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Date ____________     Name  ________________________________________        Form 5

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

( the second term)

NASREDDIN AND THE SMELL OF SOUP

One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread. The restaurant owner was very angry at this and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup, the poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while. Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner’s ear and shook them, so that they made a jingling noise. “What was that?” asked the restaurant owner. “That was payment for you”, answered Nasreddin. “What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!” protested the restaurant owner. “The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup”, answered Nasred­din. “Now go back to your restaurant”.

Task 1. Listen to the text “Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup”. Choose the correct ans­wer to the question.

1. How many characters are there in the story?

a) One.              b) Two.

c) Three. d) Four.

2. What kind of food did the poor man see in the restaurant?

a) Meat. b) Soup.

c) Bread. d) Salad.

3. Why did the restaurant owner take the poor man to Nasreddin?

a) Because Nasreddin was his friend.

b) Because Nasreddin was a judge.

c) So that Nasreddin could pay for the soup.

d) Because Nasreddin was the poor man’s relative.

4. Why didNasreddin shake the coins next to the restaurant owner’s ear?

a) He didn’t want the restaurant owner to see them.

b) It was a good payment for the smell of soup

c) Nasreddin had done it before he gave the coins to the restaurant owner.

d) In order to give the coins to the poor man.

Key: 1 c; 2 b; 3 b; 4 b.

Task 2. Listen to the story and mark the following statements “True” or “False” .

1. The poor man ate the pot of soup and didn’t pay for it.

2. The restaurant owner asked the man to pay for the steam of the soup.

3. Nasreddin put some money into the poor man’s pocket.

4. The restaurant owner was satisfied with Nasreddin’s decision.

Key: 1 F; 2 T; 3 F; 4 F.

Task 3. Match the words with descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use.