Материал предназначен для учителей английского языка, работающих по УМК English для 6 класса школ с углубленным изучением английского языка авторов О.В.Афанасьевой и И.В.Михеевой, и содержит дополнительные упражнения ко всем текстам раздела Listening Comprehension.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 1 " Why Does It Rain on the Road?" (#7)
1. Answer the following questions:
- Where were the father and son walking?
- What has become changeable?
- What was the weather like on the day of Tom and his father’s walk?
- How did the boy feel walking through the rain?
- Why is the rain useful?
2. Correct the words in bold type:
- A small boy called Tom and his father were having a walk round the town.
- The sun was shining brightly in the cloudy sky.
- The day was nice and warm.
- But we all know that scientists sometimes make mistakes.
- The weather in Europe has become really windy.
- The father and the son did not have their umbrellas with them, and there was nowhere to hide from the sun.
- Soon they were very tired, and the small boy did not feel happy.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 2 “How Climate Can Influence Meals” (#12)
Say if the sentences are “True” or “False”:
- People like eating outdoors in southern countries.
- Eating under the moon and stars produce a romantic effect on people.
- Renato had a restaurant in a small town on the sea coast in Italy.
- At first Renato liked London.
- Renato put some of the tables out in the street.
- Renato’s idea didn’t work because of a lot of rain in Italy.
- Mr Jenkins’s soup had a lot of rainwater in it.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 3 “Mice and Lions” (#17)
Fill in with a word or phrase according to the text:
1) It was a beautiful morning in early ________ , so it was impossible to stay
in.
2) Tom Robinson decided to take his class to _________.
- He wanted to show his class some rare _________, as that was the subject they were doing at the moment.
- Not far from the cages there were big baskets for _________.
- Tom was looking at the lions and thinking of those huge _________.
- He saw a crowd around the rubbish basket who were his _________.
- The children were more interested in the ________ than the ________.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 4 “Why Don’t We Stop Him” (#23)
Choose the right variant:
1. Every day the Women’s Club invited somebody …
a) to have tea with them
b) to talk to them about important things.
2) One Friday a gentleman came to speak about different …
a) cars, buses and other means of transport
b) problems of ecology.
3) He spoke about pollution, the greenhouse effect, acid rains and …
a) growth of fire brigades and ambulances
b) growth of population and shortage of food.
4) Cars do important work because they …
a) transport people and goods
b) produce traffic jams.
5) People suffer from cars because they …
a) ride bicycles
b) walk less.
6) The man said that a car producer is …
a) doing harm to the city atmosphere and ruins the beauty of the countryside
b) making a car every minute day and night somewhere in the world.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 5 “Choosy Mr. White” (#29)
Choose the right variant:
1) The British don’t see …
a) winter
b) snow
c) climate.
2) Last winter it was very … and one night there was a heavy snowstorm.
a) frosty
b) windy
c) snowy.
3) The snow in Mr. White’s garden was …
a) nice
b) deep
c) heavy.
4) He asked the man not to throw any snow into the street because …
a) the police will be angry
b) it will spoil the bushes
c) it will damage his fence.
5) When Mr. White came back …
a) he walked to his office
b) the path and garden were clean
c) he saw the garden full of snow.
6) Mr. White was shocked because…
a) the man had disappeared
b) the snow was cleared away
c) all the snow was in his garage
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 8 “Playing with God” (#38)
Fill in with the necessary information according to the text:
- He lived with his mother and father in ___________ not for from __________.
- The place where he lived had very attractive __________.
- Neil and his parents ___________ the place very much.
- The problem was that there were no __________ near their house and Neil had nobody to play with.
- Mr. Brown was a good friend of Neil’s father and worked as a ________ and a member of the ________.
- When Neil talked to Mr. Brown he told him that he was going to _________.
- Mr. Brown was ________ with the boy’s words.
- Neil said that the game was very easy but ________.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 9 "Driving to the Royal Hotel" (#43)
Say if the sentences are “True” or “False”:
- Paul was a businessman from Germany.
- He was going to travel by taxi.
- Jan recommended Paul to see some places of interest not far from London.
- Driving in London was hard.
- Paul was going to stay at the Ritz hotel, one of the best in the city.
- Paul lost his way because he followed some bright procession in his car.
- Paul followed the taxi and got to the hotel he had stayed in in 2 minutes.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 10 "How to Make Everybody Happy" (#49)
Put the sentences in the logical order according to the text:
1) Kevin loved the countryside very much and enjoyed his stay in the country.
2) Once Kevin decided to visit Uncle Ronald.
3) Whenever they passed somebody, Uncle Ronald waved.
4) Uncle Ronald said he wanted to make everybody happy.
5) Kevin was surprised.
6) Kevin earned his living working for a large company.
7) Uncle Ronald said he didn’t know all the men he waved to.
8) Kevin and his uncle often walked or drove, and sang songs.
9) Kevin didn’t like the noise and the traffic.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 11 “The Wrong Family” (#51)
1. Say if the statements are “True” or “False”. If they are false – correct them.
1) Jim liked to earn his living at a glove-making factory.
2) Jim wanted other people to steal things for him.
3) Jim found clever young men and explained his plans to them.
4) There were no other buildings near the glove-maker’s house.
5) The man was sent to the house to listen to music.
6) When the man came back to Jim he said that the family couldn’t have much money.
2. Complete the sentences:
1) Jim was a _____________ who _____________.
2) He preferred to ________________.
3) Jim didn’t want to ________________ but found _________________.
4) The house of the head of the glove-making factory was situated _______________.
5) A man and a girl were playing____________________.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 14 "Three Answers" (#63)
Match the beginning of the sentence with the correct ending according to the text:
- Ed had to a) dangerous rivers and streams
- Ed had climbed b) arguing very much
- Ed had crossed c) a stupid man
- Ed had taken part in d) answers to any question
- Ed was e) travel a lot
- Ed liked f) rescue expeditions
- Once Ed argued with g) high rocky mountains
- There are usually three h) very nice and strikingly modest
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 16 " How Had We All Met" (#70)
Choose the correct answer:
1) When Dick was … years old he went to his great-grandparents.
a) sixteen
b) seven
c) six
2) His great-grandparents lived …
a) in the summer
b) on the farm
c) in the village on the caost of the Irish Sea
3) It was situated
a) in Germany
b) in New York
c) on the north of the USA
4) Dick’s father was born in …
a) New York
b) Germany
c) Ireland
5) Dick was born …
a) in Ireland
b) on the shores of Lake Michigan
c) in Germany
6) The boy couldn’t understand
a) his Granny
b) his family
c) how they all met
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 20 "Worse Than a Small Child" (#87)
Answer the following questions:
1) How many children did Mr. and Mrs. Harris have?
2) When did the action take place?
3) Why didn’t Mr. Harris want to go?
4) How old was Mr. Harris?
5) Why were Mrs. Harris and the children surprised?
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 21 “He Never Told a Lie” (#92)
Make the right choice: ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Don't Know’.
1) He worked at college for many years.
2) He fell ill and retired.
3) He sometimes went for a walk in the park.
4) He liked to go to the park very much.
5) The boys were sitting on the bench.
6) The boys had a cat called Pussy.
7) The man organized a competition among the boys.
8) The man wanted to teach the boys a useful lesson.
9) The said he had never told a lie in his life.
10) The man took the cat.
Listening Comprehension To Lesson 22 " Don’t Speak Too Soon" (#95)
Choose the right variant:
1) Jack was:
a) old
b) young
2) He often
a) in the office
b) at the post office
3) Jack got tired:
a) to sit at work
b) to read mail
4) Every summer he went … on holiday.
a) to his stepbrother Nick
b) to some faraway picturesque places
5) Jack brought … to Nick.
a) a rucksack
b) a map