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Steps Plus VIII - Extensive Reading Worksheets
Steps Plus VIII - Extensive Reading Worksheets
Unit 1
1 Przeczytaj wpis na blogu Jake’a. Dopasuj nagłówki (1–5) do odpowiednich akapitów (A–E).
1 A family member’s experience 4 What I like about my school
2 My preference 5 A teenager’s perspective
3 An embarrassing experience
A I’m sixteen and I’ve been at a single-sex school for five years. People to university. Every year there are a few students who get into Oxford or
sometimes ask me what it’s like to go to a school where there aren’t any Cambridge! We have lots of after-school sports and other activities. I’ve been
girls. I haven’t thought about it much until recently. But now I can see it is in the basketball team since September and we often play matches against
seriously affecting my life! I’m at an age when I want to meet girls, but I teams from other schools. But, of course, there are no girls!
haven’t had many opportunities. It’s difficult to get to know someone when D So, would I prefer to go to a mixed school? It depends. I’d certainly
you can only meet at weekends or in the holidays. I’m sure it is easier to get rather go to my school than to a terrible mixed school – you know, the type
to know girls in a mixed school where boys and girls are together all day. of school with serious discipline problems and where the exam results are
B When I meet a girl for the first time, I can’t talk to her because I feel so bad. That must be awful! But if the mixed school had a good academic
nervous. Last summer, I stayed with my cousins and I met a friend of theirs reputation, I’d definitely prefer to be there.
called Amelia. She was such a friendly person and chatted with everyone, E I’ve talked to my sister about how I can meet girls. She says that
even me! I had a crush on her, but I was so shy that I didn’t know what to I shouldn’t worry because I’ll be able to meet lots of girls when I go to
say when she spoke to me. I was ashamed of myself. university. She might be right ... But my older brother went to a single-sex
C Now, you shouldn’t think I don’t like my school. I’ve got some great school and to university, and he hasn’t got many female friends. I get the
friends there and the education is excellent. Pupils at my school have impression that, for him, most women are like ‘aliens’. I don’t want to be like
to work hard, but they get very good exam results and a lot of them go him when I’m his age!
by Jed Haller
Everyone who follows my blog knows that I spend a lot of
time online. I use the internet for different things such as
gaming, streaming videos, and social media. Today’s post
is about how I use social media. Over the past week, I’ve
noted down how much time I spend on it and what I do
exactly. Here is what I’ve found out.
In general, I use my laptop to write my blog, and my
smartphone or tablet to log onto my social media account.
That’s because it’s something I do on the move – on the bus photos, but I always ask for permission before I put
or on the way somewhere like school. I log on between a photo of a friend up there.
six to eight times, and I spend a total of about forty-five What do I like about social media? I use social media
minutes each day. Of course, I spend more time than that quite a lot because I express myself better in writing
online – about two or three hours in all. than in speech. It’s also convenient for keeping in
So, what do I do on social media? Well pretty much the same touch with people who live far away like my cousin
as anyone else. I follow several celebrities (musicians and in New Zealand. However, I’ve realized that I waste
footballers) and two environmental organizations whose quite a lot of time on social media, for example,
accounts I check most days. I sometimes post comments when I message someone who is in the same room
or tag a few friends if I read something interesting. I write as me! That’s why I’ve decided to try and cut back
some personal stuff on my site, but I’m careful. I also post to a maximum of half an hour a day. Wish me luck!
Unit 3
1 Przeczytaj wpisy na szkolnym forum internetowym. W czyjej szkole obowiązują najmniej
restrykcyjne zasady?
FREE AT LAST!
On 11th February 1990, a 72-year-old man walked on trial for sabotage,
free from prison in South Africa. Thousands of South because he tried to
Africans cheered, and millions of people around destroy apartheid. He
the world watched on live TV. The man was Nelson was found guilty and
Mandela. He had been in prison for twenty-seven years. sent to prison. He
Mandela’s story began in 1948, when he was thirty gained support from
years old and working for a law firm in Johannesburg. other countries who
The National Party came to power in 1948 and began asked the government
to introduce apartheid, a system of racial segregation. to release him and end
Under new laws, whites and non-whites were separated this barbaric system.
in schools, hospitals, workplaces, residential areas, In 1989, F.W. de Klerk
even in parks. Non-whites couldn’t vote and marrying became the new
someone from a different race was illegal. Mandela President of South Africa. He released Mandela, who
refused to keep quiet about apartheid and became then became the leader of the ANC and peacefully
a member of the African National Congress (ANC), a negotiated with the government. De Klerk and Mandela
political party that campaigned against it. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for their work
At first the ANC was non-violent. But in 1960, during a together.
peaceful protest, sixty-nine black protesters were killed Finally, in 1994, South Africa held its first multiracial
by the South African police. The government then made elections, and on 10th May Mandela became the
the ANC illegal, which led to violent acts of protest that country’s first black president. He promised that his
resulted in some deaths. The government said that ANC country would never again experience oppression of one
supporters were terrorists and in 1962 Mandela was put race by another. Apartheid was officially over.
5 two poisonous ingredients in Elizabethan skin 5 What caused the scars on people’s skins in
creams: and the 1700s?
6 a way to hide bad skin in the 18th century:
6 Why did mice nest in some women’s hair?
7 two products that women used on their hair in
the 18th century: and
3 Odpowiedz na pytania.
1 What did rich Roman women do Think about the text
every morning?
Jakie kanony piękna obowiązują w dzisiejszym
świecie? Napisz o tym krótki tekst zatytułowany
21st-century Europe.
Island Survival
It’s a situation that people often wonder about: What would I do
if I found myself on a desert island? How would I survive? Last
month, Samuel Moore had the chance to find out! He was chosen
by the television show Island Survivor to live on a desert island for
one week – on his own! Here, he talks to Carla Steadman about
his experience:
Carla So Sam, you were chosen out of 1,000 applicants fire. Obviously, I didn’t need things like saucepans
for this TV role. Why do you think you got the job? or plates – but there was one thing that I really
Sam
Well, I suppose they thought that I was sensible missed.
and hard-working – I wasn’t there just because I Carla What was that?
wanted to be on TV. Some of the other applicants Sam
My toothbrush! I wasn’t very hygienic by the end of
were more outgoing than me, but they were really the week!
arrogant! Also, I’ve got some practical skills: I
Carla And how did it affect you psychologically?
can use tools and I’m good at making things. I
enjoy hiking and camping, so I spend a lot of time Sam
Well, I was hungry and uncomfortable most of
outdoors without luxuries! the time, but that didn’t affect me as much as the
fact that I was completely alone. I didn’t enjoy
Carla
What were you allowed to take with you to the
the isolation – it really got to me. I was extremely
island?
relieved when they picked me up on the last day.
Sam
Some water and a knife! That’s it! Oh, and a video But it was a beautiful place. I wish I could take my
camera, of course – there was no film crew or TV family there one day.
producer with me!
Carla
Would you go back there if they asked you to film
Carla And what was the biggest difficulty for you? another programme?
Sam
It was making and lighting a fire. It took two days, Sam
Yes, I would – if I could take a toothbrush and a
but I must be really stubborn because I didn’t give kettle!
up! I caught a few fish and cooked them on the