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CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – MATCHING HEADINGS 
Read the text and put headings from the statements A-H.
There is 
one
 extra heading that you do not need.
 
 
TASK 5
 
 
 
HEADINGS: 
A) Odd Hobby
B) Animal Protection 
C) Marriage: Modern View 
D) A National Hobby 
E) Divorces in Britain 
F) Reserved nation? 
G) Nation of Animal Lovers 
H) Spoil Your Pet 
 
1. 
The family in Britain is changing. People get married at a later age and many career-oriented women don’t want to have 
children immediately. They prefer to do well at their jobs first and put off having a baby until their late thirties. However, 
marriage and the family are still popular. Most people in Britain still get married and stay together until the end of their lives. 
The majority of divorced people marry again, and they sometimes take responsibility for a second family. Relationships within 
the family are also changing. Parents treat their children more as equals than they used to. 
2. Many visitors who come to Britatin often say that it is very difficult to make friends with British people because they are 
cold and reserved. This is not true. What is true is that different cultures have different ways of showing affection. In many 
countries (e.g. Spain or Russia) friends often hug and kiss each other when they get together. In Britain this is not so common. 
British people are not likely to tell their whole life story to a complete stranger or even share their problems and worries with a 
friend. The reason is that they don’t want to trouble other people with their problems. 
3. From going for picnics in the rain to playing cricket, the British do many things that confuse people from other countries. 
However, there are some sports and hobbies that confuse even British people themselves. Perhaps the strangest of them is train 
spotting. Basically train spotting is collecting trains. But a locomotive won’t fit in your house or garage, will it? So train 
spotters simply write down the serial number of every train they see. They stand for hours at major UK stations sipping tea 
from their thermos flasks and waiting for the next train. 
4. Like everybody else, British people like doing things outside work. Gardening is a well-known favourite. As the weather in 
Britain is relatively mild, British people manage to do gardening almost all the year round. Sometimes this can be just doing a 
bit of weeding, and sometimes serious vegetable and fruit growing. Mowing grass is also very important. Every Sunday 
morning (except for winter) people come out to mow their lawns. The British see an unmown lawn not only as a sign of 
laziness, but also as disrespect to others (and you can get fined for it as well). 
5. It is no secret that British people love their pets to bits and would do anything to make their life happy. But just how far 
does this love go? The answer is QUITE far. Today, half of the 24.2 million homes in Great Britain have a pet. Cats are 
especially popular because many people who live alone and go to work like independent pets. There are eight million cats in 
Britain. Other popular pets are dogs, birds, rabbits, fish, guinea-pigs and hamsters. But you can also come across such exotic 
pets as crocodiles, spiders, snakes and lizards. 
 
6. The British have always loved animals. Great Britain was the first country to create a society to protect animals in 1824. 
The society still exists today, and it is called the RSPCA - the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The 
RSPCA finds new owners for 96,000 homeless animals every year. Besides, it organizes different public events and is 
involved in lots of activities in the sphere of protecting animals’ rights. The RSPCA also provides charity support to animal 
shelters. 
7. Today’s posh pets need more than good food. They want to be pampered, just like humans. In Britain you can see an 
astrologer who will do a special horoscope for your pet. You can take your pet to see a psychologist. You can buy pet 
accessories and designer clothes. There are also special accessories designed to keep your pet fit, such as treadmills for dogs to 
exercise indoors or orthopaedic beds for dogs that suffer from a bad back. There is even a pet hotel in Newcastle that offers 
cats and dogs a gym, a jacuzzi and watching videos of their owners!