Reading test

Read the text and the statements to it. Write if the statements are true or false.

DON’T HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE

      Are parents always fair, patient and tolerant towards their children? Thisstory shows how true love can cope with misunderstanding and unfairness. There was a father who had three children and had to bring them up by himself because his wife died. He often felt tired, busy and stressed. One morninghe asked his eldest daughter, Valery, to wash the breakfast dishes before going to school. But she was already running late, so she burst into tears. The father decided that she was just trying to get out of an unpleasant chore, and he demanded that she dry her tears and get back to work immediately. She silently did what he wanted, but that day they were driving to school in silence.

      The man dropped his daughters and moved to his office. He tried to work butcouldn’t focus on his job; all he could see was his daughter’s unhappy face as she got out of the car. So he decided to say sorry to his daughter. He took permission from the school to take his daughter for lunch. When she came out, he turned towards his daughter and said, «Valery, I am sorry. It’s not that I shouldn’t have asked you to help out at home, but I had no right to it this morning without anyprevious warning. I upset you at a time when you most needed my love and sup- port. And I let you go without saying «I love you». Please forgive me».

Valery put her arms around her father’s neck and said, «Oh, dad, of courseI forgive you. I love you, too». 

1) The man in the story had no wife.

Read the text and the statements to it. Write if the statements are true or false.

DON’T HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE

     Are parents always fair, patient and tolerant towards their children? Thisstory shows how true love can cope with misunderstanding and unfairness. There was a father who had three children and had to bring them up by himself because his wife died. He often felt tired, busy and stressed. One morninghe asked his eldest daughter, Valery, to wash the breakfast dishes before going to school. But she was already running late, so she burst into tears. The father decided that she was just trying to get out of an unpleasant chore, and he demanded that she dry her tears and get back to work immediately. She silently did what he wanted, but that day they were driving to school in silence.

     The man dropped his daughters and moved to his office. He tried to work butcouldn’t focus on his job; all he could see was his daughter’s unhappy face as she got out of the car. So he decided to say sorry to his daughter. He took permission from the school to take his daughter for lunch. When she came out, he turned towards his daughter and said, «Valery, I am sorry. It’s not that I shouldn’t have asked you to help out at home, but I had no right to it this morning without anyprevious warning. I upset you at a time when you most needed my love and sup- port. And I let you go without saying «I love you». Please forgive me».

Valery put her arms around her father’s neck and said, «Oh, dad, of courseI forgive you. I love you, too». 

2) Valery was only child.

Read the text and the statements to it. Write if the statements are true or false.

DON’T HURT SOMEONE YOU LOVE

     Are parents always fair, patient and tolerant towards their children? Thisstory shows how true love can cope with misunderstanding and unfairness. There was a father who had three children and had to bring them up by himself because his wife died. He often felt tired, busy and stressed. One morninghe asked his eldest daughter, Valery, to wash the breakfast dishes before going to school. But she was already running late, so she burst into tears. The father decided that she was just trying to get out of an unpleasant chore, and he demanded that she dry her tears and get back to work immediately. She silently did what he wanted, but that day they were driving to school in silence.

     The man dropped his daughters and moved to his office. He tried to work butcouldn’t focus on his job; all he could see was his daughter’s unhappy face as she got out of the car. So he decided to say sorry to his daughter. He took permission from the school to take his daughter for lunch. When she came out, he turned towards his daughter and said, «Valery, I am sorry. It’s not that I shouldn’t have asked you to help out at home, but I had no right to it this morning without anyprevious warning. I upset you at a time when you most needed my love and sup- port. And I let you go without saying «I love you». Please forgive me».

Valery put her arms around her father’s neck and said, «Oh, dad, of courseI forgive you. I love you, too». 

3) It was Valery's duty to wash the dishes every morning