The
Fox and the cock
One day in summer a fox
saw a cock near a village. It was time for dinner and the fox decided to eat
the cock. He went up to the cock and said to him: “Your father could sing very
well. Can you sing well too?” the cock shut his eyes and began to sing. The fox
caught the cock in its mouth and ran away.
A
farmer saw the fox and cried out to the other farmers: “Look! A fox has caught
our cock! Look! Look! That is our cock.” The cock heard the farmer and said to
the fox: “Do you hear what that farmer is saying? He says that I’m their cock.
Tell them that I’m your cock now.” When the fox opened its mouth to say it, the
cock jumped up into a tree. He cried out to the fox: “I’m not your cock, I’m
their cock.” The poor fox beat his head on the tree and said: “Mouth, you talk
too much and we have no dinner today.”
I. Put the
sentences in the correct order:
1. The cock ran
away from the fox.
2. A fox saw a cock
near a village.
3. A farmer saw the
fox and cried out to the other farmers.
4. The fox asked
the cock to sing
5. The cock asked
the fox to say ‘This is my cock’
6. The fox opened
his mouth and the cock jumped up into a tree.
7. The fox caught
the cock in his mouth.
II. Answer the
questions:
1. What did the fox
say to catch the cock?
2. Why didn’t the
fox have dinner?
III. Retell the story.
Mark
Twain.
Mark
Twain was a famous American writer. His name was Samuel Clemens. “Mark Twain”
was his pen-name. Samuel Clemens was born in a small town on the Missouri
– river in the USA. The boy had many friends at school and when he became a
writer, he wrote about them in his stories. When Samuel was twelve, his father
died and the boy began to work. He learned the profession of a printer. But
Samuel wanted to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a ship.
After some time he left the ship and went to live in California. Here he began
to write short stories under the pen-name of “Mark Twain”. He sent them to
newspapers. The readers liked his stories. The many professions, which he knew,
helped him to show life and people. In 1876 he published his best novel “The
Adventure of Tom Sawyer”, which boys and girls in many countries know and like
very much.
I.
Finish
the sentences:
1. M. Twain was
born……….
2. His real name
was ……….
3. He began to
work ……….
4. His first
profession was…..
5. The readers
liked………….
6. ………he published
his best novel.
7. Many children
like ……….
II.
Answer
the questions:
1. What was the
real name of Mark Twain?
2. When and where
was he born?
3. Why did he begin
to work very early at 12?
4. Where did he
begin to write short stories?
5. What is his best
novel?
III.
Retell
the text.
Two
Friends and the Bear.
Once
two friends were in a thick forest, when they met a bear. One of the men was
afraid of the bear. He ran to a high tree and got up into it. The other man
understood that he couldn’t stand up against a big bear. He lay down on the
grass. “The bear will think that I’m dead,” he said to himself. The man thought
that bears do not attack dead people. The bear came up to the man on the grass,
sniffed at his nose and ears and went away.
The
other man got down from the tree. “What did the bear say in your ear?” he asked
him.
“He
told me,” was the answer, “not to go into the forest with a bad friend who will
not help you when there is a danger”.
I. Find the right
answer
1. Once two friends
were in the forest and they met…. А)a fox b)
a tiger c) a bear
2. One of the
friends got up … а)into a high tree b) on a house c)
on a bush
3. The other man
… а)ran away b)
began to jump c) lay down
4. The man thought
that bears don’t … а)look at dead people b)eat
dead people c) attack dead people
5. The bear … the
man and went away. А)came up to b) looked
at c) called
6. What did the
bear say to the man? А)not to go to the forest b) nothing c)
not to stand up
7. Was the man a
good friend? А)yes b) no c)
they loved each other
II. Answer the
questions
1. Where did the
friends go once?
2. Whom did they
meet in the forest?
3. Were they afraid
of the bear?
4. Who got up into
a high tree?
5. What did the
other man do?
6. Did the bear eat
the man?
7. Were those men
good friends?
III.
What is the main idea of the story?
An
Englishman in Spain.
An Englishman was in Spain.
He went to a little café for breakfast. He only spoke English and the waiter
did not know any English at all. The man wanted some milk. He said to the
waiter: “Please, bring me a glass of milk.” But the waiter did not understand
him. Then the Englishman took out a piece of paper and wrote on it “Milk”. The
waiter did not understand it either. Then the man drew a cow on a piece of
paper. The waiter looked at the picture and went away. Soon he came back and
brought a ticket for a bullfight.
I.
Put
the sentences in the correct order:
1. He came back and
brought a ticket for a bullfight.
2. The waiter
didn’t understand him.
3. He only spoke
English.
4. The man drew a
cow on a piece of paper.
5. He went to a
little café for breakfast.
6. The man wanted
some milk.
II. Answer the
questions
1. Where was an
Englishman?
2. Did he speak
English?
3. What did he want
to order?
4. Did the waiter
understand him?
5. What did the
Englishman draw on a piece of paper?
6. What did the
waiter bring to the Englishman?
III. Why did the waiter
bring the Englishman a ticket for a bullfight?
Jonathan Swift and his Servant.
Jonathan Swift, the
famous English writer, once went into the country with his servant. In the
morning when he wanted to put on his boots, he saw that they were not clean.
“How is this, Tom?”
said Swift when he saw them. “Why haven’t you cleaned my boots?”
“You see,” said Tom
“It’s very dirty out today. If you go out, your boots again will be dirty, so I
didn’t clean them.”
Swift thought a little
and said, “All right, Tom. Go and get ready, we’ll go out in a minute or two.”
“But,” cried Tom, “I
haven’t had my breakfast. I am hungry.”
“I know,” said Swift,
“but if you have your breakfast you will again be hungry in a few hours, so
today you will have no breakfast.”
I. Right and wrong
statements.
1. Once J. S. went to London
with his servant.
2. In
the morning when he looked at his boots he saw they were not clean.
3. He asked the servant
why he hadn’t cleaned his boots.
4. The servant said
that the boots were clean.
5. They didn’t have
breakfast in the morning.
6. J. S. was very
hungry.
7. J. S. had breakfast
with the servant.
8. J. S. gave a lesson
to his servant.
II. Answer the
questions
1. What are the
characters of the story?
2. What did J. S.
see in the morning?
3. Did J. S. ask
the servant why his boots were not clean?
4. What did the
servant answer?
5. They wanted to
go to their trip, didn’t they?
6. Who asked for
breakfast?
7. Did the servant
have breakfast?
II.
Was
J. S. right in this situation?
A Small Picture.
A
rich man once asked a great painter to paint a small picture for him. Next day
the painter came and brought him the small picture.“In is a beautiful picture”,
said the rich man. “How much do you want for it?”
“One
thousand dollars,” answered the painter.
“One
thousand dollars for such a small picture?” cried the rich man. “You painted it
in one day and you want one thousand dollars for one day’s work?”
“Yes,
I painted it in one day, but I worked thirty years in order to learn how to
paint it in one day,” answered the painter.
I. Find the correct
word:
1. A
rich man asked a great painter to paint …. a) a small picture b) a
dog c) his friend
2. Next day the painter
brought him … a) money b) the picture c)
many nice pictures
3. The price of the
picture was … thousand dollars. a) 10 b) 5
c) 1
4. The rich man cried
that the picture was … a) expensive b)
cheap c) bad
5. The painter worked …
years in order to learn how to paint in one day. a) 50 b)
30 c) 10
II. right and wrong
statements:
1. A
rich man asked his friend to paint a small picture.
2. In
a year the painter brought him the picture.
3. The rich man liked
the picture.
4. The painter said
that he wanted 1 thousand dollars for the picture.
5. The painter painted
the picture in one day.
6. The rich man gave
the painter 1 thousand dollars.
7. The painter worked
30 years in order to learn how to paint a picture in one day.
III.
What
is the main idea of the story?
A
Dog in the Bus.
One very rainy day a
woman with a dog got on the bus. It was a big dog and its feet were very dirty.
The woman sat down and the dog stood near her. When the bus conductor came up
to her, she said:
“Oh,
conductor, if I pay for my dog, can he have a seat like the other passengers?”
The
conductor looked at the dog and its dirty feet and then he said:
“Of
course, madam. He can have a seat like all the other passengers, but like all
the other passengers, he must not put his feet on it”.
I. Find the correct
word:
1. One … day a woman with a dog got on the
bus. a) rainy b) sunny c) windy
2. The dog’s legs were … a)
long b) dirty c) clean
3. The woman sat down and the dog … a) sat
down b) stood near her c) lay down
4. The woman wanted to … the dog. a) pay for b)
feed c) clean
5. The conductor said that like the other passengers
the dog mustn’t … a) sleep b) bark c) put his feet on the
bench.
II. Answer the questions:
1. Was the day
rainy or sunny?
2.
Who
did the woman get on the bus with?
3.
Did
the dog stand near the woman?
4.
Did
the woman want her dog to have a seat like the other passengers?
5.
Did
she want to pay for her dog?
6.
Did
the conductor let her dog to have a seat?
7.
Must
the dog put his feet on the seat?
III. Did the woman like
her dog as a human being?
Which is better – to be ill or to be well?
A
friend came one day to a house where there were three children: a boy and two
girls. Two of them – the boy and one of the girls – were ill. They were in bed.
Friends and all the members of the family were sorry for them. They brought
toys and nice things to eat and gave them to the children who were ill in bed.
The other little girl
sat in a corner and cried. One of the friends, who liked children, went up to
her and asked, “Why are you crying? You are not ill.”
“No,”
said the little girl, “I am not ill, so they don’t bring me any presents.”
I. Right and wrong
statements:
1. A
friend came to a house where there were 3 children: 3 boys.
2. The boy and one
girl were ill.
3. They played in the
room with toys.
4. The family was sorry
for the ill children.
5. The friends brought
toys and nice things to eat for the ill children.
6. The little girl sat
in a corner and cried.
7. She wanted to be ill
to get presents.
II. Answer the
questions:
1. Who came to a
house?
2. How many
children were there?
3. Were all the
children ill?
4. Were the family
and a friend sorry for the ill children?
5. What did the
friends bring to ill children?
6. Who didn’t get
presents?
7. Why did the
little girl cry? Was she right?
III. Were the friends
right when they didn’t give the little girl any presents?
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