Контрольна робота з читання 9 клас "Information Magic: Radio and TV"

Test in Reading

Variant I

Television is not a bad thing, but in fact is a resource (ресурс, засіб) that can be used to educate and entertain people of all ages. There are many programs on television, which do not educate, because everyone needs to be entertained.

I feel that television is a resource that is not used to the full extent  (в повній мірі) that it could be. Television programmes that educate are scarce (дефіцитний) and those that do educate are often on during the day when children are at school. Television stations should organize their programs so that the education shows are shown when children get home from school (3:30 – 4:30) so that the children will be able to learn while enjoying themselves at home.

Schools often use television as a way of educating students because on television, they can demonstrate many things that cannot be done in the classroom, and often show things that cannot be experienced in the country or area where the school is located. I think that this is an excellent use of television and more use should be made of it in education, because it offers many advantages to classroom teaching.

1. Write if the sentence is True or False

(I variant answers sentences 1,3,5,7; II variant sentences 2,4,6,8)

1. TV is considered to be a good thing.
2. The main purpose of television is to make our life easy and give us some sort of fun.
3. Usually children come back from school after 4.30
4. TV is fully used by us.
5. Usually we can watch educational programmes after school.
6. Through the different TV programmes, teachers can demonstrate things that can’t be done in the classroom.
7. Some schools seldom use the television for the education.
8. Educating children by television has lots of advantages.

The drama serials ___1______ are neither entertaining nor educational. These shows simply depict (зображати) “real life” (in the broadest sense of the term) and therefore do not teach or entertain (otherwise, life itself would be entertaining!) I think that these programmes should not be shown. Comedy programmes, however, ____2_____, feel better, and make people generally happier. These programmes should be encouraged, instead of the ‘real life’ dramas.

____3___ programmes and broadcasts of sporting matches are very good. With them, ___4__ of the sports can watch only parts of a match, or watch while they are at work. Without these services, people who are ill or ____5____ on weekends would miss out on sport all together.

2. Fill in the gaps.

(For I and II variants)

1. sports
2. fans
3. had to work
4. make viewers laugh
5. on television

3. Answer the questions.

1. How often do you watch TV?
2. Is there a great choice of programmes in your country? Name some of them.
3. Is the Internet important in your life? Why?
4. What programmes do you prefer?
5. Where do you get to know the news?
6. What Mass Media source do you use to listen to music?

4. Make up an outline of the text.

5. Imagine that you are an editor of the famous newspaper. Your employee gave you this article. Write him/her your attitude to this topic. Agree or disagree if we really need educational programmes. What do you think about using television on the lessons?