EXERCISE 1PART 1 QUESTION 1-5- LOOK AT THE TEXT IN EACH QUESTION. WHAT...

20. Summer adventure holidays are open to any child between eight

and fourteen years who can swim.

The Outdoor Centre

Opening times

Water sports: 1D am - 6 pm

Play Park: 10 am -5.30 pm

Entrance / Car park fees

Low season: Weekdays f.2.00 per car / Weekends f.3.00 per car

High season: 23 July - 11 September / Weekdays and weekends f.3.00 per

car

Fees are for cars with four people. Each extra person is 50p. Fee to be

paid at main office.

The centre is not a private club; it is an organisation whose aim is to

provide outdoor sport and recreation facilities for all members of the public.

Group visitors are requested to inform the centre in advance of their

intended visit.

Windsurfing - One day course

Beginner windsurfing courses are offered on Saturdays and Sundays

when the weather is good enough. Learning to windsurf is a lot of fun. The

excitement when you sat across the water for the first time is not easily

forgotten. Boards with small sails are available for beginners.

Course fee: f.32-50 (this includes all equipment)

One-day adventure course

This is an opportunity you have been waiting for. Come and try sailing,

climbing, surfing and archery. This course is intended to introduce outdoor

activities to adults in a fun, leisurely manner. You do not need to be extremely

fit or to have bad previous experience of the activities. All you need is to be

interested.

Course fee: f.22.50

Play Park

The Play Park is suitable for children from two to ten years of age. It is

one of the best of its type in the country. It has sand and water play, slides,

large ball pool, it lay castle and much, much more. Next year the centre will

open a new Play Palace and Play Ship.

Group day and residential courses

We also offer day and long weekend courses for groups. We receive

regular visits from schools, colleges and youth groups. There are three large

rooms with twelve beds in each, which can be booked in advance for groups

of up to 36 people (minimum 12).

Summer adventure holiday (for 8-14 years old):

Sailing Climbing Windsurfing Fun games

Safety is of primary importance at the Outdoor Centre. All stall are fully

trained in Firs Aid, and qualified to teach the activities on offer. We also make

certain that all children only take part in activities that are suitable for their age

and physical abilities. For this programme children must be able to swim 25

meters and be in good physical health.

Part 4

Question 21-25

- Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the letter

next to the correct answer - A, B, C or D.

“The best age to start learning the violin is between three and six”, says

Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher. “It's the time when you are

learning about the world”. Margaret, who lives in London, prefers to take

pupils at three and four, although she has made lots of exceptions for keen

five-year-olds. When she started teaching the violin in 1972, her first class

consisted of her children's five-year-old school friends.

Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about a dozen

pupils and each lesson lasts an hour, once a fortnight. In addition, each pupil

has one individual lesson a week with her. Parents also have to attend the

classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.

From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play by ear. They do not even

try to read music until they have been playing for several years, and for a long

time there is a big difference between their playing and reading of music.

Margaret says that her method is not supposed to produce great violinists,

and always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well should leave

and study the violin using more traditional methods.