Progress check the 6th form

The 6th form.V-1
Exercise 1
Listen to the stories and fill the table.
A
… wrote about a boy who lived with animals B
…was a teacher of Maths C
…wrote dramas and historical plays D
… wrote about crimes and criminals E
… wrote about adventures of friends
Exercise 2
Read the text and do exercises after it.
A story about a parrot
Once there lived a man who had a parrot. The man tried to teach the parrot to speak. But the parrot could learn only the phrase, “There is no doubt about it”( в этом нет сомнения). The parrot always said these words and always gave the same answer. “There is no doubt about it”.
At last the man decided to sell the parrot. He went to the street and began to cry: “Twenty dollars for a very clever parrot!”
One woman heard this. She came up to the parrot and asked: “ Are you worth twenty dollars?” The parrot answered: “There is no doubt about it”.
“What a clever parrot”, she said and bought the bird.
After some days the woman couldn’t listen to the parrot any more. She said: “What a fool I was to buy this parrot and throw away so much money. Twenty dollars!”Then the parrot cried, “There is no doubt about it”.
This time the parrot was right.
Choose the right item (from the text).
1. The parrot learned a lot of words.
a) true b) false c) not stated
2. The man liked his clever bird so much that he decided not to sell it.
a) true b) false c) not stated
3. The woman thought that the parrot was very clever.
a) true b) false c) not stated
4. The parrot said the same words.
a) true b) false c) not stated
5. The woman sold the parrot.
a) true b) false c) not stated
Exercise 3
Choose the correct form.
Bahams / The Bahams are a group of islands in Atlantic ocean / the Atlantic ocean.
This unusual town is situated near Lake Onega / the Lake Onega.
Next year they are going to try their luck in Pamirs / the Pamirs.
The capital of USA / the USA is Washington, DC / the Washington, DC, though some people think it’s New York / the New York.
The longest river in the world is Nile / the Nile.
Exercise 4
Complete the questions with the tags.
Ann isn’t at home, … ?Your friend drives very fast, … ?Tom didn’t see her, … ?The children weren’t surprised, … ?You are fond of swimming, … ?Exercise 5
Write a letter Ann Smiths about your holidays (7-10 sentences).