Тексты с упражнениями по домашнему чтению на английском

Если вам нужно улучшить свои знания английского языка и пополнить словарный запас — читайте. А мы тем временем собрали небольшую подборку интересных и полезных ресурсов, которые вам в этом помогут. Ведь занятия должны быть не только познавательными, но еще и интересными.

У вас есть энергия на скрупулезные занятия или, наоборот, вас бросает в дрожь от самой мысли об уроке английского? Вне зависимости от ваших предпочтений и желаний, здесь вы найдете ресурс, который подойдет именно вам.

Breaking News English

Интерактивные уроки по английскому по 7 уровням, включая скорочтение, аудио-восприятие и письмо под диктовку на скорость. Каждый текст – это адаптированная новость, которая сопровождается аудиозаписью и упражнениями. Ссылка на оригинал также присутствует.

LearnEnglish — British Council 

Must have для тех, кто решил всерьез взяться за свои навыки чтения и поработать над лексикой. У British Council, как всегда, четко продуманная структура и схема работы с текстами: перед тем как приступить к чтению, вы можете ознакомиться с новой лексикой, затем прочитать текст и, по желанию, прослушать его аудиозапись. А после этого выполнить задание.

Short Stories

Ресурс для тех, кто хочет забыть об адаптированных текстах и перейти на чтение в оригинале. Это сборник коротких рассказов, разбитых на 8 категорий по жанрам. На сайте есть читательский рейтинг, а также коллекция игр со словами, с помощью которых можно закреплять лексику.

Uselessfacts

Если вы любите развлекательное чтиво, то этот ресурс для вас. Здесь вы найдете сотни коротких высказываний на различные темы. Например, то, что полярные медведи – левши, или то, что Уинстон Черчилль был рожден в туалете во время танцев (не знаю, насколько их факты правдивы, но всегда интересно). Я иногда заглядываю на этот сайт во время коротких перерывов, чтобы отвлечься от работы и заодно поупражняться в английском.

Easy Reading

Познавательный и полезный блог для тех, кто хочет попрактиковать свой английский.

Журнал «Easy Reading» задуман как ресурс свободного доступа для тех, кто хочет поддерживать и развивать свой английский язык. В журнале публикуются фрагменты неадаптированных публикаций, полную версию которых можно найти по ссылке. Чтобы увидеть перевод на русский язык слов, выделенных жирным шрифтом, нужно навести на них курсор.

Очень удобно и легко, только материалов маловато. Надеемся, что автор будет его развивать.

English Reading Room

А это настоящий клад для продвинутых читателей – здесь можно бесплатно почитать популярные газеты, журналы, книги. Просто выбираете интересующую категорию, журнал или газету, и принимаетесь за чтение.

Using English

Тексты с заданиями по трем уровням: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced. Большинство из них основаны на заданиях к популярным экзаменам, таким как Cambridge ESOL, TOEFL, IELTS и т.д.

Learning English Blog

Также стоит заглянуть и в блог учебного центра ВВС, который ведут сами сотрудники организации в перерывах между разработкой учебных материалов. Живой язык, живые темы и мини-словари в каждом посте. «Самое оно» для тех, кто устал от упражнений и заданий.

News in Levels

Интересный сайт для практики чтения и восприятия на слух английского языка с методом обучения NiL Method. На сайте три уровня, в первом и втором используются только те слова, которые нужны на соответствующем уровне, что способствует более быстрому и легкому запоминанию слов. Уровень 3 – это новости в оригинале. Можно подписаться на ежедневную рассылку новостей, чтобы заниматься регулярно.

IMSDb

Ресурс для киноманов, где можно… читать фильмы. Точнее, сценарии к разным голливудским фильмам. Чтение можно совместить с просмотром самой картины, распечатать текст и более скрупулезно работать с незнакомыми словами и фразами.

ESL DESK

А этот инструмент пригодится непосредственно для чтения любого текста. Просто скопируйте отрывок не больше 2000 знаков в окно программы, выберите родной язык и нажмите на кнопку Click here. В результате все слова превратятся в кликабельные ссылки, и вы сможете проверить значение любого из них.

Всегда можно найти то, что будет интересно и полезно именно вам. Даже короткие истории и рассказы внесут свою лепту в ваши знания английского и помогут если не улучшить, то сохранить их на должном уровне.

А какими ресурсами пользуетесь вы для практики английского и что чаще всего читаете? Делитесь своим опытом в комментариях.

В данной статье вы найдете подборку текстов для чтения по английскому языку для 7 класса. Тексты и задания разной уровни сложности, поэтому вы можете подобрать текст, соответствующий нужному уровню. Все тесты для чтения даются с ответами.

Тексты по чтению для 7 класса даны по следующим темам:

• School and education – Reading test My New School Is Fantastic.
• Travelling and tourism / Animals / Britain — Reading comprehension test Mysterious Monster
• Music – Reading task Street musicians

В конце статьи вы найдете ответы к тестам по чтению.

Текст для 7 класса по теме ЖИВОТНЫЕ с заданиями также можно найти здесь. 

Тест по чтению для 7 класса #1. My New School Is Fantastic

Rita Nelson is fourteen, and she has changed her school because her parents moved to another town this summer.

“Let me tell you about my new school. I’m having a great time. All pupils are very friendly, but it’s very different from my old school. I can tell you! First of all school starts at 8.00 here, a whole, hour before it did in that school. This morning I forgot about it and got to school ten minutes late, so the teacher put a note into my record-book. I was really angry!

There are a lot of other differences in this school, of course. We have seven lessons here almost every day. What else? The school day is different, too. In my former school we finished school at 3.00, and then most pupils went home. Here we finish lessons at 3.30, and then most pupils go to sports practice. Well, they love sports here.

I joined gymnastics and football clubs here. A lot of girls play football in this school. I had my first practice yesterday, and I feel tired today.

Another important thing here is learning to do practical things. Their metal and wood shops are like small factories, and we are taught to drive as well. It’s fantastic. I had my first lesson in driving a tractor yesterday.”

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer.

Rita Nelson is _______

a) 13    b) 14         c) 15

Lessons in Rita’s previous school started at

a) 7 o’clock      b) 8 o’clock    c) 9 o’clock

Rita has _______ lessons every day.

a) 5            b) 6               c) 7

Rita’s lessons are over at

a) 3. 00       b) 3.30       c) 4.00

After lessons most pupils go

a) to sports practice b) home     c) for a walk

Exercise 2. Name the things in Rita’s new school that are different from her previous school.

1. Number of pupils in Rita’s class.
2. Time when the lessons begin
3. Time when the lessons end
4. Number of subjects in the curriculum (расписание)
5. Number of lessons every day

Exercise 3. True or false?

1. Rita doesn’t like her new school.
2. Today Rita came to school in time.
3. Student don’t love sports in the new school.
4. Many girls play football in the new school.
5. Rita likes to drive a tractor.

Exercise 4. Answer the questions on the text «My New School Is Fantastic”.

1. Why has Rita changed her school?
2. When do the lessons begin?
3. Why did the teacher put a note into Rita’s record-book?
4. What clubs did she join?
5. What games do girls play in her new school?
6. What practical things are the children taught?

Exercise 5. Write about practical things that you are taught to do in your school.

Текст для чтения для 7 класса #2 — Mysterious Monster

At different times, thousands of people say that they have seen a large animal in the famous lake called Loch Ness in Scotland. For many centuries, people have tried to catch it. People who live there always talk about the mysterious animal in the lake, and many of them believe that it is still there today.

In 1933, John McGregor, a local businessman, saw that the lake began to bubble, and a huge animal with two humps came out of it.

After that, scientists examined the lake with underwater equipment and tried to find out what kind of animal lived there. Of course, they haven’t found it yet, because the lake is so deep and so dark.

Tourists from all over the world have visited Loch Ness, they hope to see the monster. They have even given it a nickname “Nessie”. Many people even show photos of the monster, but they are usually photos of the pictures of the monster. Scientists suppose that the Loch Ness monster is a dinosaur, which has survived since the Ice Age.

Here is a description of the monster:

• Length: About 50 metres.
• Body: With two humps.
• Half horse, half snake and quite small.
• Long and thin, like a giraffe.
• Yellow-brown.
• People think that it eats sheep on land and underwater plants.
• Shy, doesn’t want to be seen.
• Lives in the deepest and coldest parts of the lake about 1 km from the surface.

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Insert the words according to the text.

have visited, haven’t found, tried, so deep and so dark, came out of it

1. For many centuries people … to catch it.
2. The lake began to bubble and a huge animal…
3. Of course they … it yet.
4. The lake is ……
5. Tourists from all over the world … Loch Ness.

Exercise 2. Выберите правильную концовку для предложений.

1. Loch Ness is in …
2. England b) Scotland     c) Wales
3. Loch Ness is …
4. a lake b) a river     c) a village
5. Scientists examined the lake with
6. a) underwater equipment   c) computers    d) special ultrasound gadgets
7. Tourists have given the monster a nickname
8. Locky b) Nessie   c) Lohnessi

Exercise 3. True or false.

1. For many centuries, people have tried to catch the Loch Ness monster.
2. No one believes that the Loch Ness monster is still in the lake today.
3. In 1956, John McGregor, a local businessman, saw that the lake began to bubble.
4. The lake is very deep.
5. Many people show photos of the monster.

Exercise 4. Дополните описание Лохнесского чудовища.

• Length: About _______ (1)
• Body: With two humps.
• Half __________ (2), half snake and quite small.
• Long and thin, like a giraffe.
• Yellow-brown.
• People think that it eats __________ (3) on land and underwater ________ (4).
• Shy, doesn’t want to be seen.
• Lives in the deepest and __________ (5) parts of the lake about 1 km from the surface.

Упражнение 5. Опишите по данному образцу любое животное.

Текст для чтения по английскому языку для 7 класса #3. — Music in the Streets

As you go home after a hard day’s work, and you get off the metro train, you sometimes have to walk a long way to the exit or to change trains. Suddenly in the noise, some music is heard. Those are street musicians. You take out a coin from your pocket and throw it into their hat or instrument case. These musicians bring color and life to the city streets. Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years. Some of them are men, some women. They play classical music, pop or folk music, old and new songs. Many musicians are former university students or professional musicians.

Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music student, but he gave up music and became a painter. Now he plays in the underground because he doesn’t want to forget how to play. His girlfriend is a painter, too. She helps him to collect the money. Another street musician, David MacNell, tells new players:

“Learn new songs all the time, or else you’ll have fewer and fewer listeners. Wear bright clothes to attract attention. Make sure that the places where you choose to play are warm. The best places are bridges and certainly the underground.”

On Sundays, Hyde Park is the best place, as the speakers here address the people. The street musicians are doing their business with the many tourists who visit the park. The weather is one of the worst problems. It is not so easy to play the violin or the guitar on a rainy November day in London and try to smile.

A much worse problem is the police. From time to time, they come, and the musicians are moved to a different place. True, they are not often fined. One musician told me:

“The policeman asked me what I was doing. I said I was just practising. Some money just fell out of my pocket into the guitar case, and I was told to leave my place. I think it’s not fair. People love street music. It makes the city more attractive.”

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Read the text «Music in the Streets» again and complete the sentences according to the text.

1. Street musicians are

a) men b)  women  c)  men and women

2. According to the text, street musicians

a) bring color and life to city streets.

b) make more noise in the streets.

c) make traffic more difficult

3. Street musicians play

a) old songs b)  new songs.      c)  old and new songs.

4. Andrew Hain plays in the streets because he

a) needs money.

b) does not want to forget how to play.

c) wants to become famous.

5. The worst problem for the musicians is

a) weather         b)  the police           c) 

Exercise 2. Say true or false.

1. Street musicians are aged between 17 and 30 years.
2. Andrew Hain, for example, was once a music professor.
3. On Mondays, Hyde Park is the best place for street musicians.
4. The weather is one of the worst problems for street musicians.
5. Street musicians are very often fined.

Exercise 3. Вставьте слова по смыслу.

1. Andrew Hain gave up music and became a ____________.
2. The street musicians are doing their business with the many __________ who visit the Hyde Park.
3. It is not so easy to play the violin or the _________ on a rainy November day in London
4. Make sure that the places where you choose to play are _________.

Exercise 4. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Why should street musicians wear bright clothes?
2. What are the best places for street musicians?
3. Which is worse for street musicians – the weather or the police?
4. Why do street musicians need to learn new songs all the time?

Exercise 5. Say why street musicians like their job and what their problems are.

Ответы к тестам по чтению для 7 класса.

Ответы к тексту My New School Is Fantastic

Упражнение 1.  1b, 2c, 3c, 4b, 5a

Упражнение 2.  2,3,5

Упражнение 3.

1 false

2 false

3 false

4 true

5 true

Упражнение 4.

Варианты ответов:

1. Rita has changed her school because her parents moved to another town
2. The lessons begin at 8 o’clock
3. The teacher put a note into Rita’s record-book because Rita was late for school.
4. She joined gymnastics and football clubs
5. A lot of girls play football in this school.
6. There are metal and wood shops, and the children are taught to drive as well.

Упражнение 5. Ваши варианты ответов.

Ответы к тексту Mysterious Monster

Упражнение 1.

• Tried, 2) came out of it, 3) haven’t found, 4) so deep and so dark, 5) have visited

Упражнение 2. 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – a, 4 — b

Упражнение 3.

1. true
2. false
3. false
4. true
5. true

Упражнение 4.  1 – 50, 2 – horse, 3 – sheep, 4 – plants, 5 – coldest

Упражнение 5. Ваши варианты описания.

Ответы к тексту Music in the Streets

Упражнение 1. 1 – с, 2 – a, 3 – c, 4 — b, 5 – b

Упражнение 2. 1 true, 2 false, 3 false. 4 true, 5 false

Упражнение 3. 1 painter, 2 tourists, 3 guitar 4. warm

Упражнение 4.

Possible answers.

1. Street musicians should wear bright clothes to attract attention.
2. The best places for street musicians are warm places – such as bridges and the underground.
3. The police is a much worse problem.
4. Street musicians need to learn new songs all the time to have more listeners.

Упражнение 5. Your own answers.

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My Family

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

My name is Polly. I am ten. I am a schoolgirl. I go to school. I like learning English and playing puzzles. I would like to tell you about my family. It is neither big nor small. There are four of us.

I have got a mother. Her name is Jane. She is a teacher. She is very responsible and creative. She likes her work. Her hobbies are singing and shopping. My mother is fond of reading detective stories.

I have got a father. His name is Jack.  He is a doctor. He is clever and hardworking. My father likes playing golf. He goes in for sport to be healthy and strong. He is fond of fishing too.

My brother Nick is small. He is only four. He likes playing toys. Usually we get on well with him, but sometimes he is very naughty.

On Saturdays and Sundays we like to be together. Last Sunday we went to the country. We had a good rest.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. Polly’s mother is a doctor.
2. Polly has got a younger brother.
3. Her brother Nick is a pupil.
4. Polly is ten.
5. There are five people in Polly’s family.
6. Polly`s father is clever and hardworking..
7. Last Sunday Polly’s family went to the Zoo.
8. Last Sunday Polly’s family had a good rest.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. What does the girl like?
2. What is Polly’s father fond of?
3. What did they do last Sunday?

My Mother’s Birthday

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

My name is Kate. My family is a typical Russian family. There are four of us. I have got a mother. Her name is Ann. She is a teacher. She is very kind. Her hobbies are singing and shopping. My mother is fond of reading detective stories.

My father`s name is Peter.  He is a driver. He is clever and sporty. My father is fond of fishing. My brother Nick is small. He is only four. He likes playing with his toys.

We are a close and friendly family. We like to spend time and holidays together.

Tomorrow it will be my mother’s birthday. My brother and I will go shopping together with our father. We are going to buy our mum a birthday present. It will be a nice scarf. She would like to have a white one. And we shall buy flowers for her, too.

Tomorrow my brother and I will clean the flat. We won’t be lazy. Father will help us. Then we’ll make our kitchen clean and bright. Tomorrow we will lay the table. We would like our mother to be happy.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. There are five people in Kate’s family.
2. Kate’s father is helpful.
3. Tomorrow it will be Kate’s birthday.
4. Kate will get a present tomorrow.
5. Kate’s mother will get a red scarf for her birthday.
6. Tomorrow Kate and her brother will clean the flat.
7. Kate and her brother won’t be lazy tomorrow.
8. Tomorrow the family will lay the table.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. Whose birthday will the family celebrate tomorrow?
2. What present will mother get for her birthday?

3. Do you think Kate’s family is friendly? Why?

The man and the monkeys.

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

    One day a man who made caps went to the market to sell them. It was a long way to go. The man passed  by a long river. When he was in the forest, he decided to rest a little, as the day was very hot and he was very tired.

  The man saw a large tree. He decided to rest under it.

  As the sun was very hot, the man put on one of the caps on his head and put all the other caps on the ground under the tree. The man had lunch, then lay down and soon was asleep. When he woke up, he could not find the caps.

“Where are my caps?” he cried. He could not find them anywhere.  

    Suddenly he looked up. And what did he see? He saw many monkeys in the tree, and each monkey had the man’s cap on its head!

“Give me back my caps!” cried the man. But the monkeys could not understand the man. They laughed, jumped and played with the caps.

The man asked and asked the monkeys to give him back his caps, but the monkeys didn’t understand him. They only laughed.

The man got very much angry with the monkeys. He took off his cap, threw it on the ground and cried: “If you want my caps, you may take this one, too!”

And do you know what the monkeys did? They took off the caps and threw them on the ground!

That’s how the man got back all his caps.

Certainly, he was very glad. He quickly took all his caps and went away.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. One day a man went to the baker`s to sell caps.
2. The man passed by a lake.
3. The day was very hot and the man was tired.
4. The man saw a large mountain.
5. When the man woke up he didn`t find the caps.

6. Each monkey had the cap on its head.

7. The monkeys understood him well.

8. The man went away without his caps.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. Where did the man put his caps?
2. What did monkeys do with the caps?
3. How did the man get his caps back?

The Bear in School

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

One day a boy found a brown bear-cub in the forest. He was very little and looked like a puppy. The boy carried him home.

Every day the boy went to school. The bear-cub went with him and waited for the boy in the field.

At first the other boys were afraid of the bear-cub, but soon they became great friends. Many of them brought food to school and gave the bear-cub some bread and butter.

The bear-cub lived with the boy for a long time. But one day he went to the forest and did not come back. Everybody was very sorry for the bear-cub.

Many years passed. New schoolboys came to the old school. One very cold winter day the door opened, and a large brown bear walked into the classroom.  The boys were afraid. Some ran to the door, others jumped out of the window.

But the bear did not touch the pupils. He walked up to the fire and warmed himself. He felt quite at home. He was very glad to get into such a warm room. He sat by the fire, and then walked up to the table and ate some bread. Then the bear walked out of the house.

Some young men of the village came with their guns to kill the bear. They soon found him but did not kill him. They saw some marks on his skin and understood that the bear was the old friend of their schooldays. They let him go back into the forest. 

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1.  One day a boy found a tiger in the forest.
2. The boy carried him to the Zoo.
3. The bear-cub went with the boy to school and waited for him.
4. At first the other boys were not afraid of the bear-cub.
5. One day he went to the forest and did not come back.
6. One warm spring day a large brown bear walked into the classroom.
7. The bear did not touch the pupils.
8. The young man found the bear and kill him.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. What did the boys do when they saw a big bear?

2. What did the bear do in the room?

3. Did the young man kill the bear? Why?

A Day in the Life of Simon Carrot

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

    First of all, I must tell you about myself. I am thirteen and I am in the third class at a Grammar school in Manchester

     What a terrible day! I woke up late and didn’t have time to eat my breakfast. I couldn’t find my books or my school cap. At last I found my books in the bathroom; and at last, I found my cap — my dog was playing with it! I was nearly late for school.

     The first lesson on Monday morning is maths. What a terrible way to start the week! Mr Green, the maths teacher, took our homework. He saw that my exercise — book was dirty. He was very angry and gave me a bad mark for it.

    Then he gave us some tasks to do. I sat next to Jane, who was  fat and not very pleasant — but very good at maths. I asked her to tell me the answers, but she didn`t want.

        The next lesson was French. I like French. It’s nice to be able to talk to somebody in another language.

      At last, it was eleven o’clock: time for break. Nell gave me a piece of cake to eat with my milk. She also gave me her Latin homework to copy. I think she likes me and she’s a nice girl.

      After break, we had two lessons of  Latin! They are bad: I hate Latin!

 Mr Williams punished me for talking to Nell.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. Simon is fourteen.

2. He goes to a Grammar school in London.

3. He woke up late and didn’t eat his breakfast.

4. The first lesson on Monday morning is maths.

5. Jane is very good at French.

6. Simon ate a piece of cake with milk.

7. Nell gave him her English homework to copy.

8. Simon hates Latin.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. What class is Simon in?
2. Why was Mr Green angry?
3. Why does Simon like French?

A Day in the Life of Simon Carrot

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

      At 12: 30 pm was time for lunch. I was very hungry! I sat down at the table feeling very happy because the Latin lessons were over. And then I saw what was for lunch: meat pie, boiled potatoes and cabbage. I hate vegetables! But I ate a little, because I was so hungry.

      Then I went into the playground with my friends Pete Sharp and John Ford and we played football.

      After lunch we had a history lesson. I don’t usually like history, but I liked this lesson very much. We learned about the Battle of Hastings in 1066. We were on holiday in Hastings last summer. I said I would bring some photographs of our holiday to school the next week.

      At three o’clock it was time for my favourite lesson of the week: games. We played a very exciting game of football but it ended in a draw.

 After school at four o’clock, Pete and I bought some sweets and I went to his house to listen to music.

    Mum was angry because I didn’t arrive home till half past seven. She doesn`t like when I come home late. My supper was cold.

 I did my French homework but I didn’t do my history homework. There was an interesting programme on television.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. He had pancakes with caviar and cream for lunch.
2. He hates vegetables.
3. Simon liked a history lesson very much.
4. He played football with Pete Sharp and John Ford.

5. At two o’clock was his favourite lesson.

6. They played a very exciting game of cricket.

        7. Simon went to Pete`s house to play computer games.

8. He did his math homework.

       Task III: answer the following questions.

1. What is Simon`s favourite lesson?
2. Why was Simon`s mum angry?
3. Did he do his history homework? Why?