VS 2A 2009 English Language Blog

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Here are the answers for Worksheet 2

Passage A
The author visited some of the places best known for longevity. In Vilcabamba, one of the distant and mountainous areas, the baptismal records testified to the claim of 9 centenarians living there. Furthermore, a 1971 census also confirmed their ages.

Passage B
A geophysicist who had studied earthquakes finally experienced one himself. It was caused by the pressure building up in the underground rocks for years. The pressure which became too great to contain, broke loose. Its force was equivalent to 100 atomic bombs of Hiroshima. The geophysicist felt as though the world was a carpet which was given a double shake and dropped – and the people on it, mere dust.