Exercises in Reading Comprehension (An Annual General Meeting) The Chairman Says: Ladies and gentlemen, we have met today for the Annual General Meeting for our Students’ Union. I am going to make use of this opportunity to tell you about some of the things we have done during the past year. We have increased our membership. Our committee has enrolled thirty new members, so our members have gone up to one hundred and fifty. The Union has organized many social activities during the year. We have arranged two trips for our members. One was a visit to an oil refinery, and the other was a boating party on the lake, with a picnic on the island.

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An Annual General Meeting
Exercises in Reading Comprehension
By E. L. Tibbits

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15. The Chairman Says:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have met today for the
Annual General Meeting for our Students’ Union. I
am going to make use of this opportunity to tell you
about some of the things we have done during the past
year. We have increased our membership. Our
committee has enrolled thirty new members, so our
members have gone up to one hundred and fifty.
The Union has organized many social activities during
the year. We have arranged two trips for our
members. One was a visit to an oil refinery, and the
other was a boating party on the lake, with a picnic on
the island.

16. We have not been idle in the field of sport. We have
already had two swimming matches, one against the
students of the Technical College and the other
against the University medical students. We have also
played our first football match of the season against
the First Eleven of the Secondary School.
We have drawn up a very practical programme for the
coming year. We have plans for an agricultural
project. We have rented a hundred acres of land and
we are going to grow vegetables. We hope to sell these
vegetables to the local retailers at a fair price. This
will help to bring down the cost of living and it will
build up our reserve fund.

17. We also have plans for a public performance of Julius
Caesar by our Drama Group next April. We are going to
do this in order to raise money for our agricultural
project. We have written to a well-known theatrical
producer. He has promised to help in the assistance for
the performance.
Our Secretary has sent a circular to all our members asking
for their co-operation to make a success of all these
proposals. So far we have not had many inquiries. We
shall need the support of all of you in our various
activities. If you have not received the Secretary’s
circular, will you please see him after the meeting?
Many members have not sent their subscriptions to the
Treasurer yet. They are now due. Will members who have
not yet paid their subscriptions please do so as soon as
possible?

18. 1. Find words in the passage that can complete these
sentence:
a. A students’ ------ organises many social ----- for
students.
b.The person who conducts a meeting is called the
-----.
c. The past year’s activities are described at the -----
------ ------.
d.The place where petrol and other products are
manufactured from oil is called a ------.
e. ‘Our football ------ has a ------ every Saturday
during the football -----.’

19. f. If you want to use land or a house that belongs to
some other person, you have to ----- it.
g. The money that a society keeps in in the bank in
case of need is called its ----- -----.
h. The person who trains actors to perform a play is
the -------.
i. When the same letter is sent to many people it is
called a -------.
j. Members of a society pay their ----- to the -------.
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20. 2. Write these sentences again to show the meaning of
the words in italics, making any changes that you
think necessary:
Example: our committee has enrolled thirty new
members.
Answer: our committee has found thirty new people to
join the society.
a. We have increased our membership.
b.We have not been idle in the field of sport.
c. We have drawn up a programme of activities.
d.We want to raise funds for our agricultural project.
e. Our Drama Group is going to produce a play.

21. 3. i) Find a word for each of these people:
a. He is responsible for preparing performances of
plays.
b.He sends out letters and circulars for a society and
keeps its correspondence.
c. He looks after the money of a society.
d.He takes control of the meetings of a society.
e. He belongs to a society, team, etc.
f. In members plan and organize the activities of a
society.
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22. 3. ii) Find a word that these words or phrases explain:
a. Once a year
b.A chance
c. A plan for a futures activity
d.A list of activities
e. A letter sent to all the members of a society
f. Questions about a particular matter
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23. 4. Are these statements true or false? If they are false,
can you say why?
a. The committee has enrolled 150 new members during
the year.
b.There have been two trips to an oil refinery.
c. The football team has begun its season.
d.The Union is going to rent too acres of land.
e. They are going to grow vegetables on this land.
f. They will sell these vegetables for the highest possible
price to get money for the reserve fund.

24. g. The Drama Group is going to perform a play by
Shakespeare.
h. The secretary has not told the members about
these plans.
i. A lot of members have asked about them.
j. Only a few members have not paid their
subscriptions.
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25. 5. Use the right word or phrase from the three in
brackets to complete each sentence:
a. An agricultural project is concerned with (sport,
farming, medical students),
b.The treasurer of a society (sends out circular, takes
charge of meetings, collects money from members).
c. (Sugar, butter, petrol) is made at an oil refinery.
d.You can 9walk, swim, cycle) to an island.
e. A theatrical producer is (the principal actor, the
manager of a theater, the person who train the actors
to perform a play).
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26. 6. Fill the blank with the word from this list that is
needed to complete the sentence:
against, for, at, up, of
a. We hope to bring down the cost ----- living.
b.We want to sell our vegetables ----- a fair prince.
c. We will try to raise money ----- our agricultural
project.
d.Our football team has played a match ---- the
students of the Technical College.
e. We must build ------ our reserve fund.