Test

Task 1

Listen to Mark and Loran speaking about difficulties of being a teenager. Then complete the table: put a tick (V) in the correct column.

№	The problem	Mark	Loran
1.	new direction of thoughts and feelings
2.	difficulties in finding a place in society
3.	responsibility for making decisions which can influence your future life
4.	emotional problems
5.	drugs
6.	overwhelming emotions
7.	pregnancies among young women

Task 2

Put the verb in brackets into the correct Infinitive or Gerund form.

1) I feel like going (go) for a swim — do you want to come?

2) He soon learnt not ___________(talk) too loudly.

3) He didn’t mean __________(hurt) her.

4) Do you really permit your son ____________(come) home late?

5) I wouldn’t mind_____________ (have) some fish and chips.

6) We really expected her_________ (win).

7) My brother seems _________(be) very tired.

8) My father never lets me __________(go) out at night.

9) It’s no use___________ (tell) him to be quiet.

Task 3

Read the text below. Mark sentences (1—6) as true or false.

Youth Public Movement «Partner» was created in August, 2001 by Ukrainian young leaders and specialists in the spheres of law, sociology, medicine, psychology and others. The main target group of the organization, beneficiaries who receive the most part of the services of the organization are children and youth at the age of 14—35. That’s why 95% of personnel and volunteers of the organization are students and young specialists in different spheres and sciences. The work with young people includes rendering a full spectre of psychological, social, medical and preventive services to different groups of vulnerable young people — street children, children deprived of parents’ guardianship, young injecting drug users (IDUs), refugees and asylum seekers, etc.

The goal of the movement is negative phenomena (such as smoking, alcoholism, drug-using) prevention among youth, assistance in the development of youth movement in Ukraine; participation in rendering help and support in the questions of HIV/AIDS prevention, healthy lifestyle and gender equality propaganda, family violence prevention; advocacy work among vulnerable groups; protection of rights and freedoms of young people and a wide spectre of socio-psychological services.

True 1) The text describes one of the Ukrainian youth public movements.

2) Youth Public Movement «Partner» is an international organization.

3) The organization’s activities mostly benefit young people no older than 35.

4) The organization’s staff mostly consists of middle-aged specialists in different spheres and sciences.

5) One of the purposes of the organization is environmental protection.

6) The organization propagates healthy lifestyle and gender equality.

TEST 7

Mark: Being a teenager is a complicated and complex experience. Not only are there mysterious and frightening changes in our bodies, but our thoughts and feelings are taking on a new direction. Even selfperception is slowly changing and we start seeing ourselves in a new (and not always positive) light.

We say and do things that we don’t want to, or don’t mean to; we cannot tell people around us that we are no longer kids, but we aren’t adults either. We don’t know how to control ourselves and focus on the things that used to interest us; or how to express the waves of emotion building up inside.

And there is a constant overwhelming feeling of being alone and not understood. Sometimes even our best friends cannot understand how we feel.

There is no one we can talk to, who can reassure us that what we think and desire is normal and acceptable. Especially when it comes to relations, there is sometimes a deep sense of guilt, curiosity, and shame that enters our hearts and minds.

 

Loran: Everybody says that youth is the best time of our life, that being young means romance, love, new discoveries, but it is also the most difficult time, because you have to make some very important decisions, which will influence your entire future life.

Things are not easy nowadays even for adults, but for teenagers, who have to find their own place in society, it’s very difficult. It is necessary not only to adapt to our society, but also to be confident of your position in 5, 10 or 20 years’ time.

For our future it is essential to have a good job. And to get a really good job you have to be well educated.

Emotional problems can be very important for young people as well. The typical teenager problem is that «nobody understands me». Some parents often continue to treat their children as little ones when they probably consider themselves to be adults.

There are some global problems young people are facing in probably all the countries. Let’s start with smoking. According to our mass media, at the age of 16 almost 72% of boys and 37% of girls in Eastern Europe have already tried smoking. By the way, smoking is not a natural drive.

Teens start smoking when they want to imitate adults. Of course, smoking parents have practically no chance to persuade their kids not to try smoking.

Drugs. Students know the names of drugs well enough, some say they have tried drugs one time, mainly because of curiosity, friends’ influence, the wish to relax or to become «cool».

Another problem of youth is pregnancies among young women. One million teenagers become pregnant each year. About one million young people run away from home each year. Most of them return. Those who don’t often become criminals.

So, you see that problems do exist and they can’t be ignored.