Reading 11
Read the texts below and choose the best beginning for each paragraph.
HAPPINESS IS HAVING A LARGE, LOVING AND CARING FAMILY
. ... It is fun to be with people who like you. It is good to feel the warmth and the love of the ones who care for you. It is fantastic when you can turn to them when you have problems.
….Young people want to develop their own personality. Parents often think they
know better. They find it difficult to accept that their son or daughter wants to live and to think differently from how they used to think when they were young themselves. Consequently, young people are often frustrated and believe their parents do not understand them.
…They would love to have their own place where they can live the life they
imagine must be ideal. They think that not having a parent who tells them to tidy up their room or get up at a certain time must be paradise.
…First of all, there is the financial situation. Having your own flat costs a lot
of money. Secondly, being completely on your own also means a lot of responsibility. For example, I admit I like to be reminded occasionally of urgent things I have forgotten to do(although I would never admit that to my parents!). And thirdly, if members of a family accept that everybody is an individual and needs a certain amount of freedom, life in a family can be a great fun.
…I would say that I am happy living with my family for now and I’ll wait
Read the text below. Match the best choice to each paragraph .
STUDY AND ENJOY
________Cambridge international college of Canada is the oldest and most respected school in Toronto for international students. Unlike most other private schools CICC is located in a proper school building with library, science labs, gymnasium, cafeteria, computer science lab, swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball field, soccer field, basketball court and beautiful residence. Public transportation is right at our doorstep. 97% of our graduates gain successful entry into universities and most of them on scholarship.
I would choose this school if I wanted
Glasgow School of English opens a sister school, Global School of English, in Edinburgh in July 2010. GSE — Edinburgh plans to offer the same English language course programme as the Glasgow School of English. The new boutique school will have six classrooms, a large student common room and free WiFi access. It is situated in a building that has recently been renovated and retains many original features. Edinburgh is a lively city with many historic sites, as well as wide choice of local bars, pubs, restaurants and clubs and a world-famous summer cultural festival.
I would choose this school if I wanted
GenkiJACS Japanese language school in Fukuoka has partnered with Willing Workers On Organic Farms Japan to offer students the opportunity to do volunteer work in Japan after finishing their studies. Students can choose from more than 300 volunteer destinations in Japan, including farms, restaurants, art galleries, workshops, and more, and can volunteer for up to a year. GenkiJACS will arrange the application, and help students to contact hosts about placements. Students gain valuable experience working, as well as improving their Japanese, and in turn are given board and lodging free of charge.
I would choose this school if I wanted
IALC's newest Italian member, A.L.C.E. AssociazioneLingue e Culture Europee, is offering a scale of discounts for short-term Italian intensive courses (22 hours per week): 2 weeks — 20 % discount, 3 weeks — 25 % discount, 4 or 5 weeks — 30 % discount (plus 10 % discount on the cost of a student house). The offer runs from 28 August to 3 November 2010.
I would choose this school if I wanted
Eight Tour — Italian On The Road. This unique and exclusive programme with A.L.C.E. combines the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful cities of Italy with daily classes 'on the road'. Students can study for one or more weeks in Bologna before embarking on a one-week road trip.
I would choose this school if I wanted
Read the article and fill in the gaps in the text. There is one sentence you don’t need.
BRITISH QUISINE
There was a time, not so very long ago, when Britain was regarded as not having a cuisine at all and that all food in Britain was dull, stodgy and overcooked. But that idea has changed a great deal now, for a variety of reasons.
After the Second World War, when wartime food rationing stopped and there was plenty of food available, the British started to get interested in 'foreign' food. The cookery writer Elizabeth David, who wrote a book about Mediterranean food, was very influential at the time. _____ And with this availability, more and more people became interested in making dishes from France, Italy, Greece and other parts of the world. Now, British families are just as likely to make a Chinese stir-fry for dinner as they are more traditional foods like bangers and mash.
Another huge influence on food in Britain has come from the popularity of cookery programmes on TV. _____ Jamie has also had quite an impact on the food children eat at school. He said that British school food was a disgrace, and he made a series showing it was possible to make good healthy food in schools even on a very small budget. Because of chefs like Jamie and Nigella people know a lot more about good food and how to make it.
It used to be that France was the country with a reputation for having the best chefs and restaurants in the world. To be recognised as a top chef or restaurant you need to get a star from the French Michelin restaurant guide. Now there are a lot of British chefs with Michelin stars, and restaurants in Britain, such as Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck, have a world-class reputation. _____
The tide is also turning when it comes to opinions about traditional British foods. British people used to be a bit ashamed of British cuisine in comparison with other countries. ____. People have realised that Britain has excellent food.
You might be surprised to learn that Britain makes more kinds of cheese than France, for one thing. Of course, it is not only about kinds of cheese. ____
There is no doubt that British food has undergone quite a remarkable transformation in the past few decades. There is now a much wider variety of foodstuffs available in the shops than there ever has been. _____. I think it is fair to say that British cooks can hold their heads as high as cooks from any country in the world!
Read the text. Don't pay attention to the gaps
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
Complete the gap in the sentence from the text:
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
if they find ______in danger.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places,
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal.
When school finishes for the summer, most students like to go to places __they can have fun. But not everyone is like that. There are teenagers who actually prefer going to special camps where they can learn survival ____. These camps accept teenagers between 16 and 18 but no younger, for safety reasons.
Teenagers spend their days taking part in extreme sports, like scuba-diving, and ______skills that will keep them alive if they find ______in danger. The campers are divided into groups and their leader ______wake them up at six o'clock every morning to ______excursions to mountains, lakes and other places, where the campers learn to survive under difficult ______.
Towards the end of the camping period, there are events and competitions during which the groups can practise ______they have learnt. The group leader whose group wins a competition gets his or her name written in the camp book. The members of ______winning group get a medal. These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
These camps are ideal for teenagers who are ___on getting out there and have some extreme fun.
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