Miscellaneous Reader Part I Учебные задания для обучения базовым умениям чтения

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Министерство образования Российской Федерации Учебные задания Miscellaneous Reader. Part I
Восточно-Сибирский государственный составлены для обучения ознакомительному чтению
технологический университет студентов I – II курсов очной и заочной формы обучения
(Pre-Intermediate Level).
Задания могут использоваться для обеспечения СРС под
руководством преподавателя, а также в формате
дистанционного обучения.
Miscellaneous Reader Информационную базу учебных заданий составляют
аутентичные тексты, заимствованные из учебных пособий
Part I
зарубежных издательств:

- New Interchange. English for international
communication. Jack. C. Richards, Cambridge
Учебные задания для обучения базовым
University Press;
умениям чтения
- Headway. John and Liz Soars, Oxford University Press;
- Language in Use, Adrian Doff and Christopher Jones,
Cambridge University Press.

Учебные задания (разделы Pre-reading, Word power,
Под редакцией Протасовой Т.Д. Reading) направлены на развитие смысловой и языковой
Составители О.В. Гергесовa догадки, расширение словарного запаса, умений извлекать
Н.В. Леденева информацию из прочитанного, логически выстраивать
С.С. Мантатова цепочку событий и явлений. Задания на After-reading
Е.А. Малахинова discussion могут быть использованы на аудиторных
занятиях для развития умений подготовленного
высказывания.

Ключевые слова: actress, eating, airport, job, traveling,
holiday, wonder, education, language, new technologies.

ВСГТУ
2004
JOAN CHEN c. Left school and studied at a film studio
d. Starred in The Last Emperor.
Pre – reading task. e. Studied film in college
I. Read the text and say who it is about. f. Moved to the United States
g. Was born in China in 1961
a. an interesting artist b. a well-known film star h. Got her first part in a TV show
c. a Hollywood agent
Joan Chen
Word power.
II. Guess the meaning of the following words. Joan Chen is famous both in China, where she grew up, and
in the United States, where she now lives. How did Joan
actress / actor(n) agent(n) become a famous actress in two counties? It’s an interesting
director(n) film studio story.
producer(n) TV show Joan was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some
people from film studio came to her school and chose her to
III. Match the following words with their definitions: study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but
mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon,
1. chance (n) a. occurring at once however , she discovered that she really liked acting. At the
2. discover (v) b. change one’s place or location age 18 she won the Golden Rooster, China’s top film award.
3. award (n) c. public esteem In the late1970s, Joan’s parents, who where doctors, moved
4. move (v) d. present for acceptance to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and
5. major (v) e. a gamble or a risk went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study
6. look for (v) f. observe or learn of for the first time medicine. Instead she majored in film and later looked for
7. notice (v) g. to try to find work as an actress. To work in the United States, Joan had to
8. immediately (adv) h. a prize start all over again. She told Hollywood agents that she was an
9. offer (v) i. specialize in a certain subject actress in China, but she only got some small parts in TV
10. fame(n) j. pay attention shows.
One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a
Reading. movie called Tai-Pan. The interview was not going very well.
IV. Read the article and put the events in Joan Chen’s life As she walked away, a man in a car noticed her. The man was
into the correct order. Dino DeLaurentiis, the film producer. He immediately offered
her a leading part. A year later, she starred in Bernardo
a. Won the Golden Rooster. Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and was on her way to
b. Appeared in Tai-pan worldwide fame.
3. meditate 8. visit gallery
4. visit library 9. listen to music
5. sew 10. make pictures
After reading. Word power.
V. Discuss the following. II. Check the following words in your dictionary and write
down their translation.
1. Do parents and children often have different ideas about
careers? How are their ideas different? realize(v) knife(n)
2. Why is it sometimes difficult for people who move to another peaceful(adj) cloud(n)
country to keep doing the same work? project(v) stick(v)

VI. Choose the best summary for the text: III. Match the following words with their definitions:

a. Joan Chen is a famous American and Chinese film star. 1. cuisine (n) a. belonging to the past
She was born in the United States and at the age 20 she 2. caviar (n) b. good health
moved to China to study film at college. Joan became 3. tock up (v) c. precious stone
very popular at once. Dino DeLaurentiis invited her to 4. T-shirt (n) d. style of cooking
star in The Last Emperor. That was a great success. 5. diamond (n) e. be supplied with something
b. Joan Chen is famous both in China and in the United 6. tense (adj) f. the roe of certain large fishes
States. When she was 14 she was chosen to study at the used as food
studio. At age 18 she won China’s top film prize. 7. fitness (n) g. garment of cotton
In1970s Joan’s mother and father moved to the United 8. get stuck (v) h. a feeling of nervous strain and an
States where Joan later studied at film college. A bit later attitude of expectation
she was invited to take the leading part in The Last 9. antique (a) i. put of to a later time
Emperor. 10. delay (v) j. be unable to move

Reading.
STUCK IN THE AIRPORT?
WHAT TO DO… IV. Read the text and find out in which airport you can do the
following? Write the letter of the correct place.
Pre-reading task.
I. Choose at least five activities that can be done in the airport. 1. meditate surrounded a. Amsterdam
1. play football 6. buy jewelry by music and clouds…
2. watch movie 7. eat 2.eat Korean barbecue… b. Dallas
3.buy an interesting painting … c. Singapore
4.exercise in a fitness center… d. Honolulu After reading.
5.buy a diamond… e. El Paso V. Discuss the following.
6.visit one of the world’s f. Pittsburgh 1. Which airport mentioned in the article would you prefer to
best shopping places wait in? Why?
2. Imagine your flight is delayed. What would you prefer to do:
Stuck in the airport? eat, shop or relax? Anything else?
What to do…

Many people are upset when their flight is delayed. Not only
do they have to change their schedule but, even worse, they have DREAMS CAN COME TRUE
to wait in an airport! There is no need to be upset, though.
Airports are much better places these days than most people Pre – reading task.
realize. I. Choose the professions that Tom Block and the Neales
Belief: Airport food is bad – as bad as airplane food. changed:
Reality: Airports have fine international cuisine – from fresh Tom Block
seafood in London to Korean barbecue in Honolulu. And you a. The head of the company for the teacher
can stock up on something to have for later- for example, cheese b. The teacher to the tax specialist
and caviar in Paris. The Neales
Belief: Shopping in airports is great, that is, if you need a T- c. The teacher to the lawyer
shirt. d. The lawyer to the seaman
Reality: In Amsterdam, you can buy anything from perfume to
diamonds. In El Paso, Texas, you can buy antique knives or Word power.
regional art. The art is so interesting that some people fly to El II. Match the following words with the opposite meaning:
Paso just to visit the airport gallery. And Singapore’s airport is
known for some of the best shopping in the world! 1. earn a. easy
Belief: Airports make people uncomfortable and tense. 2. poor b. reach
Reality: The airport at Honolulu has peaceful gardens. 3. hard c. rich
Pittsburgh has a meditation room: When you walk in, relaxing 4. huge d. spend
music comes on and pictures of clouds are projected on the 5. leave e. small
walls. If you prefer exercise, hotels at the airports in Los
Angeles, Dallas, and many other cities have fitness centers that III. Match the following words with their definitions.
anyone can use. 1. change (n) a. a sea animal
So, the next time you are stuck in an airport, have some fun! 2. huge (adj) b. to avoid loss of money
3. tax (n) c. a district near to some place or object Learning to control the students was hard at first. But the
4. earn (v) d. money, which must be paid for the rewards – helping children and hearing students say he’s
purposes of government favorite teacher – are great. And Bloch is able to spend more
5. neighborhood (n) e. passing from one state another time with his family.
6. lawyer (n) f. immense
For eleven years, Tom Neale worked as a lawyer, and his
7. save (v) g. be too strong for
wife, Mel, worked as teacher; they saved every penny they
8. overcome (v) h. happening from time to time
could. Finally they had enough money to buy a boat. That was
9. starfish (n) i. an attorney
seventeen years ago, and, except for occasional stops, they
10. occasional (adj) j. to get in return for work
have been at sea ever since.

For the Neales and their two daughters, the difficulties of
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their lifestyle are very real: There’s not much money, so meals
IV. Read the text and complete the chart. are often rice and beans (and fish!). Storms are dangerous,
What do these people do now? What is one difficulty with especially when the boat is far from land. But Tom Neale says
their new lifestyles? What is one reward? overcoming dangers together as a family is one of the rewards
of their way of life. Another, he says, is “seeing the starfish on
What Difficulty Reward the bottom of the sea in the moonlight’’.
they do now
After reading.
1. Tom
V. Discuss the following.
Bloch

2. The
1. Who do you think made the more difficult change in
Neales
lifestyle, Tom Bloch or the Neales? Explain your answer.
2. Would you like to be one of the Neales children? Why or
Dreams can come true why not?
3. What are some reasons people – those in the article and
At the age of 40, Tom Bloch was the head of H&R Block, a others – change their lifestyles?
huge company that helps people prepare their tax forms. He was 4. Would you like to change your lifestyle? If so, how?
very successful. Although Bloch earned a lot of money, he was
not very happy. He spent much time at work and did not have
enough time to spent with his family. Suddenly he left H&R
Block and became a teacher in a poor neighborhood. “ I wanted EATING FOR ENERGY

to …help people who did not have the opportunities I had,”
Pre- reading task.
Bloch explained.
I. Write out and translate the most necessary food for human 10. pasta (n) j. any substance that can be
health. burned to produce energy

1. chocolate 11. sugar
2. grain 12. milk III. Cooking methods. How do you cook these foods?
3. cheese 13. fish Check the methods that are most common in your
4. bread 14. rice country.
5. egg 15. sweets
6. margarine 16. butter Methods Foods
7. cake 17. coca-cola
fish eggs chicken beef potatoes onions
8. curds 18. salt
Bake
9. mushroom 19. fruit
Fry
10. vegetable 20. corn
Roast

Boil
Word power.
Barbecue
II. Guess the meaning of the following words:
Steam

athlete (n) performance(n)
effect(n) physical(adj) Reading.
calorie(n) carbohydrate(n) IV. Read the text and check True or False. For the statement
protein(n) rice(n) you marked False, write the correct information.
muscle(n) type(n)
True False

III. Match the following words with their definitions.
1.You shouldn’t eat foods that are high in carbohydrates.
1. nutritionist (n) a. a kind of macaroni 2.Fruit and vegetables are a good source of protein.
2. performance (n) b. tissue that can be tightened or 3.A person should eat more carbohydrates than fat or protein.
loosened to produce movement 4.If you’re too thin, you might eat easily.
3. skip (v) c. to keep away from
4. tip (n) d. take in Eating for energy
5. be aware (v) e. pass over
6. avoid (v) f. a piece of advice Many professional sports teams have recently added a new
7. absorb (v) g. public exhibition member to their organization – a nutritionist. That’s because
8. fuel (n) h. a doctor that advises the diet athletes have become aware that food affects performance. You
9. muscle (n) i. be conscious don’t have to be an athlete to notice this effect. If you’ve never
skipped breakfast and then tried to clean the house, you know I. Point out the ways to save the money while you travel.
you need food for energy. Here are some tips about eating to
increase your physical performance: a. buy tickets at the last minute
Eat enough food. Your body needs a certain number of b. travel by train
calories each day. If you are too thin, you’ll often feel tired and c. go to hostels
you’ll be more likely to get sick. d. fly as a courier
Read the labels on food products. This information will tell e. do not spend much money on food
you how nutritious the foods are. f. Buy airplane tickets in advance
Avoid eating foods that are high in simple carbohydrates, g. take less luggage
that is sugar. A chocolate bar will first you energy, but then it h. fly with the help of the tourist company
will leave you feeling even more tired. i. travel by bicycle
Eat a balanced diet, one that includes complex j. hitchhiking
carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Complex carbohydrates
provide the body “fuel”. They are found in fruits and vegetables, Word power.
and in bread, rice, pasta, and other foods made from grains. The II. Guess the meaning of the following words.
body uses protein to build muscles, and it uses fat to absorb the
courier(n) company(n)
vitamins in food. Protein and fat are found in foods like milk,
regular(adj) unlimited(adj)
cheese, meat, fish, and eggs. Too much fat, however, can be
system(n) accommodation(n)
harmful.

III. Match the following words with their definitions.
After reading.
V. Discuss the following. 1. fare (n) a. a large room in which a
number of persons may sleep
1.Which of the tips in the article do you already follow?
2. in advance (adv) b. to supply
2.What do you eat in a typical day? Is your diet balanced? What
3. deliver (v) c. suitable
do you need to eat more of? Less of?
3.Can you think of a time when eating (or not eating) affected 4. lighthouse (n) d. carry from one person to
your performance? What happened? another

5. convenient (adj) e. the money paid for a journey

in a train, tram, etc.

GETTING MORE FOR LESS WHEN YOU TRAVEL 6. hostel (n) f. a large building fortified
against attack by enemies
Pre – reading task.
7. provide(v) g. a need
8. requirement (n) h. a house where college students delivering a package for a courier company, you get a plane
may live ticket that costs as little as one-quarter of the regular fare – or
even less if the company needs someone at the last minute.
9. dormitory (n) i. a tower, provided with a strong
Recently, a courier flew round trip from Los Angeles to Tokyo
light to guide ships
for $100, a regular ticket cost around $1800.
10. castle (n) j. before Train passes. If you’re going to do a lot of traveling by
train, a train pass will save you money. Buying a single pass

gives you unlimited travel for a period of time. Train passes

can be especially useful in India, which has the world’s largest
Reading. rail system; in Japan, where trains are fast and convenient; and
in Europe, where trains go to over 30,000 cities.
IV. Read the text, and in your own words, restate some of the
Hostels. Hostels used to provide cheap accommodations –
information from the article using the phrases below. The
in dormitories – for people under the age of 25. Nowadays,
first is already done for you.
hostels don’t have any age requirements. They’re not only
1 . 25%of the normal fare. ~ “Fly as a courier. You can buy cheap ($8 - $17 a night) but a great way to meat people.
your plane ticket for one quarter Hostels are often in interesting places – a castle in Germany, a
of the normal fare.” lighthouse in California, a one-room schoolhouse in the
wilderness Of Australia. And sometimes hostels have luxuries
2. $100 instead of $1800.~
like swimming pools.
3. more than 30,000 cities. ~

4. younger than 25. ~
After reading.
5. $17 or less. ~
V. Discuss the following.

Getting more for less when you travel
1.Would you want to travel as an air courier? Take a long train
trip? Stay in a hostel?
On a recent flight, Laura was chatting happily with the woman
in the next seat – until the conversation turned to fares. The 2.What advice would you give someone who wants to travel
woman, who bought her ticket two months in advance, paid for less in your country? Which hotels, restaurants, means of
$109. Laura paid the full fare of $457. She decided that next transportations, and stores would you recommend?
time she would find out how to travel for less.

Here some ways to travel for less:
SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY
Cheap airplanes tickets. To fly for less money, you can buy

non-refundable plane tickets two or three months before you
Pre-reading task
trip. The cheapest way to fly is as a courier. In return for
I. Choose among the activities those that you can do in children, ages 6 to 18, participate in the program. Some
summer in the country. stay at a camp; others live with a host family. The fund
1. go boating 6. watch a football match pays for all expenses.
2. go sightseeing 7. sunbathe 3. The camps are for 8-to 15-year-olds. At camp, children
3. go fishing 8. enjoy fresh air can learn about the stars, see deer and cows and other
4. go swimming 9. climb mountains animals, and go hiking, fishing, and of course, swimming.
5. go to the theatre 10. ride merry-go-round The children learn responsibility by helping out with chores
like making beds and waiting on tables. They also learn a
II. Guess the meaning of the following words lot from counselors, who are often college students from
around the United States and from other countries.
fund (n) 4. Host families from thirteen states and Canada volunteer
volunteer(n) to have children spend the summer with them. Many of
state(n) these families have their own children. The visiting
children become part of the family. They go with the
Reading family on picnics, to the pool or beach, and on trips. The
III. Scan the text and decide which paragraph deals with children are from 6 to 12 years old when they make their
first visit, and most are invited back. Some of the children
a) the age when children can start visiting the camp and live and families become friends for life.
with a host family
b) a number of children who can rest at a camp annually Word Power
c) what children are taught to do IV. Find words in the text with the following meanings
d) the date when fresh Air Find program started a) small duties in the home
e) a child’s impression of the camp b) to take part in
f) the aim of the Fresh Air Fund program c) pipe from a water-main with a hose for street-cleaning,
putting out fires etc.
Summer in the Country d) cost
e) going for a long walk in the country for pleasure
1. “Before I came here”, one child said, “I thought f) children’s leaders at camp
swimming was running through an open fire hydrant.” g) are organized
2. “Here” is a summer camp that’s only an hour from New
York City – but a world away. This camp and four others V. Read the text again and decide if they are true or false.
nearby are run by the Fresh Air Fund. Since 1877, the fund Mark T if the sentence is true, mark F if the sentence is
has helped poor children from New York City spend false
summers in the country. Each year, over ten thousand
1. The Fresh Air Fund established five summer camps. 3. down c) dangerous
2. These camps are for the children from well-to-do 4. urgent d) slow
families. 5. late e) unnecessary
3. A seven-year-old can go to camp. Reading.
4. A seven-year-old can live with a host family III. Scan the text and match a paragraph to the area it deals
5. A child who lives with a host family can go back for a with
second year. a) money
6. Staying at a camp is free of charge for children. b) entertainment
7. A summer camp is far away from the city. c) transportation
After reading d) communications
VI. Discuss the following. e) food
f) work
1. If you were a child in New York City, would you rather
go to a camp or live with a host family?
A Day in Your Life – in the Year 2020
2. Would you like to be a counselor at a Fresh Air Fund

camp?
People used to know more or less how their children would
live. Now things are changing so quickly that we don’t even
know what our own lives will be like in a few years. What
A DAY IN YOUR LIFE - IN THE YEAR 2020 follows is not science fiction. It’s how experts see the future.

1. You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but
Pre-reading task.
that’s OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and with its
I. Guess the meaning of the following words and phrases
high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to

get you home safely.
refrigerator(n) hamburger(n)
2. You’re hungry, so you head for the kitchen as soon as you
automatic pilot information screen
get home. You ordered groceries by computer an hour ago,
lunch(n) message(n)
and you know that by now they’ve arrived. Your kitchen
expert(n) transmit(v)
has a two-way refrigerator, which opens to the food by
diagnostic machine cash(n)
having the money subtracted from your bank account.
science fiction home office
Nobody uses cash anymore.
salad (n) high-tech computers
3. What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to

buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your diagnostic
II. Match the words with the opposite meaning
machine to find out which foods your body needs. You find
1. safe a) up
2. fast b) early