Reading Test #2-Sr.2-Jun.17

Read the text and write your answers in 25 minutes.

Do NOT use the dictionary.
=> Revise your writing in three minutes.

Crowdfunding to buy a beach

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, today often performed via internet-mediated registries. Crowdfunding is a form of alternative finance, which has emerged outside of the traditional financial system.

The crowdfunding model is based on three types of actors: the project initiator who proposes the idea and/or project to be funded; individuals or groups who support the idea; and a moderating organization that brings the parties together to launch the idea.            Source: Wikipedia

New Zealand beach bought by crowdfunding is given to public   

A *pristine beach in New Zealand bought through a crowdfunding campaign has been handed to its new owners - the public. Nearly 40,000 people donated almost NZ$2.3m (US$1.7m) to buy the Awaroa beach in the Abel Tasman National Park, on the South Island.    *pristine: original and pure; not spoiled

The seven-hectare site will now be run by a national park. The (1)              owner, businessman Michael Spackman, agreed to sell the beach after the online crowdfunding campaign reached its target in a little more than three weeks. The purchase ensured the beach will (2)             out of private hands. "It's a great day," campaigner Duane Major told the BBC. "Sometimes you can feel powerless, so for us, it's been a marvellous experience of empowerment. "There's been a real feeling of coming together. People in other countries have recognised what it's been all about too. "We're in an age with various forms of technology that can pull people apart. But in this case it brought people (3)           ."

New Zealand's government made a small contribution to the crowdfunding campaign, which Mr Major said was started because of "gut instinct". But another offer to contribute by a prominent businessman and philanthropist, who said he would make up any shortfall in exchange for exclusive access to part of the beach for his family, was (4)                . The campaign also negotiated with local Maori groups, who had argued the beach should be handed over to them. Mr Major said the Maori community would be (5)           in the future of the land.

Q-1 Write a suitable word in (1) ~ (5)

Q-2 The population of New Zealand is about 4.5million. What do you think of getting donations from 40,000 people in just three weeks? Write your answer in three sentences.

Q1 5:2, 4:1, 3:4, 2:2, 1:2, 0:7 (18 students)  

(2)vi (4)(5) pp/adj  

Q2 Time allocation! Explain the answer (#1) in #2, #3!

Allocate the time. 

Answer the Qs you understand well first. 

Pay attention to the part of speech and context/collocation. 

Try using the number: 40,000 vs.4.5mil  or NZ$2.3mill from 40,000