I.Read the texts, and mark the sentences T (true), or F (false).

Sarah: 'I love animals. I've got four pets - a cat, a dog, and two goldfish. Horses are my favourite animals. I go riding every weekend'.

Martin: 'I don't like doing sport very much, but I like watching football on TV. My favourite hobby is playing the guitar. My friends and I have got a band called Fusion. We practise together every Friday evening."

Vanessa: 'I love sport. I play volleyball at school and I sometimes go swimming
with my sister at the weekend. But my favourite sport is judo. I go to a judo club three times a week.'

Ben: 'I've got lots of hobbies. I love computer games and I like watching films on TV or at the cinema. I also like playing chess. I don't do much sport, but I often go rollerblading with my friends.'

1. Sarah has got a horse. ____

2. Sarah goes riding every weekend. ____

3. Martin likes playing football. ____

4. Martin plays guitar in a band. ____

5. Vanessa does three different sports. ___

6. Vanessa's favourite sport is judo. ____

7. Ben hates watching films. ____

8. Ben doesn't get any exercise. ____


II. Read the text, and do the tasks that follow.
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás was a (1)____Hungarian footballer.He was born in 1927 in Budapest. His father was a football (2)____ so Ferenc started playing at an early age.

At the age of 16 Puskás joined Honved football club and helped them to (3)____ five Hungarian league
titles. In 1945 he (4)___ for Hungary for the first time, and was a member of the (5 )____the Olympic Gold medal in 1952.

In 1956 he left Hungary, and in 1958 he (6)___Real Madrid. Although he was already in his thirties, he won the Spanish league five times and the European Cup three times before he (7)____in 1967, at the age of forty.

I(8)____him because he (9 )_____ in almost every match he played in -357 goals in 354 (10)___for Honved, 154 goals in 179 matches for Real Madrid and 83 goals in 84 matches for Hungary!

Task 1. Complete the text with the words below.


admire

coach

famous

joined

played

retired

scored

team

games

win

Task 2. Match the headings A-D with the paragraphs 1-4 .

A. Early successes _____
B. Why I admire him _____
C. Family and early years ____
D. Later years _____


III. Read the text, and answer the questions.
Teenage leisure in the UK

-Computer games and TV
In the UK today, fewer and fewer teenagers are playing games outside with their friends. 85% prefer playing computer games on their own. In fact, playing computer games is one of the most popular leisure activities in the UK. In 2003, British shoppers spent £1,152 million on computer games. In general, boys are more interested in computers than girls.
Teenagers also love watching TV. Watching TV is more popular with boys and girls in the UK than in most other European countries. In the UK, the TV is often on all day, and teenagers watch it before and after school. More than half of children have a television in their bedroom, and about a third also have a video recorder.
-Sport and exercise
A lot of people are worried that today's British teenagers don't get enough exercise. Today, less than half of teenagers play team sports, compared to more than 75% in the 1970s. More than 80% of teenagers in the UK now prefer watching sport on TV to actually playing it. More than half of teenagers agree that young people are getting 'fatter, lazier and more addicted to computer games.' They want to play sports, they say, but a lot of local parks and sport centres are closing. New gyms are opening, but they're too expensive for most teenagers. -Essential facts
Average time teenagers in the UK spend playing sport:
15-25 minutes per day for girls
40-55 minutes per day for boys
Average time teenagers in the UK spend watching TV:
2.5 hours a day

Task 1. Read the text quickly. What do the numbers refer to?
85% ____________________________
_____________________________
1,152 million
75% _____________________________
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Task 2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. In the UK, are boys or girls more interested in computer games?
__________________________________
2. Do teenagers in the UK watch more or less TV than teenagers in other European countries?
_____________________________________
3. How many children in the UK have a video recorder in their bedroom?
_____________________________________
4. How many teenagers in the UK today play team sports?
___________________________________
5. Why don't teenagers go to new gyms?
_____________________________________
6. How long do teenagers spend watching TV on average in the UK?
_____________________________