Чтение

ЧТЕНИЕ

Прочитайте текст. Установите соответствие заголовков 1-5 текстам А-D. Занесите ответы в таблицу. Один из заголовков лишний.

Which planet

was discovered in the last century? is the hottest? comes the second in size? was discovered by a musician? is believed to have water on the surface?

Venus, one of the planets in the solar system, is the second in distance from the Sun. Except for the Sun and the Moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. The planet is called the morning star when it appears in the east at sunrise, and the evening star when it is in the west at sunset. Venus is never visible more than three hours before sunrise and three hours after sunset. The surface temperature is the hottest of any planet - about 477C. Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the solar system. Astronomers believe that the surface of the planet is covered by a vast ocean of water mixed with rocky material. Neptune has four rings and 11 known moons. Pluto is farther from the Sun than the other planets in the solar system. The small, rocky, and cold planet takes 247.7 years to revolve around the Sun. It was discovered in 1930. Pluto is the most distant planet in the solar system and it is very difficult to be detected. Uranus is a major planet in the solar system. Uranus has 11 known rings and 27 moons. Uranus was the first planet that people discovered by using a telescope. Sir William Herschel, a German-born British musician and astronomer, discovered the planet in 1781.

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Прочитайте текст и установите соответствие утверждений 7—11 содержанию текста. Отметьте каждое утверждение TRUE, если оно соответствует содержанию текста, FALSE, если оно не соответствует.

Food in Britain

Sausages. Five million sausages are eaten every day in the UK. The dish of sausages and mashed potatoes is called “bangers and mash”. Half of British sausages are eaten for an evening meal. More sausages cooked on Saturday in England than on any other day. People also like sausage sandwiches and barbecued sausages.

Puddings. In the 1690s a French visitor to London wrote, ”Ah, what an excellent thing is an English pudding”. Sponge puddings are steamed in water in a saucepan. They are like a hot cake and are served with custard. Other favourite puddings are rice puddings, fruit pies and Christmas puddings. Nowadays, families don’t have a pudding every day, but it is still a favourite. People often buy ready-made traditional puddings now.

Tea and biscuits. 165 million cups of tea are drunk each day in the UK! Tea is often served with biscuits and 98% of Brits have it with milk. You will find two tea-making things in every British kitchen: the kettle, which is used for boiling the water, and the teapot, which is used for making the tea. Nowadays, many teenagers don’t drink tea and prefer cold drinks.

Traditional roast lunch. This is usually served at lunchtime on Sunday. It is when families get together. It consists of roast meat, usually beef, lamb or pork, served with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding (a kind of savoury batter), vegetables and lots of gravy! It is often followed by a traditional, too! Sunday lunch is a popular meal to eat out at the pub. Students away from home miss it because a roast lunch means family life.

People eat more sausages on Saturday than Monday.  l)True         2) False

Sponge pudding is served cold with custard.  l)True         2) False

People don’t often cook steamed pudding now.  1) True         2) False

  165 million British people drink tea every day.  1) True         2) False

British people like eating Sunday roast in a pub.  1) True         2) False

ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

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An American and a Frenchman, who knew only their own languages,

___________dinner at the same table on board a ship.  HAVE

On the _________________day the Frenchman, who was at the table when  ONE

the American came, got up, made a low bow and said, “Bon appetit!”

The American        _________________he introduced himself, so he also bowed  THINK

and said “Watson”. 

This_______________several times, and the American, who could not  HAPPEN

understand why the Frenchman should introduce himself so many times,

asked his friend about it.

The friend explained that “Bon appetit!” meant “Good appetite”, and

the American decided to correct the mistake.

The next time he was first at the table, and when the Frenchman

_____________        , he got up, bowed and said, “Bon appetit!”  COME

The Frenchman immediately returned the bow and said, “Watson”.

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During a safari in Kenya, I saw the most______________        animals.  FANTASY

Roswell became__________________        in 1947.  FAME

ПИСЬМО

You have 30 minutes to do this task.
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend David.
...My mother complains that I am lazy and don’t help her much. Do you or your friends often help your parents? How? What duties does every member of you family have in the house? ...
Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions.
Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.