English Reading Read the texts 1, 2 ,3 and do the exercises.
Write down an essay on the topic: Educational camps in our school. Which camp do you prefer-summer or winter?
Text 1
1. The inventors of cinema were French, not American. The Lumiere brothers gave 2. the first public show in France in 1895. In that first film, a train came towards the 3. camera. People ran out of the cinema thinking it was a real train! 4. But the United States film industry developed more quickly. The sunlight in 5. Hollywood, California, was good for making films (electric light was not strong 6. enough). And from 1914 to 1918 there was war in Europe. In the 1920s Hollywood 7. made 80% of the world’s films. Of course, language didn’t matter, because the films 8. were silent. 9. The cinema became popular very quickly. In 1908 the USA had 10,000 cinemas 10. (called ‘nickel-odeons’ because it cost a ‘nickel’, five cents, to get in) with twenty 11. million customers a week. In 1918 the film star Mary Pickford was the most 12. famous woman in the world; she received $350,000 per film.
1. According to Paragraph 1, lines 1-3, the first film was
b) invented by the French.
2. The first film was shown to public in
b) 1895
3. The word silent in line 8 may best be replaced by
d) soundless
4. According to the text,
a) cinemas in the USA are called ‘odeons’
5. The text is mainly about
d) the Lumiere brothers
Text 2
1. Taking a snooze in a mud hole may not sound very appealing to you. To a pig, 2. however, a mud bath means coolness, comfort, and protection from bothersome 3. insects. After all, a pig can’t buy insect repellent or sunscreen the way you can. 4. A thick coating of mud protects the pig’s sensitive skin from bites and from the sun’s 5. burning rays. The mud also helps keep the animal cool. With very few sweat glands, 6. pigs cannot cool off by sweating. On hot days, they may pant as dogs do. But 7. stretching out in cool mud is an even better means to escape the heat of a summer 8. afternoon. Some people think that pigs are dirty animals because of their habit of 9. bathing in mud. Actually, pigs are very clean animals. Their relatives, wild swine, 10. seek out clean, fresh water for cooling off. And when barnyard pigs are given a 11. choice, they prefer bathing in cool water to lying in the mud. Many farmers help 12. their pigs beat the heat by giving them frequent showers.
1. The main idea of Paragraph 1, lines 1-3, is that
a) people don’t like mud baths
2. It is stated in the text that
b) the pig’s skin is very sensitive
3. The word escape in line 7 may best be replaced by
a) avoid
4. According to the text,
d) many farmers help their pigs overcome the heat
5. We can tell from the text that
a) pigs are clean animals
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