Reading literacy

Instructions: Read the text carefully and do the tasks on the text correctly.

At the customs house

A Frenchwoman decided to go to Great Britain for a holiday. She booked a seat for a plane as she wanted to get there as soon as possible. At the booking – office she found out that it would take her only two hours to get to London. She was very happy. She hurried home and began packing her things as she was afraid to leave something important behind. After she had packed everything, she found, that she had two big suit-cases. She ordered a taxi in advance to come to the airport on time.

On the day of her flight, she checked her things again, when she suddenly remembered about her nice little dog. She could not leave the dog at home as there was no one who would look after it. So, she decided to take the dog to GB.

The flight was very pleasant. The Frenchwoman thought that nobody noticed her dog. But just before the plane landed one of the passengers who was sitting near the woman told her that the English did not let foreigners bring dogs to their country. The woman did not know what to do. When the plane landed, she put the dog under her coat and went to the Customs House. The dog was so little that she hoped the Customs officer wouldn’t notice it. At the Custom’s House she filled in all the necessary forms and came up to the Customs officer, who looked at her big suit-cases and asked if she had anything to declare.

“Oh, no,” she answered, “all the things are for my own use.”

“But do you know that you can’t bring dogs to this country?” asked the officer.

“But I have no dog,” answered the lady.

‘Then I understand the tail which is hanging down below your coat is your own,” said the Customs Officer. (300 words)

1. The Booking –office is…

1. the place where you can buy books

2. the office where you can read magazines and books

3. a library

4. the place where you can buy tickets+

5. a reading hall

2. To leave something behind means…

1. to come back

2. to return

3. to forget +

4. to go away

5. to throw away

1. The woman decided to go to GB by plane because…

1. she enjoyed travelling by plane

2. she wanted to get there as soon as possible+

3. she hated travelling by train

4. she didn’t book tickets on train

5. she missed her train

1. False statement:

1. The little dog was taken by her because she was attached to it+

2. The woman realized that she had taken two big suit-cases

3. The Frenchwoman thought that nobody noticed her little dog

4. Having filled in all the necessary papers she came up to the Customs Officer

5. The dog was so little that she hoped the Customs officer wouldn’t notice it

5. True statement:

1. The destination chosen by the Frenchwoman was London

2. The passenger who was sitting near her told her pleasant news

3. She decided to take the cat to Great Britain

4. She didn’t know how much time it would take to get to GB

5. Her luggage was heavy and she decided to order a taxi in advance

6. What unpleasant news did she hear from the passenger in the plane?

1. The passenger announced about the bad weather

2. The passenger told her that British are not hospitable

3. The passenger told her that the flight was late

4. The passenger told her that the English did not let foreigners to bring dogs to GB

5. The Passenger said that the English liked neither dogs nor cats

6. The Customs Officer found out that the woman brought the dog to GB because…

1. It was barking

2. It was hanging down below her coat+

the little dog was noisy

3. the little dog was squeaking

4. he noticed that the woman was anxious

8. The woman did not know what to do because…

1. she couldn’t carry her heavy luggage

2. nobody met her at the airport

3. because the passenger told her unpleasant news+

4. her clothes were uncomfortable

5. the rain was pouring

8. Found out means…

1. to like something

2. to understand+

3. to believe

4. to remember

5. to create

8. The story is about…

   1. an amazing case in the customs house+

   2. an adventure in GB

   3. a woman travelling abroad

   4. the rules in the Customs House

   5. about the travelling all over the world

Looking for a job. (after M. Gold)

When I was twelve, I was one of the best pupils at public school.

My parents were proud of me. They wanted me to go to high school.

I refused to go to high school.

There were four children in my family. My mother could not work. Could my father get the money for all of us? Of course, not. Miss Barry, an English teacher, tried to get me to go to high school, But I told her that my father was unable to support me I would have to work. She asked me to promise her to study. I told her that I would, though I knew it was a lie. But I loved books, I was carried away by many books, I wanted very much to go to high school and college. Miss Barry presented me with a book. I thanked her for it and threw it. I told myself that I hated books, that they were lies and were different from life.

It was not easy to find my first job. I looked for it for months.

At last I found a job. It was in a factory. The place was dark and hot, the air was poisoned. I forgot my college hopes, I could not sleep at night. My mother made me leave the job.

Months passed before I found another job, this time in a printing shop. Then it was a job in a shop, at a chemist’s. Jobs. Jobs. I went from one to another without plan, without hope. I was at a loss what to do.

One day I stopped to listen to a man who was speaking about the struggle for a better life. The words brought hope to me and made me think, struggle and live. It was the great beginning for me. (300 words)/

1 The character studied at:

1. High school

2. Private school

3. Public school+

4. Primary school

5. Middle school

2 to be at a loss means….

1. To be in confusion +

2. To be angry

3. To be afraid

4. To be alone

5. To be thirsty

3 The only person working in his family was…

1. Mother

2. Father+

3. Uncle

4. Aunt

5. The character

4. The false statement:

1. His parents were proud of him

2. He was made to leave the job by his mum

3. He wasn’t impressed by the words of man talking about struggle for a better life+

4. His parents wanted him to go to high school

5. His mother could not work

5..The true statement:

1. He had a poor health condition

2. He was disabled

3. He didn’t want to study

4. His family couldn’t afford to pay his study+

5. He wanted to travel

6. Miss Barry encouraged him to continue his education:

1. She wanted to pay for his study

2. She gave him books+

3. She gave him private lessons for free

4. She talked to his parents

5. She consulted him about colleges

7. According to the text he hated books presented by Miss Berry because:

1. His eyes were red

2. He couldn’t read them

3. They were lies and were different from life.+

4. They were not interesting

5. He was too busy

8.What episode helped him to change his life:

1. A man speaking about the struggle for a better life+

2. His colleagues from the factory

3. Meeting with Miss Barry

4. His parents support

5. After his injury at work

9.The author M.Gold tried to tell us:

1. To value the support of your parents

2. To get an education at any cost

3. About the hardness of studying with a lack of finance+

4. To listen to your teacher’s advice

5. About the life of orphans

10. The main idea of the text is:

1. Focus on being productive instead of busy

2. Life is too short to limit yourself

3. Failure is success in progress+

4. Where there is love there is life

Reading: Read the text carefully and do the tasks on the text correctly.

Travelling

I’ve spent the last year wandering around the globe and exploring this wondrous thing called life. I’ve learned that the timing will never be perfect because rarely are we blessed with the perfect time to do something. When I was planning on leaving to travel for a year, it was never the “right time” when everything was going to be put on hold for my travels. I needed more money, or I would lose my job. I realized that I was never going to be “ready” to drastically change my life, as I was always going to have some new commitment or excuse. So I left at the “wrong time” in life and it turned out to be the best thing that happened to me. But once I got sick of missing out on things I wanted to do and see, I started to just do them anyway.

I’ve also learned friendships are everything. I heard this one a lot before, but never really believed it that much. It was only when I had no friends that I realized their importance. Another lesson I have learned is that life doesn’t have to be “normal”. Go to school, get a job, or buy a big house. When anyone