Read the text carefullyy and do the exercises that follow.

Exercise I. Mark the statements below as " true" or " false".

1. In class the boy was lively and confident.

2. Sums were very difficult to him.

3. They did sums on special paper.

4. Reading lessons were less difficult

5. He learned to read after a few months at school.

6. It was not easy for the class to understand what the boy was reading about.

7. The boy laughed when he had read the word finally.

Exercise II. Write questions for these answers.

1. The boy trembled with apprehension nearly all the time. (What...? )

2. The boy just couldn't add or multiply. (Why...? )

3. Reading lessons were a little better. (Alternative)

4. Soon the boy found he could read fluently. (What...? )

5. The last word to puzzle him was " laugh". (Which...? )

6. The boy was reading aloud. ( What...? )

7. " And so the princess began to laugh and laugh and laugh" (What sentence...? )

8. Yes, the boy really felt like laughing himself. (General or Disjunctive)

Exercise HI. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.

1. Sums were a mystery to me.

a) Примеры казались мне таинственными.

b) Задачи были для меня загадкой.

c) Суммы были неизвестны мне. 2.1 didn't mind books.

a) Я не любил книг.

b) Я любил книги.

c) Я не обращал внимания на книги.

3. We did sums.

a) Мы решали (делали) примеры и задачи.

b) Мы составляли примеры и задачи.

c) Мы выбирали нужные ответы.

4. for I had a very soft voice.

a) из-за того, что у меня был очень мягкий голос.

b) так как у меня был очень тихий голос

c) чтобы у меня был очень ясный голос

5. the sentence ran:

a) в предложении было написано:

b) предложение промелькнуло:

c) предложение означало:

TEXT 11

My room is on the top of a four-storey building. The building isn't particularly beautiful, nor is the room, but it has a very beautiful view. It's on the top, and because it's quite high up I can see almost all of Athens.

Immediately opposite the room I can see a church, which is very nice - which can also be very annoying, because every Sunday morning they put loudspeakers in the yard of the church and you can hear the whole service whether you want to or not.

Beyond the church I can see the sea and the harbour. On the other side I can see the Acropolis and Lekavitos, which is a mountain in Athens with a church on the top as well.

It's very nice at night, because the whole city's lit up, and it looks beautiful. You can see the different colours of the lights and you can see the cars forming colours in the streets as they drive by, forming colours with their lights I mean.

Sometimes it's not so nice, though, especially early in the morning when there's a lot of smog over the city, and you wake up to a smog cloud that covers everything. The change is awful, because on a clear day the view is so marvellous and so beautiful, and the colours are so bright. But on a day that's polluted with the smog you can't even breathe.

Test 11

Read the text carefully and do the exercises that follow.

Exercise I. Mark the statements below as " true" or " false".

1. Neither the room, nor the building are very beautiful.

2. The view from the room is very beautiful because the building is high.

3. The building is in a city in Italy.

4. There is a church right opposite the room.

5. You can't avoid hearing the service because they put loudspeakers in the yard of the church.

6. You can see two churches from the window of the room.

7. At night the city is lit by lights of different со lours.

8. Sometimes there's a lot of smog over the city.

Exercise II. Write questions for these answers.

1. It's on the top floor of a four-storey building. (Alternative)

2. Immediately opposite the room I can see a church. (What...? )

3. Every Sunday morning they put loudspeakers in the yard. (When...? )

4. Beyond the church. (Where...? )

5. Yes, you can see the different colours of the lights at night. (General)

6. Sometimes early in the morning. (When...? )

7. On a day that's polluted with the smog you can't even breathe.f When...? )

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