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READING COMPREHENSON

You are going to read an article about holidays. For questions 1-6, choose the
ansvver (A, B, c or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

HOW TO AVOID TEEN TANTRUMS ON HOLIDAY!
Sarah Tucker has been intervievving lots of teenagers for her new book. Here,
with the school holidays upon us, she tells you what it takes to have a family
holiday that doesn't end in tears.
Given the choice, teenagers prefer not to go on holiday with their parents.
Given no option, teonagers take a holiday with their parents because their
parents pay. According to more than 1,500 parents and toenagors I’ve
interviewed over the past twelve months for my next book, the concept of the
happy family holiday appears to go vvrong when the child reaches adolescence.

Desmond Morris, an expert on human behaviour, says, “At this age, teenagers
are starting to assert their independence. They may begin to resent help from
theừ parents, seeing it as interference. And, above all, they like to be among theừ
peers - especially on holiday.” IIc adds: “There are additional tensions on holiday
when ĩamilies are brought together for a long period of time and, just like at
Christmas, there is an cxpcctation of cvcryone enjo3Óng themselves without
having to work at it. Only it doesn’t always happon that way.”
So what does work with tecnagers on holiday? Spcciílc countries as well
as holiday options proved more popular than others. Italy is becoming the
most popular destination for tecnagers, closely followed by Australia and
Canada. The popularity of these countries appears to be as much to do with
the personality and culture of the people as the location and facilities on site.
“The people are lively and laid-back,” commented one fifteen-year-old, who
had just returncd from a two-weck broak with his family. “I met a group of
ItEilian teenagers from Bologna and we would go down to the beach every
evening and play guitars till dusk. The campsite was on the beach, so parents
knew where we were and what we were doing.”
An option many of those families I interviewed had tried included going
with another family who also had tcenage children. One mother explained
that this only works if the teenagers as well as the adults are compatible.
Personality clashes may make tense situations worse.

Some 90% of those teenagers I spoke to preferred the guarantee of
sunshine and heat. Teenagers enjoy the beach, as long as they are
surrounded hy their peers. Their new companions do not have to be of the
same sex or even the same nationality - the main criterion appears to be that
they are of the same age. Get the tcenagers to take a friend with them, so

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