Контрольная работа по чтению в 6-м классе к учебнику Афанасьевой и Михеевой (1-й и 2-й варианты)

VARIANT I

Joanne Aussery is 54 now, of course, she doesn’t work but some years ago when she was young she used to work as an airhostess and liked her job very much. She stopped working at the age of 45 and missed her job a lot. One day a very unusual idea suggested itself to her. She decided to buy an old airplane as the place to live in. At the moment her home is a Boeing 727, she lives on a jet plane.

Joanne is a great favourite with her two grandsons, so a visit to her is very special. Joan’s front door is at the top of the plane’s steps, but you don’t need a ticket or a passport when you visit. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a modern kitchen and a deluxe bathroom with very unusual windows in them. They are round and are called portholes. The bathroom is in the cockpit, with the bath under the windows. Next to this is Joanne’s bedroom that is in the first class section of the plane. Apart from that there is the living room with four emergency exit doors, which she opens on summer evenings. On the wall there is a photo of the plane flying for Continental Airlines from Florida to the Mediterranean. There are also four toilets, all with NO SMOKING signs .

“The plane is twenty seven years old and it is the best home in the world and I will never change it, I will be living here till the end of my life, “says Joanne. “There are a lot of modern conveniences in it: a telephone, air-conditioning, a cooker, a washing machine, even a dishwasher. It is always very warm, even in winter and it is very big .It is more than forty two metres long.I am sure you can imagine my house yourselves, everyone who flies by .plane at least once can imagine it with ease”. Telling the truth, it’s always difficult to tidy up my “little house” But it’s a real pleasure for me to sit in the soft comfortable armchair and remember the times being young and beautiful as well. That was the time when I was constantly flying to different countries as an airhostess. I found myself in distant parts of the world. In the 80-s I visited Russia and I was impressed by that country and its people who were very kind to me.

My grandchildren are ready to visit me every day, but they don’t have such an opportunity they are busy with their lessons But every time they are at my place they love running up and down, looking out of the portholes and pretend being courageous pilots ,flying high up in the sky. Their friends envy them when they tell them about this wonder and ask to bring them to this magic place someday But not only my grandchildren like my home so do my friends. They like to hold parties here, but there aren’t any flight attendants to serve them their drinks. .

The plane cost Joanne just $2,000.”Next time, “she says, “I want a Boeing747, because they have an upstairs and downstairs, and I want to go upstairs to bed. ”

Glossary:

1) an airhostess – стюардесса;
2) a deluxe bathroom – роскошная ванная;
3) a porthole – иллюминатор;
4) a cockpit – кабина пилота в самолёте;
5) an opportunity – возможность;
6) to pretend – делать вид;
7) to envy – завидовать;
8) a jet plane – реактивный самолёт;
9) an emergency exit door – запасной выход.

TASK I

Define what statements are considered to be TRUE, FALSE AND NOT STATED

1. Joanne Ussery has three grandchildren.
2. Every time Joanne’s friends have parties at her place they are served by the flight attendants.
3. Joanne is sure that her home is the best in the world.
4. There is the photo of the plane flying from Florida to the Mediterranean on the wall of her room.
5. Joanne’s husband used to be a pilot but he doesn’t work at the moment.

TASK II

Answer the following questions:

1. Why did Joanne want to have her home on an old jet plane?
2. What does Joanne like to remember about sitting in the comfortable armchair?
3. Where is Joanne’s bedroom situated?
4. How old was the woman when she stopped working?
5. Why do Joanne’s grandchildren like to visit her?

TASK III

Multiple Choice:

1. Joanne stopped working and bought ………… to live in.

1. a cottage;
2. an airplane;
3. a flat.

2. There is the photo of the plane flying from ……………on the wall.

1. New York to Washington;
2. San Francisco to Paris;
3. Florida to the Mediterranean.

3. The unusual windows are called……….

1. Manholes;
2. Holes;
3. Portholes.

4. There are ……….rooms in Joanne’s “house”

1. there are three rooms;
2. there are four rooms;
3. there are five rooms.

5. Joanne wants to buy a Boeing 747 because………..

1. she wants her children and grandchildren to live with her;
2. she wants to sleep upstairs;
3. she wants her friends to envy her.

I

1. F
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. NS

II

1. Because she missed her work.
2. The times when she was young and beautiful.
3. It’s situated in the first class section.
4. She was 45.
5. They like to pretend being pilots.

III

1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. B

VARIANT II