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My dad had a moustache, a well-paid offi ce job, and, every now and again, some ideas about leading

a healthier lifestyle. My brother and I, both in our early teens, usually found them amusing, sometimes

to the point of tears, while my mum put up with them with quiet resignation, although she did explode

on one or two occasions. In that case, he would give up and think of something else. The weird thing

was that even though he had quite sensible ideas, he always managed to make a mess of putting them

into practice.

So, when he decided to give up smoking, he didn’t seek professional advice. Instead, he had me and

my brother search the web for ways to help him stop smoking. We enjoyed the job a lot. As a result

of our ‘research’, he tried hiding the cigarettes all over the house, paying fi nes to us when he smoked,

eating sweets instead and things like that which didn’t work for longer than a few days. It was when

he started thinking of hypnosis that mum couldn’t stand it anymore and dragged him to a doctor the

next morning. It took a few weeks, several packets of tablets and a few fi ts of really bad temper before

he was free of the habit.

At another time, he wanted to get in good shape. But the city parks were too small for cycling, the

gyms too crowded and the bedroom too small for a training bike. So, my brother told him to join a class

in African dance. It took a while to talk him into it, though. We both went with him to his fi rst class,

offi cially to keep him company and, secretly to shoot a video. In his dance, he defi nitely didn’t look like

a graceful fl amingo, but more like a terrifi ed chicken, but he looked as if he was having the time of his

life. Until he caught all of us, mum included, later at home, laughing to tears at the video we’d made.

He felt so offended he never went there again.

Then he set out to improve his eating habits to lose weight. He tried a number of crash diets, fat diets

and the like, determined to press on. I could never understand why he wouldn’t turn to our mum for a

hint or two. She was well-read on the subject of healthy eating and had years of experience in keeping

to a proper body weight. However, he wanted to have it his own way and she knew better than to try

and instruct him. So, he would lose some weight and then put it back on until he was so disappointed

he gave up the whole idea.


6.1. The writer says that most of his father’s efforts to have a healthy lifestyle

A. seemed completely unreasonable.

B. were funny to him and his brother.

C. made their mother furious.

D. worked well in his daily life.

6.2. When he decided to stop smoking, the writer’s father

A. consulted a doctor immediately.

B. browsed the internet for helpful ideas.

C. tested some unsuccessful techniques.

D. at fi rst used some ideas of his own.

6.3. Which of the following is true about the African dance class and the writer’s father?

A. He took to the idea straight away.

B. He felt silly taking part in it.

C. He seemed to enjoy it a lot.

D. He knew he was being fi lmed.
6.4. In the writer’s opinion, when his dad tried to lose weight, he made a mistake because he
A. refused to listen to his wife’s advice.
B. didn’t think of asking his wife for advice.
C. never kept to one diet long enough.
D. switched from good eating habits to bad ones.
6.5. Throughout the text, the writer focuses on
A. showing his father’s efforts in an ironic way.
B. the effects his father’s ideas had on their family life.
C. the reasons why his father wanted to change his lifestyle.
D. the details of his father’s methods to improve his lifestyle