II. READING
Exercise 1: Read the following text. Decide if the statements from 1 to 5 are True (T) or False (F).
LIFE IN AN ISLAND
Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is very different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring. But the island people tell a different story.
Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports. Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together. They tell stories of where they live and what they do.
The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic. Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island.
1. City people and island people have the same opinion about island life. ____
2. People on the islands mainly do one job. ____
3. Tourists can stay with local families in summer. ____
4. Children on the islands speak two languages at school. ____
5. Gaelic is the local language. ____
Exercise 2: Read the following text and answer the following questions:
LIFE IN BRITAIN TODAY
Food
British people like good food and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular – 30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sport
British don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, 9% go cycling and 8% play golf. Football is the most popular sport in Britain, 10% of the population play it and 46%watch it.
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about 28 hours every week – two hours more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday and have 56 million holidays a year. The most popular destinations in the UK are Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and the South Coast. British people also like to go abroad on holiday; 27% go to Spain, 10% go to the USA and 9% go to France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t always very good!
1. Which food is popular in Britain?
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2. Do British people do a lot of sports?
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3. How many hours every week do men watch TV at home?
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4. What are the most popular destinations in the UK?
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Daily Life
Most office workers go to work at about nine o’clock in the morning and finish at about five or six in the evening. People don’t go home for lunch. People usually eat a big meal in the evening – they just have a snack at lunchtime.
School Life
Children start school at about nine o’clock and finish at about half past three. Most children have lunch at school. Children start school when they are four or five years old and leave when they are sixteen or eighteen.
Shops and Restaurants
Shops open at about nine o’clock in the morning and close at about six in the evening. Normally, they don’t close for lunch. Most shops open on a Sunday, too. Many supermarkets stay open twenty-four hours, but most pubs and restaurants close at about eleven o’clock in the evening.