Semester Control Work for 8th graders I semester
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BOOKS AND TV
Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes; fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel, when a play on television can tell you same story with colour, picture and action?
Why read the biographies of famous men and women, when an hour-long television programs can tell you all that you want to know?
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers and magazines are sold in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are published today as paperback books, which are reasonably cheap. A paperback novel, for example, is almost always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or theatre, and you can keep a book forever and read it many times.
Books at home are a wonderful source of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. Every home should have an atlas of the world, with large clear maps. It might be expensive, but a good encyclopedia is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. In addition, it is useful to have on your bookshelves other non-fiction books such as history books, science textbooks, cookery books, books about medicine and health, etc. It is equally important to have some fiction on your shelves, too. Then you can relax with a good story, or from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favourite poets.
1. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right
1. ...an article a) a book that is used to study a school subject
feeling or thought
9. ...a magazine i) a story about people who are not real
2. Choose the best answer according to the information in the passage
1. Which is easier to get the news from?
2. Which is usually quicker?
3. Which is usually cheaper?
4. Which is usually cheaper?
5. Which is it most important to have in your home?
1. Tennis … on a clay, grass or hard court. (PLAY)
2. In this hospital small injuries … by assistant doctors. (TREAT)
3. The wheel … thousands of years ago (INVENT)
4. English … in many countries all over the world. (SPEAK)
5. India … independence after the end of World War II (GIVE).
6. The goals … in the first 15 minutes of the match (SCORE).
7. New medicine … for many diseases every year. (FIND)
8. America … by Christopher Columbus in 1492 (DISCOVER)
9. Breakfast … from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (SERVE)
10. The thief … to the nearest police station. (TAKE)
11. Every day CNN …. by millions of people . (WATCH)
12. Coffee … to Europe by the Turks (BRING)
- What school you study at.
- Things you like/don’t like about going to school.
- Remember school rules.
- Your favourite school subjects.
- People.