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Reading 35 minutes
1 Read th e article in exercise
3 q u ic k ly, and d ecide
wh ich of the following
sentences b est describes
w hat it 's about.
1 Over weight ch ild ren
watch television more
ofte n.
2 Ch ildren watch less
television if they ha ve to
work for it.
3 Ch ildren like to com bin e
watching televis ion wit h
physical exercise.
2 Read se n ten ces 1-6 in
ex erc ise 3. Then underline
those parts of the a rticl e
th at ea ch se n ten ce re fers to.
Example:
1 The flew invention is II
television set com bined with
a bicycle.
In the text, yo u find :
'A television set that will
on ly work if ch ild ren
ped al an exe rcise bicycle
to provide th e electr icity
h as been invented by
research ers [...1at a New
York hospital.'
HOW TO STUDY
We often use 'skimming' (readi ng
qui ckly without t rying to
understand every detail) in
everyday life, for example w hen
we skim through a new spaper
art icle to check if it wo uld be of
any interest to us. We only focus
on key wo rds and phrases to get a
general idea of w hat t he text is
abou t. Practise t his as ofte n as
possible.
Smart answer key on page 186
READING EXAM ~ 20 minutes
3 Read the article about a new invention carefully and then
decide which of sentences 1-8 are true (T), which a re false
(F), according to the text.
pE1)1\L p~WE1\ T\'
TO UPROOT COUCH POTATO
A television set that w ill only w ork if children pedal an exercise
bicycle t o provid e t he elec t rici ty has been invented by
researcher s examining w eight problems at a New York hospital.
Experiments involving overwe ight children aged betw een
eight and twe lve showe d that tho se w ho had to pedal w hen they
wa nted to watc h their favourite programmes not only watc hed
far less television, but also recorded impressive loss of fat.
The 'co uch potato TV' was developed by researc hers at St
Luke's Roosevelt Hospital as a result of growi ng conce rn over
we ight problems among an increa sing number of Ameri can
children. David Allison, w ho headed th e research, said: 'I am not
naive enough to thin k we' re going to solve the wo rld's we ight
problems w it h TVs hooked to bicycles. But there are other things
we could do that are only limited by our imagination.'
Mr Alli son once proposed that people should be charged to
travel in lift s in an effort to encourage them to use t he stairs. He
said that 13% of Ameri can children we re considered seriously
overw eight, and that th e number w as growing . Duri ng the tests
children w ho had the 'c ouch potat o TV sets' w atc hed on average
one hour of television a we ek, w hile children in a second
'c ontrol' group w atc hed more th an twe nty hours.
1 The new in vention is a television set co m bined with a
bi cycle. T / F
2 Th e aim of the expe rime n t was to m easur e h ow mu ch
electr icity we can gen erat e th rough exe rcise. T / F
3 Mr Allison says wat ching te levision limi ts ch ildre n 's
imagin ation . T I F
4 Mr Allison tri ed to discourage peopl e from usin g lifts. T / F
5 Th e in ven tion has redu ced th e number of ove rwe ight
ch ildre n in the USA by 13% . T / F
6 All the ch ild ren in th e experi me n t watc hed television for
twe n ty hours. T / F
Answers on page 186
EXAM TIP
Start w it h skimming through the text to get a general idea. Ignore the wo rds
yo u don't know. Then fin d those parts of the text t hat contain the
information you need to do the task. Finally, decide whether a sentence is
tru e or false only after yo u have read t he relevant part of the text carefully. If
t here is no inf orma tion that co nfirms if a sentence is tr ue or not, mark false.
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