Reading. Test. Контроль навичок читання

Reading. Tasks for the 6^th form

Task 1. Read the text “Our solar system” on page 50 and match the words combinations.

1) billions of  galaxies                a) висока температура

2) our solar system                    b) карликова планета

3) the Milky Way                      c) життя на планеті Земля

4) the planets move                    d) не можна засмагати тут

5) life on the planet Earth          e) найближча до Сонця

6) gives light and heat               f) Чумацький Шлях

7) a dwarf planet                        g) планети рухаються

8) the closest to the Sun             h) мільярди галактик

9) you can’t sunbathe here         i) дає світло і тепло

10) high temperature                  j) наша сонячна система

Task 2. Read the text “Our solar system” on page 50 and find true and false sentences.

1. The name of the text is “Our planet Earth”.

2. The text is about our solar system.

3. There is one galaxy in the universe.

4. Our galaxy is the Milky Way.

5. The Milky Way has got about four hundred billion stars.

6. The Earth is in the centre of our solar system.

7. All the planets move around the Sun.

8. The Sun gives us light and heat.

9. Our solar system has  ten planets.

10. The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

11. Pluto is not a planet any more.

12. The biggest planet is  Mars.

13. The smallest planet is Mercury.

14. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.

15. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are very warm planets.

16. Sunlight is very fast: about three hundred thousand kilometers per second. (km/sec.)

Task 3. Answer the questions in English. (on the plot of the text on page 50)

1)  What is the name of the text?

2) How many galaxies has the universe?

3) What is our galaxy?

4) What is in the centre of our solar system?

5) What is Pluto?

6) What are eight planets of our solar system?

7) What is the smallest planet?

8) What is the biggest planet?

9) What is the hottest planet?

10) What is the coldest planet?

11) What is the temperature on Neptune?

12) How much time does it take for the sunlight to reach the Earth?

Task 4. Read the text on page 53 and choose the proper word.

1) The capital of France is …

a) London                    b) Washington             c) Paris

2) Paris is located on the river …

a) Horol                      b) Thames             c) Seine

3) People call Paris “The city of …”

a) croissants                b) light                   c) sun

4) The Eiffel Tower is … metres tall.

a) three hundred   and forty-four      b) three hundred and twenty-four      c) three thousand

5) The biggest and the most famous museum in Paris is …

a) Louvre                   b) British Museum              c) Eiffel Tower

6) The most popular painting of Leonardo da Vinci is …

a) Sunflowers                     b) Mona Lisa               c) Cossack Mamai

7)  People watch … matches at the Parc des Princes Stadium.

a) basketball                 b) football                 c) tennis