When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few meters from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get angry with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend's in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.

When taking the university entrance exams, ..............

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• What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” (lines 2-3) ?

• According to the writer, students today are different from those she knew in that they are ____________.

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• The passage indicates that Harvard is___________.

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• M.L. was ................. by the atmosphere in which he grew up.

• The word “they” in line 17 refers to ......

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• When she decided to give up Facebook ..............

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• Co-education was negatively responded to in _______.

• Which of the following phrases best explains the meaning of the word “verbal”?

• All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it________.

• According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s ___________

• The phrase “academic responsibilities” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to .............

• The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cellphone too often, ______.

• The word "remainder" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .............