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Form 7

Reading ( the second term)

I. Read the text carefully

A Healthy Lifestyle

The Thomson family has been trying to eat healthy meals for a very long time, but found it difficult to keep it up. Mr and Mrs Thomson work long hours at the hospital, and feel exhausted when they arrive home. They also have three young children who needed a lot of care. David is eight years old, their daughter Ann is six and the baby is one. It is difficult for the family to cook healthy meals every day. For months, Mrs Thomson has been ordering food during the week, which is delivered after they arrive from work. This is a bad routine, and the Thomson’s know this fact very well and have started to worry that their children will get so used to eating fast food; it will be difficult for them to change this habit. For the past two weeks, they have been eating healthy homemade meals and feel very excited about it.

1. True or false

1.The Thomson family has been trying to eat healthy meals for a very long time, but found it exciting to keep it up.

2. The Thomson’s have three young children : David, Anna and the baby.

3. It will be difficult for the Thomson’s to change their habit.

4. For the past two weeks, they have been eating ordered food.

2. Put the sentences in the right order according to the text

a. Mr and Mrs Thomson have started to worry that their children will get so used to eating fast food

b. They work long hours at the hospital

c. For months, Mrs Thomson has been ordering food during the week

d. They also have three young children who needed a lot of care.

II. Match the questions with the answers. There is one question you don’t need to use.

a) What is the age of Stonehenge?

b) Which organization takes care of old monuments?

c) What can tourists hear at these places?

d) What is Cursus?

e) What is Woodhenge?

1) Three kilometres to the north-east of Stonehenge, Woodhenge is an- other monument. Dated to around 2,300 BC, originally it comprised six rings of wooden posts. It was probably covered with a roof, or perhaps the wooden posts were joined in the Stonehenge fashion.

2) Another feature which was worth mentioning is the Cursus. It had been built before the stone settings. When it was called the Cursus in the eighteenth century, it was thought to be some sort of racetrack. However, its true function remains a mystery.

3) English Heritage will be charged with caring for Stonehenge, Woodhenge, and the Cursus and will be caring for their good management and preservation for future generations.

4) There are some wonderful myths and legends and you can hear them on the audio tour at Stonehenge, Woodhenge, and the Cursus in ten different languages — English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Japanese and Mandarin.

III. Read the text and fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box. There is one extra word in the list.  

a) mirror            b) Medusa       c) woman         e) cave         g) statues       d) snakes f) Perseus         i) goddess

Medusa was a (who?)   / woman     and she lived in a cave. One day a (who?)___________turned her into a horrible monster. She had (what?) _______ instead of hair and big wings. When she looked at people they became stone. A lot of men went to the (where?)___________and tried to kill Medusa, but she turned them into stone (what?)____________. One day a young man called    (what name?) ______________who lived in Greece went to the cave to kill her. He did not look at Medusa and he carried a shield as a mirror. Medusa looked into the (where?) _______and turned herself into stone.