A Joke
Everyone has read stories about Sherlock Holmes, who
was a famous detective. He was the most famous detective of all time.
The author of all the stories was Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Once Sir Arthur arrived in Paris. He took a cab and asked the cabman to
take him to a big hotel, where he was going to spend the night. The cabman
brought him to the hotel. When he received his fare he said, "Thank you
very much, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." Sir Arthur was surprised, "How do
you know who I am?" he asked. "Well, sir, I read in the newspapers
yesterday that you were coming to Paris from the South of France. The train, by
which you arrived, came from the South of France. Your hat and your clothes
told me that you were English. I put all together and guessed at once that you
were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
"That is wonderful," said Sir Arthur.
"With so few facts you were really able to know me." "Of
course," said the taxi- driver, "your name was on both of your
travelling bags. That also helped."
The cabman played a joke on Conan Doyle.
А.
Определите, какие из приведенных ниже утверждений соответствуют содержанию
текста (True), какие не соответствуют
(False).
Sherlock Holmes is a famous writer of detective
stories.
Once Sir Arthur Conan Doyle came to Paris.
The cabman recognized him at once.
He could not explain why he had recognized him.
He knew that his passenger was a famous writer because
he had seen him before.
Б.
Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
Why did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle take a cab?
How did the taxi-driver explain the fact that he knew
his passenger's name?
Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believe him?
What was the real reason for the cabman's knowledge?
Why did the cabman decide to play a joke on the famous
writer?
A Trip by Plane
An American farmer wanted to make an air trip. There
was an airport close to his farm. So one morning he came there to ask if he
could make an air trip.
"You see," he said to one of the pilots,
"I have never flown before, but I would like to." The pilot told him
that the price of the trip was 10 dollars for a ten-minute trip. "Oh, it's
a dollar a minute," the farmer said. "Can't you reduce the
price?" The pilot thought for a minute and then said, "I won't take
any money if you don't say a word during the whole trip." The farmer
agreed.
"By the way," said the pilot, "you may
take your wife too." The farmer was. happy.
The next day at three o'clock the farmer and his wife
arrived at the airport. Soon they were up in the air. The plane flew at a high speed,
it went up and down very quickly, but the passengers didn't say a word.
"You are brave people," said the pilot.
"I thought you would be afraid to fly."
"Well," said the farmer, "I am glad, I
will not have to pay for the trip, as I didn't have to say a word, but I wanted
to speak to you when my wife fell out of the plane."
А.
Определите, какие из приведенных ниже утверждений соответствуют содержанию
текста (True), какие не соответствуют
(False).
The farmer didn't like the price of the trip.
The farmer decided to take his wife because it could
make the price of the trip less.
The passengers kept silent when they were in the air.
The farmer's wife was quite well after the trip.
Б.
Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
What kind of trip did the farmer want to make?
Did he find the trip cheap or expensive?
On what condition did the pilot agree to change the
price of the trip?
Who joined the farmer?
Did the farmer pay for the trip?
What happened to his wife in the air?
Грамматика и лексика
Откройте
скобки и поставьте глагол в нужной форме. Занесите ответы в бланк ответов № 1.
One day a lady 1 _______ (see) a mouse running across
her kitchen floor. She 2_____ (be) very afraid of mice, so she 3_______ (run)
out of the house, 4______ (get) in a bus and 5 ____ (go) down to the shops.
There she 6______ (buy) a mouse-trap. The shopkeeper 7_____ (say) to her,
"8_____ (put) some cheese in it, and you 9______(catch) that mouse."
The lady 10_____ (come) home with her mouse-trap, but
when she 11_____ (look) in her cupboard, she 12______ (can't) find any cheese
in it. She 13_____ (not want) to go back to the shops, because it 14______ (be)
very late, so she 15_____ (cut) a
picture of some cheese out of a magazine and 16______ (put) that into the trap.
Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese 17_____ (be)
quite successful! When the lady 18_____ (come) down to the kitchen the next
morning, there 19______ (be) a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the
picture of the cheese. What20_____
you____ (think) the woman did next?
The Cat and
the Mice
A cat lives in a
small house. In the kitchen of the cat’s house live little mice. The cat is
very big and every day she eats one or two mice. But on her birthday the cat
does not eat mice. Every year all the mice in her house come to the cat’s
birthday party. Of course, the cat is very glad to see the mice. They give her
birthday presents: cakes, bottles of milk and interesting toys. The toys are made
of paper and cotton. The cat likes the cakes and milk. She
likes the toys too.
Last
year the mice came to the cat’s birthday party and said “Here is
blue ribbon with a small bell for you”. The
cat was glad because the ribbon was nice, it was made of silk. The cat took the
ribbon, put it on and said “Thank you. I like the ribbon with the bell very
much. I am going to wear it all the time”. The mice were happy for they knew
when the cat came.
When
the mice heard the bell, they ran away from the kitchen.
1. A cat lives in a big house.
2. The cat eats a lot of mice every day.
3. On her birthday the cat eats only cakes.
4. The cat is glad to see the mice at her birthday.
5. The mice bring presents for the cat.
6.
Every year … come to the cat’s birthday.
1.
one or two mice
2.
all the mice
3.
some mice
7.
They
give her parents
1.
chocolates.
2.
fish.
3. cakes, bottles of milk and interesting toys.
8.
Last year he cat got … as birthday present.
1. a ribbon with a small bell
2.
a cathouse
3.
a book with pictures
9.
The
cat was glad because
1. the mice came to see her.
2. she liked the ribbon with the bell.
3. the ribbon was nice and pink.
10.
The
mice were happy because
1.
the cat was glad.
2.
the ribbon was nice.
3. the cat was going to wear the ribbon with the bell.
Cotton
– хлопок
Ribbon – лента
Bell – колокольчик
Heard – слышали
Reading Comprehension for the 4th Form.
Read the following text.
Mike is my friend. He is 10 years old. He has many friends, they are animals. He likes animals very much and he has many pets at home. Mike has 2 cats: a black cat and a white cat and three kittens. They all live in a big box. The box is near the door.
They like to eat milk and fish. The black cat`s name is Dolly. Dolly is a big, kind and clever animal. In the morning Dolly awakes Mike. It sits near Mike`s bed and mews. Mike gets up and goes to school. He comes home from school at 2 o`clock. And in the afternoon he goes to the park to play with his cats. They run and play with a ball. The ball is red.
Mike is happy to have good friends.
Read the following text.
Mike is my friend. He is 10 years old. He has many friends, they are animals. He likes animals very much and he has many pets at home. Mike has 2 cats: a black cat and a white cat and three kittens. They all live in a big box. The box is near the door.
They like to eat milk and fish. The black cat`s name is Dolly. Dolly is a big, kind and clever animal. In the morning Dolly awakes Mike. It sits near Mike`s bed and mews. Mike gets up and goes to school. He comes home from school at 2 o`clock. And in the afternoon he goes to the park to play with his cats. They run and play with a ball. The ball is red.
Mike is happy to have good friends.
1. Answer the questions. Відповіді на запитання
1. What is my friend`s name?
2. Does he have many friends?
3. What animals does he have at home?
4. How many kittens does he have?
5. Where do the cats live?
1. What is my friend`s name?
2. Does he have many friends?
3. What animals does he have at home?
4. How many kittens does he have?
5. Where do the cats live?
2. True or False. Правильно чи неправильно.
1. Mike is ten.
2. He has no friends.
3. He has not got pets at home.
4. Mike has three cats.
5. Three kittens live in a big bag.
1. Mike is ten.
2. He has no friends.
3. He has not got pets at home.
4. Mike has three cats.
5. Three kittens live in a big bag.
3.
Translate
into English. Переклади на англійську мову
1.много питомцев
2.белый кот
3.пить молоко
4.утром
5.играть с мячом
1.много питомцев
2.белый кот
3.пить молоко
4.утром
5.играть с мячом
London
London is the capital of Great Britain. London is a
very old town. London is two thousand years old. Many years ago London was a
small town on the Thames. There were a lot of villages round it. After many years
London and three hundred villages grew into a very large city. Some of the
names of those villages are the names of the streets in modern
London-Kensington, Westminster.
Now London is a beautiful city with large squares and
parks. The city of London is the business centre. East End includes the poor
districts. West of London is the West End where rich people live.
Trafalgar Square is in the centre of the West End of
London. In the centre of Trafalgar Square there is the column made of granite.
On the top of the column there is a 17-feet-tall statue of Admiral Nelson who
defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1809. The total high of the
monument is 184 feet (44 meters).On the pedestal is a bronze relief cast from a
captured French cannon, representing Nelson’s victory.
On the North side of Trafalgar Square is the National
Gallery.
The National Gallery has one of the finest collections
of pictures in the world.
Trafalgar Square is one of the busiest place in
London, where people go to and from the work, it is hard to cross the street.
1. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.
1.
What is the
capital of Great Britain ?
2.
How many years
is London?
3.
What includes
the poor districts?
4.
Where do rich
people live?
5.
Where is the
Admiral Nelson column?
2. Продолжите предложение.
1.
On the top of
the column …
2. London is two…
3. On the north side…
4. The total high…
5. There were…
3. Какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста
“+”, а какие не соответствуют “-”
1.
London is a new
town.
2.
London is on the
Thames.
3.
The West End of
London is a place where rich people live.
4.
In London there
aren’t a lot of squares and parks.
4. Найдите в тексте
1. Национальная галерея имеет одну из прекраснейших коллекций в мире.
2. Трефальгарская площадь находится в центре Вест Енда в Лондоне.
3. Сейчас Лондон –один из красивейших городов с большими площадями и парками .
4. Спустя много лет Лондон и три сотни деревень превратились в один большой
город.
5. Некоторые из этих деревень стали названиями в современном Лондоне.
Reading
Forms 7-8
I.
Read the text and number paragraphs A-E in the correct
order.
The teenager
who changed world history
A.
Franz
Ferdinand was the direct cause of the First World War, which started the same
year, and which resulted in the deaths of nine million soldiers. The war ended
in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles, which was very
unfavourable to Germany. This, in turn, resulted in Germany going to war again
in 1939, a war in which approximately 60,000,000 people around the world lost their lives.
B.
For example,
do you know who Gavrilo Princip was? Probably not. He was a Serb, born in
Bosnia in 1894 and was one of nine children, six of whom died when
they were very young. Gavrilo's health was also very bad and he suffered from
tuberculosis. He studied in Belgrade where he spent most of his time with
nationalists who wanted a union between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. He died
when he was just 24 years old.
C.
The Second
World War ended with the Treaty of Yalta in 1945 which led to
the division of Eastern Europe, which eventually led to the conflict in
Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Possibly no other person has had so much impact on
world history over the last century than the sickly teenager, Gavrilo Princip.
D.
History
tells us about famous leaders, Kings and Queens, but what about the great
changes which have been caused by one small act carried out by a relatively
unknown person?
E. So why is he so important? Well, Gavrilo Princip is
the boy who, at the age of 19, assassinated Archduke Franz
Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. Franz Ferdinand was going to be the
next Austro-Hungarian emperor and the nationalists wanted their country to be
independent from the empire. After shooting and killing the Archduke in his
car, Gavrilo was captured by the police and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. But he died in prison of tuberculosis in 1918.
II.
Read the text
and choose the best possible answer to the questions given below
In the
1400s, merchants and traders from Europe travelled long distances to the east
by land and by sea. They exchanged, bought, and sold things to people in Asia.
Merchants from Italy, Spain, and Portugal travelled to Asia to buy such things
as jewels, gold, tea, and silk. They also bought salt and spices that were
necessary to preserve food. The trade route back and forth to Asia by land was
very long and difficult. On the sea, ships had to travel all the way around
Africa. It was a long and dangerous trip.
An Italian
sea captain and mapmaker named Christopher Columbus believed that there was an
easier way to travel to Asia from Europe. In the 1400s, many people believed
that the world was flat! They believed that ships would fall off the earth if
they travelled too far west. Columbus believed that he could travel west across
the Atlantic Ocean and arrive in Asia. He believed the world was round. Many
people laughed at Columbus, but the queen of Spain believed Columbus was
correct. She gave him money, ships, and men. He went to look for a faster trade
route to Asia.
In 1492, Columbus travelled across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships. After about 30 days, he reached a land. He thought he had arrived in India. In fact, he had really found Islands
of North America. Columbus showed the world's people that the Earth was not flat! He opened up a «New World» for exploration, for trade, and for
settlement.
When
Columbus reached the islands of North America, he thought he was in India. He
called the people on island Indians. Of course, they were not Indians.
They were Native Americans whose ancestors had migrated
from Asia thousands of years ago. Millions of Native Americans lived in the
Americas. They lived in many beautiful cities in over 2,000 separate and advanced societies. Many of these
societies were attacked and totally destroyed by the Spanish and Portuguese who
came after Columbus in the 1500s. These explorers came to find gold and other
riches. They came to take new land for their countries. They killed the Native
Americans, stole their women, their gold, their land, and their possessions.
These explorers became rich and powerful. Spain and Portugal controlled all of
the people and land in what are now the southern and western parts of the
United States and all of Mexico, Central America, and South America. France and
England also controlled land in North America.
1. Merchants
and traders from Europe travelled long
distances:
a)
to the west
by sea and by land;
b)
to the west
by air and by see;
c)
to the east
by sea and by land;
d)
to the east
by land and by air.
2. The trade
route to Asia by land was:
a)
very time-consuming
and hard;
b)
very short
and easier said than done;
c)
very
protracted and intricate;
d)
very
extensive and wide.
3. In the
1400s, many people believed that:
a) the earth was flat;
b) the globe was unexciting;
c) the planet was smooth;
d) the world was routine.
4. It can be
inferred from the passage that Columbus
believed
that:
a)
the moon was
round;
b)
the earth
was rotating;
c)
the humanity
was ill;
d)
the planet
was round.
5. Among the
people who didn't laugh at Columbus was:
a)
the queen of
Britain;
b)
the principal
of Spain;
c)
the
sovereign of Spain;
d)
the king of
France.
6. The passage
implies that Columbus travelled across:
a)
the Atlantic
Ocean with three vessels;
b)
the
Athlantic Ocean with three ships;
c)
the Pacific
Ocean with three boats;
d)
the Atlantic
Ocean with three dispatches.
7. Columbus
thought he was:
a) in America;
b) in Asia;
c) in China;
d) in India.
8. The word
«ancestors» in line 33 may best
stand for:
a) successors;
b) descendants;
c) predecessors;
d) inheritors.
9. The
explorers killed the Native Americans:
a)
stole their
woman, their gold, their land, and their wealth;
b)
stole their
women, their gold, their territory, and their things;
c)
stole their
men, their gold bars, their land, and their possessions;
d)
stole their
women, their gold, their terrain, and their gods.
10. Spain and
Portugal controlled what are now:
a)
the United
States, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and South America;
b)
the United
States, South America, Mexico, and Central America;
c)
the United
States, Panama, Central America, and South America;
d)
the United
States, Central Africa, Mexico, and South America.
III.
Read the text about an “Inexcusable mistake” and do
the task.
Inexcusable
Mistake
One day a young gentleman accompanied
by1 his man-servant entered a jeweller's2 shop
in Royal Street in London. The gentleman wore his right arm in a sling3.
He began to examine a couple of rings to the value of one thousand pounds. He
wanted to pay for the rings at once, but realized that he had left his wallet4
at home.
«Peter», he said to his servant, «take the car, drive
back home and tell my wife to send me the money at once».
He asked the jeweller for a sheet of paper to write a
note to his wife. But as he started writing, he couldn't manage to do it
because it was too painful for him.
«Would you kindly help me»? he asked the jeweller. «I can't write it myself».
Jeweller agreed to help. At the dictation of the gentleman he wrote: “Please
send me a thousand pounds via bearer5. Your husband George».
«You don't say so»! exclaimed the jeweller. «My name
is George, too». «Oh», replied the gentleman, «Glad to hear that». He gave a
letter to his servant and stayed at the shop to wait for the money.
They waited for a long time. At last the gentleman
said: «I must go home and see what has happened. Keep the rings
please, tomorrow I'll buy them».
When jeweller came home in the evening, he told his
wife about strange incident in his shop.
«I can't
understand one thing», told his wife. «Why did you send home for a thousand
pounds»? And she showed him a note. The jeweller recognized his own handwriting
and fainted6.
Accompained by1 - сопровождаемый; jeweller2 – ювелир; in a
sling3 – на перевязи; wallet4 – бумажник, кошелёк; via bearer5 – через подателя (письма); faint6 – падать в обморок
Say if the sentence is true or false:
1.
The
jeweller's shop was situated in Baker Street.
2.
A young
gentleman accompanied by his man-servant entered the jeweller's shop one
morning.
3. The gentleman wore his left arm in a sling.
4.
He began to
examine a couple of rings to the value of one thousand dollars.
5. He wished to pay for the rings at once.
6. He said he had left his wallet at home.
7.
The
gentleman wrote a note to his wife with the request to give him money.
8.
The
gentleman started writing but found it difficult and the jeweller offered his
help.
9. They waited for a long time, but the servant didn't
appear.
10. The jeweller said he had to go home.
Thank you for useful information!
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