READING II. Read the text and match the titles and the paragraphs. There is one extra title.


A. Getting married
B. Languages
C. Reason to emigrate
D. Education and learning
E. Plans for the future
F. Ecology
G. Home town


The Amish
1. ________ The name “Amish” comes from Jacob Amman, a seventeenth-century bishop in Switzerland. Although the Amish came from Europe, they emigrated to the USA to look for religious freedom.

2. ________ They live in small towns, also called settlements in the nineteen states in the USA, southern Canada and Central America. No matter where they lived, they continued their traditional farm life and their religious customs.

3. ________ Amish children are often educated at home or in traditional Amish one-room schools and they do not attend classes after the eighth grade. The Amish teach their young people how to be homemakers and farmers from a very early age.

4. ________ Some people think that the Amish are strange because they do not use petrol or electricity which pollute the environment. They are against cars, tractors, radio, television and telephones. They believe that they should keep our planet clean.

5. ________ Choosing a wife or a husband is the most important decision in an Amish person’s life. It is interesting that a man doesn’t give his bride a diamond or gold ring; he gives her a clock before they get married. At the wedding ceremony, the bride wears a blue dress which is the most popular colour. Finally, the wedding usually takes place in November or December, on a Tuesday or Thursday.

6. ________ They speak a dialect of German at home; they use “standard” German at their church services; and they learn English at school. They speak English when they have to communicate with anyone who is not Amish.

15 – 13 = “5” 12 – 10 = “4” 9 – 7 = “3” 6 – 0 = “2”