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Writing

Task 1.

Write a letter to your pen-friend about your day off, using the following plan:

About me and my family
my household chores
cooking with my family
family traditions
shopping
homework
rest with my friends (in the cinema)

Writing

Task 1.

Write a letter to your pen-friend about your day off, using the following plan:

About me and my family
my household chores
cooking with my family
family traditions
shopping
homework
rest with my friends (in the cinema)

Reading

Music in the Streets

As you go home after a hard day’s work, and you get off the metro train, sometimes you have to walk a long way to the exit or to change trains. Suddenly in the noise, some music is heard. Those are street musicians. You take out a coin from your pocket and throw it into their hat or instrument case. These musicians bring color and life to the city streets. Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years. Some of them are men, some women. They play classical music, pop or folk music, old and new songs. Many musicians are former university students or professional musicians.

Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music student, but he gave up music and became a painter. Now he plays in the underground because he doesn’t want to forget how to play. His girlfriend is a painter, too. She helps him to collect the money. Another street musician, David MacNell, tells new players:

“Learn new songs all the time, or else you’ll have fewer and fewer listeners. Wear bright clothes to attract attention. Make sure that the places where you choose to play are warm. The best places are and bridges certainly the underground.”

On Sundays, Hyde Park is the best place as the speakers here address the people. The street musicians are doing business with their the many tourists who visit the park. The weather is one of the worst problems. It is not so easy to play the violin or the guitar on a rainy day in November London and try to smile.

A much worse problem is the police. From time to time, they come, and the musicians are moved to a different place. True, they are not often fined. One musician told me:

“The policeman asked me what I was doing. I said I was just practising. Some money just fell out of my pocket into the guitar case, and I was told to leave my place. I think it’s not fair. People love street music. It makes the city more attractive.”

Завдання до тексту.

Exercise 1. Read the text «Music in the Streets» again and complete the sentences according to the text.

1. Street musicians are

a) men b) women c) men and women

2. According to the text, street musicians

a) bring color and life to city streets.

b) make more noise in the streets.

c) make traffic more difficult

3. Street musicians play

a) old songs b) new songs. c) old and new songs.

4. Andrew Hain plays in the streets because he

a) needs money.

b) does not want to forget how to play.

c) wants to become famous.

5. The worst problem for the musicians is

a) weather b) the police c)

Exercise 2. Say true or false.

Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years.
Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music professor.
On Mondays, Hyde Park is the best place for street musicians.
The weather is one of the worst problems for street musicians.
Street musicians are very often fined.

Exercise 3. Вставити слова за змістом.

Andrew Hain gave up music and became a ____________.
The street musicians are doing business with their the many __________ who visit the Hyde Park.
It is not so easy to play the violin or the _________ on a rainy day in November London
Make sure that the places where you choose to play are _________.

Exercise 4. Дайте відповіді на запитання.

Why should street musicians wear bright clothes?
What are the best places for street musicians?
Which is worse for street musicians – the weather or the police?
Why do street musicians need to learn new songs all the time?

Reading

My New School Is Fantastic

Rita Nelson is fourteen, and she has changed her school because her parents moved to another town this summer.

“Let me tell you about my new school. I’m having a great time. All pupils are very friendly, but it’s very different from my old school. I can tell you! First of all school starts at 8.00 here, a whole, hour before it did in that school. This morning I forgot about it and got to school ten minutes late, so the teacher put a note into my record-book. I was really angry!

There are a lot of other differences in this school, of course. We have seven lessons almost here every day. What else? The school day is different, too. In my former school we finished school at 3.00, and then most pupils went home. Here we finish lessons at 3.30, and then most pupils go to sports practice. Well, they love sports here.

I joined gymnastics and football clubs here. A lot of girls play football in this school. I had my first practice yesterday, and I feel tired today.

Another important thing here is learning to do practical things. Their metal and wood shops are like small factories, and we are taught to drive as well. It’s fantastic. I had my first lesson in a driving tractor yesterday.”

Завдання до тексту.

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer.

Rita Nelson is _______

a) 13 b) 14 c) 15

Lessons in rita’s previous started at school

a) 7 o’clock b) 8 o’clock c) 9 o’clock

Rita has _______ lessons every day.

a) 5 b) 6 c) 7

Rita’s lessons are over at

a) 3. 00 b) 3.30 c) 4.00

After lessons most pupils go

a) to sports practice b) home c) for a walk

Exercise 2. Name the things in rita’s new school that are different from her previous school.

Number of pupils in rita’s class.
Time when the lessons begin
Time when the end lessons
Number of subjects in the curriculum (розклад)
Number of lessons every day

Exercise 3. True or false?

Rita doesn’t like her new school.
Today Rita came to school in time.
Student don’t love sports in the new school.
Many girls play football in the new school.
Rita likes to drive a tractor.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions on the text “My New School Is Fantastic”.

Why has Rita changed her school?
When do the lessons begin?
Why did the teacher put into a note rita’s record book?
What clubs she did join?
What games do girls play in her new school?
What practical things are the children taught?

Reading

Mysterious Monster

At different times, thousands of people say that they have seen a large animal in the famous lake called Loch Ness in Scotland. For many centuries, people have tried to catch it. People who live there always talk about the mysterious animal in the lake, and many of them believe that it is still there today.

In 1933, John McGregor, a local businessman, saw that the lake began to bubble, and a huge animal with two humps came out of it.

After that, scientists examined the lake with underwater equipment and tried to find out what kind of animal lived there. Of course, they haven’t found it yet, because the lake is so deep and so dark.

Tourists from all over the world have visited Loch Ness, they hope to see the monster. They have even given it a nickname “Nessie”. Many people even show photos of the monster, but they are usually photos of the pictures of the monster. Scientists suppose that the Loch Ness monster is a dinosaur, which has survived since the Ice Age.

Here is a description of the monster:

Length: About 50 metres.

Body: With two humps.

Half horse, half snake and quite small.

Long and thin, like a giraffe.

Yellow-brown.

People think that it eats sheep on land and underwater plants.

Shy, doesn’t want to be seen.

Lives in the deepest and coldest parts of the lake about 1 km from the surface.

Завдання до тексту.

Exercise 1. Insert the words according to the text.

have visited, haven’t found, tried, so deep and so dark, came out of it

For many centuries people … to catch it.
The lake began to bubble and a huge animal…
Of course they … it yet.
The lake is ……
Tourists from all over the world … Loch Ness.

Exercise 2. Виберіть правильну кінцівку для пропозицій.

Loch Ness is in …

a) England b) Scotland c) Wales

Loch Ness is …

a lake b) a river c) a village

Scientists examined the lake with

a) underwater equipment c) computers d) special ultrasound gadgets

Tourists have given the monster a nickname

Locky b) Nessie c) Lohnessi

Exercise 3. True or false.

For many centuries, people have tried to catch the Loch Ness monster.
No one believes that the Loch Ness monster is still in the lake today.
In 1956, John McGregor, a local businessman, saw that the lake began to bubble.
The lake is very deep.
Many people show photos of the monster.

Exercise 4. Доповніть опис Лохнеського чудовиська.

Length: About _______ (1)
Body: With two humps.
Half __________ (2), half snake and quite small.
Long and thin, like a giraffe.
Yellow-brown.
People think that it eats __________ (3) on land and underwater ________ (4).
Shy, doesn’t want to be seen.
Lives in the deepest and __________ (5) parts of the lake about 1 km from the surface.

Reading

The King and the Painter

Once there was a king, who liked to paint pictures, but his pictures were bad and nobody liked them. The people to whom the king showed his pictures were afraid of him and they said that the pictures were good. One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in that country and said, “What do you think of my pictures? Am I a good painter or not?” The painter looked at the king’s picture and said, “My king, the pictures are bad and you will never be a good painter.” The king was very angry and sent the painter to prison. After two years the king wanted to see the painter again. When the painter came the king gave him a good dinner and said, “Now you are a freeman and I am your friend.” So he talked kindly to the painter. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter again and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?” The painter did not answer. He turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison!”

1. Mark the following statements “True” (T) or “False” (F).

1 Once there was a king, who was a great painter.

2 The people were afraid of the president.

3 The king was very angry and sent the painter to prison.

4 The painter spent two years in the prison.

5 The king was a kind man.

6 The painter said, “Take me back to the room!”

Theatre

Theatre is a place where you can see a play staged. It is also one of entertainments.

A theatre consists of two parts: the stage and the hall. They are separated by a curtain and the orchestra. Actors and actresses perform on the stage and public occupies the hall, the pit, the dress-circles, the boxes and the gallery.

If we made up our mind to go to the theatre, we should go to the box- office to buy tickets. Seats can be reserved beforehand.

The last performance I saw “The Nut Cracker” by Tchaikovskyi. How great it was! The main parts were performed by Vadym Pisarev and Inna Dorofeeva. Everyone knows that they are talented dancers. But I also was impressed by a very young ballet-dancer who was performing the part of Masha girl. I think she deserves respect of the audience because she did her best and she looked great for her young age. I had a great time that night.

But we are to admit that theatre is not popular now as it used to be. There are many people, who prefer to sit comfortably before the TV and enjoy themselves without leaving their homes.

2. Choose the right answer

7. A theatre consists of ___________ .

a) two parts; b) three parts; c) four parts.

8. Actors and actresses perform__________ .

a) in the hall; b) at the gallery; c) on the stage.

9. If we made up our mind to go to the theatre, we should go to the box- office_________.

a) to sell tickets; b) to change tickets; c) to buy tickets.

10. The last performance I saw __________ .

a) “Othello”; b) “King Lear”; c) “The Nut Cracker”.

11. Vadym Pisarev and Inna Dorofeeva are talented __________ .

a) dancers; b) singers; c) compositors.

12. There are many people, who prefer to sit comfortably before the TV and enjoy themselves without _______________ .

a) having supper; b) leaving their homes; c) buying tickets.

What a test!

A poor young artist was asked to paint the portrait of a rich lady and he did his best to make a good picture. When the portrait was finished it was shown to lady’s friends. Some of them thought it was too realistic. They were afraid the lady would not like the picture. But the painter felt that he had been successful. He didn’t want to change anything. Then one of his friends suggested the following: “We’ll leave it to the lady’s dog to decide if the picture is good or bad.” The next day the picture was sent to the lady’s house. The friends gathered to see the result of the test. As soon as the dog was brought before the portrait it began to lick it all over. Everybody congratulated the painter. Nobody knew that the painter had spread some bacon all over the picture!

3. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use.

a) A woman who has much money. 13) A rich lady

b) A picture of a person. 14) A dog

c) A person who paints pictures. 15) A portrait

d) A pet that licked the picture. 16) The painter

e) A work of art. 17) The picture

f) The place where the picture was sent to. 18) The lady’s house

g) A person who congratulated the painter.

A Real Mother

Once upon a time there lived two sisters. The elder sister had a son. The boy was one year old. The two women loved the baby dearly. One day the sisters quarrelled and at night the younger sister tried to leave house with the boy. The elder sister saw it and stopped her. “You cannot take the boy. He is my son!” said the elder sister. But the younger sister wanted to have the boy very much and she said, “I`ll tell the judge the boy`s mine. I love the baby so much that the judge will believe me. In the morning they were before the judge. Each woman told him that the baby was hers. The judge thought a little and then called his servants. “Cut the child into two halves and give each woman a half of the body,” he said. The younger sister didn`t say a word, but the elder told the judge, “I`m not the child`s mother. Give him to my sister and let him live.” The judge then said to his servants, “Give the boy to the elder sister. She is a real mother.”

4. Complete the sentences with the information from the text.

19. Once upon a time there________________________________.

20. The two women______________________________________.

21. “You cannot take the boy. He is my son!” said ______________.

22. In the morning they were _______________________________.

23. The judge told his servants to cut_________________________.

24. The elder sister told the judge she was ______________________.

A story about a parrot

Once there lived a man who had a parrot. The man tried to teach the parrot to speak. But the parrot could learn only the phrase, “There is no doubt about it.” The parrot always said these words and always gave the same answer. “There is no doubt about it”.

At last the man decided to sell the parrot. He went to the street and began to cry, “Twenty dollars for a very clever parrot!”

One woman heard this. She came up to the parrot and asked, “Are you worth twenty dollars?” The parrot answered, “There is no doubt about it”.

“What a clever parrot”, she said and bought the bird.

After some days the woman couldn’t listen to the parrot any more. She said, “What a fool I was to buy this parrot and throw away so much money. Twenty dollars!”

Then the parrot cried, “There is no doubt about it”.

This time the parrot was right.

5. True, false or not stated:

25. The parrot learned a lot of words.