Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 46 стр.

                                  Text 2                                           C the number of children being brought up by one parent.
                                                                                   D four-fifths of children who still live with two children and are de-
 Directions:          Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.             pendent.
 (Questions 1 – 5)    Choose the one best answer to each question on
                      the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.      3. Truancy
                      Mark the answer on your answer sheet.                       A or staying away from school without permission is the problem
                                                                                      with about 11 % of children.
                           Britain’s Tomorrow                                     B is surprisingly typical for the British children.
       Today’s children are more virtuous than most assume. The picture           C has never been such an acute problem as it is now.
painted by the Central Statistical Office’s Social Focus on Children, shows       D concentrates on children.
that the decadent youths who terrorise their seniors are a tiny minority of
young people. The report also puts into perspective current anxieties about    4. The youths tend to be
the number of children being brought up by one parent. Four-fifths of de-         A more economical than their parents.
pendent children, the CSO finds, still live in a family with two parents.         B streetwise with their money having savings schemes.
They are, what is more, under more careful parental control than is often         C greedy.
assumed: and most of them – three quarters of 11-to 13-year-olds-actually         D investors – around three quarters use savings banks.
like school. Although truancy is a problem for a small minority of the
young, a surprisingly high 89 % were never absent from school.                 5. The word ‘virtuous’ means in the text:
       Seventy percent of children use a library at least once a fortnight,        A given or done with evil intent
with half using it once a week. So what will this generation be like as            B naughty, disobedient
adults? Much ‘greener’ than their parents: nearly nine in ten are interested       C having or showing goodness or excellence
in the environment. Possibly thriftier: around three-quarters already have         D courageous, brave, fearless
money in a savings scheme. Certainly computer-literate: 99 % of primary
school children have hands-on experience of computers.
                                                                                                                 Text 3
1. Which of the following is not true?
   – The Central Statistical Office reveals that                                Directions:          Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.
   A the majority of young people are not that bad at all.                      (Questions 1 – 5)    Choose the one best answer to each question on
   B only a few young people can be considered vicious.                                              the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
   C adults are terrorised by a comparatively few young people.                                      Mark the answer on your answer sheet.
   D decadence prevails among British youngsters.
                                                                                      A number of sporting events in Britain are national institutions.
2. The CSO shows fear and uncertainty about                                    Some are popular occasions, attended by thousands of spectators from all
   A a number of perspective children.                                         levels of society and watched on television by millions. Others are elegant
   B a tiny minority of decadent youths.                                       and exclusive outdoor parties for the rich and their friends, where sport is
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