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УМК English для 5 класса И.Н.Верещагиной и О.В.Афанасьевой
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школ с углубленным изучением английского языка авторов И.Н.Верещагиной и
О.В.Афанасьевой, и содержит дополнительные упражнения ко всем текстам раздела Listening
Comprehension.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 1 "Tom's Dream" (#6)
Match the beginning of the sentence with the right
ending:
1) Tom
Brown was a) a secretary and a typist
2)
He lived at b)
a tall slim woman fair-haired with large brown eyes and a kind smile
3) There
was c) 27, Green Square in a little town in the South
of England
4) It
was d) about thirty
5) Tom’s
Mother was e) dark-haired with a funny round face and a kind smile
6) He
was f) her son very much
7) She
was g) the zoo
8) Tom’s
Mother loved h) wild animals
9) Tom
loved i) a telephone in their flat
10) Tom dreamed about j)
a nice little boy of 6
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 2
“Why is It
Important to Know a Foreign Language” (#10)
Answer the questions:
1) Who is the story about?
2) What is the story about?
3) Where do they live?
4) Do the cats go to school? Which school?
5) How well do they study?
6) What happened in the park?
7) Why is it important to learn a foreign language?
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 3 “The British Museum” (#15)
1. Complete the sentences with the information from the
text:
1) London is a city of ________ and ________.
2) The British Museum is one of the most _________
museums in the world and the
________ museum in London.
3) Many
things came to the British Museum from _____________.
4) A
Manuscript Room is the room where the most important English ______________
are.
5) There
are more than _________________ books in the library of the British
Museum.
6) Dickens,
Thackeray, Bernard Shaw, Karl Marx worked in the ________ of the British
Museum.
2. Choose the correct statement:
1)
London is a city of
a) famous people b) history and culture c) high buildings;
2)
The British Museum is in
a) Trafalgar Square b) the City c) Russell Street
3) It
is famous for
a) its library b) musical instruments c) documents;
4) Many
things came to the Museum from
a) Greece b) Italy c) Germany.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 4 “Denis Cook Is Travelling” (#20)
Say if the statements are “True” or “False”. If they are
false – correct them.
1) Today Denis Cook is going to the railway station.
2) He is going to catch a 9 o’clock plane.
3) Denis can’t find his luggage.
4) Denis finds his passport in the living room.
5) Denis goes to the airport by taxi.
6) Denis flies to London.
7) In England people are usually polite in queues.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 5 “Blue Jeans” (#23)
1. Listen to the
text and say who made jeans (1) and what material they are usually made of (2).
1) ________________________. 2)
________________________.
2. Answer the questions:
1) When did Levi Strauss come to San Francisco?
2) Where exactly is San Francisco situated?
3) Why did many people come to California?
4) Why did people need strong trousers?
5) Why did people like Levi Strauss’s jeans?
6) What are Levi Strauss’s jeans good for?
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 6 “Things Used to be Different Many Years Ago” (#27)
Say if the statements are “True” or “False”. If they are
false – correct them.
1) I am a typist.
2) I have written 10 books in the past 15 years.
3) I used to write poems about flowers.
4) I used to be a nurse and worked at a men’s
hospital in London.
5) I live in a small village in the country now.
6) I write adventure stories now.
7) I have always been curious about the past.
8) People used to travel in cars and planes.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 7 "A Quickly-minded Explorer" (#30)
1. Put the sentences a-g in the logical order according
to the text:
a) “By the way, don’t you know what am I? - I am a
policeman.”
b) “When I understood
we were on fire I didn’t move and continued to sit in the armchair
reading a book for some
time.”
c) “People don’t think about money when they are in
panic nowadays.”
d) One night before the sunset a hotel in the centre
of the city was on fire.
e) “Then I rose and before I came out I ran into some
of the rooms.”
f) The people stood near the hotel looking at the
fire and talking.
g) “And do you know who I am? – I’m an explorer and a
writer. I always tell stories about
things that never took place.”
2. Choose
the correct answer:
1) The fire
took place
a) before sunrise
b) before sunset c)
in the afternoon
2) The
hotel was situated
a) in the City b) in the country
c) in the centre of the city
3) One
man from the hotel
a) was writing a book b) was curious
about money c) was in panic
4) The man
took the money because
a) it was his money b) he was a
policeman c) he wanted to visit foreign countries
5) The man who took the money was really
a) a thief b) a policeman
c) a quickly-minded explorer
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 8 "The Day I Came Face to Face with a Tiger"
(#34)
1. Finish the statements with the information according
to the text (a word or a phrase):
1) My name is _______ Russel.
2) Last year I went to ________.
3) The hospital was situated
___________________________.
4) It is important to ________ as much of the
foreign country as you can.
5) Once Tony decided to go ____________________.
6) Tony and Kamal left the camp with
_________________.
7) Tony and Kamal were wearing ________ and
_________ to protect them from __________.
8) The tigers liked to ________ in the daytime
hiding in the _________.
9) When they saw a tiger Kamal told Tony to be
_________.
2. Choose the right variant:
1) Tony
went to Nepal:
a) for three
weeks b) for three months c) for three
years
2) Tony
went to Nepal to:
a) study b)
to swim in the lake c) work in a hospital
3) Tony
used to swim in the lake
a) early at night b) early
in the morning c) early in the evening
4) Tony’s
friend Kamal Rai
a) was fond of travelling b) knew a lot
about Tony c) was dangerous
5) In the jungle they were trying to find
a) snakes b)
wildlife c) big cats especially tigers
6) When they were coming nearer to the tiger they saw
a) another tiger b) an
elephant c) a dead sheep in the grass
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 9 “Two Trips” (#37)
1. Answer the following questions:
1) What
was George Brown?
2) How
old was he?
3) What
did he use to do when he was young?
4) What
did George invite Mark to do?
5) What
did George do in the air?
6) How
long did George fly?
7) Why
did Mark say that there were two trips: the first and the last?
2. Say if the statements are “True” or “False”. If they
are false – correct them.
1) George Brown was a poor businessman.
2) When he was young he didn't like to travel.
3) He often spent his weekend at home.
4) He loved nature.
5) George had a friend.
6) His friend's name was Billy.
7) He could do all kinds of tricks in the air.
8)
Mark didn't agree to fly in George's plane.
9) His first and his last trip were for George Brown.
10)
When they came down Mark thanked George for the trip.
3. Put the sentences in the logical order:
1) When George was 35 he bought a small plane.
2) When they came down again Mark was very glad to be
back.
3) When he was young he used to travel a lot.
4) One day George invited Mark to have a trip in his
plane.
5) “My first and my last”, was the answer.
4. Complete
the sentences:
1) George Brown was a _____________ businessman.
2) He liked to climb____________________.
3) When George was ________________ he bought a small plane.
4) George had a _______________.
5) George did all kinds of tricks in the____________________.
Listening Comprehension
To Lesson 10 "Bobby's Answer" (#40)
Say if the statements are “True” or “False”. If they are
false – correct them.
1) Mr. and Mrs. Davis have a daughter.
2) It was Mrs. Davis’s birthday a few days ago.
3) Last Sunday Bobby’s grandfather came to visit him.
4) Grandfather brought Bobby a nice toy train.
5) Bobby asked his Grandfather how old he was.
6) Grandfather thought Bobby was a big boy.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 12 "I Hit Him Back First" (#43)
Fill in with the necessary information according to the
text (a word or a phrase):
1) Once upon a time there lived _________________.
2) Their names were __________________.
3) They lived with their ________ in a small
industrial _______ in the north of __________.
4) Their house consisted of _______________.
5) Allan and Ted were good ___________ and good
____________ as well.
6) Allan was _________ and Ted was _________.
7) The brothers went to the same
__________________________.
8) The brothers ________ a lot, and played many
___________________.
9) The boys were not saints and liked
___________________ very much too.
10) Their mother was against their ________________.
11) One day Allan came home and went to the room
where Ted way playing _______________.
12) Ted was surprised when he saw Allan
__________________.
13) Allan was crying because William ________ him.
14) Allan said that he _______ William back first
and then he _______ him.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 13 "A Tragedy in the Air" (#46)
1. Say if the statements are “True”, “False” or “Don't
know”:
1) The author of the story is one of the passengers
of the plane.
2) The plane flew to London.
3) There were 150 people on board.
4) The plane was delayed and they started at 10 o'clock.
5) The pilot's name was Michel.
6) Michel was a permanent companion.
7) Michel knew a lot about plane's engine.
8) Suddenly all
engines broke.
9) The plane fell down and wild animals ate people.
10) The captain told bad news.
2. Choose the correct answer:
1) The plane
belonged to :
a) "The Russian Airlines"
b) "The American Airways" c) “The British Airways"
2) The
flight was :
a) from London to North Africa b) from London
to South Africa c) from America
to London
3) The
plane had to take off (взлететь) :
a) at 9 o'clock b)
at 10 o'clock c) at 11 o'clock
4) Michel
was:
a) a pilot b)
a lawyer c) a worker
5) After the 2nd and 3rd
engines stopped working people
a) wanted
to leave the plane b) felt bad and thought about death c) asked
stewardess to help them
6) The
captain's bad news was about:
a)
people's death b) hungry wild animals
c) football match
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 14 "She Wanted to Show Off" (#49)
1. Answer the following questions:
1) What was called the New World?
2) Why was a young lady invited to the King’s
palace?
3) Why did important political people often talk to
the young lady?
4) Why was one of the guests, a professor of
history, late?
5) Why do you think the young lady had very poor knowledge
of history and geography?
2. Choose the right variant:
1) In the
18th century young ladies had very poor knowledge of history and
geography:
a) in the New
World b) In Italy c) in Mexico
2) A
young lady was once invited:
a) to the King’s palace b) to the New
World c) to Christopher Columbus
3) The
ministers and lawyers knew that the young lady was:
a) a professor of history
b) a very important political person
c) neither clever nor bright
4) The
young lady knew the professor’s name because:
a) he discovered America
b) he had a good sense of humour
c) his political ideas were very famous
5) The story is
a)
humorous and teaching b) historical c)
told by a young lady
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 15 “Tim Takes
Medicine” (#51)
Make the
right choice: ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Don't Know’.
1) It is
winter now.
2) Tim is ill.
3) John isn't coughing.
4) The doctor told John to stay in bed,
5) The doctor told John to go for a walk.
6) John didn't want to take medicine.
7) John has many pets at home.
8) The boy gives the cat his medicine.
9) Tim doesn't like the medicine.
10) John's mother told him to take the medicine.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 16 "The Doctor’s Advice" (#54)
Choose the right variant:
1) The
gentleman who came to the doctor was:
a) old b)
young
2) The
doctor found his illness:
a) not serious b)
painful
3) The
doctor prescribed his patient:
a) medicine b)
rest
4) At the
end of the story the gentleman told the doctor that:
a) he had killed someone b) he had
started to smoke
5) The story is:
a) teaching b)
humorous
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 17 "An Ill Turn" (#57)
Answer the following questions:
1) What did Miss Martha Marple have?
2) How often did the man come to Miss Martha
Marple’s place?
3) Why did Miss Martha Marple think the man was not
healthy?
4) Why was the man angry?
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 19 “You’ve Won!” (#59)
1. Answer the following questions:
1) Why was an old gentleman unhappy?
2) What did the old gentleman think about the boys?
3) What did the man see when he was taking a walk in
the park?
4) What were the boys doing?
5) What did the old man decide to do?
6) What did he tell the boys?
7) What was the boys’ reaction?
2. Fill in with the correct information according to the
text:
1) The boys were always ________ and sang ________
songs.
2) The boys didn’t know the ____________ between
right and wrong.
3) Some boys were standing around
____________________.
4) The boys said to him: “We are having a
________________.”
5) The man saw a good opportunity to teach the boys
___________________.
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 20 “An Excellent Student” (#61)
Make the
right choice: ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Don't Know’.
1) A
teacher was asking Tom a few questions.
2) Tom’s
knowledge was very poor.
3) The
teacher asked him questions on geography and history of Russia.
4) Tom
forgot the answers.
5) Tom
looked very unhappy because he knew he would be punished at home.
6) The
teacher then decided to ask him some very easy questions.
7) Tom
didn’t know anything.
8) When
the teacher shouted “George Washington!” Tom thought he called the next
student.
Listening Comprehension
To Lesson 21 “A Laconic Answer” (#63)
Match the beginning of the sentence with the correct
ending according to the text:
1) The
Lacons lived in a) not very clever and brave
2) The
people Of Laconia were b) “The shorter - the better”
3) The
Lacons loved c) only one word – “If”
4) The
Lacons tried to follow d) Northern Greece
5) Their
rule was e) the Lacons
6) Macedonia was in f) very brave
7) King
Philip was g) their Motherland
8) King
Philip wanted h) “If I win you, I will become
your king”
9) King
Philip wrote a letter to i) Southern Greece
10) The letter said j)
to become king of all Greece
11) The Lacons wrote to King
Philip k) the laws of their country
Listening
Comprehension To Lesson 22 “Mrs Green or Mrs Brown?” (#64)
Answer the following questions:
1) How
old was Mrs Green?
2) Where
did she live?
3) How
often did Mrs Green go to the nearest town?
4) Where
did she do the shopping in the town?
5) What
products did she buy there?
6) How
did the shop assistant call her?
7) How
did the shop assistant explain her mistake?
8) What
do you think about the shop assistant?
