SEMESTER READING.

1. Complete the text with the words.

A Jockey’s Life

Cara Henderson is a jockey (жокей) 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 (конюшні) and 3)           [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] her equipment (обладнання). Then she exercises (тренує) 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 (година) in the mornings the jockeys check 6)           [checks, dangerous, doesn't, goes, is, never, slim, sometimes, their] weight, talk to the trainers and prepare (готуватися) 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.

Survey (огляд) 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 40% of teenagers go to the library.