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Studies have shown there are significant long term benefits to moving a child abroad and the younger the children are, the easier it will be for them to adapt to school in Spain.

Researchers from University College London conducted a study in 2004 which revealed that children who had moved abroad and learned a second language were more intelligent. A further study showed that children who had lived abroad had higher levels of resilience, a better understanding of the world and were more compassionate to people of different ethnicities. In simple terms, living abroad can increase both the intelligence and social capacity of a child.

Psychologists have found that the best age to move a child is either before the age of two or between the ages of six and eight. Between three and six, children seem to suffer a great deal of homesickness and after the age of eight they tend to struggle far more with the language barrier.

The number of foreigners in Spain is continually rising. Kids are surprisingly resilient and adapt quickly to their new lives. Those who have made the move often say that the quality of life for their children is far better in Spain than at home, due to more leisure time, an outdoors lifestyle and less crime.

Adapted from an Article by Jennifer Sheen from Spanish Living.com June 2011.

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READING COMPREHENSION

Question 1: [2 POINTS] Indicate whether the following statements are true or false and write down which part of the text justifies your answer.

a) It is better to move abroad when your children are very young.

• True. Studies have shown there are significant long term benefits to moving a child abroad, and the younger the children are, the easier it will be for them to adapt to school in Spain.

b) The optimum age for moving children to a foreign country is when they are nine.

• False. Psychologists have found that the best age to move a child is either before the age of two or between the ages of six and eight.

c) The numbers of foreign people coming to Spain is gradually falling.

• False. The number of foreigners in Spain is continually rising.

d) British people that move to Spain say that the quality of life for their children in Spain is worse

than the quality of life for their children in the U.K.

• False. Those who have made the move often say that the quality of life for their children is far better in Spain than at home,( with more leisure time, an outdoors lifestyle and less crime.)

Question 2: [2 POINTS] Answer the following questions in your own words according to the text.

a) What benefits to children that move abroad have the studies shown?

1. Children become cleverer.

2. Children have more spirit. They are more lively

3. Children have more comprehension of the world

4. Children are more caring to people of different races

b) What are the main differences between living in the U.K. and living in Spain?

1. Children`s lifestyles are a lot better in Spain than in the U.K.

2. Children have more free time to do sports, hobbies or pastimes than in the U.K.

3. Children spend more time out of the house than in the U.K.

4. There is less crime in Spain than In the U.K.

Question 3: [1,5 POINTS] Find words or phrases in the text that correspond to the words and definitions given.

• a) Overseas (paragraph 1): abroad
• b) Much (paragraph 3): Far, ( a great deal of = 0,25)
• c) Adjust (paragraph 4): Adapt, to adapt

Question 4: [1,5 POINTS] Complete the following sentences without changing the meaning.

a) They will delay the rescue because of the heavy rain.

• The rescue will be delayed because of the heavy rain.

b) “Don’t smoke in the waiting room, please” the nurse told the patients.

• The nurse told the patients not to smoke in the waiting room.

c) “Will you be home before nine tonight?” my mother asked me.

• My mother asked me if I would be home before nine that night

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