1.

Reading

Exercise 1. You are going to read an article about a service for teenagers. Seven sentences
have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each
gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

A. And often it's better to talk to a complete stranger about things, rather than someone you
know really well.

B. I think our chat made her feel a lot better.

C. Everyone occasionally has difficulties with thair relatives, their colleagues, their neighbours,
their boss!

D. That alone can often be a help in itself.

E. However, it doesn't work for everyone.

F. A thirteen-year-old girl is being teases by her older brother.

G. All we can really do is suggest they go and see their doctor.

H. You can also chat directly with one of our consellors online through our website.

Relationships

"Being a teenager has never been easy, and, from all our research, it seems to be getting more
difficult every year". So says Janet Faulkner, Director of Child Power UK. Helping Hand, a new
service for thirteen rto nineteen year olds, is her brainchild. " I realised that there was lots of
help at hand for young people in extreme difficulty. They can ring Childline, for example, if they
are suffering from bullying or have run away from home, things like that, but nothing for the
more everyday problems they face. And so I created Helping Hand to fill the gap."

The concept is simple. 1___ A teenage boy feels embarrassed every time he goes shopping with
his mum. Someone is jealous of their best friend because they've got a cool new mobile phone.
Who do they turn to? Helping Hand.

"They're little things, yes" says Janet, "but they often don't feel little to the person in that
situation. All Problems need to be sorted out and talked about. 2___ We provide a 24-hour free
service to do two main things - listen sympathetically, and offer advice where appropriate".

Since its introduction two months ago, Helping Hand has already dealt with over 1000 cases. "If
you're a teenager, you can contact us in three main ways," says Janet. "There's a free number
you can call (0909 9090909) or you can send us an email and we'll get back to you with half an
hour. 3___ Many people like that option because it's direct but at the same time they feel
comfortable. We're also planning to introduce a service soon that allows teenagers with similar
problems to talk to each other online."

There are five full-time Helping Hand coundellors at present, all trained in child psychology and
counselling. One of the team, Jenny, described her work. "It's a great feeling being able to make
difference to someone's life," says Jenny. "This morning, for example, I helped one teenager
who was really upset because none of her friends at school had remembered her birthday. 4___
And there was a fifteen-year-old boy who had seen the film Billy Elliot and wanted to start doing
ballet, but was afraid of what his father would say. He's going to make his dad watch the film
before he talks to him about it".

Helping Hand doesn't claim to be able to solve every problem. "We cannot work miracles," says
Andrew Carter, another counsellor, "and we cannot make all problems disappear just like that
but Helping Hand gives kids the chance to express their frustrations and anxieties. 5___ I had a
teenager the other day who has just split up with his girlfriend. He didn't want to talk to anyone
in his family about it, and his friends just joked about it when he brought the subject up. He
really only needed somebody to listen to him. And that's what we're there for."

"Sometimes", says Jenny, "there are issues we just can't deal with at all. We're not health
professionals, so there's no way we can discuss medical problems. 6___ And last week someone
sent me an email asking if I knew where they could buy a cheap second-hand digital camera.
We don't really have answers to questions like that!"

"Helping Hand has been such a success, though," says Janet, "that a number of other charities
are looking into ways of running similar services for older people. It's not just teenagers that
have problems. 7___ And it really does help to talk. Who knows! Maybe we'll all be using a
service like this in the future!"

Exercise 2. Find the words or phrases in the text or removed sentences which have a similar
meaning to these words and phrases.

1. good idea (paragraph 1)

2. idea (paragraph 2)

3. solved (paragraph 3)

4. have a conversation (paragraph 4)

5. do impossible things (paragraph 6)

6. worries (noun) (paragraph 6)

7. introduced (paragraph 6)

8. Problems and situations (paragraph 7)

2. Vocabulary

Exercise 1. Match the words with their definitions

outrage, interference, to fine, to hesitate, persistence, capability, essential, outbreak,

approval, objective, to treat, consequently, dramatically, perceive, to capture, brutal,
adolescene, to force, to impose, sorrow

1.______________ something that you plan to do or achieve; based on real facts and not
influenced by personal beliefs or feelings; not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings; fair or
real;

2.______________ the feeling of havig a positive opinion of someone or something

3.______________ the fact that someone or something persists; the quality of peing persistent,
or the act of persisting

4.______________ an occasion when someone tries to interfere in a situation; the act of getting
involved in and trying to influence a situation that should not really involve you, in a way that
annoys other people.

5.______________ to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain
or nervous about it.

6.______________ a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something

else dangerous or unpleasant

7.______________ a feeling of anger and shock; a shocking, morally unacceptable, and usually
violent action

8.______________ to behave towards someone or deal with something in a patricular way; to

give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc

9.______________ an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a
rule or law

10._____________ suddenly or obviously; in a very sudden or noticeable way

11._____________ necessary or needed; a basic thing that you cannot live without

12._____________ the period of time in a person's life when they are developing into an adult
13._____________ to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something.

14._____________ as a result; therefore

15._____________to officially force arule, tax, punishment etc. to be obeyed or received

16._____________ cruel, violent, and completely without feelings

17._____________ the ability to do something; the ability or power to do something

18._____________ to make something happen or make someone do something difficult,

unpleasant, or unusual, especially by threatening or not offering the possibility of choice

19._____________ to make someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession,

espeacially by force

20._____________ ( a cause of) a feeling of great sadness

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences below with this words

force, captured, adolescence, outbreak, sorrow, objectives, persistence, capability,

outrage, treat, interference, fine, approval, consequently, essential, hesitated, perceives,
imposed, dramatically, brutal

1. I spent most of my money in a first week and ___________ had very little to eat by the end of
the holiday.

2. The government's __________ in the strike has been widely criticized.

3. We need to identify the best way to attaining our ______________ .

4. Her ____________ and enthusiasm have helpe the group to achieve its international success.

5. These tests are beyond the __________ of an average twelve-year-old.

6. The festival ended a day early after an ___________ of violence involving hundreds of youths.

7. She wrote a thriller about a ____________ serial killer.

8. No one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest terrorist _____________.

9. Tom is someone who always needs the __________ of other people.

10. As a special ___________ , I'll take you to my favourite restaurant.

11. She _____________ slightly before answering the detective's questions.

12. Two of the soldiers were killed and the rest were _____________ .

13. If found guilty, he faces six months in jail and a heavy ____________ .

14. He expressed his __________ at the news of her death.

15. Your life changes _____________ when you have a baby to take care of.

16. Computer literacy is becoming as ____________ as the ability to drive a car.

17. Kevin spent his childhood and __________ in Europe.

18. He _____________ himself to be a failure, though nothing could be further from the truth.

19. The council has _____________ a ban on alcohol in the city parks.

20. You never tell me how you are feeling - I have to ________ it out of you.

Exercise 3. Read the text and fill the gaps (1-10) woth one of the following: article,
preposition, conjunction or relative pronoun

Text 1

It is sometimes said that animals use language. Certainly some animal species have developed
amazingly sophisticated ways of communicating 1)___________ one another. But there are
huge differences between the animals communicate 2)________ the ways human beings do.
When animals make a sound, such as 3)_________ bark or a call, it is in reaction to what is
happening around them. An alarm call means they are frightened. A hunger call means they
want food. Animals, 4)____________ , cannot make a call meaning "I was scared yesterday" or
"I'll be hungry tomorrow". Only human beings are capable 5)______________ doing this.

Zoologists have had some success 6)__________ teaching human language to animals. In some
famous experiments, chimpanzees have been taught to use their hands to give information
7)__________ a range of things. Some animals have even managed 8)___________ put signs
together 9)___________ order to make simple sentences. 10)__________, getting the to do this
takes a huge amount of training.

Text 2

Making a fortune from an invention is 1)_________ from easy. It is all 2)__________ predicting
the technology of the future, 3)___________ has always been notoriously difficult.
4)__________ 19th century scientists ruling out the possibility of "heavier-than-air flying
machines", to information technology specialists convinced that home computing "would never
chatch on", there is a long history 5)_____________ people who should know better getting it
completely wrong.

6)____________ and large, it is unwise to say that something will never happen, particularly in
the fields 7)___________ science and technology. How. 8)________ view of that, can present-
day investors get it right? The most successful innovations in the coming years are predicted to
be those for the home, above all technology that 9)______________ makes people's everyday
lives easier and conserves scarce energy resources. Anyone who manages to think up a device
which can do that 10)_________ well become very rich indeed.

Exercise 4. Use the words in brackets to form a new word that fits into each blank.

The Hummingbird Bakery

Do you like sweet things? Love sugar? Dream about chocolate? If you do then "The
Hummingbird Bakery" in London is the place for you. These shops are full of the most delicious
and 1)(colour)__________ cupcakes you can imagine. These 2)(taste)________ treats are so
popular that there are now three branches of the bakery in London with a fourth planned for
next year. The first bakery opened in 2014 after a group of Americans couldn't find 3)
(tradition)__________ American style supcakes anywhere in London. The decided to make their
own and sell them. It certainly proved to be great 4)(decide)_________ ! Those who visit the
bakery will definitely be spoilt for 5)(choose)_________. But the favourite with the 6)
(custom)_______ is the " Red Velvet Cupcake". This ia a delicious 7)(mix)________ of bright red
vanilla cake with cream cheese and chocolate on top. The newest shop to open in London is in
8)(trend)_______ Soho. It is decorated with 9)(bright)_________ -coloured cupcake art and a
large TV screen showing the bakery's 50 different 10)(vary)___________ of cakes. So if you're in
Londonand you didn't have a desert at lunchtime, why not drop by and try delicious delights the
Hummingbird Bakery has to offer.

The Worls's Best Restaurant

Year after year, El Bulli in Spain has won the award for the world's best restaurant. It opens for
six months a year, only for dinner, and only for fifty 1)(custom)__________ a night. The amazing
thing is that 2)(approximate)________ eight hundred thousand people call or email for a table
every season!

What makes EL Bulli so 3)(trend)_________ ? Its chef, Ferran Adria, does amazing things with
food. during the winter months, he spends his time in a laboratory instead of a kitchen and it's
there that creates 4)(taste)_________ new dishes. He experiments with ingredients to see what
happens when they are grilled, baked or 5)(fry)______ and he is famous for transforming 6)
(tradition)____________ recipes. Food critics say that his food and flavours are very well- 7)
(balance)_________ and imeginative. He really is the king of 8)(expense)__________
restaurants!

But if you're 9)(hunger)_____________ for incredible food check your wallet first. A meal at El
Bulli costs around two hundred and fifty Euros per person. For that you get thity small courses
made uo of a 10)(various)_________ of meat, fish, seafood and vegetable dishes, as well as
deserts. It's sure to be unforgettable!