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LISTENING COMPREHENSION

THE COLOUR OF YOUR EYES

  A teacher in the United States wanted her class of seven-year- olds to understand what it felt like to be discriminated against. Here is what she did.

  The class was divided into two groups- blue-eyed children and brown-eyed children. The class was told that the blue –eyed children were more intelligent and generally superior to the brown- eyed children. The blue-eyed children then put the collars around the neck of the brown-eyed children to make the difference more obvious.  The collars were kept on in school.

 During the day the blue-eyed children were given privileges. They could sit at the front of the class and go to break and lunch first. They were praised , too. The blue-eyed children felt superior and aggressive. The brown-eyed children felt unhappy and  wanted revenge.

  The next day, the teacher told the children that she had lied. The blue-eyed children weren’t really superior- it was the brown- eyed children who were superior. The collars were put  on the blue-eyed children and they lost their privileges to the brown-eyed children.

The children became more aggressive, there was name-calling and a fight between two boys. The teacher noticed that the children with the collars found their work more difficult. They explained that they couldn’t work because they were unhappy.

  At the end of the second day the teacher explained what she had done. The children talked about their feelings.’’ I felt a dog a dog on a lead’’, said one  day boy. One of the girls said she felt as if she was in prison. Once the collars were removed, the children became lively, friendly and happy .

TASK 1

Mark +  if the statement true, - if it is false.

1 The experiment was held  in one of the schools in Canada.

2 The teacher divided her class into three groups according to the color of the children’s eyes.

3 First, the teacher told that the blue –eyed children were better than those with with brown eyes.

4 In the first day of experiment  , the blue-eyed children had to wear collars

5The collars were worn to protect the  children’s neck.

6 The  children with collars felt unhappy.

7The next day the children began to call each other names and fight.

8 The teacher noticed that the children with the collars worked much better.

9At the end of the second day the children did not want to discuss their feelings.

10 When the experiment was over, the class divided into two antagonistic groups.

11 The teacher decided to have a hew experiment.

12 The children helped the teacher to collect new materials about pupils of their school.

 

Text 1

Reading Comprehension

Task: Read the text and choose the best variant (a, b, с or d) to answer the questions. On your answer sheet mark the corresponding letter.

On July 4, 1776, a group of rebels representing the Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic ocean coast in North America signed a document. It stated that these colonies had the right to be free and independent. The document is known as the Declaration of Independence. July 4 is celebrated by Americans as a national holiday — Independence Day.

There is a building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is called Independence Hall. Here the Declaration was signed. On the building there is a famous Liberty Bell, which rang to tell the happy people in the streets that a new country had been born. But Britain did not agree with this fact until 1783. That year the American colonists won in the war of Independence with Britain.

June 14 is Flag Day in the USA. On that day in 1777 the Americans adopted their own flag.

The stars in the flag — white on a deep blue background — represent the numbers of states making up the United States.

Americans think about and treat their flag with respect. In American schools the Flag day begins with solemn ceremony of raising the flag.

1. When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a) In July 1777;

b) In July 1776;

c) In July 1778;

d) In July 1779;

2. How many British colonies signed the document?

a) Thirteen;

b) Eleven;

c) Fourteen;

d) Fifteen.

 

3. What is celebrated in the US A on July 4?

a) Flag Day;

b) Mothering Sunday;

c) Independence Day;

d) Liberty Day.

4. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a) In the White House;

b) In Capitol;

c) Independence Hall in Philadelphia;

d) In Washington.

5. . When did the famous Liberty Bell ring?

a) When the first president was elected;

b) It rang to tell people that a new independent country had been born;

c) When the Americans adopted their own flag;

d) When was Washington proclaimed the capital of the USA.

6. When was the flag adopted?

a) In 1777;

b) In 1787;

c) In 1797;

d) In 1799.

7. What colour are the stars on the USA flag?

a) Red;

b) Yellow;

c) White;

d) Blue.

8. What colour is the background of the USA flag?

a) Brown;

b) Dark green;

c) Light blue;

d) Deep blue.

9. How does Flag Day begin in the USA?

a) With singing the anthem;

b) With saying a prayer;

c) With raising the flag;

d) As usual.

10. What did American colonists struggle with in the War of Independence?

a) Spain;

b) Britain;

c) Canada;

d) France.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text2

Reading comprehension

Task: Read the text and choose the best variant (a, b, с or d) to answer the questions. On your answer sheet mark the corresponding letter.

 

Lapland is not a recognized country. It is a large area north of the Arctic Circle made up of sections of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. It has no government of its own. In this flat, almost treeless land where the sun does set for three months of the year, where it never rises for another three months, the Lapp herdsman and his reindeer live much as they have lived for hundreds of years. The Lapps originally came from east of the Urals, in Russia. A few thousand years later they were followed by the Finns. Being more advanced culturally, the Finns gradually forced the Lapps further into the icy waters of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

The four groups of Lapps are closely connected racially, wear similar costumes and live, as they have for many centuries, almost whole on the reindeer.

Each of the three Scandinavian countries has respected the unique, almost stone age culture.

At the same time they have developed very much along their own lives.

1. What kind of country is Lapland?

a) Highly civilized;

b) Culturally advanced;

c) Not recognized;

d) Powerful.

2. Where is it situated?

a) To the north of the Arctic Circle;

b) To the south of the Arctic Circle;

c)   In Antarctic;

d)   North west of Great Britain.

3. Why isn't it a country in the full sense of the word?

a) It has no capital;

b) It has no government;

c) It has no borders;

d) It has no head of the State.

4. What kind of land is it?

a) With rich vegetation;

b) Made up of desserts;

c) Hilly;

d) Almost treeless, flat,    .

5. How long doesn't the sun set there?

a) 2 months;   b) 3 months;    c) 20 days;  d) Haifa year.

6. What people live in this land?

a) Lapps;        b) Britons;  c) Germans;  d) Vikings.

7. Where did the Lapps come from originally?

a) From Norway;  b) From Sweden;  c) From Finland; d) From the Urals.

8. When were they followed by the Firms?

a) A few years later;

b) A few thousand years later;

e) A few hundred years later;

d)   In a hundred years.

9. What do Finns and Lapps share?

a) Common language;

b) Common style of dress;

c) Common features of character;

d) Common ideals.

10. What culture do the Lapps have?

a) Middle ages;   b) Highly advanced;

c) Almost stone age;  d) 'Average.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text 3

Reading Comprehension

Task: Read the text and choose the best variant (a, b, с or d) to answer the questions. On your answer sheet mark the corresponding letter.

George Washington who was the first President of the United States, was a wise man. Once a certain neighbour of his stole one of Washington's horses. Washington together with a police officer went to the neighbour's farm to get the horse. But the neighbour refused to give the horse up; he claimed that it was his own. Covering both of the horse's eyes with his hands, Washington said to the neighbour. "If the horse is really yours, you must tell us in which eye he is blind".

"In the right eye", the neighbour said.

Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye. "Oh, I must have made a mistake", the neighbour said, "He is blind in the left eye". Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye either.

"I guess I have made another mistake", said the neighbour. ""yes", said the police officer, "and you have also proved that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr. Washington".

1.   What was G. Washington?

a) An ordinary American;

b) A farmer;

c) The first American President;

d) A police officer.

2.   Who stole one of Washington's horses?

a) His cousin;

b) His neighbour;

c) A thief;

d) A soldier.

3. Who went to the neighbour's farm to get the horse?

a) A police officer;

b) A police officer and G. Washington;

c) Two police officers;

d) Nobody.

4. What did the neighbour claim?

a) That he didn't see the horse;

b) That he found it on the fields;

c) That it was his own;

d) That his brother gave it to him.

5. How did Washington act to prove that the horse was his?

a) He called the horse by name;

b) He examined his ears;

c) He examined his back;

d) He closed his eyes with his hands.

6. What was the fanner's first mistake?

a) He began to run away;

b) He shouted at the top of his voice;

c) He said the horse was blind in the right eye;

d) He said the horse had bad teeth.

7. What was the farmer's second mistake?

a) He looked ashamed;

b) He refused to answer;

c) He said the horse was blind in the left eye;

d) He said the horse had a scar on his neck.

8. What did the officer think on the case?

a) That the horse belonged to the neighbour;

b) That horse didn't belong to anybody of them;

c) That the horse belonged to Washington;

d) That it was difficult to say.

9. What did the officer tell the neighbour?

a) To return the horse to G. Washington;

b) To keep it at home;

c) To come to the trial;

d) To wait.

10. What kind of a man did G. Washington prove to be?

a) Jolly;

b) Wise;

c) Silly;

d) Ill-tempered.

 

Text 4

Reading Comprehension

Task: Read the text and choose the best variant (a, b, с or d) to answer the questions. On your answer sheet mark the corresponding letter.

Charles Chaplin made his name before the First World War long before radio and television. His autobiography recalls a childhood passed in wretched London streets. When Chaplin arrived in America in 1913 to one of Fred Karno's music hall companies, he was known as a talented ambitious young comedian. These qualities landed him a job with the Keystone Film Company. In his first film he appeared as an aggressive man in a broken silk hat. Yet for his second film, in which he played a fool, he wore the costume, he was to retain almost without changes for the next 22 years.

In time Chaplin became his own writer,, director and producer. It gave him a possibility to broaden and deepen the characters, which began to wake not only laughter but tears, his inventions proved phenomenal. In two years between 1916 and 1918 he made 14 films — each one a masterpiece.

With "Modern Times" Chaplin's work took a new turn. It was often his fondest admirers, who were the least forgiving of what they saw as a change in Chaplin. They accused him of overstepping his limits, of forgetting he was a clown.

1.   When did Ch. Chaplin make himself a name?

a) After the First World War;

b) Before the First World War;

c) At the end of the 19th century;

d) Inl93Oies.

2. Where did he spend his childhood?

a) In London;  b) In Paris;  c) In Dublin;   d) In Berlin.

3. What was he in 1913?

a) A child;

b) A talented young actor;

c) A student at a college;

d) A beggar.

4. What was his first job in the USA?

a) With Walt Disney Company;

b) With Hollywood;

c) With the Keystone Film Company;

d) A dancer in a bar.

5. What kind of a man did Charlie Chaplin play in his first film?

a) Aggressive;   b) Naive; .   :c) Ambitious;           d) Kind-hearted.

6. Whom did he play in his second film?

a) A clever man;

b) An absent-minded ma;

c) A fool;

d) A shy man.

7. What hadn't Ch. Chaplin changed for the 22 years?

a) His beard;

b) His moustache;

c) His stick;

d) His costume.

8. How many films were made in two years between 1916 and 1918?

a) 2;   b) 5;  c) 14;  d) 10.

9. What happened after Ch. Chaplin's film "Modern Times"?

a) He stopped making films;

b) He stopped playing in films, only on the stage;

c) His work took a new turn;

d) He retired on pension.

10. Who was the least forgiving because of his change?

a) His wife;    b) His children

c) His enemies;        d) His fondest admirers.

 

WRITING TEST

I  Translate into English

1природні катаклізми

2 лісові пожежі

3 видатні художники

4 досягнення у спорті

5 рахунок гри

6 колекція картин

II CHOOSE THE RIGHT ITEM

1  Students  opened/ had opened their books before teacher came into the room.

2  If I were/ was you I would consult/ consulted the doctor.

3  What is/ were the aim of the game?

4  We was / were writing a letter at 6 o’clock yesterday.

5  What sportsmen do/ are you know?

6  It have been / had been raining all the day yesterday.

III ASK FOR INFORMATION

 Human progress has reached the stage of intensive exploration of nuclear and solar energy

IV  CHOOSE ONE OF THE SUGGESTED TOPICS And WRITE AN ESSAY

1  SPORT IN OUR LIFE

2   ART IS LONG, LIFE IS SHORT

3  DISASTERS  DESTROY  THE LIFE OF PEOPLE