Тест з читання для учнів 5 класу

The 5^th form. 

Reading Comprehension Test.

“The Bird’s Lesson”

There is a big tree in a large forest. In the tree there is a bird’s nest. A bird lives there with her children.

One day the elephant comes to the tree and begins to rub his head against it. The old tree snakes. The little birds look out of their nest and cry, ‘Oh, mother! What is it? We are afraid! We may full down!”

The mother - bird say to the elephant, “Please, go to another tree! My children are afraid! There are many trees in the forest!”

The elephant does not say anything. He only looks at the bird with his little eyes. The next day the elephant comes again. He comes to the same tree and begins to rub head against it. The old tree snakes and the little birds are very much afraid.              The mother – bird is angry. She cries to the elephant, “Don’t shake my tree! Stop it or I shall teach you a lesson!”

But the elephant only laughs, “What can you do to me? You are a little bird! And I am a big and strong!”

“You will see,” says the bird.

The next day the elephant comes again. He rubs his head against the tree harder than before. The bird then flies into the elephant’s big ear. The elephant shakes his head, but the bird does not come out.

The elephant is angry. He is very angry. He shakes his big ears, but the little bird does not come out of his ear.

The elephant is very tired. He falls down and begin to cry, “Dear little bird, come out of my ear. I shall not shake your tree. Your children will not be afraid. I shall never even come to this forest”. Then the bird comes out of his ear and flies to her children. And the elephant never comes to that forest again.

Task 1 Put the phrases in the logical order

1. But the elephant only laughs, “What can you do to me? You are a little bird”
2. Every day the elephant comes again.
3. The bird then flies into the elephant’s big ear.
4. The mother - bird say to the elephant, “Please, go to another tree!...”
5. A bird lives in the tree with her children.
6. The elephant never comes to that forest again.

Task 2.  Is it true or false?

1. There is a big tree in a small forest.
2. One day the elephant comes to the tree.
3. The elephant does not say anything.
4. The next day the elephant doesn’t come again.
5. The bird flies into the elephant’s big nose.
6. The elephant is not very tired.

Task 3. Match.

1.  A bird lives                                                    a) are afraid!

2. The children                                                    b) with her children in the nest

3. Every day the elephant comes                        c) “ Stop it or I shall teach you a lesson!”

4. The mother – bird cries to the elephant          d) flies into the elephant’s big ear

5. The next day the bird                                       e) to the tree and begins to rub his head against it

6. Then the bird comes out                                  f) of his ear and flies to her children.

Task 4. Answer. 

1. Do tales and stories teach us lessons?
2. Do they  teach us to be good to our friends or different people?
3. What do you do in the difficult situation?