TEST READING COMPREHENSION Nearly 20 million British children have a collection – and it’s not just coins and stamps. 1. What is each article about? Match the title with the story (подберите каждому пункту A,B,C заголовок I,II,III) I. THE MORE - THE BETTER! II. COMIC CRAZY III. SWEET TOOTH . A. Do you love ‘The Beano’? So does 12-year-old Anna Clark. She started piling up (накапливать) her bedroom with ‘Beano’ books and comics two years ago. “They’re such fun to read. I love Dennis the Menace because he’s so naughty!” B. Gareth Miles from London started collecting packets of sweets from over the world four years ago. His favourites include a nose with green gum and bubble gum bubbles. “I got the idea after reading ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’,” he explains. “It’s fun, cheap and makes it easy for people to buy me presents when they go on holidays!” C. Justin Pressland has more than 10 collections, including old toy metal motorboats from Japan, James Bond toys and rare Action Men. But he started his first, when he was 8. “I was always fascinated by cars, so I collected car sales brochures from garages. I’ve kept them all and still pick up new ones whenever possible. 2. Match the survey questions to the information in the articles (number each question in the correct order) поставить во в том порядке, в котором идут ответы на них в тесте. Например
2. Some rules seem strange to foreigners, don't they?
3. Some people in Britain do not congratulate each other on national holidays, do they?
4. It is rude to stare at strangers, isn't it?
5. You aren't British, are you?
6. You were born in America, weren't you?
7. You don't speak Russian, do you?
8. You visited your mother-in-law last week, didn't you?
9. The holiday of Christmas is more important than Easter, isn't it?
10. You will go to Germany next summer, won't you?
11. The weather in Ural isn't very good, is it?
12. Nobody came, did they?
13. Lots of people consider the British football the best in the world, don't they?
The problem starts here. Cars burn gas, factories and power plants burn coal and emit toxic fumes. Thus, the air we breathe becomes polluted.
Also, the air is polluted by acid rain. When it rains, this pollution hits trees, houses, buildings, cars, clothes, everywhere!
Pollution of water and soil. When acid rain falls into lakes, streams, rivers and seas, they become toxic. Acid rain poisons trees and plants, causing damage to buildings and objects.
The good news is that governments are trying to reduce air pollution that causes acid rain. Some industries have long used new technologies to make factory smoke less harmful to the environment. But we need to do more!