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Reading Comprehension

Read the text and do the tasks.

Text"London"

Mr. Kipling, a tourist from Texas (USA) visited London. He was walking along a busy street. He wanted to go to Oxford Street but he didn't know the way. He asked a stranger, who was a Londoner how to get there. Mr. Kipling was a rather talkative man. He began to tell the stranger that he liked London and yesterday he visited Buckingham Palace. He said, "I think London is a very small town and Buckingham Palace is small too. My ranch-house is bigger than Buckingham Palace".

The Londoner was surprised and got very angry but he didn't show it as he was reserved and well-bred man. "The buildings are so small in London because we build them very quickly", he said.

"But I read in a book that England is the country of traditions and slow change, everything happens slowly", Mr. Kipling said.

The Londoner disagreed with Mr. Kipling, "Wfe do things quicker than you do in Texas", he said. At that moment they were walking near a skyscraper. The Londoner pretended that he was surprised. Mr. Kipling pointed to the skyscraper and said: "What is so strange for you? The skyscraper is only 30 stories. It is not so tall as skyscrapers in New York".

"I came this way only yesterday and this skyscraper wasn't there!" said the Londoner smiling.

Tasks:

1. Finish the sentences

1. A tourist from Texas wanted to go...

a)to Buckingham Palace;

b)to Oxford Street;

c)to Hyde Park.

2. Mr. Kipling was ...

a)a rather talkative man;

b)a rather reversed man;

c)a rather absent-minded man.

3. He said: " London ... “

a)is a very attractive town;

b)is a very big town;

c)is a very small town.

4. The Londoner was surprised and ...

a)pleased very much;

b)got very angry;

c)disliked Mr. Kipling's words.

5. The Londoner didn't show his anger and ...

a)tried to explain how to get to Oxford Street;

b)showed the way;

c)answered with humour.

6. Mr. Kipling said,"..."

a)England is the country of traditions and slow change;

b)America is the country of traditions;

c)England is the country of traditions where everything happens slowly.

B.  Correct the mistakes

1. Mr. Kipling began to tell a stranger that he disliked London.

a)was tired of London and its sights;

b)liked London and its sights;

c)tried to visit as many sights as he could.

2. Mr. Kipling compared Westminster Palace with his ranch-house.

a)Buckingham Palace;

b)Westminster Abbey;

c)the skyscraper.

3. The Londoner said: 'The buildings are so small in London because we like to live in a small houses".

a)dislike big buildings;

b)build them very slowly;

c)build them very quickly.

4. Mr. Kipling had sense of humour and was very witty.

a)was an ignorant person and had sense of humour;

b)didn't have sense of humour but was very witty;

c)didn't have sense of humour and was very stupid.

5. The Londoner pretended that he was surprised when he saw a palace.

a) a new building;

b) a skyscraper;

c) a 50-storeyd skyscraper.

6. The Londoner said: "I came this way a month ago, this skyscraper was there".

a) "every week, this skyscraper was there!"

b) "only yesterday and this skyscraper wasn't there!"

c) "I came this way every day, this skyscraper wasn't there!"

C.  Answer the questions

1. What did Mr. Kipling want to visit in London?

a) A lot of sights

b) A lot of shops

c) A lot of theatres

2. Why did Mr. Kipling start to compare Buckingham Palace with his ranch- house?

a) He wanted to describe beauty of his house.

b) He didn't understand it was funny to compare Buckingham Palace and a ranch-house.

c) Everything is too big in America.

3. Was a Londoner surprised at Mr. Kipling's words?

a) He didn't know what to answer.

b) He wasn't surprised.

c) He was surprised.

4. How did a Londoner laugh at Mr. Kipling?

a) He played a joke on Mr. Kipling.

b) He used his sense of humour as a typical Englishman.

c) He showed Mr. Kipling a wrong way.

5. Did Mr. Kipling understand he was laughed at?

a) He didn't know.

b) He understood.

c) He didn't understand.

6. Why didn't a Londoner want to show Mr. Kipling he was angry?

a) He was too clever to show his anger

b) He got used to speak with Americans.

c) He was well-bred, had good sense of humour.