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языку (6 класс)
I
The giraffe.
The giraffe is the tallest animal. His
head is about five meters above the ground. It has its good and bad sides. The
giraffe can eat leaves from high trees because he has a long neck and a strong
tongue. But it’s difficult for the giraffe to eat the grass. When the giraffe
drinks water, lions and leopards often hide in the tall grass ready to catch
him. It is very bad for the giraffe, because he can’t raise his head quickly
and run away. The giraffe can live for months without water.
He gets most of the water from what he
eats. Also, because his heads is so far from the ground, a giraffe can see
danger and can quickly walk away or run away.
1) The giraffe is the strongest animal.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
2) He has a long neck.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
3) The giraffe eats only grass.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
4) The giraffe can run fast.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
5) He can’t raise his head fast.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
6) The giraffe can’t live without water
for a long time.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
7) He can see danger because he has a long
neck.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
II
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.” (в этом нет сомнения). 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 (продавать; sold = V 2) 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.
True, false or not stated:
1. The parrot learned a lot of words.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
2. The man liked his clever bird so much
that he decided not to sell it.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
3. The woman thought that the parrot was
very clever.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
4. The parrot said the same words.
a) true
b) false
c) not stated
5. The woman sold the parrot.
a) true b) false
c) not stated
III
The
King and the Painter
There
was a king who thought he could paint very well. His pictures were very bad but
the people to whom he showed them were afraid to tell him the truth. They all
said that his pictures were wonderful and they liked them very much.
One day the king showed his pictures to
a great painter who lived in his country and said, "I'd like to know what
you think of my pictures. Do you like them?"
The
painter looked at the king's pictures and said, "My king, I believe that
your pictures are bad and you will never be a good artist."
The king got very angry and sent the
painter to prison. Two years passed and the king wanted to see the painter
again.
"I was
angry with you," he said, "because you didn't like my pictures. Now
you are a free man again and I am your friend." The king talked with the
painter and invited him for dinner. The dinner was wonderful. And they enjoyed
it very much.
After dinner the king showed his
pictures to the painter again and asked, "Well, how do you like them
now?" The painter turned to a soldier who was standing behind him and
said, "Take me back to prison."
I. Was the King
a good painter?
1.Yes, people liked his
pictures very much.
2.No,
his pictures were bad.
3.He didn't paint
pictures at all.
II.Why were people
afraid to tell the King the truth about his pictures?
1.Because they were
afraid of him.
2.Because
they enjoyed the dinner.
3.Because the King
could paint very well.
III.Did the painter like the King's
pictures?
1.Yes, he liked them
very much.
2.No,
he said that the King was a bad artist.
3.The
King didn't show the pictures to the painter.
IV.What happened to the great painter who
told the King the truth?
1.The
king invited him for dinner.
2.The king sent
him to prison.
3.The king
talked with the painter.
V.Why did the
painter asked the soldier to take him back to prison?
1.Because he
didn't like the king's pictures.
2.Because he
enjoyed the dinner.
3.Because he liked
to be in prison.
