Конспект урока «Reading Comprehension» по английскому языку

Reading Comprehension

Time: 45 minutes

Part 1

Read this article about forks and decide whether statements 1-10 are true or false according to the text. Write T or F in each box.

In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, ‘When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.’

Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.

At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servant brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.

Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.

Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.

Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers they had enough for them?

Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.

Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use ' forks.

1. Thomas Coryate brought forks to England because he believed it was not nice to eat meat with fingers.

2. Thomas Coryate wanted to make his friends surprised so he brought forks.

3. Thomas Coryate wanted to make business selling forks.

4. Eeverybody looked at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians because nobody had seen a fork before.

5. Nobody ate meat with hands in England.

6. Coryate’s friends didn’t pay any attention to the forks

7. The first piece of meat fell to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork because he had not used to eating with a fork.

8. The steak was too tough so it fell down.

9. People in England began to use forks in 1658

10. People in England don’t use forks nowdays.

Part 2

Read the following text. For Questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C)

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, like giraffes, zebras, camels and antelopes. The animals walk around as if they were in Africa.

But safari parks also have lions, tigers, leopards and other dangerous animals. These cannot be kept 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 have to keep your windows closed 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.

Safari parks are much better than ordinary zoos, because the animals do not have to live in small cages.

1. How do the animals live in safari park?

A in natural conditions

B in small cages

C in comfortable rooms

2. You can visit some parts of the safari park with non-dangerous animals .

A by little locomotive

B by special bus

C on foot

3. How do the visitors have to behave in safari park?

A They must not get out of the car

B They must keep windows closed

C All variants are correct.

4. The dangerous animals .

A can eat non-dangerous animals

B live with non-dangerous together

C live apart in small cages

5. What is the one of the most famous safari park in Britain?

A Blackpool safari park

B Windsor

C Manchester safari park

Part 3

Put the scrambled paragraphs in the right order (from A to E)

A I decided to call the police. On tiptoes I went downstairs and dialed 999. The police answered and I explained what had happened. They promised to come at once.

B One night I was alone at home with my little daughter Pat. My husband had gone on a business trip. Pat woke me up in the middle of the night: ‘Mummy, there’s a man outside the house. He was watching me through the window.’

C Soon a police car pulled up in front of the house. I opened the door and let in a young police officer. After listening to my story he went out. Five minutes later he returned. ‘It’s all right,’ he said, ‘the man was only walking his dog, and it ran into your garden.’

D ‘And why was he looking at our window?’ I asked the officer. ‘Probably out of curiosity,’ he said. ‘There’s nothing we can do, Madam. It isn’t a crime to walk a dog at night.’

E I went quickly into my daughter’s room and looked out of the window. I could see the dark figure of a man in our garden. Who was he and what was he up to? Why was he looking at our window? Was he going to break in?

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TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Participant’s ID number

READING COMPREHENSION

ANSWER SHEET

Use of English

Time: 45 minutes

Task 1

Decide which answer (A, B, C ) best fits each space.

1. Most people prefer to have their holidays in___________ summer.

2. It’s ______ delicious lunch!

3. I want to enter ______ Moscow State University.

4. Alaska is one of the states in _____USA.

5. Where does ____Volga flow into?

6. We have ______ new friends. Have you ____?

7.Can you help us? ____ problem!

8. ______advises me to stay at home.

9. _____ road shall we take? There are two of them.

10. There are a lot of books on the shelves,______?

Task 2

Express the meaning of each phrase in one word.

1. Full of fear – a f r a i d

2. to take the first step — b_ _ _n

3. a town where a seat of government is — c_ _ _ _ _l

4. very well known — f_ _ _ _s

5. the dark part of each day — n_ _ _t

6. not shut — о_ _n

Task 3

Match the idioms with their definitions

1. be in a good mood a) check

2. be broke b) feel happy

3. get rid of c) have no money at all

4. give smb one’s word d)make a promise

5. make sure e)remove or dispose of

1. - ___

2. - ___

3. - ___

4. - ___

5. - ___

Task 4

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

There was once a wild man who lived on a hill which was far in a forest. He was a simple man and seldom 1. ______(speak) to other people. One day he noticed a man who 2. _____(walk) along a path in the forest below the hill. He ran down to him and said:

‘I want to talk to you. 3. ______ you ______(come up) to my home and have a talk with me?’

The man agreed. They climbed the hill together. As it was a cold day, the stranger 4._____(breathe) on his hands.

‘What 5._____you (do)?’ asked the wild man.

‘I’m blowing on my hands.’

‘Why are you doing it?’

‘My hands 6. ____ (be) cold. I want them become warm.’

‘I understand’ said the wild man.

When they came to the house on the hill, the wild man made the stranger drink a cup

of boiling milk. As the milk was very hot, the stranger began blowing on it.

‘What are you doing now?’ asked the wild man.

‘I am blowing on my milk.’

‘Why are you doing it?’

‘The milk is hot. I am blowing on it 7_______(make) it cold.’

‘What!’ shouted the wild man. ‘But before you blew on your hands to make them hot. 8. _____ (Get out) of my house! I 9. _____(not want) men like you in my home. You are not an honest man, if you 10. _____(blow) hot and cold with the same breath.’

1. _______________

2. _______________

3. _______________

4. _______________

5. _______________

6. _______________

7. _______________

8. _______________

9. _______________

10. _______________

TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR ANSWER SHEET

Participant’s ID number

Use of English

ANSWER SHEET

Task 1

Writing

Participant’s ID number

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Ben.

…I tried my luck and won a really nice prize last week. Do you like to take part in different competitions? What kind of? Are you fond of sport? What is your hobby? Are you and your friends won any prizes?

You should write 80 - 100 words. Answer his questions. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Time: 30 minutes

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Speaking

Карточка участника

Student 1

___________________________________

Task 1

(Monologue; Time: 1,5 - 2 minutes)

In a minute you will have to speak about your sports.

Remember to say:

• whether you or your friends do any sport and what sport it is

• what sport you like watching

• whether people should do sport regularly, why

Task 2

(Dialogue; Time: 3 - 5 minutes)

Your friend and you should talk about your favourite school subject. Remember to say:

• which of the school subjects you like most, why

• what you do during the lessons

• whether this subject is going to be useful for your life and career, and why/why not

In this conversation you should

• Express your opinion and give reasons of your choice

• Ask your friend’s opinion

• Agree or disagree with it

Speaking

Карточка участника

Student 2

___________________________________

Task 1

(Monologue; Time: 1,5 - 2 minutes)

In a minute you will have to speak about the place where you live

Remember to say:

• What kind of a place it is (a village) and what it looks like

• What it’s famous for

• What you would show your guests at the first place and why

Task 2

(Dialogue; Time: 3 - 5 minutes)

Your friend and you should talk about your favourite school subject. Remember to say:

• which of the school subjects you like most, why

• what you do during the lessons

• whether this subject is going to be useful for your life and career, and why/why not

In this conversation you should

• Express your opinion and give reasons of your choice

• Ask your friend’s opinion

• Agree or disagree with it

1. Reading (чтение)

Всего – 20 баллов

Part 1

2) Use of English (лексико-грамматические задания)

Всего – 30 баллов

Task 1