Reading
Task 1. Read the text below and complete the task.
Summer Holidays
I always enjoy summer. Do you? In summer, I like to relax and forget about school. I don't
have to get up early and I can see my friends any time I want.
I like to spend my holidays with my parents. We usually go somewhere with our parents. We
love to swim, lie in the sun, but most of all I prefer going camping. We go to different places in
Britain and sometimes abroad. In Britain, I like going to Devon, Somerset and Scotland - but my
favourite place of all is Yorkshire. It has a lovely countryside and fantastic old buildings. The only
problem is the weather!
Last summer, I had two holidays. One was in Somerset, in a little village by the sea, and
another was in Naples, in Italy. I went with my mother to Italy - by train! It was unforgettable!
Sam, 12 Britain Mark the sentences True or False.
In Russia, people celebrate the occasion with a pie instead of a cake. In Israel, the child sits in a chair while grown-ups raise the chair and lower it a number of times depending on the child's age, plus one for good luck. In Scotland, a birthday child usually gets a note of pound and soft smacking. In Vietnam, they do not recognize their individual birthdays, but used to celebrate at the beginning of the New Year. In Argentina, on the occasion of fifteenth birthday, they have a huge party which involves the birthday girls to dance the waltz with their father and other boys.