Задания на развитие читательской грамотности
тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

Задания на развитие читательской грамотности

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Four companies are looking for new offices. Read the descriptions of the companies and offers for offices and find the best for each company.

a. From A to Z”-delivery company. Staff: four operators and seven couriers on motorbikes. Most work is done on the phone or via the internet.

b) "Litera" — translation bureau. Staff: director-coordinator and nine translators. Must have some sort of reception and e-mail access.

c) "Lonely Heart" — dating agency. New premises are necessary to keep photos, documents and resumes there. Staff: an elderly lady who cleans and locks the door.

d) "Out and About " — travel agency which has just opened some new popular routes. Staff: manager and ten consultants. Phone and internet access are essential.

1. A section on the ground floor of a library with separate entrance. Waiting room, seven individual studies and kitchen. Two telephone lines. Access to the library possible.

2. First floor in a nineteenth century mansion. Total area 408 sq. m. Good repair and stylish furniture. Two telephone lines. No re-planning allowed.

3. Three adjoining offices of 40 sq. meters each on the seventh floor of a busy office block. Four telephone lines and optional internet access on a separate channel.

4. An office of 38 square meters on the first floor equipped with computers. Adjoining sitting-room/kitchen. Good parking lot nearby.

5. Former employment agency archive with necessary furniture. Good security system, toilet with running water. Telephone at the guard's desk.

6. 134 square meters in the cellar with no windows. Metallic door and security system. No air conditioning or water. The building is quite near the underground station.

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Four friends want to go to the cinema together. Read about their tastes and the films that are on and find the one that suits them all

a) Harry prefers action movies and thrillers.

b) Ann gets sick when she sees blood and is scared of vampires.

c) Sheila values jokes and humour more than anything.

d) Alan gets bored if no one is killed.

1. "Hotel 'Desire'", England, 1997, 146 min. A real life drama of two lovers who are destined to love but be apart. Josephine working as a room-maid meets Simon, a married businessman from Liverpool and the affair begins. Seeing that this relationship is not going to last, she tries to kill herself but survives to meet new ordeals.

2. "Black in colour", USA, 1999, 102 min. Naturalistic saga about a medieval castle with all its inhabitants both living and dead. The authors are on good terms with history and literature, although this does not help to get rid of the impression that the old duchess is the old lady next door to you. Shocking scenes are the best.

3. "Murder is what we need", France, 1999, 113 min. When an unpleasant old lady dies in her bed no one seems to be upset. The only person who cares is a young policemen who is bored with the quiet life in this village and eventually things turn out to be not as simple as they look. Light-hearted dialogues and energetic plot outweigh mediocre acting. 4. "A bird's cage", USA, 1998, 98 min. Another of well-presented vulgar comedies. A minor clerk finds his macho brother goes out with his wife and decides to ruin the brother's career of a model. If you know this sort of films you'll easily predict the ending. The jokes are sometimes funny but the rest is very far from real life.

4.”A bird’s cage”,USA,1998,98 min. Another of well-presented vulgar comedies. A minor clerk finds his macho brother goes out with his wife and decides to ruin the brothers career of a model. If you know this sort of films you’ll easily predict the ending. The jokes are sometimes funny but the rest is very far from the real life.

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What can we know from this article? Read the sentences and write True, False or Not stated:

a) 82 % of people said that films helped them to learn English.

b) The film How I met my mother is less popular than Gossip girl.

c) The film Star Wars is not so popular as the film Twilight.

d) The least popular films are Friends and Harry Porter.

e) Only films with subtitles help to learn English.

f) People who said Harry Potter helped them learn English were more likely to want to travel to the USA to learn the language.

g) Cartoons are more useful than films when we study English.

h) Toy story is more popular than Twilight.