Раздел 2, страница 58 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс контрольные задания Кузовлев, Симкин

РАЗДЕЛ 2 (Задания по чтению)

1 Прочитайте тексты 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. Where the tradition of the World Book Day came from

2. How the official date for celebrating the World Book Day was chosen

3. The symbols of the World Book Day

4. The aim of the World Book Day celebrations

5. The World Book Day in the UK

6. The events that are held on the World Book Day

A. The World Book Day UK began in 1998. It was launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Globe Theatre in London. Schoolchildren in Great Britain were given a £1 special World Book Day Token. This money sign could be exchanged on any book in any bookshop. Since then, the World Book Day UK has followed a similar tradition. Some more initiatives, such as Quick Reads Initiative, Books for Hospitals, were added to the celebration. In the United Kingdom, the World Book Day is held annually on the first Thursday in March. Although it might be argued that this makes it more a "UK Book Day" than a World Book Day, it was decided to celebrate this date together with spring school holidays.

B. The idea of the World Book Day originated from Catalonia, Spain. There on 23 April, Saint George's Day is celebrated. On Saint George's Day it has been traditional since the early times for men to give roses to women they admire and for the women to give books in exchange. Now on this day a rose is given in bookshops as a gift for each book sold. The tradition was set up more than 80 years ago. The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Spain as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day. To mark this day Cervantes' Don Quixote is read during a two-day "readathon" and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize is presented by the King.

C. The World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading. During the World Book Day, local libraries, school libraries and bookstores usually have special activities and parties for children, which are planned to encourage a love of books. They usually present material and information about how to get involved in the World Book Day. Everybody can find the range of activities organised. As part of the celebration, children are invited to help to select the top children's book of the year by voting online or at their school or library. Also, schoolchildren design posters, write compositions and book reviews of their favourite books and share them with the world on a special website. The winners of the review competitions have a chance to get brand-new books. There are also a lot of charity and special fundraising activities for children in poor countries held on this day.

D. The World Book Day is also known as International Day of the Book. It is a yearly event which is held on 23 April. The World Book Day was set up in 1995. In that year, UNESCO decided that the World Book Day would be celebrated on this date because of the festival in Catalonia, Spain and because on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Pla and some others. So, it was a choice of UNESCO to commemorate the authors and their books on this date. Now the World Book Day is celebrated in over 100 countries around the globe.

E. The World Book Day is a celebration for authors, publishers, booksellers and people who like reading. They work together to promote books and reading for the personal education and enjoyment of life. It was a wonderful decision for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a worldwide attention to books and authors on this date. The main idea of the World Book Day is to encourage people worldwide to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to choose a book of their own. Through the celebrations people are inspired to discover the beauty and the joy of the world through books. The activities and events organised on the World Book Day is a good way to motivate people to read.

Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Прочитайте отрывок из воспоминаний У. Черчилля о его школьных годах. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений 2-8 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated). В поле ответа запишите одну цифру, которая соответствует номеру правильного ответа.

I was twelve when I entered the unfriendly region of examinations, and through which for the next seven years I had to travel. These examinations were a great test to me. The subjects which were valued by the examiners were almost always those I liked least. I would like to be examined in history, poetry and writing essays. The examiners, on the other hand, preferred Latin and mathematics. Moreover, the questions which they asked on both these subjects were almost always those to which I was unable to suggest a satisfactory answer. I would like to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations.

This was especially true of my entrance examination to Harrow. The Headmaster, Mr Welldon, however, took a broad-minded view of my Latin text. This was the more amazing, because I was found unable to answer a single question in the Latin paper. I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question "I". But I could not think of anything connected with it that was true. Suddenly I made some dirty marks on my test paper. I stared for two hours at these spots. And then they collected my piece of test paper with all the others and carried it up to the Headmaster's table. It was from these small signs of knowledge that Mr Welldon drew the conclusion that it was enough to pass into Harrow. It showed that he was a man who did not depend upon paper demonstration.

I was placed in the third, or lowest, division of the Fourth, or bottom, Form. The names of the new boys were written in the school list in alphabetical order. As my correct name, Spencer-Churchill, began with an "S", I was in fact only two more names away from the end of the whole school.

However, by being in the lowest form I got a great advantage over the cleverer boys. They all learned Latin and Greek and things like that. But I was taught English. We were considered such silly pupils that we could learn only English. Mr Somervell taught the stupidest boys the most ignored thing – to write simple English. He knew how to do it. He taught it as no one else has ever taught it.

I learned it thoroughly. And when in after years my schoolmates who had won prizes for writing such beautiful Latin poetry and Greek epigrams had to come down again to common English, to earn their living or make their career, I did not feel myself at any difficulty. Naturally, I am in favour of boys learning English. I would make them learn English; and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour and Greek as a pleasure. But the only thing I would beat them for is not knowing English. I would beat them hard for that.

(adopted from My Early Life by Winston Churchill)

2 At the age of twelve, Churchill had his first examination.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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3 Churchill couldn't pass the exams to Harrow several times.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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4 Besides Latin, entrance exams to Harrow included mathematics.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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5 In the Latin exams Churchill didn't answer any question.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

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6 At Harrow, Churchill was considered to be the most gifted pupil.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ: □

7 As a pupil, Churchill won a lot of prizes writing English poetry.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ: □

8 Churchill would like all the pupils to learn their native language properly.

1) True

2) False

3) Not stated

Ответ: □

Прочитайте тексты и установите соответствие между текстами и их заголовками: к каждому тексту, обозначенному буквами A–E, подберите соответствующий заголовок, обозначенный цифрами 1–6. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок. Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.

Ответ:

Прочитайте отрывок из воспоминаний У. Черчилля о его школьных годах. Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений 2–8 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated). В поле ответа запишите одну цифру, которая соответствует номеру правильного ответа.

2

Ответ: 1) True / 1) Верно

3

Ответ: 3) Not stated / 3) Не сказано

4

Ответ: 3) Not stated / 3) Не сказано

5

Ответ: 1) True / 1) Верно

6

Ответ: 2) False / 2) Неверно

7

Ответ: 3) Not stated / 3) Не сказано

8

Ответ: 1) True / 1) Верно