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Reading - An Unusual commute

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  • TRUE OR FALSE: In the past, children crossed a bridge over the river to go to school. The bridge is now broken, but students usually chose to cross the broken bridge.
    TRUE
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  • When did the bridge break? Why?
    It broke after a heavy rain in 2012.
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  • For how long was the bridge in Banten broken?
    The bridge was broken for 10 months.
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: The ladders in Zhang Jiawan are tied to the mountain.
    FALSE
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  • Where is Rio Negro valley?
    It's in Colombia.
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  • How many families with school-age children live on the other side of the Rio Negro valley?
    11 families.
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: The thick metal cable that carries the children to school in the Rio Negro valley is 500 meters across the valley.
    FALSE (400 meters)
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  • In Rio Negro valley, is it safe to take the cable to school if it is raining?
    No. When it rains, the cable is too dangerous.
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  • According to UNESCO, how many children around the world can't go to school?
    57 million children
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  • TRUE OR FALSE: In Zhang Jiawan, people help to hold the ladders when someone else is climbing.
    TRUE
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