Задание 3. Лексика и грамматика

Задание 2. Чтение

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This happened more than fifty years ago, in a little American town called Springfield. The newspaper ‘The Springfield Voice’ had a very difficult life. The newspaper didn’t have enough money and couldn’t pay their workers. But they had one more difficulty that was even worse. Whenever some interesting news appeared in ‘The Springfield Voice’, all the other newspapers in the town published the same news as their own at once. At last ‘The Springfield Voice’ decided to teach their enemies a lesson.

In the morning, April 1, ‘The Springfield Voice’ published the news that a coffee king whose name was Lirpa Loof had come from abroad and was going to visit Springfield. Of course, this was tremendous news in such a little town. On that day the rest of the newspapers of the town wrote about Mr. Lirpa Loof. One of the newspapers published an interview with the rich businessman; another newspaper told its readers that Mr. Lirpa Loof had had a meeting with the best businessmen of the town who were planning to buy coffee from him.

The next day, April 2, ‘The Springfield Voice’ wrote, “Of course, we are proud that the other newspapers have believed our story about the rich foreign businessman Lirpa Loof. But they should not forget what date it was yesterday. Read the first word and then the second one - Lirpa Loof - from the end to the beginning. I hope you will understand why they should have paid attention to the date.”

Выполните задания:

Прочитайте утверждения и решите, какие из них правильные, какие – неправильные и о чем в тесте не сказано:

А –True B –False C –No Information

1. This story happened more than half a century ago.

2. People in Springfield didn’t read magazines, they preferred newspapers.

3. ‘The Springfield Voice’ was popular with the readers.

4. The newspaper had financial problems.

5. ‘The Springfield Voice’ got on well with the other newspapers of the town.

6. The newspaper informed the readers about a coffee king’s visit to their town.

7. The coffee businessman came from Brazil.

8. The other newspapermen didn’t take the news about the coffee king seriously.

9. All the other newspapers of the town published this news.

10. Some of the newspapers invented their own stories about Lirpa Loof.

11. ‘The Springfield Voice’ played a clever joke on their rivals (соперники, конкуренты).

Cоотнесите части предложений и соедините их:

1. ‘The Springfield Voice’	A. published the same news.
2. Thereporters of ‘The Springfield Voice’	B.were taught a good lesson.
3. The article about the coffee king	C. was not true.
4.All the other newspapers	D. was not a rich newspaper.
5. The rivals of ‘The Springfield Voice’	E. was the right time for revenge. (месть, реванш)
6. April, 1	F. didn’t get money for their work.

Выразите свое мнение(4-5 предложений):

What was the correct name of the ‘coffee king’? Were the newspapers of the town taught a good lesson? Do you play tricks on your friends on April, 1?

Задание 3. Лексика и грамматика

Прочитайте текст и вставьте в пропущенные места слова по смыслу:

Safari park is like a large zoo (1)animals live in natural conditions. There are several safari parks in Great Britain and they are very popular (2) the visitors. One of the (3) famous is situated at Windsor.

You can visit some parts of the safari park on foot. Here you (4) see animals that are not dangerous like giraffes, zebras, camels and antelopes. The animals walk around as if they were in Africa.

But safari parks also have lions, tigers, leopards and (5) dangerous animals. They cannot be kept with the other animals, (6) they would eat them up. They would also attack the visitors, so people coming to the park have to drive through the parts where wild animals live. You (7) keep your windows closed and avoid getting out of the car. It is not a (8) idea to take a new car to the park, because the monkeys (9) on the cars and damage them.

Safari parks are much better than ordinary zoos, because the animals do not have to live in (10)cages.

Из четырех вариантов (a), (b), (c), (d) выберите единственно правильный и обведите соответствующую букву:

1. If what you say is true, there is ______ we can do about it.

a) little b) not many c) few d) a few

2. When will the conference ____?

a) take part b) take place c) take time d) take off

3. After Mary _____ her room, she ____ shopping.

a) clean, goes b) will clean, goes c) cleans, will go d) clean, will go

4. You have _____ mistakes in your dictation.

a) made very little b) done too many c) done very few d) made too many

5. Mike’s birthday _____ last week.

a) celebrates b) was celebrating c) was celebrated d) celebrated

6. Look! ______ a dog and four puppies under the bench.

a) It is b) It was c) There are d) There is

7. I know English well. We _____ it for 5 years at school.

a) study b) have been studying c) are studying d) studied

8. I wish we ______ longer holidays!

a) had b) didn’t have c) have d) don’t have

9. Galileo _____ the first telescope in the 16^th century.

a) found b) opened c) discovered d) invented

10. _____ these clothes good for school?

a) was b)are c) did d) is

11. There _____ men and women at the party yesterday.

a) is b) was c) were d) are

12. If we_____ care of our planet, it _____ be green and clean.

a) didn’t take, would b) took, would c) taken, would d) took, wouldn’t

13. Where is Jack? – I think he _____ baseball with his friends.

a) has played b) is playing c) will play d) plays

14. Teddy is a _____ student than Jim.

a) best b) worst c) more better d) better

15. It’s the first time I _____ Trafalgar Square.

a) saw b) have seen c) see d) had seen

Подберите однокоренное слово к данному в скобках и вставьте его по смыслу в предложение, запишите перевод образованных слов:

New York is an __1__ (AMAZE) city.

Its skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty make a great __2__ (IMPRESS) on the visitors.

New York has a __3__ (POPULATE) of over seven million people and it is one of the world’s most __4__ (FAME) place.

It has more __5__ (TOUR) than any other city except London, especially in summer. They are __6__ (EXCITE) to see New York’s sights.

So, if you want to get an __7__ (FORGET) experience, you should certainly travel to this __8__ (WONDER) city.

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