Reading. Form 7. Term II

Read and complete the text with the words from the box. There are three choices you don’t need.

«Now You See Me» was (1)            [characters, title, directed, comedy, actors, exciting, plot]by Louis Leterrier in 2013, and gathered $117.7 million in the US box offices. The main (2)            [characters, title, directed, comedy, actors, exciting, plot]are played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Melanie Laurent and Dave Franco. Besides them, one of my favourite Hollywood actors — Morgan Freeman — has also starred in «Now You See Me», so I felt content with the actors. The movie’s (3)            [characters, title, directed, comedy, actors, exciting, plot] develops around a group of four professional illusionists, led by so-called Atlas. They use their perfect skills to steal money and rob banks. This group of four is chased by FBI agents, who want to reveal the illegal activities of the four magicians. The atmosphere of the film is (4)            [characters, title, directed, comedy, actors, exciting, plot], especially in the beginning, when it shocks viewers with its novelty. But closer to the middle of the movie the tension weakens, and then simply fades away.

Read the text and match (a—d) to 1—4. What activities do the advertisements offer?

1) At Brighton Marina you can learn to yacht sail or drive a boat. We provide training and all specialized equipment.                                          [a)training and equipment for watersports, b) a visit to a museun, c) a bike tour of Brighton, d) an on-foot tour of Brighton]

2) 90-minute guided walking tour of Brighton’s fascinating old town! Visit famous landmarks, hear about Brighton’s history and culture and explore its hidden past.                                          [a)training and equipment for watersports, b) a visit to a museum, c) a bike tour of Brighton, d) an on-foot tour of Brighton]

3) This fascinating museum has exhibits that include hundreds of British birds, insects from butterflies to beetles, a whale skeleton and dinosaur bones.                                          [a)training and equipment for watersports, b) a visit to a museum, c) a bike tour of Brighton, d) an on-foot tour of Brighton]

4) Welcome to Brighton Cycling, the original bike tour company in Brighton. With us you can cycle round our beautiful city whilst learning about the history of the sights and the main characters that put Brighton on the map.                                          [a)training and equipment for watersports, b) a visit to a museum, c) a bike tour of Brighton, d) an on-foot tour of Brighton]

.. a) training and equipment for watersports? b) a visit to a museum? c) a bike tour of Brighton? d) an on-foot tour of Brighton? 

Read the text and choose the correct title for it.

The Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. In Greece, the sun lit a flame and this flame kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games. The flame first appeared in the modern Olympics at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The flame itself represents a number of things, including purity and the wish for perfection.

In 1936, the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Olympic Games, Carl Diem, suggested the idea of the modern Olympic Torch. At the ancient site of Olympia, women wore ancient-style robes and lit the Olympic flame with a curved mirror and the sun.

One runner passes the Olympic Torch to another runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city. They keep the flame alight until the end of the Games. The Olympic Torch represents a link between the ancient Olympic Games and the modern Olympics.

Read the text and put the sentences in the correct order.

The Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. In Greece, the sun lit a flame and this flame kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games. The flame first appeared in the modern Olympics at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The flame itself represents a number of things, including purity and the wish for perfection.

In 1936, the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Olympic Games, Carl Diem, suggested the idea of the modern Olympic Torch. At the ancient site of Olympia, women wore ancient-style robes and lit the Olympic flame with a curved mirror and the sun.

One runner passes the Olympic Torch to another runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city. They keep the flame alight until the end of the Games. The Olympic Torch represents a link between the ancient Olympic Games and the modern Olympics.

Read the text and decide if the statements are True or False.

The doctors recommend that children and young people get one hour of physical activity a day.

This activity can be not very intensive, but it should be regular.

At least twice a week you should include activities to improve bone health, muscle strength and flexibility. Activities that are weight-bearing (in other words, where you are on your feet, rather than in water or on a bike) help build strong bones.

The experts say that young people aged five to sixteen should spend at least two hours a week on physical exercises and school sport, both during the school day and after school.

But many doctors believe that even an hour’s activity a day isn’t enough. If you want to be fit and healthy, you need to do 90 minutes’ exercise a day.

1) From the text we know how much time of physical activity a day the doctors recommend for children and young people.       [True, False]

2) Everyday physical activity doesn't need to be regular.       [True, False]

3) Weight-bearing activity means the activity where you are on your feet, and not in water or on a bike.       [True, False]

4) Experts say that children should spend actively no less than two hours a day.       [True, False]

5) Doctors don’t agree with experts.       [True, False]