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READING     (I term)

Text I

Mary was very fond of television, so when she met a young man who worked for a television company, she was very interested and asked him a lot of questions. She discovered that he had also worked for a film company, so she asked whether there was any difference between film work and television work.

"Well", answered the young man, "film-making has its own laws. If someone makes a mistake while a film is being made, the filming can be stopped at once and the scene done again. True enough, time and money are lost, but the audi­ences who see the film after it has been finished don't know that anything went wrong. But in a live television show, the audience can easily see any mistakes that are made".

"I can tell you a story about that. One day, a live television show was on, and one of the actors was shot. He fell and was lying on the floor, the camera moved somewhere else to give me time to run out with a bottle of tomato sauce to put on him to look like blood. But the trouble started when the camera turned back to him before 1 had finished, and the audience saw me standing over him and holding the bottle of sauce".

"Oh, how upsetting!" Mary said. "And what did you do?"

"Well", answered the young man, "I couldn't afford to lose the job. So what could I do? Just had to make them believe that this was part of story, and eat the man".

Task 1. Complete the sentences (a, b or c).

1. Mary met a young man who worked ...

1. for a film studio;
2. for a tourist company;
3.  for a television company and a film company.

2. In a live television show the audience can easily...

1.   take part in the show;
2.   see any mistakes that are made;
3.    speak with actors.

3. One day a live television show was on,...

1.    and one of the actors broke his leg;
2.   and one of the actors started to sing;
3.    and one of the actors was shot.

4. He fell and was ...

1.    lying on the floor;
2.    screaming at the top of his voice;
3.    asking for help.

5. But the trouble started when the camera turned back to him ...

1.    and he wasn't ready for filming;
2.   and the audience saw me;
3.    and the actors laughed.

6. The idea came to his head as he stood over the lying man ...

1.   with a bottle of water;
2.   with a bucket of milk;

      c)  with a bottle of tomato sauce.

Text II

A Wonderful Box

      Once upon a time in a small village there lived a young man. His name was Jack. He had a wife and old parents. The family was so poor that there were no nice things in the house.

     One day Jack went to town to look for a job.

     Some time passed and he came back with a box full of presents for everybody. He gave his mother a shawl, his father a warm cap and a shirt, his wife a beautiful dress.

     All of them liked the presents very much and were glad to have them. But Jack's wife wanted to know what else there was in the box.

    So, when Jack went to see his friends, she opened the box and saw a beautiful young woman in it.

    She got very angry and began to cry. When her father-in-law heard it, he asked why she was crying. She told him she was so angry because there was a young woman in the box. The old man thought it was strange and decided to look at  the young woman. But when he opened the box, he saw no young woman there.  An old man was looking at him from the box.

     Jack's father told his daughter-in-law that there was an old man in the box and not a young woman. But she didn't believe him and went on crying. She said Jack didn't love her.

    When Jack's mother heard the young woman's story, she didn't believe her either. She looked into the box and saw an old woman there.

    So they began to look into the box in turn and Jack's wife saw a beautiful woman, Jack's father saw an old man, and Jack's mother saw an old woman there.

    Soon Jack returned home, and when he came into the room, he saw his wife, his mother and father at the box. He laughed at them because they didn't know what they saw in the box.

    What was there in the box? Can you guess?

     Task 2. Mark the right statements “True” and the wrong ones “False”.

1. Once upon a time there lived a young man in a small town. _______

2. One day Jack left his village to look for a job. _______

3. He came back with presents for everybody. ________

4. Jack's wife didn't like his present and looked into the box to see what else was there. _______

5. In the box she saw a beautiful young woman. _______

6. Jack's father saw an old man who was looking at him from the box. _______

7. Jack's wife was crying because she thought he didn't love her. ________

8. Jack's mother decided to look into this box too because she didn't believe her daughter-in-law. _______

9. Jack's mother saw nobody in the box. _______

10. Jack laughed at them because there was a mirror in the box. ________

Task 3. Answer the questions.

1. Where did Jack go one day? ________________________________________________________

2. What present did he give to father?  ____________________________________________________

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3. Why did Jack’s wife began to cry? ______________________________________________________

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4. Whom did Jack’s mother see in the box? ________________________________________________

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5. Why did Jack begin to laugh when he come back home? ___________________________________  

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