Функциональная грамотность

The Sun and the Earth

Pre-Reading

What can you see from the picture?

Look at the picture and write the answers.

1. Do you know who this man is? a. yes b. no

2.The man is looking at the-. a. ground b. sky

New Words

natural

Venus

conclude

crazy

liar

truth

not strange but understandable

the second planet from the Sun

decide that something is true

not thinking straight

a person who tells lies

something that is true and not made up

For hundreds of years, people thought that the Sun moved around the Earth. This was only natural because when we see the Sun rise in the morning and set in the evening, we can only think that the Sun is moving around us.

But one man did not agree with this idea. He said that if the Sun is moving around the Earth, we cannot explain the movements of Venus. This man finally concluded that the Sun does not move around the Earth, but the Earth moves around the Sun. This man's name is Copernicus.

At first, people thought Copernicus was crazy. They said he was a liar and that he must be killed. And so, Copernicus was burned to death for saying that the Earth moved around the Sun. Later, though, people learned ,that Copernicus was in fact telling the truth.

Understanding the Main ldea

Circle the best answer.

1. The main idea of this passage is that

a. people thought the Sun moved around the Earth

b. Copernicus said the Earth moves around the Sun

c. Copernicus was burned to death

2. The best title for this passage would be

a. Copernicus and Venus

b. Copernicus and Crazy People

c. Copernicus' New Idea

Understanding Details

Circle the best answer.

1. For hundreds of years, people thought

a. the Sun moved around the Earth

b. the Earth moved around Venus

c. the Sun moved around Copernicus

2. If the Sun moves around the Earth, we cannot explain the movements of

a. Copernicus

b. Venus

c. the evening

3. Copernicus was later

a. given money

b. telling many lies

c. burned to death

This is a summary of the passage.

Fill in the blanks with the right words.

• people thought that

• his name was

• Sun moved around

• telling the truth

• one man concluded

Long ago, people thought that the ____________ Earth. But ____________that the Earth moved around the Sun. ____________Copernicus. At first, ____________ Copernicus was crazy. But later they learned that he was____________.

Характеристика задания

• Читательская грамотность

• Содержательная область оценки: история

• Компетентностная область оценки: интегрировать и интерпретировать информацию

• Контекст: образовательный

• Тип текста: научно-популярный текст

• Уровень сложности: низкий

• Форматы ответа: задание с выбором одного верного ответа, задание на установление соответствия (несколько групп объектов), задание с развернутым ответом

• Объект оценки: понимать фактологическую информацию (сюжет, последовательность событий и т.п.), понимать значение слова или выражения на основе контекста

Источник: New Exploring Reading & Writing 1. 2006-e-future Co., Lt