Задание по чтению для учащихся 5 – 7 классов

Максимальное количество баллов - 18 баллов

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My New School Is Fantastic

Rita Nelson is fourteen, and she has changed her school because her parents moved to another town this summer.

“Let me tell you about my new school. I’m having a great time. All pupils are very friendly, but it’s very different

from my old school. I can tell you! First of all school starts at 8.00 here, a whole, hour before it did in that school.

This morning I forgot about it and got to school ten minutes late, so the teacher put a note into my record-book. I was

really angry!

There are a lot of other differences in this school, of course. We have seven lessons here almost every day. What

else? The school day is different, too. In my former school we finished school at 3.00, and then most pupils went

home. Here we finish lessons at 3.30, and then most pupils go to sports practice. Well, they love sports here.

I joined gymnastics and football clubs here. A lot of girls play football in this school. I had my first practice

yesterday, and I feel tired today.

Another important thing here is learning to do practical things. Their metal and wood shops are like small factories,

and we are taught to drive as well. It’s fantastic. I had my first lesson in driving a tractor yesterday.”

Задания к тексту

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer.

1. Rita Nelson is _______

a) 13 b) 14 c) 15

2. Lessons in Rita’s previous school started at

a) 7 o’clock b) 8 o’clock c) 9 o’clock

3. Rita has _______ lessons every day.

a) 5 b) 6 c) 7

4. Rita’s lessons are over at

a) 3. 00 b) 3.30 c) 4.00

5. After lessons most pupils go

a) to sports practice b) home c) for a walk

Exercise 2. Decide if the statements are True or false?

1.

Rita doesn’t like her new school.

2.

Today Rita came to school in time.

3.

Students don’t love sports in the new school.

4.

Many girls play football in the new school.

5.

Rita likes to drive a tractor.

Exercise 3. Name the things in Rita’s new school that are different from her previous school. (More than one

variants are possible)

1.

Number of pupils in Rita’s class.

2.

Time when the lessons begin

3.

Time when the lessons end

4.

Number of subjects in the curriculum (расписание)

5.

Number of lessons every day

Exercise 4. Answer the questions on the text "My New School Is Fantastic”.

1.

Why has Rita changed her school?

2.

When do the lessons begin?

3.

What clubs did she join?

4.

What games do girls play in her new school?

5.

What practical things are the children taught?

Задания для обучающихся 6 класса

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Music in the streets

As you go home after a hard day’s work, and you get off the metro train, you sometimes have to walk a long way to

the exit or to change trains. Suddenly in the noise, some music is heard. Those are street musicians. You take out a

coin from your pocket and throw it into their hat or instrument case. These musicians bring color and life to the city

streets. Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years. Some of them are men, some women. They play classical

music, pop or folk music, old and new songs. Many musicians are former university students or professional

musicians.

Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music student, but he gave up music and became a painter. Now he plays in

the underground because he doesn’t want to forget how to play. His girlfriend is a painter, too. She helps him to

collect the money. Another street musician, David MacNell, tells new players: “Learn new songs all the time, or else

you’ll have fewer and fewer listeners. Wear bright clothes to attract attention. Make sure that the places where you

choose to play are warm. The best places are bridges and certainly the underground.”

On Sundays, Hyde Park is the best place, as the speakers here address the people. The street musicians are doing

their business with the many tourists who visit the park. The weather is a big problem. It is not so easy to play the

violin or the guitar on a rainy November day in London and try to smile.

A much worse problem is the police. From time to time, they come, and the musicians are moved to a different place.

True, they are not often fined. One musician told me: “The policeman asked me what I was doing. I said I was just

practicing. Some money just fell out of my pocket into the guitar case, and I was told to leave my place. I think it’s

not fair. People love street music. It makes the city more attractive.”

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer.

1. Street musicians are

a) men b) women c) men and women

2. According to the text, street musicians

a) bring color and life to city streets. b) make more noise in the streets. c) make traffic more difficult

3. Street musicians play

a) old songs b) new songs. c) old and new songs.

4. Andrew Hain plays in the streets because he

a) needs money.

b) does not want to forget how to play.

c) wants to become famous.

5. The worst problem for the musicians is

a) weather b) the police c) no place to play

Exercise 2. Decide if the statements are True or false?

1. Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years.

2. Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music professor.

3. On Mondays, Hyde Park is the best place for street musicians.

4. The weather is one of the worst problems for street musicians.

5. Street musicians are very often fined.

Exercise 3. Put in the missing information

1. Andrew Hain gave up music and became a ____________.

2. It is not so easy to play the violin or the _________ on a rainy November day in London

3. Street music makes the city more ______________________.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions on the text "The Street Music”.

1. Why should street musicians wear bright clothes?

2. What are the best places for street musicians?

3. Which is worse for street musicians – the weather or the police?

4. Why do street musicians need to learn new songs all the time?

5.How old are usually street musicians?