Номер 5, страница 30 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс рабочая тетрадь Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 2. In harmony with others. II. Reading - номер 5, страница 30.

Условие.

5 Read the text and then choose the appropriate answers (a–d) to the questions after it.

Pocket Money

My daughter Tracey was born to spend. She therefore needs huge amounts of pocket money. It is her life blood, she can scarcely move without it. She spends it, lends it, gives it away, loses it. She buys snacks, tickets, make-up and presents. She is a fountain of pocket money and I am a source of her wealth — the magic porridge pot. Tracey says the correct words and up comes more pocket money. Because without it she is a prisoner in the house, an unpleasant situation for both of us.

“I must have some,” she begs. “I need it. I had to pay all the taxi fares yesterday because no one else had any money. They’re all going to pay me back.”

“Good. Then you’ll have some money,” I say.

Tracey is desperate. “But I haven’t got enough money to get to them. You don’t understand how much I spend on fares. Fares are very expensive.” Tracey’s needs are always pressing. She is always ready to explain why. This month has been particularly pressing because it was Peter’s birthday and Chloe’s birthday and she had to buy Easter eggs.

I would like to know how much pocket money her friends get. Tracey doesn’t know. Her friends don’t know either. They become confused when asked. They don’t even remember whether they have to earn it by doing the odd household tasks. This is a mysterious grey area. Tracey is meant to do certain chores to earn money. She doesn’t refuse. She will do them, she says. She promises that, but as it turns out she has other more urgent duties – dancing in her room, hugging the dog, phoning her friend Rosie, going to sleep. In my weak way I have not always enforced these rules. Naturally people have criticized me. “You’re making a rod for your own back,” says grandma. She compares her lazy grandchild to the girls who used to live next door. They peeled potatoes, made beds, washed up, never answered back. She tells me what I must do to change the situation. Then she tries Tracey.

“There is only one thing I want you to do,” grandma says to Tracey in a tragic way. “Just help your mother. That’s all I want you to do.”

This request always makes Tracey furious. Grandma’s wishes have never been realized. I continue to hand out pocket money. But at least my daughter is a generous child. She spends a lot of her pocket money on presents for us. I get chocolates, flowers, disks and my birthdays are full of gifts. Nevertheless I have cut the pocket money now and then when Tracey’s behaviour has gone too far. Maybe one day I will become strict about pocket money.

(after Gina Davidson)

1. Why does Tracey have lots of pocket money?

a) Because she was born to spend.

b) Because it is her life blood.

c) Because her mother gives it to her.

d) Because Tracey tries to avoid unpleasant situations for herself and her parent.

2. What does the girl say to her mother asking for pocket money?

a) You must give it to me.

b) I’ll pay you back.

c) All my friends have lots of pocket money.

d) I require it.

3. Why does Tracey’s mother give her daughter huge amounts of pocket money?

a) Because her daughter can scarcely move without it.

b) Because she is a weak-willed person.

c) Because she wants her daughter to be in the house as little as possible.

d) Because she wants more presents from her daughter.

4. What information about the pocket money Tracey’s friends have did her mother manage to get?

a) They have as much pocket money as Tracey has.

b) They have less pocket money than Tracey has.

c) Practically none.

d) They get pocket money doing different household tasks.

5. Why doesn’t Tracey earn her pocket money?

a) The girl refuses to do it.

b) She hates house chores.

c) She is sure it is not her urgent duty.

d) Her mother does not insist on her daughter doing it.

6. What does Tracey’s granny mean when she says, “You’re making a rod for your own back”?

a) You allow Tracey to have anything she wants, as a result she is lazy as the girls who used to live next door.

b) You allow Tracey to have anything she wants, as a result she will talk back soon.

c) You allow Tracey to have anything she wants, as a result you’ll have problems in the future.

d) You allow Tracey to have anything she wants, because you are too weak to say “No”.

7. How does Tracey’s mother react to the words of criticism?

a) She stops giving Tracey her pocket money.

b) She stops handing out pocket money to her daughter.

c) She doesn’t pay any attention to them.

d) She tries to enforce strict rules on her daughter from time to time.

Решение.

Решение 2.

1. Почему у Трейси много карманных денег?

Ответ: c) Because her mother gives it to her. / потому что ее мама дает их ей.

2. Что говорит девочка своей маме, прося карманных денег?

Ответ: b) I’ll pay you back. / Я тебе верну.

3. Почему мама Трейси дает своей дочери огромные суммы карманных денег?

Ответ: b) Because she is a weak-willed person. / потому что она слабовольный человек.

4. Какую информацию о карманных деньгах друзей Трейси удалось получить ее матери?

Ответ: Для ответа на вопрос недостаточно данных

5. Почему Трейси не зарабатывает свои карманные деньги?

Ответ: c) She is sure it is not her urgent duty. / Она уверена, что это не ее неотложная обязанность.

6. Что имеет в виду бабушка Трейси, когда говорит: «Ты готовишь розги для собственной спины»?

Ответ: c) You allow Tracey to have anything she wants, as a result you’ll have problems in the future. / Ты позволяешь Трейси иметь все, что она хочет, в результате у тебя будут проблемы в будущем.

7. Как мама Трейси реагирует на критику?

Ответ: b) She stops handing out pocket money to her daughter from time to time. / Она время от времени перестает давать карманные деньги своей дочери.