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9 клас КОНТРОЛЬ НАВИЧОК ЧИТАННЯ
I. Read the text and do the tasks.
Leisure of British Young People
Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free time in the evenings and at the weekends to fill with hobbies of all kinds. There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week. They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4) plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations. The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well. Next comes voluntary work. A surprising 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organizations in the UK. Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as famine in Africa. Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention rugby, cricket and athletics. When it comes to participation sport, nobody will be surprised to find that walking is number one in this way. Swimming is second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young women prefer to keep fit. At 15 years old and above young people try to find «Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for discos and dances.
1. What these numbers refer to, write out of the text.
250,000_________ 25_________ 4________ 25%________ 15__________
2. Match the opposites.
1. plenty of time a) working days
2. weekends b) lack of time
3. to doubt c) to be indifferent to
4. to save money d) to be sure
5. to be fond of e) to spend money
II. Read the text.
Famous Places of the Country: Alton Towers — Where the Magic Never Ends!
The Alton Towers Hotel is one of the most well-known hotel in England. It is set in the heart of Stafford - shire's scenic countryside in the North-West of England. It is only minutes away from Britain's most magical theme park, Alton Towers. Like the park, the hotel offers guests the chance to experience a delightful holiday full of fun and surprises.
The first thing you'll notice when you enter the hotel is the extraordinary reception desk, which is made of piles of antique luggage and a flying machine which stretches up to the ceiling! The hotel also includes an amazing range of themed rooms such as ' Peter Rabbit Bedrooms, the Garden Rooms, the Explorer Roc the Coca-Cola Fizzy Factory Room, and the Arabian Nights Suite which is possibly the most romantic hotel suite in the world. All the bedrooms have a bathroom, tea- and coffee-making facilities, satellite TV and a baby-listening facility.
You'll feel great here at any weather! After a thrilling day at park, you can relax in the pool at the Pirate's Lagoon. Kids can join Pirate Bill's Club, which is a great opportunity to make new friends while taking part in games, drawing and face-painting. The Secret Garden Restaurant offers delicious dishes from around the world, while the hotel's two bars, the Dragon Bar and the captain's Bar, are both ideal places to relax with a coffee or a cocktail in the evening. The Alton Towers Hotel is the ideal place for a fun family holiday at any time of year, but the theme park is only open from Mid-March to the end of October. It is the land where the magic never ends.
3.Choose the correct item.
1. A guest is someone who.....
a) works at a hotel b) is a manager of a hotel c) is staying at a hotel
2. A baby-listening facility........
a) helps you listen to your baby while it is sleeping in another room
b) looks after your baby while you are swimming
c) feeds your baby while you are dancing
3. Antique luggage is..........
a) fashionable b) very old c) very cheap
4. A thrilling day is..........
a) a boring day b) a hard day c) an exciting day
5. Delicious dishes are........
a) very spicy dishes b) very tasty dishes c) full of fats
III. Read the third text and do the tasks.
Christmas in My Family.
Hello! My name is Alexander. I live in Ukraine. My family is large. I live with my parents and grandparents. I've got two elder sisters Olga and Anna. Now they are students of Kyiv University and they visit our place only on holidays and some family occasions. Each Ukrainian family has its own customs and traditions. Ours is not an exception. My parents are very sociable and friendly people, so from time to time our house is full of guests. Our favourite holidays are New Year, Christmas and Women's Day. My mother thinks that at night of New Year's Eve the old year with all its troubles leaves us forever and the New Year with all our hopes and expectations knocks at our doors. On the eve of January the 7' we start celebrating Christmas. It's a real ritual for ray grandparents. My granny always gets ready for this religious holiday beforehand. On Sviat Vechir we gather around the table for a holy supper of twelve symbolic dishes. We are not allowed to start supper until the first star appears in the sky. We begin our supper with the kutia (a dish of honey, poppy seeds and wheat kernels boiled in pure rainwater). There are no meat and meat products on our table. My granny is a wonderful cook, so we enjoy her varenyky, holubtsi and desserts made from dried fruit and honey. After tasty supper we go to bed. Early in the morning we go to church to take part in the church service. When we come back home we give each other presents and wish "Merry Christmas'". All boxes with the presents are located under Christmas tree. It's a nice time when my sisters are at home and we've got a lot of happy moments together.
4. Mark true or false.
1. Alexander has got two younger sisters.
2. His parents like communicating with people.
3. Their beloved holiday is Easter.
4. A holy supper contains twelve symbolic dishes.
5. The kutia is the main dish.
6. There are a lot of meat dishes on the table on Sviat Vechir.
7. The next day the family go to church.
8. All the presents are located in the wardrobe.
9. The sisters usually spend Christmas at home.
5. Answer the questions.
1. How many people are there in the boy's family?
2. Where do his sisters study?
3. What does the mother hope for in the new year?
5. What do the family do on Sviat Vechir?
6. What do the family do after the church service?
7. Why is Christmas beloved by the whole family?
11 клас КОНТРОЛЬ НАВИЧОК ЧИТАННЯ
I. Read the text and do the tasks.
Thomas Alva Edison
The American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, was born in Ohio in 1847. Tom, or Al, as his family called him, was one of those children who are always asking "Why?" He was always trying to learn how things worked or how they were made. The boy's education was limited to three months in the public school of Port Huron, Michigan. He started work in 1859 when he was only twelve. Young Edison began to travel on one of the trains between Port Huron and Detroit. He sold fruit, sweets and cakes to the passengers. The hours that he had to wait at Detroit before starting' back home, he spent in the library reading technical books. Several years later, in 1863, Edison learned telegraphy and he became a telegraph operator. He was soon one of the fastest operators in a large telegraph company in Boston. He wanted to improve the telegraph system and worked very hard at it. Night after night he read “The Book of Experiments”, by Michael Faraday, the inventor of the electric generator, in the hope that this would help him to solve his problems. He did not sleep more than four hours a night and sometimes he did not go to bed at all. He often did not even find time for breakfast. "Aren't you going to stop to eat your breakfast?" his landlady once asked him. "No", he answered, "I've got so much to do, and life is short". After a few months of work, he built a transmitter of a new kind. This was his first important invention. Edison was advised to go to New York where the opportunities were greater. He did so, but when he reached New York in 1869, he had no money left at all. "I had to walk in the streets all night because I hadn't the price of bed, and in the morning nothing to buy breakfast with", he said. But soon he opened a small workshop. In 1867 he had two inventions. One of Edison's greatest inventions was the gramophone, or the "phonograph", as he called it, which repeated his words. He told his assistants that this was the beginning. The time would come, he said, when this new instrument would record music. "It will play symphonies and whole operas, the world will hear again the great singers who are no longer living". Another of Edison's inventions was the electric lamp. Edison believed that only work could bring success. He continued active work until only eighteen days before his death in 1931, at the age of eighty-seven. That evening, Americans all over the country turned off their electric lights for a few moments — the light which, Edison had given them.
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Where was Edison born?
a) in New York; b) in Detroit; c) in Ohio.
2. When did he start work at the rail way?
a) at the age of fifty; b) at the age of twenty; c) at the age of 12 .
3. What did young Edison do when he had to wait at Detroit before starting back home?
a) sold fruit, sweets and cakes; b) spent hours in the library; c) walked around the city.
4. What did Edison want to improve when he became a telegraph operator?
a) railway communication; b) a telegraph system; c) streetlights in New York.
5. What was Edison's first invention?
a) a phonograph; b) a transmitter of a new kind; c) a motion picture projector.
6. What did Americans do the evening he died?'
a) turned off the electric lights: b) organized meetings: c) came to his place.
II. Mark true or false statements.
1. He was one of those children who are always asking "Why?"
2. Edison got his education in a private school in Detroit.
3. He started work at the age of twelve when the first telegraph company appeared in the USA
4. He sold newspapers to the passengers on one of the trains.
5. He learned telegraphy and became one of the fastest operators in a telegraph company.
6. Edison went to New York because the opportunities were greater there.
7. At the age of twenty he had twelve inventions.
8. He invented a new instrument that could compose music
9. Edison believed that only a lot of money could bring success.
10.He continued active work until the day he died.
