Тексты для проекта "ПРОчтение" по английскому языку для 7-8 классов
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (7, 8 класс)

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Классы: 7 – 8

Дата: 8 апреля

1. The London Underground and the Moscow metro

The London Underground is the oldest one in the world. In 1870 there was the opening of the first line. It was like a tube, that's why English people call the old lines the Tube, the new lines the Underground.

The London Underground is very long. It's about 300 kilometers long and it has about 300 stations. Some of them are closed on Sundays. The other stations are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The price of tickets isn't low, it depends on the distance. There are comfortable seats in the carriages at the Underground. The walls are white or grey. There are a lot of ads on them.

So the word "Underground" in London shows you where the stations are. When you want to find the metro stations in Moscow you look for the letter "M".

The Moscow metro began its work on the 15th of May, 1935. There were 13 stations at that time. Now it has more than 190 stations. Our metro is one of the most beautiful, comfortable and the cleanest metro in the world. We are proud of it.

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1. When was the first line of London underground opened?
2. How many stations does the London Underground have?
3. What is the price of tickets?
4. When was the Moscow metro opened?
5. How can you describe the Moscow metro?

Дата: 15 апреля

2. The wonderful world of books

        Why are so many people fond of reading books? The answer is very simple — the world of books is full of wonders. Reading books you can find yourself in different lands. Together with the characters of the book you go by ship in the stormy sea, you climb high mountains, you have a lot of adventures.

       There are authors and characters famous all over the world. Who hasn't read "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll or "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain? Who hasn't travelled with Mary Poppins to her imaginary world?

      We enjoy the beauty and wisdom of fairy-tales which teach us to be kind and clever, brave and honest, to understand other people. Books help us to be true friends. They teach us to understand the beauty of nature, to take care of it.

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1. Why are people fond of reading books?
2. What can you find reading books?
3. What can you do together with the characters of the book?
4. How do books help people?
5. What do they teach us?

Дата: 22 апреля

3. So many people, so many hobbies

           A hobby is something you like to do in your free time. Hobbies differ like tastes. Some people are interested in music. They collect CDs. People living in big cities and towns would like to be closer to nature, so they spend their free time in the country. Some of them go hiking and some find pleasure working in their gardens. Gardening and growing flowers, especially roses, is the most popular hobby among Englishmen.

         Nowadays many new hobbies have appeared. Many people are fond of hunting, but not with the guns. They enjoy "hunting" sea animals and fish with a camera. Both grown-ups and children like playing computer games. It has become one of numerous hobbies. Very often hobbies help you to choose your future profession.

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1. What is “hobby”?

2. What is the most popular hobby among Englishmen?

3. What new hobbies have appeared?

4. What hobby is popular both with kids and adults?

5.How can hobbies help you?

Дата: 29 апреля

4. The old musician

         It happened in Vienna many years ago. Every evening an old man played the violin in one of the streets. People passed by and put some money into the man’s hat.

         One night it was very cold and rainy. The old musician was playing the violin near the door of a restaurant, but the people didn't stop to listen to him. Nobody gave him any money. He was very tired and hungry and couldn't play any longer.        

        Suddenly a young man came up to him and asked, "Why did you stop playing?" The old man answered, "Nobody wants to listen to my music."

        The young man took his violin and began playing. He played so beautifully that very soon there were a lot of people around him. Everybody liked the music and put a lot of money into the old man's hat.

       Soon the hat was full of money. The old man wanted to thank the young man, but he could not find him.

       Nobody knew that he was the great Paganini.

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1. What musical instrument did an old man play?
2. Where did people put money?
3. Why couldn't the old man play any longer?
4. How did the young man help the old musician?
5. What was the name of the young musician?

Дата: 6 мая

5. A modern kitchen

A cook, who wanted to get a job, came to speak to Mrs. White. She asked her what dishes they liked to have and Mrs. White said they had three meals a day and liked to have ham and eggs for breakfast, vegetable soup and beefsteak for lunch, chicken or fish for dinner.

Then Mrs. White took the cook to the kitchen and showed her the electric cooker, the washing and drying machines, a dish-washer, a microwave and other things.

"It won't be difficult for you to cook in our house," she said. "I don't think so," answered the cook and began to put on her coat. She was going to leave the house when Mrs. White asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to stay?"

"No," said the cook, "your kitchen isn't good for me. It's an engineer you want, not a cook."

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1. Why did a cook come to speak to Mrs. White?
2. What dishes did they like to have?
3. What was there in the kitchen?
4. Did the cook like the kitchen?
5. Why was Mrs. White surprised?

Дата: 13 мая

6. Shopping hours in Britain

Shopping hours in Britain are changing. A few years ago, shops opened at nine o'clock in the morning and closed at six o'clock in the evening. Some shops also closed for an hour for lunch. On Sundays nothing was open.

But now many shops are open longer hours. Some big shops and many supermarkets never close! If you want some milk or some bread at midnight, you can easily buy it.

It's very good for people who often work late at night or early in the morning. If someone finishes work at five o'clock in the morning, they can go to the supermarket on their way home and buy some breakfast or a newspaper or anything else they want.

There are people who don't think it's good. They say that Sunday is a holiday for all people — who wants to work in a supermarket on a Sunday? But shops are very busy at the weekend and they will work to make people's life easier.

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1. What is changing in Britain?
2. How did shops work in the past?
3. Can you buy any milk or any bread at midnight?
4. Who wants to work in a supermarket on a Sunday?  
5. What can you buy in the supermarket?

Дата: 20 мая

7. Welcome to the supermarket

Good afternoon! Welcome to our supermarket. Listen to the information about some special things happening in the shop today.

First - if you buy eggs here today, you will get a free book which will tell you how to make beautiful cakes and biscuits. You can find the eggs at the back of the shop near the fruit juices.

Next, something at a very special price. We have some very good chocolate which you can buy today much cheaper than usual. You can find it near milk and yoghurt.

Also, why not stay and have a lunch in our cafe. There you can find chicken, cheese and fish sandwiches or maybe you would like to try our soup. Every day we have a different kind of soup and today it is tomato. Welcome to our cafe upstairs. Finally, you can win a TV set if you take part in our competition today. Just write your name and telephone number on a special card and put it in the box when you leave the shop.

Thank you for visiting our supermarket.

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1. What will you get if you buy eggs?
2. Where can you find the eggs?
3. What is special about chocolate?
4. What dishes can you eat in the café?
5. What prize can you win in the competition?