Экзамен по чтению английский язык 6 класс

1.    
The London
Underground and the Moscow metro

The London
Underground is the oldest one in the world. In 1870 there was the opening of
the first line. It was like a tube (Tpy6a), that’s why English people call the
old lines the Tube, the new lines the Underground.

The London
Underground is very long. It’s about 300 kilometers long and it has about 300
stations. Some of them are closed on Sundays. The other stations are closed on
Saturdays and Sundays. The price of tickets isn’t low. It depends on the distance. There are comfortable seats in
the carriages at the Underground. The walls are white or grey. There are a lot
of ads on them.

So the word
«Underground» in London shows you where the stations are. When you
want to find the metro stations in Moscow you look for the letter
«M».

The Moscow metro
began its work on the 15th of May, 1935. There were 13 stations at that time.
Now it has more than 190 stations. Our metro is one of the most beautiful,
comfortable and the cleanest metro in the world. We are proud of it.

1.     When was the first line of London
underground opened?

2.     How many stations does it have?

3.     What is the price of tickets?

4.     What colour are the walls?

5.     What does the word «Underground»
in London show you ?

2.    
A policeman

I was about
sixteen years old when a policewoman visited our school. She told us interesting
stories about the policemen’s job, so I decided to become a policeman. At that
time I lived in a small town in the South West of England and when I arrived in
London, I was shocked by the noise and all the traffic.

I began working on
a response team. It is a difficult but interesting job to police a large city.
Some of my colleagues have police dogs, some ride police horses, others ride
police motorbikes. Most British police officers do not carry guns. But there
are police officers, who have extra training and carry guns.

You need
different skills to be a police officer. It’s necessary to be sociable and
responsible. You must believe in the importance of law and order. In tragic
situations you must be strong and compassionate.

A policeman is a
dangerous job. Good policemen are ready to risk their own lives to help and
protect people.

1. Who visited the
school one day?

2. Why was I shocked
in London?

3. What does help policemen
to work?

4. What skills
does a policeman need to be a police officer?

5. What are ready good
policemen to?

3.    
How would you
do it?

Once a farmer went
to a market. He took three animals with him: a hen, a sheep and a fox. He had
to cross a river which was very wide. There was a boat but it was very small.
He could not take all his animals with him. He could take only one animal
at a time. So he had to cross the river three times. But he knew that he could
not leave the fox with the sheep or with the hen because the fox could kill
them.

He did not know what to do and went back
home. When he came home and told his father about it, his father laughed.
«You can do it,» he said, «and I can tell you how.» The
father said, «You must take the fox to the opposite bank first. Then you
must come back and take the sheep to the opposite bank too. You cannot    leave
the sheep with the fox, so you take the fox back with you to the first bank,
take the hen with you, but leave the fox. When you bring the hen to the
opposite bank, you can come back again to the first bank and take the
fox.»

1.    
Where did a farmer go?

2.    
How many animals did a
farmer take with?

3.    
How many animals could
he take in the boat at a time?

4.    
Why did he go back
home?

5.    
What did his father
say?

4.     The wonderful world of books

Why are so
many people fond of reading books? The answer is very simple — the world of
books is full of wonders. Reading books you can find yourself in different
lands. Together with the characters of the book you go by ship in the stormy
sea, you climb high mountains, you have a lot of adventures.

There are
authors and characters famous all over the world. Who hasn’t read «Alice
in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll or «The Adven­tures of Tom
Sawyer» by Mark Twain? Who hasn’t travelled with Mary Poppins to her
imaginary world?

We enjoy the
beauty and wisdom of fairy-tales which teach us to be kind and clever, brave
and honest, to understand other people. Books help us to be true friends. They
teach us to understand the beauty of nature, to take care of it.

1.    
Why are  people fond
of reading books?

2.    
What can you find reading
books?

3.    
What can you do together
with the characters of the book?

4.    
How do books help
people?

5.    
What do they teach us?

5.    
So many people,
so many hobbies

A hobby is
something you like to do in your free time. Hobbies differ like tastes. Some people
are interested  in music. They collect CDs. People living in big cities
and towns would like to be closer to nature, so they  spend their free time in
the country. Some of them go hiking and some find pleasure working in their gardens.
Gardening and growing flowers, espe­cially roses, is the most popular hobby
among Englishmen.

Nowadays
many new hobbies have appeared.

Many people
are fond of hunting, but not with the guns. They enjoy «hunting» sea
animals and fish with a camera. Both grown-ups and children like playing
computer games. It has become one of numerous hobbies. Very often hobbies help
you to choose your future profession.

1. What is
hobby?

2. What
hobbies do you know?

3. What is
the most popular hobby among Englishmen?

4. What new
hobbies have appeared?

5.How can
hobbies help you?

6.    
The old
musician

It happened
in Vienna many years ago. Every evening an old man played the violin in one of
the streets. People passed by and put some money into the man’s hat.

One night it was
very cold and rainy. The old musician was playing the violin near the door of a
restaurant, but the people didn’t stop to listen to him. Nobody gave him any
money. He was very tired and hungry and couldn’t play any longer.     

Suddenly a
young man came up to him and asked, «Why did you stop playing?» The
old man answered, «Nobody wants to listen to my music.»

The young man took his violin
and began playing. He played so beautifully that very soon there were a lot of
people around him. Everybody liked the music and put a lot of money into the
old man’s hat.

Soon the hat was full of
money. The old man wanted to thank the young man, but he could not find him.

Nobody knew that he was the
great Paganini.

1.     What musical instrument did an old man play?

2.     Where did people put money?

3.     Why couldn’t the old man play any longer?

4.     How did the young man help the old
musician?

5.     What was the name of the young musician?

7.    
A modern
kitchen

A cook, who wanted
to get a job, came to speak to Mrs. White. She asked her what dishes they liked
to have and Mrs. White said they had three meals a day and liked to have ham
and eggs for breakfast, vegetable soup and beefsteak for lunch, chicken or fish
for dinner.

Then Mrs.
White took the cook to the kitchen and showed her the electric cooker, the
washing and drying machines, a dish-washer, a microwave and other things.

«It won’t be
difficult for you to cook in our house,» she said. «I don’t think
so,» answered the cook and began to put on her coat. She was going to
leave the house when Mrs. White asked in surprise, «Aren’t you going to
stay?»

«No,»
said the cook, «your kitchen isn’t good for me. It’s an engineer you want,
not a cook.»

1.     Why did a cook come to speak to Mrs. White?

2.     What dishes did they like to have?

3.     What was there in the kitchen?

4.     Did the cook like the kitchen?

5.     Why was Mrs. White surprised?

8.     Shopping hours in Britain

Shopping
hours in Britain are changing. A few years ago, shops opened at nine o’clock in
the morning and closed at six o’clock in the evening. Some shops also closed
for an hour for lunch. On Sundays nothing was open.

But now many shops
are open longer hours. Some big shops and many supermarkets never close! If you
want some milk or some bread at midnight, you can easily buy it.

It’s very good for
people who often work late at night or early in the morning. If someone
finishes work at five o’clock in the morning, they can go to the supermarket on
their way home and buy some breakfast or a newspaper or anything else they
want.

There are people
who don’t think it’s good. They say that Sunday is a holiday for all people —
who wants to work in a supermarket on a Sunday? But shops are very busy
at the weekend and they will work to make people’s life easier.

1.     What is changing in Britain?

2.     How did shops work in the past?

3.     Can you buy any milk or any bread at
midnight?

4.     Who wants to work in a supermarket on a
Sunday?  

5.     What can you buy in the supermarket?

9.    
It’s your duty!

It is two
o’clock at night. A young doctor is sleeping. Suddenly he hears the door-bell
ring. What can a doctor do? It’s his duty to help his pa­tients even at night.
When he opens the door, he sees a man standing there.

«How do you
do, Doctor?» says the man. «Can you go to a place in the country?
It’s not near, but I know you have a car. I can show you the way.»
«Of course,» says the doctor. «I am ready. I can go with you
now.»

The doctor
goes to his garage and takes his car. In five minutes the car is standing in
front of the house and the doctor and the man start off. They drive for some
time. They must be ten or fifteen kilometers from the city when the man says,
«Here we are. This is my home. Thank you very much. Now I want to pay you and
you can go back home.»

«But how can
I go back? I must see the patient. Where is he?

«There is no
patient,» says the man. «Nobody is ill. I live here far from the city
and must get home. There are no taxis at this time of the night. But it’s a
duty of a doctor to help his patients even at night. So, excuse me. Here is
your money. Thank you. Good night.»

1.     What time it is?

2.     What is a young doctor doing at this time?

3.     What is the duty of the doctor?

4.     How many kilometers from the city did the
doctor drive?

5.     Was there any patient in the house?

10.
Welcome to the
supermarket

Good
afternoon! Welcome to our supermarket. Listen to the information about some
special things happening in the shop today.

First — if
you buy eggs here today, you will get a free book which will tell you how to
make beautiful cakes and biscuits. You can find the eggs at the back of the
shop near the fruit juices.

Next, something at
a very special price. We have some very good chocolate which you can buy today
much cheaper than usual. You can find it near milk and yoghurt.

Also, why
not stay and have a lunch in our cafe. There you can find chicken, cheese and
fish sandwiches or maybe you would like to try our soup. Every day we have a
different kind of soup and today it is tomato. Welcome to our cafe upstairs.
Finally, you can win a TV set if you take part in our competition today. Just
write your name and telephone number on a special card and put it in the box
when you leave the shop.

Thank you for visiting our
supermarket.

1.    
What special things
are happening in the shop today?

2.    
Where can you find the
eggs?

3.    
What is special about
chocolate?

4.    
What dishes can you
eat in the café?

5.    
What prize can you win
in the competition?

11.
Chocolate

We all like
chocolate. In fact, the Kit Kat chocolate bar is so popular that the British
eat forty seven of them every second! But what exactly is chocolate and where
does it come from? And is it good for us or bad for us?

Perhaps you know
the history of chocolate. Like the potato, it comes from South America. The
Spanish people brought it to Europe as a drink. It was so expensive that only
rich people could buy it. The idea of making it into bars came later so it
became popular as a sweet only in the 1850s.

Why do we
like chocolate so much? Of course, it tastes good, but there are other reasons.
There is something in chocolate which makes us happy. And it gives us a lot of
energy. But it’s also so rich in calories that you can put on weight if you eat
it all the time.

Is it good or bad
for us? Well, some scientists  say that chocolate is very healthy, that it
isn’t bad for your heart or your skin and that’s it even good for your teeth.
Other people think that you shouldn’t eat it at all.

The truth is
somewhere in the middle. You shouldn’t eat chocolate all the time but it’s too
tasty to say no!

1.    
What chocolate is
the most popular in the UK?

2.    
Where does
chocolate come from?

3.    
Why only rich
people could buy chocolate?

4.    
What does
chocolate give us?

5.    
What do some
scientists  say about chocolate?

12. A new job

Twelve
months ago Robin Tucker left his job as a salesman. Now he has a restaurant.

Robin lived
ill London and had a job there. But he decided it would be difficult to open a
restaurant in such a big city. So he chose Brighton, because he knew it from
the years of his childhood.

Robin found
an empty building in a nice old street. The house was very old, but other buil­dings
were expensive and he didn’t have much money.

Robin loves his new work. He has found a good
cook. Robin himself gets up at 6 am and often goes to bed after midnight. He
enjoys talking to people who come to his restaurant and some of them have
become his good friends.

Robin’s restaurant
is going very well and he could take a long journey. But he doesn’t want to do
it. Now he has a new idea to open a supermarket selling food from around the
world.

1.    
When did Robin Tucker
leave his job as a salesman?

2.    
Where did he live?

3.    
Why did he choose Brighton?

4.    
When does Robin get
up?

5.    
What is his new idea?

13.
The Queen’s day

It’s really a busy
job to be Queen. Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, gets up early and begins
the day by looking through the newspapers. Then she reads letters from the
public (she gets more than 1,000 each week), and tries to answer them all. The
Queen has daily meetings with her Private Secretary who helps her with her
paperwork, and lots of meetings with ambassadors, lawyers (new judges), and church
people.

In the
afternoon Elizabeth II often goes out on public meetings — she gets thousands of
invitations each year. She opens new hospitals, bridges and factories.

Being Queen is not
a 9 to 5 job, and Elizabeth II has to work from early in the morning until late
at night. And people watch her all the time.

Of course, she has
some free time, and some private life, but less than most people.

In her free time
Elizabeth II enjoys horse racing, fishing, and walking in the countryside. She
also enjoys photography and likes taking photos on her travels. In 50 years the
Queen has been on 251 official visits to 128 different countries.

1.    
What is the name of
the British Queen?

2.    
How does she begin her
day?

3.    
How many letters does
the Queen get every day?

4.    
What does she do in
the afternoon?

5.    
How many official
visits did the Queen pay?

14. The most famous woman pilot

Amy
Johnson was a very famous pilot. She was born on 1st July 1903. In 1930 Amy
flew from London to Australia. She went there alone. She flew in a small
airplane called Jason. The journey took 19 days. She stopped many times
at small airfields in Europe and Asia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.

She was a
national hero when she came back to Britain and a newspaper gave her ten
thousand pounds as a prize.

Amy made many
other flights. In 1931 she flew to Japan and Siberia and in 1936 she had a
flight from London to Cape Town in South Africa.

She made some of
the flights alone and some with another famous pilot called Jim Mollison. In
August 1932 Amy married Jim arid in 1933 they flew from Britain to the United
States of America. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
from east to west. Amy died in a plane acci­dent  9 in January 1941.

1.    
When was Amy Johnson
born?

2.    
What was the name of
her airplane?

3.    
How many days did her
first journey take?

4.    
How did Amy become a
national hero?

5.    
When did she die?

15.
Safari parks

A safari
park is like a large zoo, where the ani­mals live in natural conditions . There
are several safari parks, in Britain and they are very popular places for
visit. One of the most famous is at Windsor, which is close to London airport.

You can
visit some parts of the safari park on foot. Here you can see the animals that
are not dangerous: giraffes, zebras, camels and antelopes. The animals walk
around as if they were in Africa.

Safari
parks also have lions, tigers, leopards and other dangerous animals. They
cannot live with the other animals, because they would eat them. They would
also eat the visitors, so they have to drive through the parts where these ani­mals
live. You must not open your windows and you must not get out of the car. It is
not a good idea to take a new car into this part of the park, be­cause the
monkeys climb on the cars. They can break or spoil  them. Safari parks are much
better than zoos, because the animals do not have to live in small cages.

1.    
Where do animals live
in natural conditions?

2.    
How can you visit some
parts of the safari park with non-dangerous animals?

3.    
Why such animals as
lions, tigers, leopards cannot live with giraffes, zebras, camels and antelope?

4.    
Why must you close
your windows and sit in the car in some parts of the safari park?

5.    
Why is it not a good
idea to take a new car into safari park?

16.
An evening out
for the Americans

What do Americans
do when they have a free evening? Where do they go?

It is easy
if they live in New York or Chicago, for example. There are a lot of theatres
and places to go in big cities. But people don’t have to live in New York to
enjoy themselves. Many of the theatres travel from town to town. And in some
«dinner theatres» you can have dinner and then watch the show.

The cheapest way
to enjoy yourself is to go to the cinema. Even in small towns in the USA you
can go there and see the latest film.

Many Americans
like to go and listen to music. Many forms of music have come from America to
other countries. Jazz and blues started from the music that black people played
many years ago. The style of country music is also very popular in America,
especially in small towns. And some people spend an evening listening .to music
and dancing.

Americans
are fond of all kinds of sports. Even if they don’t play sports themselves they
go to the stadiums to see games or watch them on TV.

1.     What does «dinner theatres»
mean?

2.     What is the cheapest way to enjoy
yourself?

3.     What can you say about jazz and blues?

4.     What sort of music is also popular in
America?

5.     Why Americans go to the stadiums?

17.
 An Unlucky Cat

Once there lived a cat.
He was fat and lazy. He liked to sit at the window and look at the street. He
had got big yellow eyes and long moustache. His name was Tiger. He was my
friend’s pet. One day Tiger jumped over the wall and went into the garden next
door. The weather was fine.

He saw a bird in an apple
tree. It was a small brown bird with bright red feathers on its chest. Tiger
was hungry. He

climbed the tree. The
bird did not see him, because its eyes were closed.

The bird was at the end
of a long, thin branch. It sang pretty. Tiger walked slowly and quietly longed the
branch. He was very near the bird. Suddenly there was a loud crash!

The branch broke, the
bird flew away and Tiger fell. He landed in the lap of an old lady who was
sitting   under the tree.

1. What is the name of
the cat?

2. Who is Tiger?

3. What did he see in an
apple tree?

4. What colour is the
bird?

5. Why did Tiger fall?

18. Schools in the Past

One hundred years ago schools were very different. Children did
not wear uniforms. They used to wear their everyday clothes to school.

Children learned to read, write and do
mathematics. They had history and geography lessons but they did not learn science. They used
to write on slates with white chalk. When the children finished their work,
they cleaned their slates with a rag so that they could write on them again and
again. When they were older, children learned to write with pens and ink. They
did not have many books because they were very expensive. Teachers were usually
very strict. If the children were naughty  they had to stand in the corner.

They did exercises in the playground. They
did not do sports like basketball or football.

1.                                                                                                            
What clothes used
children to wear in the past?

2.                                                                                                            
What school subject
did children learn?

3.                                                                                                            
How did children  write
at school 100 years ago?

4.                                                                                                            
When did pupils learn
to write with pens?

5.                                                                                                            
How many books did
they have?

19. The Man with Thirteen Jobs

Andrew McSporran
is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a
postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman,
an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman and an
undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.

Andrew lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of
Scotland. Only 120 people live in Gigha but in summer 150 tourists come by boat
every day.

Every weekday Andrew gets up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the
hotel guests. At 8.00 he drives the island’s children to school. At 9.00 he
collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the
island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps
Margaret in the shop.

He says: «Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have
holidays and we don’t like watching television. In the evenings Margaret makes
supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go
to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.»

1.    
How
old is Andrew?

2.    
Where
does he live?

3.    
How
many tourists come in summer every day?

4.    
Who
does he make breakfast for?

5.    
When
does he collect the post from the boat?

20. Sky-diver

Clem Quinn was always
interested in flying. When he was five, he tried to fly by jumping off the
garden shed with a golf umbrella. But when he grew up he didn’t become a pilot,
he became a taxi driver. Then 20 years ago he did a parachute jump and loved it.
He decided that being a taxi driver in London was a lot more dangerous than
jumping out of a plane, so he moved to the country to learn parachute jumping
and sky-diving. He is now a full-time teacher of sky-diving. He says: «I
love sky-diving because the world looks so good — blue sky, green fields, white
clouds. You float through the air, it’s like floating in water. You can see
forever, all the way to the French coast. The views are fantastic. You can
forget all your worries. People think it is dangerous but it’s very safe.
Football is much more dangerous. Footballers often have accidents. When did you
last hear of a sky-diving accident? Next July I’m going to do a sky-dive with
100 people from six planes. That’s a record. I’m never going to retire. I’m going
to jump out of planes until I’m an old man.»

1.    
How
old was Clem when he first tried to fly?

2.    
What
did he do when he grew up?

3.    
Where
did he move to learn sky-diving?

4.    
What
is sky-diving like?

5.    
What
is more dangerous than sky-diving?

21.             
The
Life of Ryan                                                 I’ve lived in a foreign
country: in Japan, actually. I lived in Osaka for a year. I enjoyed it very
much. I loved the food. I have worked for a big company. I worked for Nissan,
the car company, that’s why I was in Japan. That was two years ago, then I got
another job.

Have I stayed in an expensive hotel? No, never — only cheap
hotels for me, but I have flown in a jumbo jet — four or five times, actually.
I’ve never cooked a meal for a lot of people. I love food but I don’t like
cooking. Sometimes I cook for me and my girlfriend but she likes it better if
we go out for a meal!

I’ve never met a famous person — oh, just a
minute, well not, met! I saw a famous politician at the airport once. Oh, who
was it? I can’t remember his name. I’ve only seen one Shakespeare play. When I
was at school, we saw «Romeo and Juliet». It was OK. I’ve driven a
tractor. I had a holiday job on a farm when I was 17. I enjoyed that.

Good news — I’ve never been to hospital. I was
born in hos­pital, of course, but that’s different. Bad news — I’ve never won a
competition. I do the lottery every week but I’ve never won a thing!

1.     
How
long did he live abroad?

2.     
What
did he do in Japan?

3.     
What
famous people has he seen?

4.     
What
did he do on a farm when he was 17?

5.    
When
was he in hospital last?

22. Behind the Mirror                                      Alice was in a beautiful
garden. There was a house

with the door open. Alice went in. In the kitchen there was

a
woman with a baby, a frog laying  the table, a cook and a fish. The frog was
putting the plates and glasses on the table upside down! The knives and forks
were in the wrong position! The fish was standing near the woman. It had a letter.
The kitchen was full  of smoke and the cook was smashing plates on the floor!
Everybody was sneezing! «There is too  much pepper in the soup,» said
the woman and sneezed again.

«A
letter for the Duchess from the Queen,» said the

fish. «What does it say?» asked the Duchess. The fish
read, «Dear Duchess, come and play          croquet with me. NOW.»
«Oh dear, I must go,» said the Duchess. «I must play croquet

with the Queen. There are
always tasty things to eat. There
 are cakes and tarts and fizzy things to drink at the castle.»  The 
Duchess  gave  the  baby to Alice.  «What a funny baby,» said Alice.
«It’s got a big nose and small eyes. It’s all pink. Oh,» she shouted.
«It’s a PIG!» The pig

jumped down and ran  away.
» What strange

people,» thought
Alice. «I think I’ll go back outside.»

1.    
What
was there in a beautiful garden?

2.    
Who
was there in the kitchen?

3.    
Why
was everybody sneezing?

4.    
Why
the Duchess must go?

5.    
What
tasty things to eat are there?

№1              Reading.

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A Long Way to Travel for Your Dinner.

        A1This is an Arctic tern. It is not a very big bird. It is only about six inches (16 centimetres) from its bright red beak to its tail. But soon this small bird will begin a wonderful journey. It will fly from one end of the Earth to the other – a journey of about 12,000 miles (18,000 kilometres).

        A2 The tern spends the summer in the Arctic, but it cannpt spend the winter there. It is too cold and there is no food. If the turns stays in the Arctic, it will die.

        A3 In autumn the Arctic tern will leave the North Pole and fly south across the equator to the South Pole. When spring comes again in the northern hemisphere, the tern will come back to the Arctic.

        A4 how do this small birds make this wonderful journey? We don’t know the answer. Perhaps they use the sun, the moon and the stars as a compass. If it is cloudy or foggy, the birds will not migrate. In its life, an Arctic tern travels as far as to the moon and back. That’s a long way to travel for your dinner!

        Установите соответствие заголовков 1 – 5 абзацам А1 – А4. один заголовок лишний.

1. Why does it leave the Arctic in winter?
2. The description of the bird.
3. The unusual bird.
4. The means of orientation.
5. The autumn and spring migrations.

        Определите, являются ли данные утверждения соответствующими (True) тексту или несоответствующими (False)

№2   I. Reading

        Прочитайте текст.

The Legend of Beowulf

        A1        Once upon a time, there was a horrible monster called Grendel. He was half-man and half-monster. He lived in Denmark.

        A2        One day, he came to the king’s castle but nobody could kill the monster. A knight called Beowulf heard about the problem and went to Denmark to help the king.

        A3        One night when Beowulf and his men went to sleep the monster came into the castle and killed one of them. Beowulf woke up and killed the monster.  When he came back to the castle, the king was very happy and he gave Beowulf presents and money.

        A4        Beowulf went back to his country and became a king. He was a wise king for fifty years. But one day, a dragon came to his country and attacked people. The knights were afraid and they did not want to fight the dragon. King Beowulf was an old man but he went to the dragon’s cave with his men and killed the ugly monster.

        Установите соответствие заголовков 1-5 абзацам А1-А4. один заголовок лишний.

1. A brave knight.                  4A fairy-tale monster
2. Gifts for the hero.
3. A terrible creature.                5    A new danger.

Определите, являются ли данные утверждения соответствующими (True) тексту или несоответствующими (False).

№3              Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ о писательнице Хэриет Бичер Стоу. Шесть предложений убраны из рассказа. Выберите из предложений А—G то предложение, которое подходит каждому пропуску I —6. Есть одно лишнее предложение, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

A.        Each night after putting her six children to bed, she worked on her novel.

B.        Slaves had no rights; they could be sold and bought.

C.        It was a book that spoke out against slavery.

D.        Disagreements between the North and the South grew.

E.        Yet “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” surely played a part.

F.        Yet most Northerners were not strongly against slavery.

G.        Over 300,000 copies were sold in a year.

Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was “Uncle Torn’s Cabin”, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. (I) At the time Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her novel, there were over 3.5 million slaves in the United States. Slaves were usually in the cotton-growing states of the South. The Northern states had abolished slavery. (2) They were willing to let slavery’ continue in the South. Stowe was determined to make people understand that slavery was evil. (3) She told the story of characters like Tom, a courageous old slave, Simon Legree, a cruel man who buys Tom, and Eliza, who makes a dangerous escape to freedom. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was published in 1852. (4) People reacted strongly to the novel. In the North many people were finally convinced that slavery must be ended. In the South many people were very angry. (5) By 1861 the two sections of the country were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until 1865, finally brought an end to slavery. Of course, the Civil War had many different causes. (6) Stowe met President Lincoln in 1862. As Lincoln took her hand, he said, “So you’re the little woman who started the big war.”

№4             Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ о Давиде и Голиафе. Выберите самое подходящее заглавие из списка А—I для каждой части 1—8 этого рассказа и запишите его в рамку. Есть одно лишнее заглавие, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

David and Goliath

David lived in Bethlehem. He was a shepherd. He worked every day in the fields. He watched his father’s sheep and protected them from wild animals. David was also a very holy man. He prayed to God regularly. He believed that God protected him when he was with his sheep.

2.        

King Saul was the king of Israel. He was in a war with the Philistines. The Philistines were evil people. They did not believe in God. They had many soldiers in their army. Many of the soldiers were scary giants. The largest giant was named Goliath.

3.____________________________________

Every day Goliath shouted to the Israeli soldiers across the river. He said, “Choose a man to fight me. I am big and strong. No one can defeat me.” Everyone was afraid of Goliath. No Israeli soldier wanted to fight him.

4.                

Three of David’s brothers were soldiers. They were with King Saul’s army. David went one day to the battlefront. He wanted to bring food to his brothers. He wanted them to fight well.

5.                

David arrived at the soldiers’ camp. He heard Goliath shout. All of the soldiers were afraid of him. David said that he would fight Goliath. King Saul said that David was too small and too weak. “Goliath is a giant. He is a professional soldier. You cannot win, David. You are weak and you have no training as a soldier.”

6.                

David knew that God would help him. “God protects me with my sheep. I killed lions and bears because of God’s help. I will fight Goliath. God will help me.” David took his sling with him. He also took five rocks from the river. He did not wear armour. He went to Goliath.

7.        

Goliath thought that David was weak. “You cannot kill me,” he said. But David took his sling. He fired a rock and hit Goliath in the head. Goliath fell onto the ground. David quickly grabbed his sword. He stabbed Goliath with the sword and killed him.

8.        

All of the Philistines were frightened. God helped David kill their giant. They ran away quickly. David was a hero in Israel. The people of Israel made David their King when King Saul died.

A.        Belief in God

B.        A Boastful Giant

C.        A Brave Decision

D.        A War with Giants

E.        Grateful People

F.        Things for the Battle

G.        Fight and Victory

H.        A Shepherd’s Life

I.        Food for Brothers

№5            Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ “Корабль-призрак”. Пять предложений убраны из рассказа. Выберите из предложений А—F то предложение, которое подходит

каждому пропуску 1—5. Есть одно лишнее предложение, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

Ghost Ship

A.        They called this dream route the Northwest Passage.

B.        The ship was named after the Roman Emperor.

C.        What we do know is that the entire crew was dead.

D.        It was a strange journey.

E.        No one heard from them or saw them until 1775.

F.        That’s a long trip — especially if you live in New York and want to sail to San Francisco.

For a long time the only way to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific was to the south, around the tip of South America. (1) So queens, captains and merchants dreamed of finding a shortcut through the northern part of Canada. (2)

The first ship to make the voyage through the Northwest Passage was the Octavius. (3) Here’s why:

In 1762 the Octavius and her crew got iced in off the northern coast of Alaska. They were stuck. (4) The ship was spotted off the coast of Greenland by a whaling boat.

How could the Octavius have sailed for 13 summers and 13 freezing winters, from the Pacific to the Atlantic?

No one knows. (5) They had frozen or starved that first winter in 1762, and the ship had drifted for 13 years on its own — with a crew of the dead.

№6           Reading.

Вы прочитаете пять рассказов о странных происшествиях. Ответы на вопросы 1 —11 выберите из  рассказов А—Е. Рассказы можно использовать неоднократно.        

In which of the stories does the writer state the following:

      1.        They heard the bad news on the phone

2.        The weather changed very quickly.

3.        They don’t meet very often.

4.        They lost their house while they were abroad.

5.        They were talking about their school life.

6.        They were walking near the lake.

7.        It happened during the break.

8.        He managed to take a photo.

9.        There were two people in the room.

10.        The dog was frightened.

11.        Sixteen people watched it.

12.        His dream came true.

Five Strange Stories

A

Tony Wilson was walking his dog Sally last July when Sally suddenly stopped. “She was very upset about something,” said Tony afterwards, “but I didn’t know what it was. We were next to Red Lake, near our house. Then, 1 saw something in the lake. Sally was very scared, but I went to investigate. I couldn’t see clearly, but there was definitely something there. It wasn’t a boat, but it was about the same size as a small boat. I had my mobile phone with me, so I took a photo.” Three days later, Tony’s photo appeared in several national newspapers. No one knows what Tony saw, but people have called it “The Red Lake Monster”.

В

Fifteen schoolchildren were playing in the playground during the lunchtime break when one of them pointed up to the sky. Soon, all the children were looking up. Right above the playground, was a bright round object. “I don’t know what it was,” said Jilly, one of the children. “I know it wasn’t a  plane, though.” Alan Craig,  the teacher who was with them, also saw the object. “It stayed above us for about five minutes,” he said, “before it flew off. Was it a UFO? I suppose so, because none of us know what it was!”

C

Mike and Carla were watching TV when it suddenly became very cold. “It was very strange,” said Carla, “because it was the middle of summer. I put a sweater on, and we carried on watching TV. Mike saw it first. It looked just like a person, but it was grey and we could see through it. It walked all the way across the room, and through the wall! It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen! I don’t really believe in ghosts, but I can’t explain what we saw.”

D

Twelve-year-old Toby was on holiday with his parents in Italy when he said, ”1 had a weird dream last night. I dreamt our house was on fire and all my toys were destroyed.” Two hours later, Toby’s dad’s mobile phone rang. It was their next-door neighbour. “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news, Carl. We don’t know how it started, but your house burnt down last night. The firemen did their best, but there’s not much left. At least no one was hurt.”

E

Liza and Christine were friends from school. Now in their thirties, they meet once or twice a year, usually at a restaurant in London. On one occasion, they were chatting about their days at school. “Do you remember Fiona Shaw?” asked Liza. “1 often think about her,” she said. “I wonder what happened to her.” A voice at the next table interrupted them. “Liza? Christine? I can’t believe it! It’s me. Fiona Shaw. Remember me?”

№7           Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ “В пещере”. Шесть предложений убраны из рассказа. Выберите из предложений А—G то предложение, которое подходит каждому пропуску 1—6. Есть одно лишнее предложение, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

A.        But it was no good, it was too heavy.

B.        They were smooth and wet.

C.        If there is air getting into the cave perhaps there is anotherway in.

D.        The door is closing!

E.        I pulled at the ring with all my might.

F.        We stood with our mouths hanging open in surprise.

G.        Inch by inch we ran our hands over the rock.

In the Cave

In the corner we saw three huge stone boxes full of lumps of gold and crudely made coins. (1) There must have been thousands of them, more! We all went over and picked up the metal letting it fall through our fingers, and back into the box.

Suddenly John jumped back. We all looked round to see him struggling with Gagool. “Look out! (2)” John shouted. We all ran over, but before we could help, Gagool made a last effort and freed herself and dived for the door. But she was too late, the heavy stone slab came down on her.

We all tried to lift the stone up. (3) We must have tried for an hour, bul in the end the torches went out, and we were still no closer to moving the heavy stone.

“Why is the air in the cave still fresh after all these hours?” asked Sir Heniy, after several more hours had passed. “(4)”

There was nothing to lose, so we started feeling the walls and floor to see if there were any cracks. (5) After an hour and a half John cried out, “Hold on, I think I have found something. Come here!” With one of our last matches we were able to see a metal ring set into a stone. The air was blowing through the cracks around the edge of the block. (6) When it opened we could see a narrow staircase leading down into the mountain.

Before we went down the stairway we filled our pockets and a couple of sacks with gold. In the darkness we groped our way down the stairs and along a passage.

№8          Reading.

Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А–G, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1–8. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. The scientific explanation
2. The real shape
3. A lucky sign
4. Some tips
5. Places without rainbows
6. A personal vision
7. A bridge between worlds
8. Impossible to catch

A. Two people never see the same rainbow. Each person sees a different one. It happens because the raindrops are constantly moving so the rainbow is always changing too. Each time you see a rainbow it is unique and it will never be the same! In addition, everyone sees colours differently according to the light and how their eyes interpret it.

B. A rainbow is an optical phenomenon that is seen in the atmosphere. It appears in the sky when the sun’s light is reflected by the raindrops. A rainbow always appears during or immediately after showers when the sun is shining and the air contains raindrops. As a result, a spectrum of colours is seen in the sky. It takes the shape of a multicoloured arc.

C. Many cultures see the rainbow as a road, a connection between earth and heaven (the place where God lives). Legends say that it goes below the earth at the horizon and then comes back up again. In this way it makes a permanent link between what is above and below, between life and death. In some myths the rainbow is compared to a staircase connecting earth to heaven.

D. We all believe that the rainbow is arch-shaped. The funny thing is that it’s actually a circle. The reason we don’t see the other half of the rainbow is because we cannot see below the horizon. However, the higher we are above the ground, the more of the rainbow’s circle we can see. That is why, from an airplane in flight, a rainbow will appear as a complete circle with the shadow of the airplane in the centre.

E. In many cultures there is a belief that seeing a rainbow is good. Legends say that if you dig at the end of a rainbow, you’ll find a pot of gold. Rainbows are also seen after a storm, showing that the weather is getting better, and there is hope after the storm. This is why they are associated with rescue and good fortune. If people happen to get married on such a day, it is said that they will enjoy a very happy life together.

F. You can never reach the end of a rainbow. A rainbow is all light and water. It is always in front of you while your back is to the sun. As you move, the rainbow that your eye sees moves as well and it will always ‘move away’ at the same speed that you are moving. No matter how hard you try, a rainbow will always be as far away from you as it was before you started to move towards it.

G. To see a rainbow you have to remember some points. First, you should be standing with the sun behind you. Secondly, the rain should be in front of you. The most impressive rainbows appear when half of the sky is still dark with clouds and the other half is clear. The best time to see a rainbow is on a warm day in the early morning after sunrise or late afternoon before sunset. Rainbows are often seen near waterfalls and fountains.

Ключ

№1

№2

№3

#4

1 H , 2 D,   3 B ,  4 I ,  5 C ,  6 A ,  7 G ,   8 B

#5

1  F,   2  A,     3  D,     4  E,    5  C

#6

1 D,  2 C,  3 E,  4 D, 5 E,  6 A,  7 B,  8 A,  9 C, 10 A,  11 B,  12D

№7

1 F, 2 D, 3 A, 4 C, 4 G

#8

A – 6
B – 1
C – 7
D – 2
E – 3
F – 8
G – 4

A computer game: The Lost Statue

In this game you are in a small country called Neverland. It is a deserted place. The weather there is terrible. It rains a lot and there are strong winds. The only people there are two young brothers. They live alone in their small house on the beach. In the game, you are one of the boys – Josh or Frank. Josh loves the beach very much and he is good at windsurfing. Frank is interested in doing quizzes and playing guessing games.

One day, they meet a strange man. He collects old things. He needs to find a small statue from the Stone Age and he asks the boys for help. You decide to help the man. First, you talk to the man and learn about the lost statue. Then, with

your brother, organize a trip around Neverland to look for it. On the way you play games, answer questions, do quizzes, visit different places and talk to different people. Collect objects and souvenirs – they are very useful and help you find the lost statue and win the game.The Lost Statue is a great game! Discover the secrets of Neverland and learn about the old times. Play it now and have fun!

Task 1

Read the text and decide which answer is correct, a, b or c.

1 Neverland is a ) a big island. b) a deserted country. c ) an old city.

2 The weather in Neverland is a) warm and sunny. b) cold and cloudy. c)rainy and windy.

3 Frank and Josh live in a) a castle. b) a house on the beach. c)a motel.

4 In the game you are a) a boy. b) the strange man. c)the lost statue.

5 The strange man a ) collects old objects. b) organizes trips around Neverland. c)teaches history.

Task 2

Read the text again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1 _____ The two brothers live in a big house in the forest.

2 _____ Josh is good at quizzes.

3 _____ Frank’s hobby is playing guessing games.

4 _____ The man wants to find an ancient stone.

5 _____ Collecting different objects in the game helps the player to finish it.

Task 1

Read the text and decide which answer is correct, a, b or c.

1 Neverland is a ) a big island. b) a deserted country. c ) an old city.

2 The weather in Neverland is a) warm and sunny.b) cold and cloudy.c)rainy and windy.

3 Frank and Josh live in a) a castle. b) a house on the beach. c) a motel.

4 In the game you are a) a boy.b) the strange man. c ) the lost statue.

5 The strange man a ) collects old objects. b) organizes trips around Neverland.

c )teaches history.

Task 2

Read the text again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1 _____ The two brothers live in a big house in the forest.

2 _____ Josh is good at quizzes.

3 _____ Frank’s hobby is playing guessing games.

4 _____ The man wants to find an ancient stone.

5 _____ Collecting different objects in the game helps the player to finish it.

Task 1

Choose the right variant

1 .Hi! What`s_____________?

A you name B your name C the name D name

2 .Mr Green is _________English teacher.

A our B us C we D you

3 . The Pyramid of the Sun is ___________Mexico.

A from B on C in D at

4. He goes skiing __________winter.

A very B ever C every D always

5. Look at __________airplane in the sky! It`s very big!

A these B this C that

6 .What time do you _________get up on school days?

A used B usual C use D usually

7 . Franco ______like eating English breakfast.

A don`t B doesn`t C aren`t D isn`t

8 Where do you _______ from? — Barcelona in Spain.

A come B comes C be D go

9 . I ___________ visit my grandma on Sunday afternoons.

A some time B sometimes C some D sometime

Task 2 Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of some lines to form words that fit in the spaces in the same lines.

Прочитайте текст. Используйте слова, написанные заглавными буквами в конце некоторых

строк, для образования слов, которые подходят для пропусков в этих же строках

.

Painting the Fence

It was Saturday and a (1)______ summer day. LOVE

Everyone was on holiday, everyone was happy. Tom looked at the fence in front of him. Thirty yards long and nine (2) _____high! FOOT

He sat down under a tree. At that moment he saw Jim (3) ______ SKIP

along with a bucket of water. Now it seemed much (4) ________ GOOD

than the job he had to do. At (5) _____ Jim didn’t agree. Then Tom ONE

promised to give him a marble.

 Reading Test

Test 1

My neighbor Jason is a baker. He is very busy. When he is not at bakery, he is out having fun. Every day Jason wakes at 5 o’clock in the morning. He has breakfast and then he rides his bike to the bakery. When he gets there, he starts to make bread. His work is very hard. He works until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Then he goes back home where he has lunch and rest for a while. In the evening, he sometimes goes to the cinema or meets his friends. On Wednesdays, he always does the shopping. On Sundays, he always wakes up late and then reads a book or works in the garden. He usually goes to bed at 11 o’clock at night.

Words to the text.

Baker-пекарь, булочник

Bakery- пекарня, булочная

a while- некоторое время

Task A

What is this story about? Chose the right answer. (О чём этот рассказ? Выберите правильный ответ.)

a. the baker’s friend

b. the baker

c. the bakery

d. bakers

Task B

Read the text. Mark the statements as T(true) or F(false).

(Прочитайте текст. Отметьте утверждения как верные (Т) или неверные(F).

My neighbor Jack is a baker.

Every day Jason wakes up at 6 o’clock.

When he gets to the bakery, he starts to make biscuit.

On Wednesday, Jason always does the shopping.

On Sundays, he always wakes up early.

Task C

Read the text. Answer the questions. (Прочитайте текст. Ответьте на вопросы)

Where does Jason work?

How does he get to work?

What time does he finish work?

When does he do the shopping?

What does he do on Sundays?

Reading Test

Test 2

Dear Joy,

How are you? It’s my birthday next Saturday and I’m having a party at my house. Why don’t you come? We always have a great time!

I usually decorate my house with a lot of colorful balloons and we all play some great party games. Then there is the food. My mother is a great cook and she makes a lot of delicious food. We usually have pizza with ham, bacon, mushrooms and peppers, ham and cheese or tuna sandwiches and different kinds if salads. There is always a lot of coke, orange and apple juice to drink, and my birthday cake of course. I love chocolate so it’s always a chocolate cake.

So, I really hope you can make it! The party starts at six. Don’t be late!

Love,

Helen

Words to the text

To decorate-украшать

Mushrooms-грибы

Task A

What is this email about? Choose the right answer. ( О чём это электронное письмо? Выберите правильный ответ.)

a. New Year Party

b. school party

c. birthday party

d. Halloween party

Task B

Read the text. Mark the statements as T( true) or F(false)

( Прочитайте текст. Отметьте утверждения как верные (Т) или неверные (F)

Joy’s birthday is next Saturday.

Helen decorates the house with balloons.

Helen’s father cooks the food.

There is only one salad.

Helen doesn’t like chocolate.

Task C

Read the text. Answer the questions. (Прочитайте текст. Ответьте на вопросы)

When Helen is having a party at her house?

How does Helen usually decorate her house?

Do Helen and her friends play party games?

What cake is there at the party?

What time does party start?

Ключи к текстам по чтению.

№1 Reading.

Прочитайте текст.

A Long Way to Travel for Your Dinner.

A1This is an Arctic tern. It is not a very big bird. It is only about six inches (16 centimetres) from its bright red beak to its tail. But soon this small bird will begin a wonderful journey. It will fly from one end of the Earth to the other – a journey of about 12,000 miles (18,000 kilometres).

A2 The tern spends the summer in the Arctic, but it cannpt spend the winter there. It is too cold and there is no food. If the turns stays in the Arctic, it will die.

A3 In autumn the Arctic tern will leave the North Pole and fly south across the equator to the South Pole. When spring comes again in the northern hemisphere, the tern will come back to the Arctic.

A4 how do this small birds make this wonderful journey? We don’t know the answer. Perhaps they use the sun, the moon and the stars as a compass. If it is cloudy or foggy, the birds will not migrate. In its life, an Arctic tern travels as far as to the moon and back. That’s a long way to travel for your dinner!

Установите соответствие заголовков 1 – 5 абзацам А1 – А4. один заголовок лишний.

1. Why does it leave the Arctic in winter?

2. The description of the bird.

3. The unusual bird.

4. The means of orientation.

5. The autumn and spring migrations.

Определите, являются ли данные утверждения соответствующими (True) тексту или несоответствующими (False)

№2 I. Reading

Прочитайте текст.

The Legend of Beowulf

A1 Once upon a time, there was a horrible monster called Grendel. He was half-man and half-monster. He lived in Denmark.

A2 One day, he came to the king’s castle but nobody could kill the monster. A knight called Beowulf heard about the problem and went to Denmark to help the king.

A3 One night when Beowulf and his men went to sleep the monster came into the castle and killed one of them. Beowulf woke up and killed the monster. When he came back to the castle, the king was very happy and he gave Beowulf presents and money.

A4 Beowulf went back to his country and became a king. He was a wise king for fifty years. But one day, a dragon came to his country and attacked people. The knights were afraid and they did not want to fight the dragon. King Beowulf was an old man but he went to the dragon’s cave with his men and killed the ugly monster.

Установите соответствие заголовков 1-5 абзацам А1-А4. один заголовок лишний.

1. A brave knight. 4A fairy-tale monster

2. Gifts for the hero.

3. A terrible creature. 5 A new danger.

Определите, являются ли данные утверждения соответствующими (True) тексту или несоответствующими (False).

№3 Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ о писательнице Хэриет Би­чер Стоу. Шесть предложений убраны из рассказа. Вы­берите из предложений А—G то предложение, кото­рое подходит каждому пропуску I —6. Есть одно лиш­нее предложение, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

A. Each night after putting her six children to bed, she worked on her novel.

B. Slaves had no rights; they could be sold and bought.

C. It was a book that spoke out against slavery.

D. Disagreements between the North and the South grew.

E. Yet “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” surely played a part.

F. Yet most Northerners were not strongly against slavery.

G. Over 300,000 copies were sold in a year.

Sometimes a book can help change history. One book that certainly did was “Uncle Torn’s Cabin”, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. (I) At the time Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her novel, there were over 3.5 million slaves in the United States. Slaves were usually in the cotton-growing states of the South. The Northern states had abolished slavery. (2) They were willing to let slavery’ continue in the South. Stowe was determined to make people understand that slavery was evil. (3) She told the story of characters like Tom, a courageous old slave, Simon Legree, a cruel man who buys Tom, and Eliza, who makes a dangerous escape to freedom. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was published in 1852. (4) People reacted strongly to the novel. In the North many people were finally convinced that slavery must be ended. In the South many people were very angry. (5) By 1861 the two sections of the country were at war. The Civil War, which lasted until 1865, finally brought an end to slavery. Of course, the Civil War had many different causes. (6) Stowe met President Lincoln in 1862. As Lincoln took her hand, he said, “So you’re the little woman who started the big war.”

№4 Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ о Давиде и Голиафе. Выбе­рите самое подходящее заглавие из списка А—I для каждой части 1—8 этого рассказа и запишите его в рамку. Есть одно лишнее заглавие, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

David and Goliath

David lived in Bethlehem. He was a shepherd. He worked every day in the fields. He watched his father’s sheep and protected them from wild animals. David was also a very holy man. He prayed to God regularly. He believed that God protected him when he was with his sheep.

2.

King Saul was the king of Israel. He was in a war with the Philistines. The Philistines were evil people. They did not believe in God. They had many soldiers in their army. Many of the soldiers were scary giants. The largest giant was named Goliath.

3.____________________________________

Every day Goliath shouted to the Israeli soldiers across the river. He said, “Choose a man to fight me. I am big and strong. No one can defeat me.” Everyone was afraid of Goliath. No Israeli soldier wanted to fight him.

4.

Three of David’s brothers were soldiers. They were with King Saul’s army. David went one day to the battlefront. He wanted to bring food to his brothers. He wanted them to fight well.

5.

David arrived at the soldiers’ camp. He heard Goliath shout. All of the soldiers were afraid of him. David said that he would fight Goliath. King Saul said that David was too small and too weak. “Goliath is a giant. He is a professional soldier. You cannot win, David. You are weak and you have no training as a soldier.”

6.

David knew that God would help him. “God protects me with my sheep. I killed lions and bears because of God’s help. I will fight Goliath. God will help me.” David took his sling with him. He also took five rocks from the river. He did not wear armour. He went to Goliath.

7.

Goliath thought that David was weak. “You cannot kill me,” he said. But David took his sling. He fired a rock and hit Goliath in the head. Goliath fell onto the ground. David quickly grabbed his sword. He stabbed Goliath with the sword and killed him.

8.

All of the Philistines were frightened. God helped David kill their giant. They ran away quickly. David was a hero in Israel. The people of Israel made David their King when King Saul died.

A. Belief in God

B. A Boastful Giant

C. A Brave Decision

D. A War with Giants

E. Grateful People

F. Things for the Battle

G. Fight and Victory

H. A Shepherd’s Life

I. Food for Brothers

№5 Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ “Корабль-призрак”. Пять предложений убраны из рассказа. Выберите из предложений А—F то предложение, которое подходит

каждому пропуску 1—5. Есть одно лишнее предложение, которое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

Ghost Ship

A. They called this dream route the Northwest Passage.

B. The ship was named after the Roman Emperor.

C. What we do know is that the entire crew was dead.

D. It was a strange journey.

E. No one heard from them or saw them until 1775.

F. That’s a long trip — especially if you live in New York and want to sail to San Francisco.

For a long time the only way to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific was to the south, around the tip of South America. (1) So queens, captains and merchants dreamed of finding a shortcut through the northern part of Canada. (2)

The first ship to make the voyage through the Northwest Passage was the Octavius. (3) Here’s why:

In 1762 the Octavius and her crew got iced in off the northern coast of Alaska. They were stuck. (4) The ship was spotted off the coast of Greenland by a whaling boat.

How could the Octavius have sailed for 13 summers and 13 freezing winters, from the Pacific to the Atlantic?

No one knows. (5) They had frozen or starved that first winter in 1762, and the ship had drifted for 13 years on its own — with a crew of the dead.

№6 Reading.

Вы прочитаете пять рассказов о странных происшествиях. Ответы на вопросы 1 —11 выберите из рассказов А—Е. Рассказы можно использовать неоднократно.

In which of the stories does the writer state the following:

1. They heard the bad news on the phone

2. The weather changed very quickly.

3. They don’t meet very often.

4. They lost their house while they were abroad.

5. They were talking about their school life.

6. They were walking near the lake.

7. It happened during the break.

8. He managed to take a photo.

9. There were two people in the room.

10. The dog was frightened.

11. Sixteen people watched it.

12. His dream came true.

Five Strange Stories

A

Tony Wilson was walking his dog Sally last July when Sally suddenly stopped. “She was very upset about something,” said Tony afterwards, “but I didn’t know what it was. We were next to Red Lake, near our house. Then, 1 saw something in the lake. Sally was very scared, but I went to investigate. I couldn’t see clearly, but there was definitely something there. It wasn’t a boat, but it was about the same size as a small boat. I had my mobile phone with me, so I took a photo.” Three days later, Tony’s photo appeared in several national newspapers. No one knows what Tony saw, but people have called it “The Red Lake Monster”.

В

Fifteen schoolchildren were playing in the playground during the lunchtime break when one of them pointed up to the sky. Soon, all the children were looking up. Right above the playground, was a bright round object. “I don’t know what it was,” said Jilly, one of the children. “I know it wasn’t a plane, though.” Alan Craig, the teacher who was with them, also saw the object. “It stayed above us for about five minutes,” he said, “before it flew off. Was it a UFO? I suppose so, because none of us know what it was!”

C

Mike and Carla were watching TV when it suddenly became very cold. “It was very strange,” said Carla, “because it was the middle of summer. I put a sweater on, and we carried on watching TV. Mike saw it first. It looked just like a person, but it was grey and we could see through it. It walked all the way across the room, and through the wall! It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen! I don’t really believe in ghosts, but I can’t explain what we saw.”

D

Twelve-year-old Toby was on holiday with his parents in Italy when he said, ”1 had a weird dream last night. I dreamt our house was on fire and all my toys were destroyed.” Two hours later, Toby’s dad’s mobile phone rang. It was their next-door neigh­bour. “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news, Carl. We don’t know how it started, but your house burnt down last night. The firemen did their best, but there’s not much left. At least no one was hurt.”

E

Liza and Christine were friends from school. Now in their thirties, they meet once or twice a year, usually at a restaurant in London. On one occasion, they were chatting about their days at school. “Do you remember Fiona Shaw?” asked Liza. “1 often think about her,” she said. “I wonder what happened to her.” A voice at the next table interrupted them. “Liza? Christine? I can’t believe it! It’s me. Fiona Shaw. Remember me?”

№7 Reading.

Вы прочитаете рассказ “В пещере”. Шесть предло­жений убраны из рассказа. Выберите из предложений А—G то предложение, которое подходит каждому пропуску 1—6. Есть одно лишнее предложение, ко­торое вам не надо использовать. Занесите ответы в таблицу.

A. But it was no good, it was too heavy.

B. They were smooth and wet.

C. If there is air getting into the cave perhaps there is anotherway in.

D. The door is closing!

E. I pulled at the ring with all my might.

F. We stood with our mouths hanging open in surprise.

G. Inch by inch we ran our hands over the rock.

In the Cave

In the corner we saw three huge stone boxes full of lumps of gold and crudely made coins. (1) There must have been thousands of them, more! We all went over and picked up the metal letting it fall through our fingers, and back into the box.

Suddenly John jumped back. We all looked round to see him struggling with Gagool. “Look out! (2)” John shouted. We all ran over, but before we could help, Gagool made a last effort and freed herself and dived for the door. But she was too late, the heavy stone slab came down on her.

We all tried to lift the stone up. (3) We must have tried for an hour, bul in the end the torches went out, and we were still no closer to moving the heavy stone.

“Why is the air in the cave still fresh after all these hours?” asked Sir Heniy, after several more hours had passed. “(4)”

There was nothing to lose, so we started feeling the walls and floor to see if there were any cracks. (5) After an hour and a half John cried out, “Hold on, I think I have found something. Come here!” With one of our last matches we were able to see a metal ring set into a stone. The air was blowing through the cracks around the edge of the block. (6) When it opened we could see a narrow staircase leading down into the mountain.

Before we went down the stairway we filled our pockets and a couple of sacks with gold. In the darkness we groped our way down the stairs and along a passage.

№8 Reading.

Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А–G, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1–8. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. The scientific explanation
2. The real shape
3. A lucky sign
4. Some tips
5. Places without rainbows
6. A personal vision
7. A bridge between worlds
8. Impossible to catch

A. Two people never see the same rainbow. Each person sees a different one. It happens because the raindrops are constantly moving so the rainbow is always changing too. Each time you see a rainbow it is unique and it will never be the same! In addition, everyone sees colours differently according to the light and how their eyes interpret it.

B. A rainbow is an optical phenomenon that is seen in the atmosphere. It appears in the sky when the sun’s light is reflected by the raindrops. A rainbow always appears during or immediately after showers when the sun is shining and the air contains raindrops. As a result, a spectrum of colours is seen in the sky. It takes the shape of a multicoloured arc.

C. Many cultures see the rainbow as a road, a connection between earth and heaven (the place where God lives). Legends say that it goes below the earth at the horizon and then comes back up again. In this way it makes a permanent link between what is above and below, between life and death. In some myths the rainbow is compared to a staircase connecting earth to heaven.

D. We all believe that the rainbow is arch-shaped. The funny thing is that it’s actually a circle. The reason we don’t see the other half of the rainbow is because we cannot see below the horizon. However, the higher we are above the ground, the more of the rainbow’s circle we can see. That is why, from an airplane in flight, a rainbow will appear as a complete circle with the shadow of the airplane in the centre.

E. In many cultures there is a belief that seeing a rainbow is good. Legends say that if you dig at the end of a rainbow, you’ll find a pot of gold. Rainbows are also seen after a storm, showing that the weather is getting better, and there is hope after the storm. This is why they are associated with rescue and good fortune. If people happen to get married on such a day, it is said that they will enjoy a very happy life together.

F. You can never reach the end of a rainbow. A rainbow is all light and water. It is always in front of you while your back is to the sun. As you move, the rainbow that your eye sees moves as well and it will always ‘move away’ at the same speed that you are moving. No matter how hard you try, a rainbow will always be as far away from you as it was before you started to move towards it.

G. To see a rainbow you have to remember some points. First, you should be standing with the sun behind you. Secondly, the rain should be in front of you. The most impressive rainbows appear when half of the sky is still dark with clouds and the other half is clear. The best time to see a rainbow is on a warm day in the early morning after sunrise or late afternoon before sunset. Rainbows are often seen near waterfalls and fountains.

Ключ

№1

№2

№3

#4

1 H , 2 D, 3 B , 4 I , 5 C , 6 A , 7 G , 8 B

#5

1 F, 2 A, 3 D, 4 E, 5 C

#6

1 D, 2 C, 3 E, 4 D, 5 E, 6 A, 7 B, 8 A, 9 C, 10 A, 11 B, 12D

№7

1 F, 2 D, 3 A, 4 C, 4 G

#8

A – 6
B – 1
C – 7
D – 2
E – 3
F – 8
G – 4

Read the text and do the task

THE BOY AND HIS DONKEY.

Once there lived a boy who had a donkey. His donkey was very faithful. Though the donkey did all the work he was asked to do, the boy was not pleased with him. He thought that his donkey was very lazy.

The boy decided to get rid of his donkey.

One day an idea struck him. He decided to exchange his donkey for a motor car.

“A car is really useful and faster than this slow donkey”.

The donkey understood that the boy wanted to get rid of him. He was very sad and heart-broken. But the poor creature was helpless.

Next day the boy changed his donkey for a car and was happy. He could go anywhere. He left the town in the car with his two friends. His friends asked him to drive faster and faster. He did it.

The donkey was sad to be left. He could not stop his tears. He thought the boy was heartless.

The boy was driving the car with great enthusiasm. Suddenly the car jumped and stopped, making strange noise. Something was wrong with it. The boy got under the car to repair it. But he knew nothing about cars.

The boy went back to his faithful donkey and said.

“Dear friend, I am sorry I forgot you. I wish I had not changed you for the car”.

The boy learnt a good lesson that all that is new is not always better than all that is old.

1. Find the best idea of the story:

The text is about…

1. the wise lesson that the boy learnt.

2. The donkey who was left and couldn’t stop his tears.

3. The boy who exchanged his donkey for a motor car.

1. Finish the sentences:

1. The donkey was_.

2. The boy wanted to __ of his donkey.

3. The boy thought that the donkey was __ .

4. The boy wanted to __ his donkey for a motor car.

5. The donkey could not stop his ___.

6. The car jumped and stopped, making strange ___.

7. The boy ___ a good lesson.

1. Find the right sentences and put “+” or “-“.

1. The boy was very pleased with the donkey.

2. The donkey wanted to get rid of the boy.

3. The boy decided to exchange his donkey for a motor car.

4. The donkey was sad and heart-broken.

5. The boy’s friends asked him to drive slowly.

6. The donkey was very sad to be left behind.

7. The boy’s friend got under the car to repair it.

8. The boy went back to his faithful donkey.

KEYS

1. a

2. 1. faithful

2. get rid

3. lazy

4. exchange

5. tears

6. noise

7. learnt

III.

1. —

2.-

3. +

4.+

5. —

6. +

7. —

8. +