Контрольная работа№8
Чтение
Базовый уровень А2+
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Установите соответствие между заголовками A - E и текстами 1 – 4. Занесите ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. Если вы затрудняетесь соотнести какой-нибудь текст с темой, то ставьте в таблице знак Х под номером этого текста. |
A. The Lady and the Parrot
B The preacher buys a parrot
C Never talk to the parrot
D A polite parrot
E The Magician and the Parrot
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A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: the captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show:
"Look, it's not the same hat." "Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?" The magician was furious but couldn't do anything; it was, after all, the captain's parrot.
One day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself floating on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course. They stared at each other with hate, but didn't say a word. This went on for a day and another and another.
After a week the parrot said. "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"
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A lady was walking down the street to work and she saw a parrot on a perch in front of a pet shop.
Suddenly the parrot said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly."
Well, the lady was shocked! She stormed past the shop to her work. On the way home she saw the same parrot and it said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly." She was really angry now.
The next day the parrot again said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly." The lady was so furious that she went into the shop and told the manager that she would sue the pet shop. The manager apologized and promised to teach the parrot a lesson. "It'll never say anything like that again. I promise."
When the lady was walking past the shop after work the parrot called to her, "Hey lady."
She paused and said, "Yes?" The bird said, "You know."
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Mrs Peterson phoned the repairman because her dishwasher was out of order. Since she had to go to work, she told him, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the kitchen table, and I'll mail you a check. By the way, I have a large rottweiler inside named Killer; he won't bother you. I also have a parrot, and whatever you do, don't talk to the bird!" Well, sure enough the dog, Killer, totally ignored the repairman, but the whole time he was there, the parrot cursed, yelled, screamed, and nearly drove him mad. As he was ready to leave, he couldn't resist saying, "You stupid bird, why don't you shut up!" To which the bird replied, "Killer, get him!!!"
4. One day a preacher went to a pet shop to buy a parrot. When he finally made his choice, he asked the shop assistant, "Are you sure it doesn't scream, yell, or swear?"
"Oh absolutely. It's a religious parrot," the shop assistant said. "Do you see those strings on its legs?
When you pull the right one, it recites the Lord's prayer, and when you pull the left one, it recites the 23rd Psalm."
"Wonderful!" said the preacher. "I'll buy it. By the way, what will happen if I pull both strings?"
"I'll fall off my perch, you stupid fool!" cried the parrot.
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Повышенный уровень В 1
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Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1- 5 недостающими параграфами A - E. Одна из частей в списке A - E - лишняя. Занесите букву, обозначающую соответствующую параграфу, в таблицу. |
What is a lie?
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Professor Jerald Jellison, of the University of California, has made a scientific study of lying. According to his research, women are better liars than men. They are especially good at telling 'white lies', such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress, even though she really thinks it is awful.