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CHILE MINE DISASTER EXPOSES OLD FAMILY FEUDSBy PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press WriterSAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) -- The disaster will likely keep the miners underground for months.The miners were asked to send up a note designating who could get their $1,600 (800,000 peso) salary for August. There are separate bank accounts for each miner, which no family member can touch. Despite worldwide attention, the miners' financial future is uncertain when and if they make it out alive.The owners of the mining company, San Esteban, have said they may not be able to pay wages in September, and are considering bankruptcy.The day after the men were discovered alive, businessman Leonardo Farkas donated $10,000 (5 million pesos) to each miner. That money has been put in the miners' accounts, and Farkas has encouraged Chileans to donate.Money donations are distributed evenly among the 33 miners, said Leiva, the social worker.While every family is focused on seeing its loved one emerge alive, there is another deep, longer-term worry: Will these men be able to return to work? Many, psychologically and physically, may be unable to go back in the mines, or refuse to do so. There are few other opportunities in Northern Chile, and many of the men don't have the education to do anything else that pays as well."A big worry is: How they will come out?" said Leiva. "They don't have other jobs."http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_CHILE_MINE_COLLAPSE?SITE=PASCR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT08. According to text above, what kind of disaster did it happen?A) Some miners are stuck in a mine underground.B) The Chilean miner’s financial future is not uncertain.C) The world doesn’t know if the miners are alive or not.D) Chilean are donating money to the miners.E) The miners don’t know they are underground.09. How long will the miners be kept underground?A) For some days.B) For years. D) For two weeks.C) For months. E) For three months.10. What is the worry after rescuing the miners?A) They are going to be psychologically and physically ready to go back to work as miners.B) They are going to become riches because of the donations they are receiving.C) They are going to have many new other opportunities in Northern Chile.D) Nobody knows if they are going to be rescued alive.E) Nobody knows if they will be able to continue working as miners.11. What does “bankruptcy” mean in Portuguese?A) Contratação de novos mineiros.B) Aplicação financeira em bancos.C) Abertura de novas contas bancárias.D) Solicitação de empréstimo bancário.E) Falência financeira.

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Some miners are stuck in a mine underground.
For years.