5th form. SEMESTER READING. New Challenges 1. (1-5 Module)

1. Complete the text with the words.  

A Jockey’s Life

         Cara Henderson is a jockey and her day starts very early at half past five in the morning. Cara 1)           [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] have any breakfast, but she has a shower. After that she usually 2)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] to the stables and 3)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] her equipment. Then she exercises her horses for about three hours. She 4)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] eats very much because she needs to keep 5)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] for her job, so she only eats fruit, nuts and salad. For an hour in the mornings the jockeys check 6)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] weight, talk to the trainers and prepare for races. Horse racing can be 7)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] because the horses can run at 70 kph. On a race day the first race starts at one o’clock and she 8)            [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] rides six or eight races in one day.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

1 The survey is from a newspaper.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

2  8% of teenagers are not interested in reading.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

3   70% of the teenagers like school very much.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

4    66% of them think reading is cool.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

5  Newspapers are their favourite thing to read.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

6   Books and magazines are popular with teenagers.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

7  All of them play sport.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

8   All the schools have a library.

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

9  A lot of towns have a library. 

2. Read the article. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

Survey of teenage reading

         A magazine survey to find out what teenagers like reading, shows that 60% of them like reading a lot, but 8% don’t like reading. 65% of the teenagers have good grades at school and 70% say they read for fun, but 10% don’t read for fun. Some teenagers (18%) don’t think it’s cool to read, but 50% think it’s cool. 66% like reading books and magazines – they think it’s cool – but not many (15%) like reading newspapers. They all like books about teenagers, sport and adventure. 50% of the students often use their school library, but 40% never go to the library. 77% of the teenagers say that there is a library in their town, but 13% don’t know and 6% say there isn’t a library in their town.

10   Many teenagers use the library in their town.

3. Read the text and choose the correct words.

SEASONS

         Are there 1)       [a, any, some]  countries or places with only one season? Probably, not. You may think there is one season in Antarctica and it’s 2)         [winter, spring, autumn] , but in fact there’s summer too. In summer the coldest temperatures 3)      [am, is, are] around – 30℃  and  in 4)         [spring, summer, winter] they are around -60℃! Some people say that countries like Haiti have only one season, but countries near 5)      [a, the, any] equator are tropical and they have 6)        [one, two, three]  seasons, a wet season and a dry season. 7)     [In, At, On]  Ukraine we have four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. The temperature in winter can go 8)       [up, down, in] to -30℃. Summers are usually hot and dry but there are years with heavy 9)       [rain, snow, sun]  in summer months. When spring  10)         [goes, comes, come] to Ukraine, it gets warm, especially in May and people start working in their gardens. Autumn brings change. It’s often warm and sunny during the daytime, but nights are 11)          [usually, rarely, never] cold.