Read the text and the questions below. For each question, choose the correct answer. Jamaica has produced some of the world’s best athletes, including stars such as Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Is this success partly due to one event – the Jamaica Schools’ Championships? The four-day Championships have taken place every year since 1910. Nearly 200 school students take part in front of an audience of over 30,000 people. The event is also shown on live TV, and the whole country watches what is sometimes called Jamaica’s mini-Olympics. The competitors take it very seriously, and they all want to win. Classmates and former students also come to support and encourage their schools. School coach Dwayne Simpson has trained many young stars. He believes the Championships have an important role in the development of young athletes. They are the biggest schools’ competition in the world, he says, and other countries are now looking to copy them. He also believes that the Championships give young athletes a reason to practise. They want to do well for their school, so they work and train together as a team, so they produce better results. The Championships have turned many young students into stars, but those who are most talented as adults don’t always win as young teenagers. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, for example, failed to win a single race at the Championships as an under-15 runner. Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was always easily beaten in the lower-age groups before finally winning as an older student. Nathaniel Day, a young runner from Britain, has studied and trained in Jamaica for the last two years. ‘Young athletes here get experience of being on TV from the age of 12,’ he says, ‘so when they’re older, they aren’t scared of big occasions and they perform well. In the UK, athletes don’t perform in front of the cameras until they’re adults, and sometimes they find it hard to deal with.’ According to Nathaniel, the Championships also give young athletes a goal.‘Because it’s such a big event, it gives them an idea of how exciting it is to perform in an Olympic stadium. It helps them develop the ambition to become champions.’ 1. What does the text say about the Championships?

They started over 100 years ago.

Thirty thousand people watch them on TV.

Young athletes take part just to have fun.

Some former students take part.

Jamaica has produced some of the world’s best athletes, including stars such as Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Is this success partly due to one event – the Jamaica Schools’ Championships? The four-day Championships have taken place every year since 1910. Nearly 200 school students take part in front of an audience of over 30,000 people. The event is also shown on live TV, and the whole country watches what is sometimes called Jamaica’s mini-Olympics. The competitors take it very seriously, and they all want to win. Classmates and former students also come to support and encourage their schools. School coach Dwayne Simpson has trained many young stars. He believes the Championships have an important role in the development of young athletes. They are the biggest schools’ competition in the world, he says, and other countries are now looking to copy them. He also believes that the Championships give young athletes a reason to practise. They want to do well for their school, so they work and train together as a team, so they produce better results. The Championships have turned many young students into stars, but those who are most talented as adults don’t always win as young teenagers. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, for example, failed to win a single race at the Championships as an under-15 runner. Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was always easily beaten in the lower-age groups before finally winning as an older student. Nathaniel Day, a young runner from Britain, has studied and trained in Jamaica for the last two years. ‘Young athletes here get experience of being on TV from the age of 12,’ he says, ‘so when they’re older, they aren’t scared of big occasions and they perform well. In the UK, athletes don’t perform in front of the cameras until they’re adults, and sometimes they find it hard to deal with.’ According to Nathaniel, the Championships also give young athletes a goal.‘Because it’s such a big event, it gives them an idea of how exciting it is to perform in an Olympic stadium. It helps them develop the ambition to become champions.’ 2 What does Dwayne Simpson say about the Championships?

They encourage young athletes to do their best.

Other countries should try to hold a similar competition.

They have grown too big in recent years.

Schools are always keen to do well.

Jamaica has produced some of the world’s best athletes, including stars such as Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Is this success partly due to one event – the Jamaica Schools’ Championships? The four-day Championships have taken place every year since 1910. Nearly 200 school students take part in front of an audience of over 30,000 people. The event is also shown on live TV, and the whole country watches what is sometimes called Jamaica’s mini-Olympics. The competitors take it very seriously, and they all want to win. Classmates and former students also come to support and encourage their schools. School coach Dwayne Simpson has trained many young stars. He believes the Championships have an important role in the development of young athletes. They are the biggest schools’ competition in the world, he says, and other countries are now looking to copy them. He also believes that the Championships give young athletes a reason to practise. They want to do well for their school, so they work and train together as a team, so they produce better results. The Championships have turned many young students into stars, but those who are most talented as adults don’t always win as young teenagers. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, for example, failed to win a single race at the Championships as an under-15 runner. Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was always easily beaten in the lower-age groups before finally winning as an older student. Nathaniel Day, a young runner from Britain, has studied and trained in Jamaica for the last two years. ‘Young athletes here get experience of being on TV from the age of 12,’ he says, ‘so when they’re older, they aren’t scared of big occasions and they perform well. In the UK, athletes don’t perform in front of the cameras until they’re adults, and sometimes they find it hard to deal with.’ According to Nathaniel, the Championships also give young athletes a goal.‘Because it’s such a big event, it gives them an idea of how exciting it is to perform in an Olympic stadium. It helps them develop the ambition to become champions.’ 3. In paragraph 4, what does the writer say about Jamaica’s Olympic champions?

They took time to develop into world-class athletes.

They could beat even the oldest students in some races.

They occasionally lost races, but only to much older students.

They tried much harder after losing all their races as teenagers.

Jamaica has produced some of the world’s best athletes, including stars such as Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Is this success partly due to one event – the Jamaica Schools’ Championships? The four-day Championships have taken place every year since 1910. Nearly 200 school students take part in front of an audience of over 30,000 people. The event is also shown on live TV, and the whole country watches what is sometimes called Jamaica’s mini-Olympics. The competitors take it very seriously, and they all want to win. Classmates and former students also come to support and encourage their schools. School coach Dwayne Simpson has trained many young stars. He believes the Championships have an important role in the development of young athletes. They are the biggest schools’ competition in the world, he says, and other countries are now looking to copy them. He also believes that the Championships give young athletes a reason to practise. They want to do well for their school, so they work and train together as a team, so they produce better results. The Championships have turned many young students into stars, but those who are most talented as adults don’t always win as young teenagers. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, for example, failed to win a single race at the Championships as an under-15 runner. Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was always easily beaten in the lower-age groups before finally winning as an older student. Nathaniel Day, a young runner from Britain, has studied and trained in Jamaica for the last two years. ‘Young athletes here get experience of being on TV from the age of 12,’ he says, ‘so when they’re older, they aren’t scared of big occasions and they perform well. In the UK, athletes don’t perform in front of the cameras until they’re adults, and sometimes they find it hard to deal with.’ According to Nathaniel, the Championships also give young athletes a goal.‘Because it’s such a big event, it gives them an idea of how exciting it is to perform in an Olympic stadium. It helps them develop the ambition to become champions.’ 4. According to Nathaniel Day, the event

helps young athletes get used to being filmed.

is more exciting than the Olympics.

makes some young athletes feel nervous of big occasions.

is hard for some young competitors to deal with.

Jamaica has produced some of the world’s best athletes, including stars such as Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Is this success partly due to one event – the Jamaica Schools’ Championships? The four-day Championships have taken place every year since 1910. Nearly 200 school students take part in front of an audience of over 30,000 people. The event is also shown on live TV, and the whole country watches what is sometimes called Jamaica’s mini-Olympics. The competitors take it very seriously, and they all want to win. Classmates and former students also come to support and encourage their schools. School coach Dwayne Simpson has trained many young stars. He believes the Championships have an important role in the development of young athletes. They are the biggest schools’ competition in the world, he says, and other countries are now looking to copy them. He also believes that the Championships give young athletes a reason to practise. They want to do well for their school, so they work and train together as a team, so they produce better results. The Championships have turned many young students into stars, but those who are most talented as adults don’t always win as young teenagers. Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, for example, failed to win a single race at the Championships as an under-15 runner. Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was always easily beaten in the lower-age groups before finally winning as an older student. Nathaniel Day, a young runner from Britain, has studied and trained in Jamaica for the last two years. ‘Young athletes here get experience of being on TV from the age of 12,’ he says, ‘so when they’re older, they aren’t scared of big occasions and they perform well. In the UK, athletes don’t perform in front of the cameras until they’re adults, and sometimes they find it hard to deal with.’ According to Nathaniel, the Championships also give young athletes a goal.‘Because it’s such a big event, it gives them an idea of how exciting it is to perform in an Olympic stadium. It helps them develop the ambition to become champions.’ 5 Which best describes the Jamaica Schools’ Championships?

It’s an important event which helps young athletes to improve.

It’s an international competition which prepares young athletes for the Olympics.

It’s a huge social event which brings people together to have fun.

It’s a local event which gives young athletes the chance to perform in a relaxed atmosphere.

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Complete the statements with the words in the box.
1. If your (a) is healthy, it usually (b) around 70 times per minute.

heart

beats

injury

medicine

rest

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2. According to (a) , you should exercise for an hour a day to keep (b) .

doctors

fit

lawyers

tired

sick

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3. Horse-riding is a more (a) sport than (b) or football.

dangerous

rugby

safe

boring

badminton

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4. If you (a) your arm, you should call an (b) to take you to hospital immediately.

break

ambulance

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taxi

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5. If you feel (a) after eating something, you should go to a pharmacy to get some (b) .

sick

medicine

injury

sugar

lemon

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6. If an (a) is painful, you should always (b) the part of your body that’s hurt.

injury

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cut

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1. You can open an account here.
B___

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PET TASK - DAY 14

Complete the statements with the words in the box.
1. If your (a) is healthy, it usually (b) around 70 times per minute.

2. According to (a) , you should exercise for an hour a day to keep (b) .

3. Horse-riding is a more (a) sport than (b) or football.

4. If you (a) your arm, you should call an (b) to take you to hospital immediately.

5. If you feel (a) after eating something, you should go to a pharmacy to get some (b) .

6. If an (a) is painful, you should always (b) the part of your body that’s hurt.

Write the correct places according to its description. First letter is already provided.
1. You can open an account here.
B___

2. It’s often outdoors and you can often find bargains here.
M_____

3. The money you spend here helps other people.
C____- S_

4. You go here to buy medicines and things for your health.
C______

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PET TASK - DAY 14

Complete the statements with the words in the box.1. If your ​ (a) is healthy, it usually ​ (b) around 70 times per minute.

2. According to ​ (a) , you should exercise for an hour a day to keep ​ (b) .

3. Horse-riding is a more ​ (a) sport than ​ (b) or football.

4. If you ​ (a) your arm, you should call an ​ (b) to take you to hospital immediately.

5. If you feel ​ (a) after eating something, you should go to a pharmacy to get some ​ (b) .

6. If an ​ (a) is painful, you should always ​ (b) the part of your body that’s hurt.

Write the correct places according to its description. First letter is already provided.1. You can open an account here.B___

2. It’s often outdoors and you can often find bargains here.M_____

3. The money you spend here helps other people.C______- S___

4. You go here to buy medicines and things for your health.C______

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Complete the statements with the words in the box.
1. If your (a) is healthy, it usually (b) around 70 times per minute.

2. According to (a) , you should exercise for an hour a day to keep (b) .

3. Horse-riding is a more (a) sport than (b) or football.

4. If you (a) your arm, you should call an (b) to take you to hospital immediately.

5. If you feel (a) after eating something, you should go to a pharmacy to get some (b) .

6. If an (a) is painful, you should always (b) the part of your body that’s hurt.

Write the correct places according to its description. First letter is already provided.
1. You can open an account here.
B___

2. It’s often outdoors and you can often find bargains here.
M_____

3. The money you spend here helps other people.
C____- S_

4. You go here to buy medicines and things for your health.
C______