2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. What is the most popular leisure activity with young people in Britain?
gardening
reading
watching television
Which leisure activity is on the second position?
meeting friends
doing sports
cycling
The average Briton watches ….. hours of television every week.
about 25
less than 25
about 52
What’s the young people’s attitude to visiting the cinema?
they don’t mind it
they love it a lot
they don’t love it at all
Which leisure activity is in the third position?
reading
listening to music
visiting cinema
Which leisure activity is considered to be traditional?
watching TV
sport
gardening
What kind of the game rugby is?
playing with a ball
swimming
running
The other word for the game “snooker” is..?
swimming
billiards
football
Why do young people find “Saturday jobs”?
to earn pocket money
for pleasure
for voluntary work
At what age young people try to find “Saturday jobs”?
at 13 and above
at 16 and above
at 15 and above
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 79
THE BIRD’S LESSON There is a big tree in a large forest. In the tree there is a bird’s nest. A bird lives there with her children.
One day an elephant comes to the tree and begins to rub his head against it. The old tree shakes. The little birds look out of their nest and cry: “Oh, mother! What is it? We are afraid! We may fall down!”
The mother bird says to the elephant, “Please go to another tree! My children are afraid! There are many trees in the forest!”
The elephant does not say anything. He only looks at the bird with his little eyes. The next day the elephant comes again. He comes to the same tree and begins to rub his head against it. The old tree shakes, and the little birds are very much afraid. The mother bird is angry. She cries to the elephant, “Don’t shake my tree! Stop it or I shall teach you a lesson!”
But the elephant only laughs, “What can you do to me? You are a little bird! And I’m big and strong!”
“You will see”, says the bird.
The next day the elephant comes again. He rubs his head against the tree harder than before. The bird then flies into the elephant’s big ear. The elephant shakes his head, but the bird doesn’t come out. The elephant is angry. He is very angry. He shakes his big ears, but the little bird doesn’t come out of his ear.
The elephant is very tired. He falls down and begins to cry, “Dear little bird, come out of my ear. I shall not shake your tree. Your children will not be afraid! I shall never even come to this forest.” Then the bird comes out of his ear and flies to her children. And the elephant never comes to that forest.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 79
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. The main characters of the story are the bird, the elephant and the nest.
The bird’s children live in a small forest.
The expression ‘to rub the head’ means to move
The word “shake” means “stand still”.
The elephant understood the mother from the first time.
The little bird’s children were scared.
The next day the wolf came to the tree with the bird’s nest.
The mother bird was very angry and yelled at the elephant
The little bird fought the big elephant.
The elephant stays forever with the bird and they become good friends.