Reading – test
№3
1. Read
Amanda’s article about her brother’s problem. Seven sentences are missing. Match sentences A - H with
the gaps (1 - 7). There
is one extra sentence that you do
not need to use.
A Who do you
usually get angry with?
B Last month or
last year?
C The force of it
made my head spin.
D I showed the
quote to Alex, who smiled.
E That explanation
made a lot of sense.
F So it all turned
out OK in the end.
G Later on he
apologized and tried to explain what had made him so mad.
H That is not easy.
Spot the
danger signs
You know when a
cartoon character gets really angry, and his face goes pink, then red, his hands clench into tight fists, he jumps up
and down and finally steam starts pouring out of
his head? That’s what my brother looked
like last week when I borrowed his CD without asking.
Of course, he didn’t really have steam coming out of his ears but you could feel the pressure in the room. Then he just yelled
at me for about a minute.
1)
… . “Ok. Calm down.
I’m sorry!” I shouted back. I was dead shocked. My brother Alex is
my twin, and
we’re really alike, usually quite laid-back and easy-doing.. Where did all this anger come from all of a sudden? I decided to let Alex cool down for a bit. 2)…. It wasn’t just
me taking the CD without asking.
His girlfriend had dumped him, but he hadn’t told anyone, so he was feeling down about that. His Science teacher had set
a really tough project which he didn’t
understand. He had a Maths test the next morning and he just wanted to try and chill out by listening to his favorite band for half
an hour, but I’d taken the CD. It was all too much
pressure and he’d just seen red. The whole
episode made me think: could I lose my temper like that? When was the last time I got really, really cross? 3)…. No, it was
probably when I was about three and Mum wouldn’t
buy me sweets in the supermarket! But what if I just suddenly “snapped” like Alex?
The
next time I was on the Internet doing some research for a History project, I came across this great quote:
Anybody can
become angry, that’s easy;
But to be angry
with the right person,
And to the right
degree,
And at the right
time,
And for the
right purpose,
And in the right
way,
That is not
within everybody’s power.
4)… .
Do you recognize
it? These words were written by Aristotle over 2,300 years ago. Anger is not new. It is very old. The thing is it
always feels new and immediate to the person who is
angry. 5) …. “Is there any
more advice out there? Have a look,” he suggested.
We
found a great site which explained about different kinds of anger. There’s a whole range when you think about it. The anger that
most of us feel most often is irritation. Lots
of little things irritate us every day and make us feel fed up, but they soon pass. If these irritating things happen a bit
more often, we start to get cross and annoyed. Then,
when something really big or unexpected hits you, you might get really mad. Even that’s OK. The main problem comes
if all these irritating and annoying things
build up over time. Then one day you might suddenly fly into a rage, just over something quite small and unimportant. 6) …. The best advice
I found was to make a list as that can really help. On the list you should ask yourself questions. For example, What
makes you angry? 7) …. Of course, sometimes it can be really good for you to
get angry. If you don’t deal with the things that make
you angry, you end up keeping those feelings inside. This just results
in more stress and can even make you
feel ill. So, it’s OK to let your anger out. It can be quite a refreshing emotion. Alex and I both know
a lot more about it now, and about ourselves,
too.
2) Текст “Self-study tips” содержит семь абзацев 0-6.
Для абзацев 1-6,подберите
правильный заголовок A-L из списка заголовков, приведенного ниже. 5
заголовков - лишние. Абзац (0) приведен в качестве примера. Занесите ответы в
таблицу.
Пример: (0) – C
List of
headings
A Consult your teacher
B Take a break
C Make a timetable
D Create a working place
E Sit comfortably
F Study at home
G Talk about your work
H Photocopy important material
I Make catalogue
references
J Use the library
K Prioritise your work
L Exercise regularly
SELF-STUDY
TIPS
0
However
difficult you find it to arrange your time, it will pay off in the long run if
you set aside a certain part of the day for studying
- and stick to it. It is best to make a weekly allocation of your time, making sure that you have enough left for recreational
activities or simply to be 'with' yourself:
reading a novel or watching a television programme.
1
As part of your
weekly schedule, it is also advisable to consider exactly what you have to do in that
week, and make sure that you tackle the most significant tasks first, leaving the easier or less urgent areas of your work until later.
2
On a physical level,
make sure that you have an area or space for studying. Don't do it just anywhere.
If you always study in the same place, preferably a room of your own, you will find it easier to adjust mentally to the activity when you enter that area. You should have everything that you
might need at hand.
3
Make sure that all the physical equipment
that you use, such as a desk, chair etc. is at
a good height for you. If you use a personal
computer, there are plenty of guidelines available from the government on posture, angles, lighting and the like. Consult these and avoid the typical student aches and pains.
4
If you
are doing a long essay or research paper which involves the use of library books or other articles,
it helps to keep details of the titles and authors on small cards in a card box. It is also a good idea to log these alphabetically so that you can find them easily - rather like keeping telephone numbers. It's all too easy to read something
and then forget where it came from.
5
Make
use of equipment that is available to you. If you find a useful article in the library, it is best to make a copy of the relevant pages before you
leave. Then, when you get back to your study, you can mark the article and make
any comments that you have in the
margin.
6
If you are
working on a topic your teacher has set, but finding it hard to concentrate, it may be that you actually need to take your mind
right off it for a period of time. 'Airing the mind' can work wonders sometimes.
After a period away from the task, having
not thought about it at all, you may
return to it refreshed and full of ideas.
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