The key answer of exercise 2

b)

• Dominique was Jen's role model, because she excelled at a sport that Jen loved, and because she identified with her personality and with the fact that she was Romanian.
• (Students are likely to say the most surprising aspect is that they were sisters and didn't know for a long time.)

c)

1. NG → we don't know if this was the reason for the adoption.
2. NG → we know that the parents were originally from Romania and Jen was adopted into an American family. We do not know whether the sisters were born in the USA, or arrived as immigrants.
3. F → the text doesn't refer to a state-level Paralympics because it says she competed with able-bodied people. It doesn't say that she didn't also win a state-level 'Paralympics' gold on another occasion. A 'Paralympics' is, by definition, an international event.
4. T → Jen approached her mother asking about her past.
5. F → Jen waited four years to contact Dominique. Dominique replied within about a year Jen sent the letter when she was about 20 and Dominique replied when Jen was 21).
6. NG → One of Jen's sisters was pregnant - it could be Dominique or Christina - we only know that it was Jen who was going to be an aunt.
7. T → Jen looks very much like Christina, the younger sister.
8. NG → It is unlikely, because of the emphasising has even toured* (present perfect focusing on experience) which indicates a one-off occasion but there is no further information given.