DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR FRIENDS?” TEST
I. READING COMPREHENSION
There are a lot of children’s books about friends and friendship.
1. Here are two passages from one of them about a girl who had some problems with her friends.
1). What problem did the girl have?
She had lots of friends.
Of course she had lots of friends at school.
She had lots of friends at school but she had no friends in the neighbourhood
No sisters and brothers!
She didn’t have any sisters and brothers.
She didn’t have sisters or brothers and she didn’t have best friends to play with.
2. Here is a short extract from the book ‘Ellen Tebbits’ by Beverly Clearly.
1). Do you think the girl (from passage 1) and Ellen Tebbits are one and the same person? Why?
ELLEN TEBBITS
Ellen had no brothers or sisters. And since Nancy Jane had moved away, there was no one of her own age living on Tillamook Street. So she had no really best friend. She did not even have a dog or cat to play with. Of course Ellen had lots of friends at school, but that was not the same as having a best friend who lived in the neighbourhood and could come to play after school and on Saturdays. Today, however, Ellen was almost glad she did not have a best friend, because best friends do not have secrets from one another. And she really had a secret.
2). Which of the following questions CAN you answer? Give short answers.
1. Where did Ellen live?
2. Who was Ellen’s girlfriend?
3. Who used to come to Ellen after school and on Saturdays?
4. Why was Ellen glad she didn’t have a best friend?
5. What secret did she have?
II. GRAMMAR
1. Fill in the blanks with the words that fit (who, that, which, with whom, in which) where necessary
1). Friends are people we share both good and bad times.
2). I have a friend is very good at repairing cars.
3). I don’t like people never stop talking.
4). Friendship is a relationship people know, like and can rely on each other.
5). Friendliness is a behaviour shows interest in another person.
III. CULTURAL AWARENESS
What do you know about friendship relationships in different cultures?
Mark the following statements true or false
1. Americans who move from city to city don’t change their ‘circle of friends’.
2. In this culture (Russian) we have similar levels of friendship with Britains or Americans.
3. People in different countries make and keep friends in similar way.
4. When children wear friendship bracelets they want to show that clothes matters much to them.
5. Friendship is universal. A close friend is a close friend anywhere
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