Раздел 2, страница 13 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс контрольные задания Кузовлев, Симкин

РАЗДЕЛ 2 (Задания по чтению)

1 Прочитайте тексты на тему "Why is reading important?" и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами А-Е, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1-6. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. Reading helps us explore the world

2. Reading helps develop the creative side of people

3. Reading is important in our everyday lives

4. Reading is a useful and pleasant way to spend your spare time

5. Reading improves our imagination and our minds

6. Without reading, a person can hardly achieve very much in his/her life

A. Reading is an important part of our life. There are many adults who cannot read well enough to understand the instructions on a medicine bottle. Understanding road or warning signs is difficult without reading well enough. Even using a map becomes a problem. Day-to-day activities can be embarrassing without understanding what is written here and there. Reading is an important skill for finding a good job. Many well-paid jobs need reading as a part of their job performance. A man can't succeed without reading.

B. Reading is important because it develops the thinking skills. Our mind needs exercise. Understanding the written word is one way for our mind to grow in its ability. Teaching young children to read helps them develop their language skills. It also helps them learn to listen. Everybody wants to talk, but few can really listen. Reading develops the imagination. TV and computer games contribute to developing our imagination, but they are more like entertainment. With reading, a person can go anywhere in the world ... or even out of it! They can be a king, or an adventurer, or a princess, or ... The opportunities are endless.

C. Why is reading important? Books, magazines, and even the Internet are great learning instruments which need the ability to read and understand what is read. A person who knows how to read can study any subject in any area of life they are interested in. We live in an age where we have a lot of information, but reading is the main way to take advantage of it. We get a lot of information from different spheres. It is how we discover new things. How can we do without reading then?

D. Reading is important in developing your own image. Non-readers or people who are not good at reading often don't have a high opinion of themselves and their abilities. Often they feel as if the world is against them. They feel as if they are all alone and no one is supporting them. They may have behaviour problems. They are not good at other subjects, because they cannot read and understand the material. People who cannot read feel helpless, and in difficult situations they often give up.

E. Why is reading important? Reading continues to be a favourite way of spending time for a large number of people. Books are their lifelong companions and their very good friends. Reading soon becomes the person's hobby. Nothing — absolutely nothing can be compared with reading. Reading takes us to a new world and helps us forget our problems. It is an activity that keeps us busy when we are free and results in the productive usage of time. It is one of the best ways of relaxation. The quickest and easiest way to gather yourself is to take a book, not any book, but a pleasant book, and relax on the sofa. Within a few minutes, you will recover from being upset, or tired or bored. Reading has always been a continually interesting way of spending time — and it will always be!

Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Many people know the story of the two salesmen who went down to Africa in the 1900s. They were sent down to find if there was any opportunity for selling shoes. They wrote telegrams back to Manchester. One of them wrote: "Situation hopeless. Stop. They don't wear shoes." And the other one wrote: "Glorious opportunity. They don't have any shoes yet."

Now, there's a similar situation in the classical music world, because there are some people who think that classical music is dying. And there are some who don't know anything about it.

There are people who think they are absolutely mad about classical music. They adore classical music. They listen to symphonies in the car. And their children are playing musical instruments. They can't imagine their life without classical music. That's the first group; it's quite a small group. Then there's another group, a bigger group. These are the people who don't mind classical music. At home a little Vivaldi in the background doesn't do any harm. That's the second group. Now comes the third group. These are the people who never listen to classical music. It's just simply not part of their life. That's probably the largest group of all.

And then there's a very small group. These are the people who think they're tone deaf (or unable to tell the difference between different musical notes). An amazing number of people think they're tone deaf. Actually, they cannot be tone deaf. Nobody is tone deaf. If they were tone deaf, they couldn't tell the difference between somebody from Texas and somebody from Rome. And the telephone. If your mother calls on the telephone and says "Hello", you not only know who it is, you know what mood she's in. You have a fantastic ear. Everybody has a fantastic ear. So nobody is tone deaf.

But I tell you what happened to me. I was in Ireland during the Troubles 10 years ago, and I was working with some Catholic and Protestant kids. And one of them came to me the next morning and he said, "You know, I've never listened to classical music in my life, but when you played that music..." He said, "My brother was killed last year and I didn't cry for him. But last night when you played that piece, I was thinking only about him and I was crying." So I understood that classical music is for everybody.

They say 3 percent of the population likes classical music. I say, "Everybody loves classical music — they just don't know about it yet."

I had an amazing experience. In the year of 1984 when I was 45 years old and I'd been conducting for 20 years, I suddenly understood one thing. The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound. My picture appears on the front of the CD — but I don't make a sound. For his power a conductor depends on his ability to make other people powerful. And that changed everything for me. I understood my job was to make people happy. And do you know how you understand if people are happy or not? I look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, I know I did it.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about having much money and being famous or powerful. It's about how many happy shining eyes I have around me.

Thank you. Shining eyes, shining eyes. Thank you.

2 Benjamin Zander began his lecture describing how two salesmen visited Africa.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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3 Most people don't know anything about classical music.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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4 The group of people who don't mind classical music is bigger than the group of people who can't live without classical music.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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5 There are people who think they are tone deaf but in fact they are not.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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6 A boy from Ireland started to listen to classical music after his brother's death.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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7 Benjamin Zander has been a conductor for 20 years.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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8 Benjamin Zander is a famous American conductor.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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9 Being famous or rich is not important for Benjamin Zander.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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Прочитайте тексты и выполните задания 1-9. В задании 1 установите соответствие между текстами (A–E) и их заголовками (1–6). В заданиях 2–9 прочитайте текст и определите, соответствуют ли утверждения содержанию текста (1 – True), не соответствуют (2 – False) или в тексте нет информации (3 – Not stated).

Ответ:

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2. Benjamin Zander began his lecture describing how two salesmen visited Africa. - 1) True

Бенджамин Зандер начал свою лекцию с рассказа о том, как два коммивояжера посетили Африку. - 1) Верно

3. Most people don't know anything about classical music. - 1) True

Большинство людей ничего не знают о классической музыке. - 1) Верно

4. The group of people who don't mind classical music is bigger than the group of people who can't live without classical music. - 1) True

Группа людей, которые не против классической музыки, больше, чем группа людей, которые не могут жить без классической музыки. - 1) Верно

5. There are people who think they are tone deaf but in fact they are not. - 1) True

Есть люди, которые думают, что у них нет музыкального слуха, но на самом деле это не так. - 1) Верно

6. A boy from Ireland started to listen to classical music after his brother's death. - 3) Not stated

Мальчик из Ирландии начал слушать классическую музыку после смерти своего брата. - 3) В тексте не сказано

7. Benjamin Zander has been a conductor for 20 years. - 2) False

Бенджамин Зандер работает дирижером 20 лет. - 2) Неверно

8. Benjamin Zander is a famous American conductor. - 3) Not stated

Бенджамин Зандер — известный американский дирижер. - 3) В тексте не сказано

9. Being famous or rich is not important for Benjamin Zander. - 1) True

Быть знаменитым или богатым не важно для Бенджамина Зандера. - 1) Верно