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                                                      British Teens

Read the text and answer the questions below.

More and more adolescents in Britain are becoming more independent of their parents at a younger age. Twenty years ago it was quite unusual for the average fifteen year-old to go away for the summer holidays without his or her parents. These days forty percent of fifteen year-old teenagers spend their holidays either alone or with friends of their own age. They enjoy themselves more. Many pay for their holidays with their own money, which they earn by doing a variety of holiday jobs. This prevents parents from complaining because of financial problems.

More adolescents are spending their summer holidays abroad, too. Language study holidays are popular. The best way to speak a foreign language you are studying is to go to the country and speak it.

Another reason for adolescents spending more time abroad is that travel has become easier. Charter flights are cheaper and there are other travel reductions for students and young people.

A. Answer these questions?

1. What do British teens do to pay for their holidays?

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2. Why do British adolescents go away from home at an early age?

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B. What does the underlined word in the text refer to?

 it          (paragraph 2) ……………………………..

C. What do these numbers refer to?

15…………………………………………

20……………………………………………

40……………………………………………..

D. Find in the text words or expressions that mean the same as:

1. get         (paragraph 1)…………………………………..
2. stops      (paragraph 1)………………………………………