Read the text. For 1-8 write T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.
New research carried out by the BBC suggests that children aged 6–12 can learn important social
skills in virtual worlds. The BBC website says: «Virtual worlds can be valuable places where children
prepare for what they will do in real life». The lead researcher, Professor David Gauntlet, stated that
interacting with others online and exploring web worlds was better for kids than passive pastimes
like watching TV. He said the children adopted different roles when they ventured through the
virtual world. Some were explorers, others were social climbers, while others were fighters or
collectors. Professor Gauntlet indicated that the virtual world was a safe place for children to
rehearse real-life situations without the negative or painful consequences of the real world.
The BBC's research was carried out using children's BBC online world called Adventure Rock. In
it, children have to explore, create things and ask questions as they go deeper into the game. It
is a closed world where children's avatars cannot meet or communicate. Kids can share tips and
hints for other users on a message board, which is controlled and edited by BBC staff. There are
no chat rooms or discussion boards normally found in virtual worlds like Second Life. The emphasis
is on safety for kids in an online environment without advertising and sales tricks. Researchers also
asked parents about their feelings towards their children spending time in Adventure Rock. The
findings were presented at the Conference on Virtual Worlds for Children on 23 May 2008.​

Как вы думаете, какая самая большая проблема стоит перед сегодняшними подростками? Большинство британских родителей предположили бы, что это наркотики, но они ошибаются. Интересные ощущения вызвал опрос, проведенный компанией 'Get Connected', - с телефона доверия для молодых людей. Они поговорили с 510 молодыми людьми в возрасте от пятнадцати до девятнадцати лет, а также с их родителями. Они обнаружили, что родители настолько обеспокоены тем, что их дети могут быть связаны с наркотиками, что они не видят, что основными причинами беспокойства для большинства молодых людей являются отношения, особенно с друзьями. Кажется, нет ничего хуже, чем ссора с лучшими друзьями.

Представитель от компании 'Get Connected' сказал, что молодые люди полагаются на своих друзей, чтобы обсудить любые проблемы, которые у них могут возникнуть. Если они ссорятся со своими друзьями, то рядом никого нет, и это может серьезно сказаться на их психическом здоровье. Таким образом, получается, что именно ваши друзья поддерживают вас в здравом уме.

Сегодня люди все меньше полагаются на большие семейные группы и все больше на друзей. Другой опрос, проведенный в США, показал, что сегодня у молодых людей больше друзей, чем двадцать или тридцать лет назад. Наличие тесной группы людей, на которых можно положиться, кажется более привлекательным и безопасным, чем исключительные отношения с одним другим человеком, которые могут быть разрушительными, если все пойдет не так. На самом деле, студенты Бристольского университета в Англии недавно сказали, что пары друзей - это дело

The white tiger is an individual of the Bengal tiger with a congenital mutation (not considered a separate subspecies). The mutation leads to a completely white coloration - a tiger with black-brown stripes on white fur and blue eyes. This color is very rare among wild animals. The frequency of appearance of white tigers is 1 individual per 10 000 with normal color. Reports of the white tiger for many decades came from Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially from the territory of the former indigenous principality of Reva. The first discovery of the white tiger in nature, however, is attributed to 1951, when one of the hunters took a white male tiger from the lair that he had found and then unsuccessfully tried to obtain from him the same progeny from the female with normal color, but then after all succeeded in creating a second generation of white tigers. Over time, the population has significantly expanded: all white tigers, which are now contained in captivity, are descendants of the same found individual and have a relationship with each other. Now in captivity contains about 130 white tigers, about 100 of them - in India. The last known white tiger in nature was shot in 1958. The view that white tigers are albinos is wrong - in fact, this coloration is caused by the presence of recessive genes (a real albino tiger would not have black bands). If both parents are heterozygous, that is, orange, but are carriers of genes, then the chance to get their offspring in the form of a white tiger is 25%. Parents, one of whom is a white tiger, and the other an orange heterozygote, has a similar chance to increase up to 50%. If one of the parents is white and the other is orange, but homozygous, the whole offspring will be orange, but the carriers of the gene. White tigers are usually smaller (from childhood) than ordinary Bengal tigers, and often, due to closely related crossings, [1] have various genetic defects, including strabismus, poor vision, clubfoot, curved spine and neck, problems with kidneys. Nevertheless, the claim that infant mortality among white tigers is extremely high does not really correspond to reality. White tigers are popular not only in zoos, where they are often attracted to everyone's attention and are therefore considered a valuable specimen, but also in popular culture: in particular, some musical groups dedicated songs to them. I want this breed of tigers to be protected and not killed! Thank you for attention