It is hard to be a farmer. Cold weather can kill your crops. Bugs can eat your crops. Weeds can hurt your crops. Your crops may need more rain than they get. Fruits and Vegetables can go bad before they are

sold. Some people say farmers can fix all of this with GM food.

What is GM food? All living things have DNA. DNA tells living things how to grow. These days, people

can change the DNA that tells food how to grow. When people change the DNA of food, it is called GM

food.

Some GM food can grow in cold weather. GM food can stop bugs from eating it. GM fruits and

vegetables can stay good longer. One day, GM food may be able to grow in dry land in Africa. It will

feed people who do not have much food.

But there is a lot we do not know about GM food. Will GM companies help poor people grow food? Or

do GM companies just want to get rich? Does GM food kill bugs we need, like butterflies? Does GM

food make birds sick? Does GM food make people sick? We do not know. There have not been many

tests on GM food.

Do you think farmers should grow GM food?

1. What can bugs do that make it hard to be a farmer?

A. They make your crops too dry.

B. They make your food go bad.

C. They can eat your crops.

D. They can make your food GM.

2. What is DNA?

A. It is something everyone needs to change.

B. Something about life that cannot be changed.

C. Something that is only in GM foods.

D. DNA is the part of every living thing that tells it how to grow.

3. According to the reading, what is something that GM food can NOT do?

A. It can make food grow in cold weather.

B. It can make food grow faster.

C. It might help grow food in dry parts of Africa.

D. GM food will help foods stay good longer.

4. What is the main reason we do not know enough about GM foods?

A. Famers don't like GM foods.

B. Scientists need to do more testing to understand GM foods.

C. Insecticides proves that GM foods will survive bug infestations.

D. Companies just want to get rich.

5. What is the writer's main purpose for writing about GM foods?

A. To convince the reader that GM food is good.

B. To educate the reader about GM food and help the reader make an opinion about

whether it is good or bad.

C. To convince the reader that GM food is bad.

D. To convince the reader that farmers need to work harder so we don't use GM food.​

I'd like to go to Australia. I really like this country because it is very exotic. There are many unusual animals and plants which you can meet only in Australia. The climate is hot. Sidney is the capital of Australia and it is famous worldwide for it's opera. The nature is actually impressive. I'd like to go to the beach and surf.

Я бы хотела поехать в Австралию. Я действительно люблю эту страну, потому что она очень экзотичная. Там есть много необычных животных и растений, которых вы можете встретить только в Австралии. Климат жаркий. Сидней - это столица Австралии, и он знаменит по всему миру своей оперой. Природа действительно впечатляющая. Я бы хотела пойти на пляж и заняться серфингом. 

  Every person has his own freedom. We decide to be free or not. One people think that freedom is an independence from their parents and other adults. Others think that freedom is the freedom to do what they want and go where they want.   As teenagers in all countries we enjoy going out, walking with our friends in the park or spending time in musical clubs. We want to be independent from our parents and other adults. We understand that learning is necessary for our life, but it's so boring. Of course, we go to school and try to be obedient, but not always. We want to get dressed up and have a little bit of pocket money. Many teenagers do not have the opportunity to dress as they want, because the parents do not always understand the modern fashion. Most of us often buy clothes at the markets or in the cheap stores and spend only the money that we are given by our parents.  Most of us can't earn some money because of different reasons. Nowadays some adults aren't able any work so the employers do not want to deal with juveniles and adolescents have problems with the law. That is why the amount of pocket money depends on the parents and their mood or financial well-being.
I think most of the problems associated with the conflict of generations, simply do not exist. Our fathers and mothers were young too, and they were fussing with their parents. When we grow up, we won’t understand our children. And that's OK. It is necessary to find a compromise and only love each other.
Каждый человек имеет свою собственную свободу. Мы сами решаем быть свободными или нет. Одним людям кажется, что свобода - это независимость от родителей и других взрослых людей. Другие думают, что свобода - это возможность делать то, что они хотят, ходить туда, куда им хочется. Как и подростки во всех странах мы любим проводить время вне дома, прогуливаясь с друзьями в парке или проводя время в музыкальных клубах. Нам хочется быть независимыми от родителей и других взрослых людей. Мы понимаем, что учиться необходимо, но это так скучно. Конечно, мы ходим в школу и стараемся быть послушными, но не всегда. Нам очень хочется красиво одеваться и иметь побольше карманных денег. Многие  подростки не имеют возможности одеваться так, как они хотят, потому что родители не всегда понимают современную моду. Чаще всего мы одеваемся на рынках или в недорогих магазинах и тратим только те деньги, которые нам дают родители. Большинство из нас не может заработать немного денег по  разным причинам. В настоящее время некоторые взрослые не в состоянии найти хоть какую-то работу, так что работодатели не хотят работать с несовершеннолетними подростками и иметь проблемы с законом. Вот почему количество карманных денег зависит от родителей и их настроения или финансового благополучия. Я думаю, что большинства проблем, связанных с конфликтами поколений, просто не существует. Наши папы и мамы тоже были молодыми и ссорились со своими родителями. Когда мы вырастем, мы тоже не будем понимать наших детей. И в этом нет ничего страшного. Нужно находить компромисс и просто любить друг друга.