane ticket and boarded the plane.

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