Задание

Read the text and mark the statements True, False or Not Stated.

The debate

Their parents had promised the twins a pet for their twelfth birthday. The only limitation was that it had to be a pet. Singular. That meant the twins had to agree on what kind of pet to get. Making a decision for weeks, Betty and David researched pets on their own. They spent hours looking at pet photos online and talking to their friends about the types of pets, they owned. David’s best friend suggested a dog, but his cousin suggested an iguana. Betty’s friends told her to get a parrot. The same cousin told her to get an iguana too. Finally, each had made a decision. David wanted an iguana, and Betty decided on a cat. They both went to their parents with the decision. But their father reminded them of the agreement. They did not have to convince their parents but each other. The night before they were to go to the pet store the debate began. David opened by stating how iguanas were easy to care for. Remembering Betty’s obsession with dinosaurs the summer before, David suggested that iguanas were basically just smaller dinosaurs. Betty said that iguanas were not fun pets because they did not do anything. A cat, she argued, could be held and would play with them. “Of course you would want a cat. All girls want a cat,” David replied. “That’s unfair. None of my girlfriends even has cats. They all told me to get a parrot or a dog.” “Well, all the girls I know at school love cats”. The compromise. The debate went on for hours with little progress. Each sibling realized the other would not be convinced. So Betty offered a compromise. “What was your second choice pet?” she asked. “I guess a dog,” David said. “Mine too.” And so they decided to get their second choices. The next day, their birthday, their father bought a collie dog for them.

True

False

Not Stated

Mum and dad were going to give a pet to each of their twin-children as birthday presents.

It had always been Betty and David’s dream to have a dog.

Betty’s best friend had a parrot.

The twins’ cousin’s idea of the best pet was an iguana.

Betty was interested in dinosaurs some time earlier.

Cats were most popular pets with the girls at the twins’ school.

The debate was long and hard.

It took the children three hours to come to the agreement.