English Level Test

The test is ________ February.

I don't have _______ free time.

       A Big Day for America!

America recognized the 400th anniversary in May, 2007! Colonists arrived at 1) _____ became Jamestown, Virginia, the 1st permanent English settlement America, 2 _____ May 13, 1607.

The English hoped they 3) _____ discover gold, silver and a trade route to Asia. But their arrival meant trouble for the local Indians. The settlers moved onto the Indians' land and while 4) ____ two groups sometimes got along, they fought when food became scarce. The settlers never found riches or a shortcut to Asia, but they did 5) ____ the first representative government in the British colonies.

I eat ______ twice a week.

Sorry, but when you called I _____ a shower.

Match the adjectives in the box with their meanings.

Choose the phrases expressing doubts.

The government health department regularly runs health awareness publicity campaigns aimed ______ members of the general public.

WHY DO TEENS TAKE RISKS?

When teens drink or do other forbidden things, adults often say we aren’t thinking about the risks of unsafe behaviour. But a recent study shows that teens think things through far more than people realize. I wanted to know more, so I decided to interview Dr. Valerie Reyna, a Cornell University professor.

David Schmutzer

Interviewer: 1_________________

Dr. Valerie Reyna: The conventional wisdom has been that kids do these activities because they think they’re invulnerable and they’re going to live forever. The research has shown that’s not the case. In fact, teens think that they’re more vulnerable than adults think they are.

Teens actually take longer than adults to think about the risks and benefits of doing something dangerous. They even overestimate their risk. But then they decide the benefits — like peer acceptance — outweigh the risks. That’s why they engage in the risky behaviour.

Interviewer: 2_________________

Reyna: We used to think that you got to be an adult and you began to calculate risks more. But now the evidence suggests that you calculate less as you get older, and that’s why you don’t take risks.

The theory is that adults don’t need to go into the precise details and weigh them to make a decision. Instead, they base their decisions on their bottom-line “gist” of the situation.

Interviewer: 3______________

Reyna: There are certain situations that adults look at and they say, “Wow, we know how this situation is going to turn out before we hear the rest of the story.” For young people without experience, what happens can be a surprise.

For example, let’s say it’s prom night and some kids are renting a hotel room, there’s a lot of drinking going on, and there’s no adult supervision. Most adults won’t be surprised that there might be some behaviour problems in that situation: an adult immediately gets the gist. The bottom-line decision is that you don’t get into that situation. If you’re not in that situation, nothing bad will happen to you.

They _____ to arrive next Friday.