NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, today announced in Florida that the nextspace shuttle mission has been canceled. The mission was scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. takeoffon Tuesday. (18)However, the flight has been canceled because of problems with thespaceships central computer system. NASA technicians noticed the computer problems duringlast-minute checks.
Seven teenager computer specialists have been arrested by police in New Jersey. (19) Aftertaking an advanced computer course at school, the seven boys, all from Princeton, New Jersey,illegally obtain top-secret information from government computers in Washington. They alsostarted to use their home computers to access telephone networks.
In New York, the value of the dollars stayed the same today. But in Tokyo, the dollar felldramatically. At the end of the day, it was worth 83 yen, compared to 88 yen yesterday.
16. What does the midday news on KALF say about fires in California?
17. What do we learn about many of the firefighters?
18. What do we learn from the news about the space shuttle mission?
19. What do we learn about the seven boys in New Jersey?
Passage Two
(20) When you live in an apartment building, where only wall separates you from yourneighbors, everyone needs to be considerate of each other. Thats not what happened in myapartment building. Someone was always leaving the clothes in the washers and dryers in thelaundry room. I got tired of running up and down the stairs to see if the clothes had beenremoved,so I could start my own one. Obviously someone else got tired, too. (21)Becauseone day, someone took clothes from the washer and dryer,and dumped them in the corner.This act started a battle of letters posted on the wall of the laundry room. The first letter wasfrom Mindy Lance who was really angry that her clothes had been removed from the washer anddryer, and dumped. She then threatened to dump everybody elses clothes she herself found inthe washer and dryer. Mindy Lances letter enraged other residents and they posted the lettersto her. Eventually, Mindy began to behave properly but hard feelings remained. (22)The problemcouldnt have been resolved better. If residents had informed the building manager shethen could inform all residents that the clothes should be removed from the washers anddryers within 50 minutes after their wash is done. Those who refuse to obey might not havetheir leases renew. That could be a fare consent solution. Neighbor problems may sometimesseem inevitable, but its important to resolve them fairly.
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