Предмет: Английский язык,
автор: dibertnika
Reading Comprehension
The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the largest libraries in the world. The library contains millions of books; among them are rare books, and thousands of manuscripts. It has a copy of every book that is printed in the English language, so that there are more than six million books there. They receive nearly two thousand books and papers daily. The British Museum Library has a very big collection of old printed books and handwritten manuscripts. You can see beautifully illustrated manuscripts which they keep in glass cases. You can also find there some of the first English books printed by William Caxton. Caxton was a printer who lived in the fifteenth century. He made the first printing-press in England. In the reading-room of the British Museum many famous men have read and studied. Charles Dickens, a very popular English writer and the author of 'David Copperfield', 'Oliver Twist', 'Dombey and Son’ and other books, spent a lot of time in the British Museum Library. Nowadays people come to this famous library to get the information they need. Among the readers there are philosophers, scientists, economists, engineers, artists, musicians, in other words — specialists of all possible professions. At the present time the library has modem electronic services, so the reader must not wait long to receive the material he needs
. I.
1) The British Museum has a big library.
a)True
b)False
2) There are only very old books in the library a)True b)False
3) All the books are in glass cases
a)True
b)False
4) William Caxton wrote many books.
a)True
b)False
5) Many famous people read and studied in this library
a)True
b)False
6) Charles Dickens made the first printing-press in England.
a)True
b)False
7) People come to this library to look at beautiful pictures which they keep in glass cases.
a)True
b)False
8) You cannot read in the British museum library now
a)Truе
b)False
9) Specialists of all possible professions are the readers of this library.
a)True
b)False
10) The modem electronic services help people to get books quicker.
a)True
b)False
II.
1) The British museum library is ...
a) one of the oldest libraries in the world
b) one of the biggest libraries in the world.
c) a museum now
2) The British museum library has ...
a) 2 million books.
b) all the books in the world.
c) more than 6 million books.
3) A manuscript is ...
a) an illustrated book.
b) a hand-written book.
c) a book, which is kept in a glass case.
4) Every day the British museum library gets ...
a) 2 thousand books.
b) 2 million books.
c) 6 million books.
5) William Caxton lived in the ...
a) 14th century.
b) 15th century'.
c) 16th century.
6) Charles Dickens didn't write ...
a) “Treasure Island”.
b) “David Copperfield”.
c) ’’Oliver Twist”.
7) They receive books and papers...
a) every week.
b) daily.
c) twice a week.
8) William Caxton was ...
a) a philosopher.
b) a famous author.
c) printer.
9) Charles Dickens ... a) spent a lot of time in the British Museum Library. b) wrote his books in the British Museum Library. c) studied in the British Museum Library.
10) At the present time the reader...
a) always gets the information he needs.
b) must not wait long to receive the material he needs.
c) can receive only the electronic copy of the book he needs.
Ответы
Автор ответа:
1
Ответ:
#1
1. a) True
2. b) False
3. b) False
4. b) False
5. a) True
6. b) False
7. b) False
8. b) False
9. a) True
10. a) True
#2
1. b) one of the biggest libraries in the world. 2. c) more than 6 million books.
3. b) a hand-written book.
4. a) 2 thousand books.
5. b) 15th century.
6. a) "Treasure Island".
7. b) daily.
B. c) printer.
9. a) spent a lot of time in the British Museum Library. 10. b) must not wait long to receive the material he needs.
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