Подготовительные упражнения к заданию по чтению на множественный выбор

Prereading Tasks.

Blinova

A.As a class, discuss these questions.

1. Have you ever heard about Bath?

2. Where exactly is it situated?

3.What is it famous for?

B. Quickly read the text. Decide what part of speech the following words are.

1. bordered (Par. A)

2. grander (Par.B)                           

3. semicircle (Par.C)

4. evenly (Par. F)

C. Match each of the words below with a word or phrase that means something similar.

1.     ancient

2.     inhabitants

3.     architecture

4.     location

5.     climate

6.     culture

a)     place

b)     buildings

c)     very old

d)     art, music and drama

e)     people who live in a place

f)       weather

D. Quickly read the text. Find words and phrases in each text which have a similar meaning to these words and phrases.

Text A

1.     connected with heat

2.     located

3.     area of land by sea

Text B

4.     set up

5.     religious building

6.     water that naturally comes out of the ground

Text C

7.     rich

8.     qualities

Text D

9.     goes

10.rising water

Text E

11.now

12.inhabitant

Text F

13.over all

14.often

15.winds

E. Read the text. Find the numbers in the text and match them to what they refer to.

1.700                                            a.the distance between Bath and London

2. 20                                             b. the year the baths were built

3.238                                            c. the year of the construction of the group of          

                                                           buildings on the Royal Crescent

4.150                                            d. the height of the hills Bath is built on

5. 60                                              e. the percentage of people from places

                                                             outside the UK living in Bath

6. 1767                                           f. the average rainfall in Bath

7. 3                                                   g. the usual temperature in summers