S e c o n d e d I t I o n 1 Reading for the Real World 1

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discrimination. In 1990, she founded Children
on the Edge, a charity that helps orphans in
Europe and Asia. She also helped establish a
magazine called The Big Issue, which was produced and sold by homeless people.
Her volunteer work earned Roddick many awards and honors. In 1991, she
received the World Vision Award for Development and Initiative. In 2003, the
Queen of England anointed her a Dame of the British Empire.
In 2005, Roddick announced that she was going to give away her fortune.
It was estimated to be more than $100 million. In 2007, Roddick told the public
that she had hepatitis C, an incurable disease. She had gotten it from a blood
transfusion in 1971. It was diagnosed in 2004. During the last three years of
her life, she campaigned to raise public awareness of hepatitis C. Roddick died of
a brain hemorrhage on September 10, 2007. She was sixty-four. She did not
leave any of her money to her daughters. Instead, she gave it all to charities.
Reading Time
_______ minutes _______ seconds
539 words
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discrimination --- prejudicial treatment
34
orphan --- a child whose parents have died
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anoint --- to choose
40
fortune --- wealth
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transfusion --- the direct transferring of blood into a blood vessel.
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hemorrhage --- heavy bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel

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eading Comprehension
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A
Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the
reading.
1. ____ Roddick is not the last name Anita was born with.
2. ____ Her husband’s dream was to open an eco-friendly cosmetics store.
3. ____ Roddick was worth over $100 million dollars.
4. ____ When she died, she gave her money to her children and charity
organizations.

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