Reading Comprehension. New Challenges 2 ( semester I )

Read the web page and match the advice (1-5) to the correct paragraph (А-Е).

Complete the article with the words in the box. There is one extra word.

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MY STREET

I think our street is a very interesting place1 _         ____ all our neighbours come

from different countries. We all get on well 2__      ___ each other. I’m English, 3_     __ our next-door neighbours come from Poland and the family opposite us are from Bulgaria. My best friend, who lives in our street, is from Wales and he 4__     ___ speak Welsh. He speaks English with a strong Welsh 5_        __ . He is 6__        __ to teach me some words in Welsh, but it’s difficult and I’m not very good 7__    __ it! Other neighbours are Chinese, French and Canadian. Every summer we have a big street party and all 8_     __ neighbours cook something from 9__       __ own country. We learn songs in each other’s languages and dance in the street. My friends and I also play in a band. We have great 10 _     __ together. Every December we visit the other houses to celebrate Christmas in different traditional ways and we also celebrate the Chinese New Year. We’ve got friends who live all over the world and every evening we keep in touch with them by 11___          __ on Skype or Facebook. I love technology! I’m very interested 12___    ___ learning about different cultures and I can do that on my street, without having to travel far at all!

Read the text and choose the correct answer a,b,c.

Not far frоm Paris there is а city called Senlis. In the city there is аn old monastery with а сhurсh.There you can see а monument of а woman in а сrоwn who is holding а small model of the сhurсh in her hands.

This is the monument to Anne of Kyiv,the Queen of Frаnсе. She was the youngest daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Prince of Kyiv. She was born around 1024 and grew up in Kyiv. She was very beautiful and clever. In 1051 Henry I, the King of Frаnce, sent his men to Kyiv and asked Anne to mаrry him. She and her parents agreed and in sping 1051 she travelled to Frаnсе.

She didn't like the country at first but she liked the king and they got married on 19th May 1051. Their first son Philip was born on 23rd May 1052. Henry and Anne had three more children - Emma, Robert and Hugh.

Anne was well-educated. She could read and write in five languages but her husband and many of his barons couldn't. They just signed all papers with a cross! As a queen, Anne often signed official documents and she did it in her native language. In fact, her signature is the oldest example of old Ukrainian handwriting!

Anne called her first son Philip. That was a Greek name and the royal families of Europe didn't use it as a name for their princes. Anne was the first to do so. Five more French kings had the same name.

When Henry I died on 4th August 1060, Philip was only eight. He was very young and his mother often helped the young king to make decisions and to rule the country. She spent a lot of time in the city of Senlis not far from Paris. In 1065 she ordered the building of a church and a monastery there. She lived there for some time. Anne died in 1075. All the French kings after Henry I were related to Anne of Kyiv. In 2005 Ukraine gave a gift to the city of Senlis. It was a monument of Anne of Kyiv, the Queen of France. In 2013 the Ukrainian Cultural Centre of Queen Anne opened in Senlis.