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методическая разработка по английскому языку (6 класс)

Reading Test

Read the story and do the task

What's That?

What is an Easter bonnet? Well, a "bonnet" is an old word for a kind of hat. Women like to buy a new hat every spring: this is their "Easter bonnet". Some women make their own Easter bonnets. The seaside town of Morecambe, in northwest England, has an Easter Bonnet Parade every year. There are prizes for the biggest and prettiest hats! The hats are decorated with flowers and ribbons.

What is a shower? Well, if the sun is shining, then some small clouds come and it rains for ten minutes, then it stops raining and the sun shines again — that is a shower!

So, when April comes, people usually carry an umbrella: a lot of showers can make you wet, and there are always showers in April!

What's hurling? It is a very old Irish game, which is only played in Ireland. There are fifteen players in each team. Each player has a stick, called a hurley, which he uses to hit or carry the ball. It is like the game which English schoolchildren play — hockey — but it is much more dangerous, and much more exciting!

What is tulip time? It is May. Every year in May the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire hangs banners out in the streets. It is tulip time and Spalding is right in the middle of the tulip-growing part of England. Here the land is so flat that it is called "Holland". The yellow, red, pink, purple and orange fields of flowering tulips stretch for miles.

What's the Derby? It is one of the most famous horse races in Britain. The first Derby took place in May 1780. The race is named after Lord Derby who started it in 1780 with another man, Sir Charles Bunbury. The race is a mile-and-a-half long, and takes place in Surrey.

So May is Derby month, and therefore, a very important month in the British calendar. Everyone who goes to watch the horse race wears their best clothes and looks very smart.

What is a job? Do you know what a job is? Look at the people in the pictures. They are doing different jobs. Why are they all doing jobs? Well, because they all want to earn money! The Beefeater's job, for example, is to look after the Tower of London. The carpenter's job is to make tables and chairs. The bus driver's job is to drive a bus.

When students leave school, they will have a job. If they pass their exams, they will have a good job, if they don't pass their exams, they will have a bad job.

People can do different jobs. Musicians play musical instruments, nurses look after you in hospitals, teachers teach you in school, ballet dancers dance to give you pleasure, policemen take people to prison if they break the law, builders build houses, firemen put out fires.

Londoners have all sorts of occupations. People with unusual occupations are the pavement artists and the "shoeblacks". The pavement artist finds a piece of pavement — perhaps near Trafalgar Square or the Tower of London — and draws pictures in coloured chalks for the people who pass by. He hopes, of course, that they will drop a penny or a sixpence into his hat.

The "shoeblack" usually cleans people's shoes at the big stations. Most of his customers are businessmen.

an Easter bonnet – шляпка

a ribbon – лента

to carry – нести (с собой)

hurly – ирландский хоккей на траве, клюшка для игры в ирландский хоккей

Lincolnshire – Линкольншир (графство в Англии)

to hang – вешать, висеть

a banner = a flag

the Derby – Дерби (соревнование года для четырехлетних лошадей, проводится в Эпсоме, близ Лондона)

Surrey –Сюррей (графство в Англии)

to earn – зарабатывать (деньги)

a Beefeater – Бифитер, служитель охраны Лондонского Тауэра, лейб-гвардеец

a carpenter – плотник

to pass exams – сдать экзамены

a student = a pupil

a prison – тюрьма

a pavement – тротуар

a customer – клиент

1. An Easter bonnet is called so because

1. women buy this kind of hats especially for Easter Day
2. women and girls are given this kind of hats at Easter time
3. a “bonnet” is an old word for a hat
4. women usually buy new hats in spring every year

2. An Easter bonnet

1. can be made by hand
2. can be given as a prize at an Easter Bonnet Parade in Morecambe
3. can be bought only in the seaside town Morecambe, in northwest England
4. is the biggest and prettiest hat decorated with flowers and ribbons

3. In April people usually have umbrellas because

1. they like to carry umbrellas
2. the sun shines brightly and people have to hide from the sunlight
3. it often rains and they can become wet because of showers
4. they always take a shower in April

4. Hurling is a game

1. in which you hit or carry a ball with a hurley
2. which is played in Ireland or in England
3. another name of which is hockey
4. which is loved by hockey-players because it is as dangerous and exciting as hockey

5. Tulip time in May is very colourful in Spalding because

1. a lot of tulips are brought here from Holland
2. there are a lot of tulip fields in this area of England
3. this town is full of flowering tulips from Holland
4. people hang banners with the pictures of flowering tulips everywhere in the streets which stretch for miles

6. Derby got its name after (в честь)

1. the most famous horse races in Britain
2. the wife of Sir Charles Bunbury
3. the person who started the first Derby races in May 1780
4. Lord Derby’s birthplace – Surrey

7. People who come to watch Derby

1. have to ride a mile-and-a-half race
2. look very beautiful
3. are sure that May is a very important month in the British calendar
4. are usually friends of Lord Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury

8. People do different jobs because they

1. get money for it
2. know what a job is
3. look after the Tower of London or make tables and chairs
4. like the bus driver’s job

9. Students won’t get a good job if they

1. play musical instruments or look after people in hospitals
2. pass their exams
3. leave school
4. don’t pass their exams

10. In London we can find some unusual jobs of

1. ballet dancers who dance to give us pleasure
2. firemen who put out fires
3. policemen who take people to prison if they break the law
4. pavement artists who draw pictures in coloured chalks for the people who pass by