2. Match the words with the definitions:

question rice area game grain answer hunger food individual word

an activity with rules in which people or teams play or compete, usually sports the need for food the seed of grass plants used for food, such as wheat, rice and corn that which is taken in by all living things for energy, strength and growth a statement produced by a question one person one or more connected sounds that form a single part of a language a food grain any place or part of it a sentence or word used in asking for information; a problem; an issue to be discussed

listening

3. Listen to the text and answer the questions:

1. How many grains of rice does FreeRice.com donate through the UN World Food Program for each word the player gets right?

1. twelve

2. twenty

3. thirty

4. forty

2. According to the speaker, how many levels of difficulty does the FreeRice game have currently?

1. forty-five

2. sixty-five

3. thirty-five

4. fifty-five

3. According to the speaker, how many metric tons of rice are enough to feed about a million and a half people for one day?

1. five hundred seventeen

2. five hundred seventy

3. three hundred seventy

4. four hundred seventy

4. According to the speaker, the English vocabulary game called FreeRice.com is especially popular with two of the following EXCEPT

1. college students who visit social networking sites

2. businessmen

3. children

4. young people who visit social networking sites

5. According to the speaker, one of the following organizations is mentioned in the text EXCEPT

1. the United Nations World Food Program

2. the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

3. California Institute of Technology

4. Stanford Graduate School of Business

4. Now go to the printed version of the text and follow the speaker when listening. After listening answer the following questions:

1. Three of the following countries that have received food through FreeRice are mentioned in the text EXCEPT

1. Bangladesh

2. Ghana

3. Uganda

4. Cambodia

2. Two of the following names are mentioned in the text EXCEPT

1. John Smith

2. Jennifer Parmelee

3. John Breen

4. David Brown

Reading

5. Look at the word highlighted in paragraph 2 of the text. Mark the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word get.

1. suppose

2. guess

3. believe

4. receive

6. Look at the word highlighted in paragraph 3 of the text. Mark the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word get.

1. receive

2. take

3. guess

4. have

7. Look at the word highlighted in paragraph 6 of the text. Mark three answer choices that are closest in meaning to the word currently.

1. at present

2. today

3. now

4. recently

8. Look at the highlighted word in paragraph 10 of the text. Choose the word in the bold text that the word it refers to.

1. agency

2. Washington

3. food

4. World Food Program

Text: Learning Words, Donating Rice