Reading Comprehension Term 1 Form 8

Read the text about free time of youth in Britain. Do the tasks.

Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free time in the evenings and at the weekends.

There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week. They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4) plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations.

The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well.

Next comes voluntary work. 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organisations in the UK. Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as famine in Africa.

Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention rugby, cricket and athletics. Walking is number one to participate, swimming is the second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young women prefer to keep fit.

At 15 years old and above young people try to find «Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for discos and dances.

Words:

an average [`ævərɪʤ] Briton – середньостатистичний британець

famine [`fæmɪn] голод

spectator [spək`teɪtə] глядацький

Task 1.  True or false?

1. 1.   Young people have got a great variety of entertainments.

Read the text about free time of youth in Britain. Do the tasks.

Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free time in the evenings and at the weekends.

There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week. They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4) plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations.

The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well.

Next comes voluntary work. 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organisations in the UK. Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as famine in Africa.

Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention rugby, cricket and athletics. Walking is number one to participate, swimming is the second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young women prefer to keep fit.

At 15 years old and above young people try to find «Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for discos and dances.

Task 1.  True or false?

1.2. The average Briton watches TV 25 hours per day.

Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free time in the evenings and at the weekends.

There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week. They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4) plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations.

The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well.

Next comes voluntary work. 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organisations in the UK. Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as famine in Africa.

Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention rugby, cricket and athletics. Walking is number one to participate, swimming is the second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young women prefer to keep fit.

At 15 years old and above young people try to find «Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for discos and dances.

Task 1.  True or false?

1.3. The second most popular leisure activity is listening to music.

Task 1.  True or false?

1.4. Going to the theatre is widely spread among the British youth.

Task 1.  True or false?

1.5. 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work. 

Task 1.  True or false?

1.6. The most traditional leisure activity is sport.

Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free time in the evenings and at the weekends.

There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week. They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4) plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations.

The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well.

Next comes voluntary work. 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organisations in the UK. Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as famine in Africa.

Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention rugby, cricket and athletics. Walking is number one to participate, swimming is the second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young women prefer to keep fit.

At 15 years old and above young people try to find «Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for discos and dances.

Task 1.  True or false?

1.7. Young people try to find «Saturday jobs» to raise money for charity. 

Task 2. Complete the sentences.

2.1. The most popular free time activity of all is ____________.

Task 2. Complete the sentences.

2.2. They have a choice of _____ national networks.

Task 2. Complete the sentences.

2.3.    There are more than 250,000___________ in the UK.

Task 2. Complete the sentences.

2.4.    The most popular spectator sport is ________.

Task 2. Complete the sentences.

1.      They save money _________.