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Read the following article and do the test

A survey of English schoolchildren shows boys and girls are worrying about the way they look. The study found that over half of male schoolchildren lacked confidence because of their body shape. The figure for girls was slightly higher, at 59 per cent. Researchers questioned 693 teachers about how their students felt about their bodies. All the children had taken lessons on body image and self-esteem. Teachers said many children were very upset if others said bad things about their appearance. Around 55 per cent of teachers reported that girls were “ultra-sensitive” to comments about their looks; the figure for boys being easily hurt by taunts or teasing was 27 per cent. Teachers gave a number of reasons why children as young as four years old are stressing out about their shape. Over 90 per cent of teachers blame the Internet and television. Children see images of “perfect” bodies every day and they feel they have to look that way too. Almost 30 per cent of teachers said their female students used sunbeds or sprays to look suntanned. Many children are on diets to make themselves attractive to the opposite sex. One elementary school teacher said: “I work with four to five-year-olds and some say things like, ‘I can’t eat cheese, it will make me fat'”. A teachers’ spokeswoman warned that children trying to look like “airbrushed celebrities in the media only leads to misery”.

PART I

Read the headline. Guess statements below are true (T) or false (F).

1. The article says American school kids worry about their body shape.

a.     True

b.     False

2. Just over 50 per cent of boys worry because of their bodies.

a.     True

b.     False

3. The study interviewed 693 boys and girls about their bodies.

a.     True

b.     False

4. Over half of teachers said girls were hurt by comments on their body

a.     True

b.     False

5. Teachers said kids start worrying about their body from the age of 4.

a.     True

b.     False

6. Teachers said around 30% of girls use products to get a suntan.

a.     True

b.     False

 7. Kids diet to look better in front of other kids.

a.     True

b.     False

 8. A head teacher said airbrushed photos of celebrities are good for kids.

a.     True

b.     False

PART II

Select the best answer.

9. I usually …  green tea.

drank

a.     drinks

b.     drink

c.      am drinking

10 . This week I … coffee with milk.

a.     is drinking

b.     am drinking

c.      drink

d.     drunk

 11.*beep beep* — hi Jake! I’m afraid I’ll be late again, I’m so sorry!
      Oh no! You … always late!

a.     is

b.     are

c.      are being

d.     being

12. I … wake up on time! I need to do something about it.

a.     sometimes

b.     always

c.      never

d.     usually

14. Have you ever ………. to New York?

a.     went

b.     been

c.      flew

d.     go

15. I’ve just ………. my dream – a Lamborghini!

a.     looked

b.     bought

c.      had to

d.     must

16 . No I’ve never ………. there.

a.     existed

b.     was

c.      went

d.     been

17. In fact I’ve just ………. back from there.

a.     been

b.     come

c.      gone

d.     came

18 . Neil and I’ve ………. at least six weeks there in the last year.

a.     spend

b.     spent

c.      passed

d.     past

19. Have you ………. to the top of the Empire State Building? 

a.     flown

b.     sat up

c.      gone up

d.     grown up

 20 . No, I ………. yet.

a.     won't

b.     don't

c.      not

d.     haven't

21. I haven’t ………. the ferry to Ellis Island either.

a.     driven

b.     jumped over

c.      swam

d.     taken

22. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. Looks b
2. making fun of c
3. unhappiness j
4. self-respect a
5. easily upset g
6. representative h
7. point the finger at i
8. figure d
9. a little f
10. good-looking e

a.     self-esteem

b.     appearance

c.      blame

d.     shape

e.      attractive

f.       slightly

g.     sensitive

h.     spokeswoman

i.       teasing

j.       misery

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PART III

Put the verb into the correct form.

23. to read

Andy sometimes­­­­__reads________ comics.

24. to watch

We never __watch_____TV in the morning.

25. to sing

Listen! Neil __is singing______in the bathroom

26. to help

My sister usually__helps______ in the kitchen.

27. to make

My mother __is making________breakfast now

28. to clean

They often___clean______ the bathroom.

29. to go

Every day his grandfather____goes_______ for a walk.

30. to chat

I __am chatting_________with my friend at the moment.

31. to eat

Cats_____eat_____  mice.

Part IV

32. Я уже приготовил все овощи для супа.

33. Джон переехал в Японию.

34. Я готовлю суп целый час.

35. Джейн работает с десяти часов.

36. Я опоздала на поезд.

37. Энди встречается с Таней один год.

38. Они изучают социологию с 2009 года

39. Моя сестра разводит собак последние пять лет.

40. Студентов отправляли сюда набираться опыта в течение многих лет.

41. Ты поужинал?

42. Мария купила новое платье.

43. Ее родители были во Франции три раза.

44. Я хотела посмотреть этот фильм много месяцев.

45. Она никогда не была за границей.

46. Ты сегодня была в школе?

32. I have already cooked/prepared all the vegetables for the soup.

33. John has moved to Japan.

34. I have been making soup for an hour now.

35. Jane has been working since ten o'clock.

36. I have missed the train.

37. Andy has been going out with Tanya for a year.

38. They have been studying sociology since two thousand and nine.

39. My sister has been breeding dogs for the last five years.

40. Students have been sent here for work experience for years.

41. Have you had dinner?

42. Maria has bought a new dress.

43. Her parents have visited France three times.

44. I have wanted to watch that film for months.

46. She has never been abroad.

46. Have you been at school today?