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.
2. Just over 50 per cent of boys worry because of their bodies.
a. true
b.
3. The study interviewed 693 boys and girls about their bodies.
a.
b. False
4. Over half of teachers said girls were hurt by comments on their body
a. True
b.
5. Teachers said kids start worrying about their body from the age of 4.
a.
b. true
6. Teachers said around 30% of girls use products to get a suntan.
a. True
b.
7. Kids diet to look better in front of other kids.
a. True
b.
8. A head teacher said airbrushed photos of celebrities are good for kids.
a.
b. False
PART II
Select the best answer.
9. I usually drink… green tea.
drank
a. drinks
b. drink
c. am drinking
10 . This week I drunk… 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 are being always late!
Oh no! You are being always late!
a. is
b. are
c. are being
d. being
12. I never wake up on time! I need to do something about it.
a. sometimes
b. always
c. never
d. usually
14. Have you ever ……been…. to New York?
a. went
b. been
c. flew
d. go
15. I’ve just …bought……. my dream – a Lamborghini!
a. looked
b. bought
c. had to
d. must
16 . No I’ve never …been……. there.
a. existed
b. was
c. went
d. been
17. In fact I’ve just …came……. back from there.
a. been
b. come
c. gone
d. came
18 . Neil and I’ve …spent……. at least six weeks there in the last year.
a. spend
b. spent
c. passed
d. past
19. Have you …gone up……. to the top of the Empire State Building?
a. flown
b. sat up
c. gone up
d. grown up
20 . No, I …don t……. yet.
a. won't
b. don't
c. not
d. haven't
21. I haven’t ……swam…. 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.
- making fun of
- point the finger at
a. self-esteem self-respect
b. appearance looks
c. blame unhappiness
d. shape figure
e. attractive good-looking
f. slightly
g. sensitive easily upset
h. spokeswoman representative
i. teasing making fun of
j. misery point the finger at
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____help...____ 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 __m chatting_________with my friend at the moment.
31. to eat
Cats__eat________ mice.
Part IV
32. Я уже приготовил все овощи для супа. I have... prepeared all vegetables for ...soup
33. Джон переехал в Японию. John have moved to Japan
34. Я готовлю суп целый час. I have been cooking a soup for four hours
35. Джейн работает с десяти часов. Jane has been working since nine o'clock
36. Я опоздала на поезд. I have been late train
37. Энди встречается с Таней один год. Andy has been going out with Tanya for ... year.
38. Они изучают социологию с 2009 года They have been learning siciologia since 2009
39. Моя сестра разводит собак последние пять лет. My sister has been breeding dogs for ...five years.
40. Студентов отправляли сюда набираться опыта в течение многих лет.The studens have came there for taking an experience long time.
41. Ты поужинал? Have you had a dinner?
42. Мария купила новое платье. Mariya have bought a new dress
43. Ее родители были во Франции три раза. Her parents have been in France 3 times
44. Я хотела посмотреть этот фильм много месяцев. I have been wanting to watch this film for many Months
45. Она никогда не была за границей. She hasn't been abroad
46. Ты сегодня была в школе? Has you been today in the school?
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