سؤال ١ من ٥صفحة المصدر 1
Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Read the following text carefully then complete the tasks below.
The results of a new poll show that financial problems have taken over from the environment as the
main concerns for young people. The survey asked over 12,000 people aged between 14 and 18 what
they were most worried about. The clear ‘winner’ was ‘finding a job’, while the environment was only
the seventh greatest worry. This compares with similar polls in the last fifteen years, when
environmental worries came first.
One of the poll’s organisers commented that the results demonstrated a clear change in attitude. ‘It’s
not just that getting a job is the main worry,’ he said. ‘Also included in the top six worries were getting
into debt (6th) and passing exams (4th=). I’m convinced that there’s a connection. Because of changes
in the job market, there is more and more pressure on young people nowadays to pass exams and go on
to university in the hope of finding a good job. Rising university fees make it inevitable that many
students graduate from university with huge debts.’
Other concerns mentioned by large numbers of young people also tended to be personal rather than
social, including worries about relationships (2nd), health (3rd) and ‘fitting in with peers’ (4th=).
Annette Coleman, director of the Green Earth organisation, said yesterday that she was
‘disappointed, but not surprised’ at the fall in the number of young people concerned about the
environment. ‘It’s not that environmental concerns are less urgent than before – quite the opposite in
fact. It’s just that after decades of publicity on topics like climate change, so little has actually changed.
A lot of people get the feeling that there’s nothing we can do about it, and young people in particular
tend to be impatient. Of course, the other thing is that in times of economic difficulty, people are more
likely to focus on worries that are more immediate and have an impact on their daily lives.’
Read the following text carefully then complete the tasks below.
The results of a new poll show that financial problems have taken over from the environment as the
main concerns for young people. The survey asked over 12,000 people aged between 14 and 18 what
they were most worried about. The clear ‘winner’ was ‘finding a job’, while the environment was only
the seventh greatest worry. This compares with similar polls in the last fifteen years, when
environmental worries came first.
One of the poll’s organisers commented that the results demonstrated a clear change in attitude. ‘It’s
not just that getting a job is the main worry,’ he said. ‘Also included in the top six worries were getting
into debt (6th) and passing exams (4th=). I’m convinced that there’s a connection. Because of changes
in the job market, there is more and more pressure on young people nowadays to pass exams and go on
to university in the hope of finding a good job. Rising university fees make it inevitable that many
students graduate from university with huge debts.’
Other concerns mentioned by large numbers of young people also tended to be personal rather than
social, including worries about relationships (2nd), health (3rd) and ‘fitting in with peers’ (4th=).
Annette Coleman, director of the Green Earth organisation, said yesterday that she was
‘disappointed, but not surprised’ at the fall in the number of young people concerned about the
environment. ‘It’s not that environmental concerns are less urgent than before – quite the opposite in
fact. It’s just that after decades of publicity on topics like climate change, so little has actually changed.
A lot of people get the feeling that there’s nothing we can do about it, and young people in particular
tend to be impatient. Of course, the other thing is that in times of economic difficulty, people are more
likely to focus on worries that are more immediate and have an impact on their daily lives.’
Question Number One: (20 points)
- A Decide whether each of the following is True or False: (6 points)
- 1 The main concern of young people in the new poll was the environment.
- 2 More than 12,000 teenagers took part in the survey.
- 3 Passing exams and fitting in with peers were both ranked in fourth place.
- 4 Annette Coleman felt happy about the poll results.
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- B Choose the correct answer: (6 points)
- 1 What causes many students to graduate with debt?
- Cheap housing.
- Rising university fees.
- Part-time jobs.
- Lack of banks.
- 2 Which worry was placed second in the poll?
- Relationships.
- Health.
- Exams.
- Debt.
- 3 According to Annette Coleman, why do young people care less about the environment?
- They have solved climate change.
- Their health problems are more serious.
- They are impatient and little progress has been made.
- The media ignores climate issues.
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- C Complete the following sentences: (8 points)
- 1 The first greatest worry in the new poll was ______.
- 2 Young people feel pressure to pass exams because of changes in the ______.
- 3 In times of economic difficulty, people focus more on worries that are ______ and ______.
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