E2School Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading

Results are loaded Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Now that you've picked up the vocabulary, it's time to practise Reading Click Next to read an article about the benefits of pets and answer the questions. Return to Video Back Viewing 1 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 1 of 6 Results are loading Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Benefits of Pets A If you knock on any front door around the world, you will probably find a cat or dog living there with its human family. In Australia, around 62% of all households have pets. These owners already know it, but now research is showing that our furry friends are good for health and wellbeing. B In terms of physical health, the studies suggest that people with pets visit the doctor less often and have a lower risk of heart disease. This may be because animals help to relieve stress and dogs especially can also encourage exercise and outdoor activity. Dog owners enjoy social benefits too when walking their pet and chatting with people at the park. The findings also show that owning a pet may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies in young children. C Pets can have a profound effect on psychological health too. Children and adolescents with pets may be more confident and responsible. They can also cope with stress better than youngsters without a pet. D However, pet ownership can raise some issues. Many owners say that they would not get rid of their pet even if they had an allergic reaction to it. Elderly people sometimes avoid medical care or nursing homes because they are worried about losing their companion. So while having a pet clearly enriches our lives, perhaps it’s possible to love them too much. Return to Video Choose the correct heading for each paragraph. Return to Video Back Viewing 2 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 2 of 6 Results are loading Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Benefits of Pets A If you knock on any front door around the world, you will probably find a cat or dog living there with its human family. In Australia, around 62% of all households have pets. These owners already know it, but now research is showing that our furry friends are good for health and wellbeing. B In terms of physical health, the studies suggest that people with pets visit the doctor less often and have a lower risk of heart disease. This may be because animals help to relieve stress and dogs especially can also encourage exercise and outdoor activity. Dog owners enjoy social benefits too when walking their pet and chatting with people at the park. The findings also show that owning a pet may reduce the risk of asthma and allergies in young children. C Pets can have a profound effect on psychological health too. Children and adolescents with pets may be more confident and responsible. They can also cope with stress better than youngsters without a pet. D However, pet ownership can raise some issues. Many owners say that they would not get rid of their pet even if they had an allergic reaction to it. Elderly people sometimes avoid medical care or nursing homes because they are worried about losing their companion. So while having a pet clearly enriches our lives, perhaps it’s possible to love them too much. Return to Video True / False / Not Given Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? Select: TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is not information on this Return to Video Back Viewing 3 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 3 of 6 Results are loaded Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Great stuff! Let's look at the text more closely. Click Next to test your grammar and vocabulary knowledge. Return to Video Back Viewing 4 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 4 of 6 Results are loaded Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Fill the gaps Choose the correct word to fill the gap: Return to Video Choose the correct answer Benefits of Pets If you knock on any front door around the world, you will probably find a cat or dog - living live lived to live - - living live lived to live there with its human family. In Australia, around 62% of all households - has are havng has had have - - has are havng has had have pets. These owners already know it, but now research is showing that our furry friends are good for health and wellbeing. - However Despite In terms of As far as - - However Despite In terms of As far as physical health, the studies suggest that people with pets visit the doctor less often and have a lower risk of heart disease. This may be because animals help to - relieve relent reveal resent - - relieve relent reveal resent stress and dogs especially can also encourage exercise and outdoor activity. Dog owners enjoy social benefits too when walking their pet and chatting with people at the park. The findings also show that owning a pet may reduce the - risk hazard caution peril - - risk hazard caution peril of asthma and allergies in young children. Pets can have a profound - affect effect aspect respect - - affect effect aspect respect on psychological health too. Children and adolescents with pets may be more confident and responsible. They can also cope with stress better than youngsters without a pet. However, pet ownership can raise some issues. Many owners say that they would not - get rid of put up with steer clear of take up - - get rid of put up with steer clear of take up their pet even if they had an allergic reaction to it. Elderly people sometimes avoid medical care or nursing homes because they are worried about - loosing loss lose losing - - loosing loss lose losing their companion. So while having a pet clearly enriches our lives, perhaps it’s possible to love them too much. Submit Retry Return to Video Back Viewing 5 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 5 of 6 Results are loaded Lesson 5: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Woohoo! You've learnt 10 words and completed 3 reading tasks . Do you feel smarter? You look smarter. Close this screen and move on to the collocations section. Return to Video Back Viewing 6 of 6 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 6 of 6