Комплект упражнений по теме: Книги.

 Свечкарева Л. В. МБОУ Туриловская СОШ                                                                       Миллеровский район Ростовская область

 Комплект упражнений по теме «Books».

1. Match each kind of book with what you would normally expect to find in it.

1. atlas	4. directory	7. guidebook	10. thesaurus
2. autobiography	5. encyclopedia	8. manual	11. Who is Who
3. dictionary	6. gazetteer	9. textbook

a. basic course book  at school or university

b. information about subjects in alphabetical order

c. lists of words grouped according to their similarity in meaning

d. maps

e. a list of names of places printed at the end of an atlas

f. a list of important, famous people and brief details of their lives

g. meanings of words.

h. tourist information about a country

i. instructions on how to use or repair a machine

j. a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers in alphabetical order

k. the story of one’s own life written by oneself

2. Divide the following words into four groups. Some words may belong to more than one group.

1. Kinds of printed material                                  3. Reference books

2. Handwritten material                                         4. Kinds of poems

Atlas	Ballad	Brochure	Catalogue
Dictionary	Directory	Draft	Elegy
Hardback	Leaflet	Lexicon	Limerick
Nursery	Rhyme	Manuscript	Ode
Paperback	Scroll	Sonnet	Thesaurus
Couplet	Encyclopaedia	Lyric	Pamphlet

3.  Match the two parts of the sentences.

1. The books  in the library…

2. The school says…

3. Charles Dickens was one …

4 The plot was so complicated …

5. The place of the narrative…

6. The book is based on …

7. We sat around the fire …

8. The play has a strong storyline which …

9. I can’t come out with you tonight …

10. The appendices contain additional information …

a. … makes the book an exciting reading.

b. … telling ghost stories.

c. …it doesn’t have enough money to buy textbook.

d. … will appeal to children as well as adults.

e. …that I kept getting lost.

f. … often in the form of maps, charts, tables, illustrations and graphs.

g. …  I have to write an essay.

h. ..    are divided into fiction and non – fiction.

i. … the writer’s war experience.

j. of the greatest 19th – century novelists.

4. Choose the right answer.

1. That book has been out of  ______ for a long time.

a. copy             b. press            c. print                         d. publication

2. You have to pay a ______ if you don’t return your library books on time.

a. fee                  b. fine              c. penalty                   d.  tax

3. He bought the book for half price because its _______ was torn.

a. coat               b. coating           c. cover                       d. skin

4. I have just read  a lovely ___ about a man who devoted his life to monkeys.

a. fiction              b. history          c. production               d. story

5. Most of the poet’s earlier work was published under a _______

a. misnomer             b. namesake           c. nickname          d. pseudonym

5. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.

1. I like this book and I’ve already read six capitals/ chapters/ prefaces.

2. Her second book was very popular and became a best buy/ seller/ volume.

3. Robert’s new book will be broadcast/ published/ typed in July.

4. Jane’s new book is coming out in paperback/ cover/ volume next year.

5. Charles Dickens is probably the best known British poet/ novelist/ story teller.

6. If you can’t find what you are looking for in the book, use the preface/ directory/index.

6. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные в конце строк, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

Books.

Many, many years ago a town ___ ran through the                                   CRY

streets and shouted out all the news.

But now we live in the Atomic Age. Too many                                           

things happen too quickly for us to learn about

them in the old -  __________ way.                                                         FASHION

That is why we have to read more and more in order to                           

find out what is happening in the world. _______ is                                READ

rarely a waste of time.

Have you ever ____ about the kind of books people                                THINK

used long ago? It is only in the last 500 years that

books have been printed on paper. Before that time

 the only way of making books was to write them out by hand.

No one knows when writing first began, but we have                                  

_______  drawings on the walls of caves and scratches                             FIND

on bones which are at least 25 000 years old.

The ___of paper played a very important part in                                      INVENT

the development of books.

In the 11^th century the art of papermaking reached                                      

Europe but no trace of printing was found in

Europe until 1423. It is known that Johann

Gutenberg ____ tried out ways of printing in                                        SECRET

Strasbourg,  Germany, in 1440.

Используемая литература.

 First Certificate Language Practice. Michael Vince

Английский язык. Подготовка а ЕГЭ – 2010. Вступительные испытания. Издательство «Легион» Ростов – на – Дону.