Тексты с заданиями для чтения по английскому языку (6 класс)
1.The giraffe.
The giraffe is the tallest animal. His head is about five meters above the ground. It has its good and bad sides. The giraffe can eat leaves from high trees because he has a long neck and a strong tongue. But it’s difficult for the giraffe to eat the grass. When the giraffe drinks water, lions and leopards often hide in the tall grass ready to catch him. It is very bad for the giraffe, because he can’t raise his head quickly and run away. The giraffe can live for months without water. He gets most of the water from what he eats. Also, because his heads is so far from the ground, a giraffe can see danger and can quickly walk away or run away.
1) The giraffe is the strongest animal.
a) true b) false c) not stated
2) He has a long neck.
a) true b) false c) not stated
3) The giraffe eats only grass.
a) true b) false c) not stated
4) The giraffe can run fast.
a) true b) false c) not stated
5) He can’t raise his head fast.
a) true b) false c) not stated
6) The giraffe can’t live without water for a long time.
a) true b) false c) not stated
7) He can see danger because he has a long neck.
a) true b) false c) not stated
2. A story about a parrot
Once there lived a man who had a parrot. The man tried to teach the parrot to speak. But the parrot could learn only the phrase, “There is no doubt about it.” (в этом нет сомнения). The parrot always said these words and always gave the same answer. “There is no doubt about it”.
At last the man decided to sell (продавать; sold = V 2) the parrot. He went to the street and began to cry, “Twenty dollars for a very clever parrot!”
One woman heard this. She came up to the parrot and asked, “ Are you worth twenty dollars?” The parrot answered, “There is no doubt about it”.
“What a clever parrot”, she said and bought the bird.
After some days the woman couldn’t listen to the parrot any more. She said, “What a fool I was to buy this parrot and throw away so much money.Twenty dollars!”
Then the parrot cried, “There is no doubt about it”.
This time the parrot was right.
True, false or not stated:
1. The parrot learned a lot of words.
a) true b) false c) not stated
2. The man liked his clever bird so much that he decided not to sell it.
a) true b) false c) not stated
3. The woman thought that the parrot was very clever.
a) true b) false c) not stated
4. The parrot said the same words.
a) true b) false c) not stated
5. The woman sold the parrot.
a) true b) false c) not stated
