Reading Test.
Read the text. Are the statements true (T), false (F) or is there no inform (6В)
At the moment we’re in Venice. We’re staying here for three days in a small hotel not far from the Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. The room is big and we can see the canal from our window. It’s fantastic! We first came here 20 years ago when we got married, so we decided to come here again.
Yesterday evening we went on a gondola ride and it was beautiful to be on the water. Musicians sang to us and people gave us flowers. This morning we had coffee in the Piazza. I think it’s the most expensive place in the world for coffee but it was nice watching all the people walking around. Then we had lunch at a great restaurant. The food was excellent but very expensive! Venice is more expensive than London. This afternoon we’re visiting Murano – they make wonderful coloured glass there and I want to buy some presents for my family.
We’re staying here for two more days and then we’re taking the train to Florence. We want to visit all the art galleries. We aren’t going to Rome this year because we went there last summer. We loved the old buildings, but the hotel wasn’t very good so we didn’t enjoy the holiday very much. This holiday is much better.
1.They are staying in a big hotel in Venice.
True
False
Not stated
2.They have a good view from their room.
True
False
Not stated
3.They were in Venice twenty years ago.
True
False
Not stated
4.They weather was beautiful.
True
False
Not stated
5.They enjoyed their lunch very much.
True
False
Not stated
6.The food is cheaper in Venice than London.
True
False
Not stated
7.They are going to Rome after Venice.
True
False
Not stated
If you are just passing this village in transport, you can notice nothing extraordinary, but if you take a closer look, you’ll never want to go away. The nature is wonderful there. Clean air, which every citizen dreams about, and the mountains and the forest in the background of the blue almost transparent sky, seem to be fabulous. There are a lotof lakes, where you can fish, go boating or just swim. There are a lot of mushrooms and berries in the forests. Walking along the paths, you can collect a bunch of flowers or just watch and take picture of other ones, which are in The Red Book. Children like to get together and go to the nearest creek to swim in a hot day, and there you can dissolve a fire and bake the potatoes with bacon. And in winter, they build a snow fortress, or take a big horse sleigh; the whole crowds drag them up to the hill and then laugh and go down through the village...
I love the village. Everyone knows you, your parents and grandparents. It seems the village to be a big family... I like "Molodetskie games" most of all. They are always held on Maslenitsa festival. Everybody in the village come to look at them. The teams arrive and the competitions in different kinds of sport take place. They pull rope, then lift weights, sing and dance ... It’s very funny! ... And then people burn a strawman and eat pancakes.
It is often said that a village inhabitant is different from a city man, and I do not deny it. People grown in village are much kinder and they like to communicate with other people. Just because they used to. I think it`s very good, because people are stronger together!