Тест з підсумкового ( семестрового) контролю знань з читання на теми " Ukraine", "British Press ".

READING COMPREHENSION. TOPIC :”BROADEN YOUR MIND”.

TASK1 READ THE TEXT AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT VARIANT. 

Ukraine is 1)_________ in the eastern part of Europe. It borders on Russia in the east, Belorussia in the north, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova in the west. Ukraine is 2)_________ by the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea in the south.

The 3_______ of Ukraine is more than 603,000 sq km. The most part of its area is 4)_________. The mountains in Ukraine cover only 5 per cent its 5)____________. There are the Crimean Mountains in the south and the Carpathians in the west. Goverla is the highest peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is 2,061 metres high.

The territory of our country has a variety of 6)___________ as it lies in three main zones: mixed forests, forest-steppes and steppes. There are large tracts of forest in the north, vast steppes in the south.

The flora and fauna of our country are extremely 7)____________  Almost all kinds of animals and birds can be found on the territory of our vast land.

The nature of Ukraine is especially beautiful due to a number of rivers and lakes. There are 131 8)___________ in Ukraine. The longest rivers are the Dniester, the Donets, the Bug. The Dnieper is the 9)___________ river in Ukraine. It divides the country into Right-bank and Left-bank areas.

Ukraine is an agricultural country of standing reputation. Its soil is fertile. Its 10)____________ is good for cultivating different agricultural plants.

The geographical 11)_____________ of Ukraine is favourable for maintaining close economic relations with many European countries.

TASK 2 READ THE TEXT. AGREE OR DISAGREE (TRUE/FALSE ACTIVITY)

The British press consists of several kinds of newspapers.

The national papers are the ones sold all over the country, with a large circulation, giving general news.There are two main types of national papers - the "popular" papers and the "quality" papers. The popular papers are smaller in size (they are tabloid size), with lots of pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read and often contain little truthful information. They give much space to opinions. They usually have "human interest" stories - stories about ordinary people and events. Examples of this type of newspapers "The Daily Mail". "The Sun", etc."Quality" papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs. These papers such as "The Telegraph", "The Guardian" are bigger in size (they are called "broad-sheets"), with longer articles and a wider coverage of events. They have different pages for home news, foreign affairs, features articles, fashion, business, sport and so on. People in Britain buy more papers on Sunday than on weekdays. The Sunday papers have a higher circulation than the dailies. As with the dailies, there are both popular and quality Sunday newspapers. The quality ones have different sections and a colour magazine (usually full of advertisements).

1.    British press is really varied.

2.    National papers never have a large circulation. 

3.    Popular newspapers aren't big in size.

4.    Quality papers are for those who like politics.

5.    British prefer reading Sunday papers.

6.    Quality papers are less colorful and have a lot of advertisements.