Тексты для контроля чтения в 7 классе

Контроль чтения для учащихся 7 класса

Text 1

Toscanini was a great musician. He lived in America. One day he came to a very little town. He was walking along the street when he saw a piece of paper in one of the windows. He read: MRS.SMITH.MUSIC LESSONS.

TWO DOLLARS A LESSON.

Then Toscanini heard the music. Somebody was playing Tchaikovsky. “Mrs. Smith is playing,” he thought, “she isn’t a very good musician. She doesn’t play Tchaikovsky well. I must show her how to play it.” He went up to the door of the house and rang. The music stopped and soon a woman opened the door. “Are you Mrs. Smith?” asked Toscanini. “My name is Toscanini and I want to show you how to play Tchaikovsky.” Mrs. Smith was very glad to meet the great musician. She asked him to come in. Toscanini played Tchaikovsky for her and went away. A year later Toscanini visited the same town again. When he went up to the house where he had played Tchaikovsky the year before he again saw a piece of paper. Now it read.

MRS.SMITH. (TOSCANINI’S PUPIL)

MUSIC LESSONS.

FOUR DOLLARS A LESSON.

1. Put “+” if the sentence is right and “-“if it is wrong.

1. Toscanini came to a very little town.

2. He liked how Mrs. Smith was playing.

3. He wanted to play the piano for her.

4. Tchaikovsky visited Mrs. Smith one day.

5. Mrs. Smith was a teacher of music.

2. Write the sentences in the right order.

1. Mrs. Smith was very glad to meet the great musician.

2. He lived in America.

3. The music stopped and soon a woman opened the door.

4. The music stopped and soon a woman opened the door.

5. “Mrs. Smith is playing,” he thought, “she isn’t a very good musician.

3. Answer the questions.

1. Where did Toscanini live?

2. Toscanini was a great musician, wasn’t he?

3. Did he want to show Mrs. Smith how to play?

4. What did he see in one of the window?

5. Did he think that Mrs. Smith was playing well?

4. Write down the ending of the sentence.

1. One day he came…

2. I must show her…

3. The music stopped and soon…

4. Toscanini played Tchaikovsky for …

5. Four dollars…

5. Make up 5 questions to the text.

Text 2

In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They don’t eat with hands because, as they say , do not always have clean hands”. Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks. At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servant brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.

Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient. Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.

Everybody got angry at that . Did Mr. Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers they had enough for them? Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.

Only fifty years later people in England began to use forks.

1. Translate the following sentences into Russian:

1. In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy.

2. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others.

3. He said it was not nice to eat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.

4. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor.

2. Answer the questions:

1. Why did the Italians eat with the forks?

2. What did he give at home to show the invention of the Italians?

3. Why did his friends begin to laugh?

4. When did people in England begin to use forks?

3. Correct according to the contents of the text :

1. They eat with the hands because, as they say, do not always have clean hands.

2. Everybody got happy at that.

3. Only seventy years later people in England began to use forks.

4. When the servant brought the steak, he took out a knife and began to eat like they did in Italy.

4. Write down the ending of the sentence:

1. Thomas Coryate visited…

2. Thomas Coryate bought…

3. All his friends said that the Italians were…

4. He said it was not nice to eat with one’s fingers because…

5. Only fifty years later people in England began…

5. Make up 5 questions to the text.