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Control of Reading 2 (7th form)

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Control of Reading (7th form)

She Wanted to Show off

In the 18th century young ladies in Italy usually had very poor knowledge of history and geography. They hardly ever read a book about America, which was called the New World, about Christopher Columbus or about his discoveries.

Once a young lady was invited to the King's palace. There was a ball there. The lady belonged to a very rich and famous family. She knew a lot of important and respectable people. She liked to talk to them though she seldom could understand the subject of their talk. The ministers, lawyers, other political people knew that the young lady was neither clever, nor bright but they often talked to her as they didn't want to offend her because though she was rather dull, she was nice and pleasant.

Well, that evening one of the guests, a professor of history, was late. The young lady knew his name very well as his political ideas were very famous. She came up to him and asked him why he was late. "Ob, nothing important", said the professor, "I was delayed by my friend, a professor of history from Mexico". "Is Mexico far from Italy?" asked the young lady. The professor smiled and said it was in the New World. "In the New World?" repeated the young lady who was surprised to hear that. "Yes", smiled the professor again. He had a good sense of humour, so ho said: "Mexico is in the New World which was discovered by Christopher Columbus".

When the young lady heard that she ran to the dancing hall and shouted as loud as she could: "Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus!"

Tasks for Control of Reading (7th form)

She Wanted to Show off

I variant

1. Mark True, False or Not-Stated.

    1. In the 18th century young ladies in Italy had known history very well.

    2. Once young lady was invited to the King's palace.

    3. There was a ball.

    4. The lady was 20 years old.

    5. She asked the professor: "Is Poland far away of Russia?"

  1. Fill in the gaps.

1.

Young lady liked to talk to __________.

2. She talked to professor of___________.

3. The professor had a good__________.

3. Find synonyms to the words:

boast rarely

significant boring

II variant

1. Mark True, False or Not-Stated.

1. America was called the New World.

2. This story is about a young lady who belonged to a poor family.




3. The lady was 21 years old.

4. She was nice and pleasant.

5. The professor said: "Mexico is in the New World which was discovered by Christopher Columbus".

2. Fill in the gaps.

2. The famous people knew that the young lady was_______.

3.

That evening the professor was_______.

4. The professor said that he was delayed by a professor of history from­­­­__.

3. Find synonyms to the words:

relate hurt

find cry

4. Match the titles to the texts. One title is extra.

  1. ROBOTS IN THE SPACE

  2. HOUSES OF THE NEXT CENTURY

  3. ROBOTS THAT ROCK AND ROLL!

  4. THE MEDICAL ROBOT

  5. THE ROBOTIC CAR

    1. With advances in technology, robots have become smarter. They help with eye surgeries and may soon even walk in space. However, no robot has ever tried to start a heavy metal rock band ... until now! The world's first robot rock band that comes from Germany has three rock'n'rolling robot members. Stickboy is the band's drummer. Fingers is a natural guitarist, thanks to his 78 fingers! Bones has a natural talent for string instruments. Now they are a 'real' band, touring the world. The band gave its debut performance in Sydney.

    2. The Los Angeles Auto Show gave a task to auto designers to create their vision of futuristic cars. And the car capable of 'protecting and serving' the population of the future appeared. It is a police car. Of course, it is a 'green' car that takes water from, tanks on the car roof and turns it into gas. The car is controlled electronically. Predicting that the cities will have even worse traf­fic than today, the design has three units: a main compartment for two people and two side units. If necessary, one unit can fly or continue moving on a single wheel. Everything is controlled by the driver and the units report back to him!

    3. Evolo Magazine held an annual contest for architects and de­signers to present their vision of skyscrapers of the future. The par­ticipants are rewarded for the use of new materials, technology and aesthetics. 'Polar Umbrella' took the first place. It looks like an um­brella which tries to solve one of Earth's most important problems:' melting ice caps. The skyscraper is designed to protect from the heat and to re-freeze ocean water. Each of the projects has one or more interesting elements that can be used in constructing build­ings today and it makes a difference to our environment.

    4. When Space Shuttle Discovery launched off to Space on Feb­ruary 24th, 2011, among its astronauts was the world's first humanoid robot astronaut. It was going to the International Space Station as a permanent resident. Robonaut 2 or R2 passed its first test when it measured the airflow to see that the ventilation was not blocked. The job was simple but important because it was difficult for humans to do in the microgravity. As R2 is firmly grounded to the floor and does not breathe, it was the perfect 'man' for the job. R2 may one day be ready for his real mission - 'Space Walks' to perform emergency repairs.



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