Тест по чтению 8 класс

Reading TEST

1. Reading 1

Match the texts (1-6) to the headings (A-G).

A. What country was discovered by an Italian sea captain?

B. What is obligatory to wear there?

C. What is the origin of the name?

D. How do they call this holiday? E. Why do they get together on that day?

F. What are the impressive facts about the famous town?

1. More than 80 percent of New Zealand’s population are Britons or Europeans. That’s why the New Zealand school system is similar to the British one. Education is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 16.The school year starts in January (after the summer holidays) and ends in December. In most schools wearing a school uniform is obligatory. For New Zealand teenagers daily life takes place in school where they stay up to the late afternoon.

2. Canada occupies most of the northern North America continent as well as some islands. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It's also washed by the Arctic Ocean in the north. The country was discovered in 1497 by John Cabot, an Italian sea captain. About 2% of the Canadian territory is covered with ice. The eastern part of the country is mainly valleys and plains. The western territories are made up of the Cordilleras.

3. Most Americans simply call the Independence Day the “Fourth of July”. It always falls on this day, and it celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. At that time, the people of the 13 British colonies were involved in a war which had begun in 1775. The colonists were fighting for freedom from the English. The Declaration of Independence stated it clearly. For the first time in history the colonies were defined as the United States of America.

4. With great weather, great events and terrific crowds Australia Day in Melbourne in 2010 was one of the best ever! It is a day for all Australians to get together and, in whatever way they choose, celebrate being Australian. 1788 is when the British Fleet first arrived at Sydney Cove and lifted the British flag. Now, major cities throughout the country celebrate the national day with parades, free food, and different events.

5. Cambridge lies in East Anglia, about 50 miles north of London. The river Cam flows through it. It gets the name Cambridge from the river. It's a compact green city. There is always something to do and to see in the city: walk in the parks and gardens, visit museums and galleries, enjoy the festivals or relax in small cafés. The city is best known as the home of Cambridge University, one of the world's best universities. It was founded in 1209 and it consists of 30 colleges.

2. Reading 2

Read the text and mark the sentences true, false or not stated.

Free Trip to America – Nearly

Six boys, aged seven to nine nearly got a free trip to America, last Sunday. They got on to the 42,000-ton ship Oriana, one of the world’s biggest passenger liners, by saying that their parents had their tickets and passports. As the ship sailed from Southampton on its way to the Caribbean and America, the boys laughed and waved goodbye to policemen on the dockside.

Unfortunately for them, the boys were discovered when they asked a sailor the way to the ‘café’. The sailor took them to the Captain, who checked up on them and radioed for the police boat to take them back to Southampton.

Two of the boys are called John, there are two Davids (aged seven and nine), and the others are called Larry and Michael. They say that their surname is Power, and claim to be cousins. Nine-year-old David said that their parents’ caravan was moved on by police from its side near Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning. The boys came back from a swimming trip, and found their home gone.

The boys took the Underground to Waterloo, bought platform tickets, and got on the boat train to Southampton. When they arrived there they thought it would be great to go to America, and boarded the Oriana.

Apparently this was not the first time the boys had experimented with foreign travel. They told police that a few weeks ago they went to France on the hovercraft, but were picked up by French police at Amiens and sent home.

1. Six boys nearly got a free trip to Australia.

2. The boys were discovered when they were looking for the café.

3. The Captain took them back to Southampton in a boat.

4. The police are trying to find their parents.

5. If what the boys say is true, they all have the same surname and some of them the same first name.

6. They say their home is caravan.

3. Reading 3

Read the text and mark the sentences true, false or not stated.

Dostoyevsky Memorial Apartment in Moscow

F. Dostoyevsky’s Memorial Apartment is the only museum in Moscow and the first in the world. Fyodor Mikhailovich spent the first fifteen years of his life here. It is the place where his character took shape. The museum occupies a wing of Mariinskaya hospital. Although Fyodor was born in the opposite wing of the

building in 1821, he lived with his parents in the apartment which is now the museum from 1823 to 1837.

There is a memorial plaque on the building. The building inside has never been rebuilt: the walls, the stoves, and the floor structure have remained the way they used to be at the time when the writer lived there. The gate with lions on the arches in front of the entrance to the apartment has been preserved since Dostoyevsky’s time. The museum holds authentic memorial furniture pieces of the Dostoyevsky's family, portraits of his parents, immediate ancestors and relatives as well as books.

In fact, the Dostoyevsky enjoyed reading. The writer’s father and mother were educated people. The readings uniting the whole family usually took place in the living room. Books were taken out of the book case, the family members sat at the round table, wax candles were lit up. They read works by Karamzin, Derzhavin, Zhukovsky, Zagoskin and other authors.

1. There are some other F. Dostoyevsky's museums in Moscow.

2. The museum is situated is a hospital building.

3. People cannot see the original building any more.

4. F. Dostoyevsky's parents graduated from a university.

5. The living room in F. Dostoyevsky's flat was big.

KEYS

Reading 1

Reading 2

Reading 3