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LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST
History Jokes
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying
to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby boy. He dropped his tools and ran to the boy. There, mired to his waist
in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to
free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the boy from what
could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's place. An
elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as
the father of the boy farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you", said the nobleman. "You saved my
son's life". "No, I can't accept payment for what I
did", the Scottish farmer replied,
waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son
came to the door of the family hovel. "Is
that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes", the farmer replied
proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me
take him and give him a good education. If the fellow is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you
can be proud of.
And
that he did. In time, farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known
throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the
discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the nobleman's son was close to death from pneumonia. What saved him?
Penicillin. The name of the
nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name?
Sir
Winston Churchill
'Task
1. For each of the questions 1-10 decide
which of the statements are true or false
1. The text mainly tells about ordinary events in history. '
2. At the beginning of the story, the farmer was bathing in a river.
3. There
must have been an accident with a little boy.
4. The action takes place nowadays.
5. The
farmer's children were all girls.
6. The
little boy's father wanted to give the farmer a sum of money.
7. The
farmer seemed to know the importance of knowledge.
8. The
nobleman's prediction did not come true.
9. The boy glorified his family name.
10. Sometimes
wonderful coincidences happen in life.
Task 2. For each of the questions 11 —20 decide which of the answers (a, b, c or d) best complete the statements
11. It
may be inferred from the text that the Fleming family lived:
a) in the south of Great
Britain ; b) in the north of Great Britain
c) in the centre of Great
Britain ; d) outside Great Britain
12. The
farmer must have been:
a) kind and wealthy; b) noble and proud;
c) hardly able to make ends meet; d) idle and suspicious.
13. One can make a conclusion that the saved boy's
father was:
a) a successful farmer; b) a good hunter;
a) a successful farmer; b) a good hunter;
c) an aristocrat; d) a beggar.'
14. The
farmer's son must have been:
a) worth pride; b) a wonder kid;
c) a nobleman; d) from Ireland
15. The
nobleman's offer was:
a) rather stupid; . b) just and generous;
c) not worth considering; d) never accepted.
16. After receiving his education, young Fleming
was supposed to:
a) work with customers; b) sell medicines;
a) work with customers; b) sell medicines;
c) look for criminals; d) treat patients.
17. Alexander Fleming
discovered: a) a penny ceiling; b) a pan sealing; c) penicillin; d) pennies while pealing.
18. Fleming's
discovery made him:
a) cruel and dangerous; b) famous worldwide;
c) thrilling and exciting; d) quite boring.
19. The
word "sir" before Fleming's name may mean that he:
a)
became as noble as Churchill;
b)
came from Syracuse
c)
performed in a circle;
d)
was a sergeant in the British
Army.
20. One
can infer from the text that:
a)
the Flemings and the Churchills
were close friends;
b)
Alexander Fleming may not
necessarily have seen Winston Churchill after the childhood accident;
c)
Winston Churchill almost died from
the medicines given by Fleming;
d)
Alexander Fleming was Winston
Churchill's personal doctor
TEXT 1. VIII FORM
Elizabeth Blackwell
was born in England
in 1821, and emigrated to
New York City
when she was ten. One
day she decided
that she wanted
to become a
doctor. That was nearly
impossible for a
woman in the middle of
the 19th century.
After writing many
letters asking for
admission to medical schools, she
was finally accepted by a
doctor in Philadelphia.
In 1849, after graduating
from medical school, she
decided to continue
her education in
Paris. She wanted to
be a surgeon, but
a serious eye
infection crashed her plans.
Returning to
the USA she
found it difficult
to start her
own practice because
she was a
woman. By 1857 Elizabeth
and her sister, also
a doctor, along with another
female doctor, could open
a new hospital, the first
for women and children. Besides being
the first female
physician and founding
her own hospital, she
also founded the
first medical school
for women.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT
VARIANT:
1.
Where had Elizabeth
A)
in
New York B) in
England C) in Philadelphia D) in Paris
2.
What did she
do in Philadelphia
A)
she
worked as a doctor B) she studied at a medical school
C) she wrote letters D) she taught medicine at
school
3.
What country
did she continue
her education?
A) in
England B) in
the USA C) in France
D) on the Philippines
4.
Why couldn’t
she become a
surgeon?
A) she couldn’t get to medical school B) she decided to continue her education in Paris
C) because of a serious eye infection D) it was difficult for her to start practice
5.
What was
the main problem
for her as
a doctor?
A) she was a woman
B) she wrote too
many letters
C) she
couldn’t graduate from
medical school D) she couldn’t open her hospital
Text
2.
Once
there were four
children whose names
were Peter, Susan, Edmund and
Lucy. This story is
about something that
happened to them
when they were
sent away from London
during the war
because of the air
raids. They were sent
to the house
of an old
Professor who lived
in the heart
of the country, ten
miles from the
nearest railway station
and two miles
from the nearest
post office. He had
no wife and
he lived in
a very large
house with a
housekeeper called Mrs. Macready
and three servants. He
himself was a
very old man
with shaggy white
hair which grew
over most of his face
as well as
on his head, and
they liked him
almost at once; but
on the first
evening when he
came out to
meet them at
the front door
he was so
odd-looking that Lucy ( who
was the youngest )
was a little
afraid of him, and
Edmund ( who was the
next youngest ) wanted
to laugh and
had to keep
on pretending he was blowing
his nose to
hide it.
STATE
TRUE OR FALSE
SENTENCES:
- The four children
went to live
in a house
in the country.
- The Professor was
very old with
brown hair.
- Lucy was the
youngest child.
- The Professor lived
two miles from
the nearest post
office.
- The names of
the four children
are Peter, Susan, Edmund,
and Betty.
- This story is
about four children’s trip
to
TEXT 3. WHAT IS
HALLOWEEN?
Halloween was
first celebrated many
centuries ago in
Ireland and Scotland
by Celtic priests
called Druids. They observed
the end of
autumn and the
beginning of winter. The
Druids thought that
Halloween was the
night when the
witches came out. As
they were afraid
of witches they
put food and
small gifts near
the doors of
their houses for
the witches.
It is
considered that Halloween
was brought to
America by the
immigrants from Ireland
and Scotland. In the 19th
century they celebrated
Halloween according to
their old traditions
(the integral part
of the festival
was a lantern
made of a
pumpkin with holes
in the forms
of eyes, and nose and
a mouth). Nowadays people
hold parades on
Halloween. On the 31st of October
they dress as
witches, demons, ghosts and
the like, with large ‘pumpkins’ in their hands, take
part in the festival that lasts
till early morning.
CHOOSE THE
CORRECT VARIANT:
1. Halloween was
first celebrated A) in the 19th century B)
many years ago
C) many centuries ago D)
two centuries ago
2. It was
first celebrated A) at
the end of
autumn B) at
the end of
winter
C) in the middle
of autumn D) in
the middle of
winter
3. The Druids
placed small gifts
for A) children B) witches C)
neighbours D) guests
4. Halloween was
brought A) to Ireland
from Scotland B) to
Scotland from America
C) to America from Ireland
D) to Ireland from America
C) celebrated according to the new rules
D) celebrated according to the
old customs
6. The integral of
the festival was A)
a lantern made
of cabbage B) a
melon with holes
C)
a cabbage
with holes D)
a lantern made
of pumpkin.
7.
On the
31st of October
people are dressed
as A) good spirits
B) pumpkins
C) evil spirits D) animals
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