Read the text about the results of a survey1 of leisure activities among people aged sixteen and thirty. Write down which leisure activities are
mentioned in the text.
Many people think that young people nowadays don’t get enough exercise. But
the survey shows that isn’t true: only 11% say they like playing video games while
28% go for a run or go to the gym at least once a month.
It seems that people still like going to the cinema when they want to watch a
film. 46% say they go to the cinema twice a month, but only 40% watch films online.
There are two activities which everybody – or almost everybody – say they do.
Everyone who took part in the survey says they read a newspaper or magazine and
93% say they go for a walk – but they don’t say if it’s a long walk!
Going to a restaurant was one of the most popular leisure activities, according
to the results of the survey. 64% of people say they regularly eat out.
It seems that many more people like listening to music than playing it. 71% say
they regularly listen to the radio, but only 8% say they can play a musical instrument.
2 The original name of the town was Londinium.By the year 400 AD,there were fifty thousand people in Londinium.
3 Soon after 400 AD,the Romans left Britain.
4 In 1066 William the Conqueror came to England from Normandy, he became the king of England.William was afraid of the English and he built the White Tower to live in it.
5 1666 was a year of the Great Fire of London. On the second of September,It started in the house of the king's baker near London Bridge.Many houses in London were burnt. The fire burnt for four days. More than twenty-five thousand people didn't have home.
6 The Great Fire of London was caused by unblown down candle in bakery.
7 The official name of Great Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
8 They mean England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland.
9 Great Britain consists of England,Wales and Scotland.
10 The narrowest part of the English Channel is called the Strait of Dover.
11 No,they aren't.They are the British.
12 The "Union Jack" or "Union Flag" is made up of three different national symbols. The cross represented in each flag is named after the patron saint of each country: St. George, patron saint of England, St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland and St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.
13 A commonwealth is any political entity that was founded on law and united by a compact for the good of the people.It is an international association such the Commonwealth(The Commonwealth of Nations)is a group of 53 states, all of which (except for two) were formerly part of the British Empire.
14 It belongs to the Parliament and Prime Minister.
15 The government brings bills (suggested new laws) to the House of Commons, where they are discussed and voted, and if they are passed they are signed by the Queen and become Acts of Parliament, which means that they become part of British law.