1. All state schools in Britain are free, and schools provide their pupils with books and equipment for their studies.
2. Nine million children attend 35.000 schools in Britain.
3. Education is compulsory from 5 till 16 years.
4. Children start primary school at 5 and continue until they are 11.
5. Most children are taught together, boys and girls in the same class.
6. At 11 most pupils go to secondary schools called comprehensives which accept a wide range of children from allbackgrounds and religious and ethnic groups.
7. Ninety per cent of secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales are co-educational.
8. At 16 pupils take a national exam called «G.C.S.E.» (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and then they can leave school if they wish. Some 16-year-olds continue their studies in the sixth form at school or at a sixth form college.
9. The sixth form prepares pupils for a national exam called «A» level (advanced level) at IS.
10. Yon-need «A» level to enter a university.
11. Other 16-year-olds choose to go to a college of further education to study for more practical (vocational) diplomas relating to the world of work, such as hairdressing, typing or mechanics.
12. Universities and colleges of higher education accept students with «A» levels from 18.
13. Students study for a degree which takes on average three years of full-time study.
14. Most students graduate at 21 or 22 and are given their degree at a special graduation ceremony.
Билет № 15
Чтение DAILY BREAD
Miss Martha was 40 years old but she was not married. She had her own shop where she sold bread, both fresh and stale which was cheaper.
There was a customer who called at her shop two or three times a week. The man was not young but he was very pleasant. He wore cheap clothes but they always looked nice on him. He always bought stale bread and never fresh. Miss Martha decided that he was very poor.
She often thought of him and was always sorry that she couldn’t invite him to have dinner with her. She wanted to talk to him, to know more about him. She liked the man and began wearing her best dress. She wanted to help the poor man but didn’t know how to do it.
Once when her customer called on her to buy stale bread, Miss Martha had an idea and a good one, as she thought, to help him. She put some butter in the stale bread.
The next day two men came into the shop. One of them was her customer and the other – a young man. The customer was very angry and couldn’t speak to her. So the young man told Miss Martha everything. “We work together in the same office”, he said. “We use stale bread to take away to pencil lines from our plans. We have worked at a plan of a new district for six months. We finished it this morning and began taking away pencil lines from it with your bread. You see, as there was butter in the bread the plan is good for nothing, and we can’t show this plan to anybody now.”
When the men left, Miss Martha went to her room, took off her best dress and put on her old one.
O` Henry
ХЛЕБ НАСУЩНЫЙ
Мисс Марте было 40 лет, но она не была замужем. У нее был собственный магазин, где она продавала хлеб, свежий и чёрствый, который был дешевле.
У неё был покупатель, который приходил в магазин два - три раза в неделю. Человек не был молод, но был очень приятным. Он носил дешевую одежду, но она всегда выглядела на нём опрятно. Он всегда покупал черствый хлеб и никогда не покупал свежий. Мисс Марта решила, что он был очень беден.
Она часто думала о нем и всегда жалела, что не может пригласить его на ужин. Она хотела поговорить с ним, чтобы узнать побольше о нем. Она полюбила этого человека и начала носить своё лучшее платье. Она хотела помочь бедному человеку, но не знала, как это сделать.
Однажды, когда ее покупатель позвал её, чтобы купить чёрствый хлеб, у мисс Марты появилась, как она думала,хорошая идея, чтобы помочь ему. Она положила немного масла в черствый хлеб.
На следующий день двое мужчин пришли в магазин. Один из них был ее покупателем, а другой - молодой человек. Покупатель был очень зол и не мог говорить с ней. Таким образом, молодой человек рассказал мисс Марте все. "Мы работаем вместе в одной конторе», сказал он. "Мы используем черствый хлеб, чтобы вытирать линии от карандаша на наших планах. Мы работали над планом нового района в течение шести месяцев. Мы закончили его сегодня утром и начали убирать карандашные линии при помощи крошек хлеба. Вы видите, так как в хлебе было масло, план никуда не годится, и мы не можем теперь показать этот план никому".
Когда мужчины ушли, мисс Марта пошла в свою комнату, сняла своё лучшее платье и надела старое.O`Генри
1. The title of the text is DAILYBREAD.
2. It is taken from the story written byO`Henry.
3. Miss MarthaMeachamhadasmallbakeryand her life was lonely.
4. But all changedwhenapleasantcustomercame to her to buy stale bread.
5. He never bought fresh bread and Miss Martha thought that he was very poor artist.
6. Miss Martha loved this man.
7. Miss Martha wanted to help him and put some butter on the bread.
8. The next day two men came into the shop.
9. One of them was her customer and he was very angry.
10. The young man told Miss Martha that they worked at a plan of a new district for six months and began taking away pencil lines from it with her bread.
11. As there was butter in the bread the plan is flawed.
12. Miss Martha was very sad.
13. I like this story because it’s interesting.
Questions:
1. Who is the author of this story?
2. Was MissMartha married?
3. Why did the man buy only stale bread?
4. Was the customer very angry or happy?
5. As there was butter in the bread the plan is good for nothing, isn’t it?
2.Говорение You were asked to prepare a report about libraries. Tell what we need libraries for; whether you visit your school library and why;whether you prefer to use the library or the Internet and why.
