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To Have and Have Not 　　It had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. Why did the writer want to leave the hotel? To have a change of scene. What attracted the writer to the shop? The light coming from inside. The writer found the stock in the front of the shop of top quality. What was unusual about the way the woman looked at him? She seemed to know him well. The writer disliked the back room because he saw nothing he really liked. Pop Music in Africa Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. 1. This passage is about how African pop music is more serious than most pop music. 2. For people outside of Africa, African pop music is both familiar and different. 3. The musicians mentioned in this passage all write about serious problems. 4. Eric Wainaina studied music in Boston. 5. Witness Mwaijaga writes about the problems of women partly because she has had a difficult life herself. Why So Many Children? In many of the developing countries in Africa and Asia 1. In a traditional agricultural economy, a large family can be an advantage. 2. When countries become industrialized, the birth rate generally goes down. 3. According to this passage, Italy today is an example of an industrialized country with a low birth rate. 4. Saudi Arabia is mentioned in the passage because it shows that factors other than the economy influence birth rate. 5. In Mexico, Thailand, and Indonesia, the government has tried to improve the condition of women. Narrow Escape We had left the hut too late that morning. 1. Why was it “too late” by the time they left the hut in the morning? Rocks loosened by melting ice could be dangerous. 2. The first reason given to explain why mountaineers hate talus is that climbers above you might cause it to fall on you. 3. What is likely to be the meaning of Cailloux? Rocks are falling. 4. What is sarcastic in the words of the boy in paragraph four? Being hit by a rock isnt pleasant at all. 5.