Контроль читання за І семестр у 7 класі

The 7-th form                     Reading                                 I semester

However- проте                                  immediately – одразу ж

Delightful- милий                               throughout - упродовж

React- реагувати                                 to discover- виявити

Turned into hours- перетворювались на години

I. Read the text and complete it with the sentences from the box.

a) Before that happened, I tried all the usual methods.

b) She’s already old enough to help out.

c) I’d sigh and say, «In a minute»

d) Isn’t that what we all want?

My children are wonderful - smart and cute and generally delightful. However it took me years to work out how to encourage them to help with the household chores. … (1) I wrote out lists of chores and let my children choose. I tried to make chores to be games. I showed my children what happened if nobody did chores. And yes, the chores got done and we lived in a clean and tidy house. But my children worked only because I asked them to do it. I knew there must be a better way, but for a long time, I was too busy and tired to discover it. Then one day I thought about how I reacted when my children asked me for help. «Can you help me with this please, mum?» one of them would say. …..(2) Quite often that minute turned into hours. One day I decided to try something new. «Can you help me with this please, mum?» asked Charlotte. «Of course I can,» I replied, putting down my own work immediately. I remembered to smile at the same time. It wasn’t easy at first. But it’s a pleasure doing things for those we love. Regularly throughout the day, Gemma-Rose comes to me and asks, «Can I do anything for you, mum?»  …. (3) She makes me a cup of coffee. She arranges some flowers in a vase and places them in my bedroom. «We like helping you, mum». Children who like to help?  …. (4) And I have discovered I like to help them, too, especially when it’s not expected.

 II.Choose the correct answer to the questions.

1.                How long did it take the mother to work out how to encourage children to help with the household chores?

a)hours           b)long time                c)years

 2) Why did the mother sometimes forget to do what her children asked her ? 

a)she was too busy with her duties    b)she was tired       c)she didn’t want

3) Did the mother manage to change her behaviour?

a)Yes, she does              b)No, she didn’t         c)Yes, she did

 4) Which of her children makes her a cup of coffee?

a) Charlotte     b)her dearest daughter          c) Gemma-Rose

5.When does mum like to help her daughters most of all?

a)when they don’t expect it     b)very often         c)she doesn’t like to do it

III.Put “+” to the true and “-“ to the false statements

1.Mum worried much that her children didn’t like to help her in householding.

2.She tried many unusual methods.

3.Mum always helped her daughters immediately when they asked her about that.

4.It was difficult for mother to put down her work and help girls at the beginning of this story.

5.Charlotte makes coffee for mum and brings flowers in her room.

6.All parents want their children help them.