Test 5 Liiterature (Читання)_ Full Blast for Ukraine 8

1 Read and choose True or False.

R. L. Stevenson

Robert Luis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The boy was often ill and during the cold winters stayed in the house. He had no brothers no sisters. Books were his only friends. Robert read a lot. He thought about other countries and drew maps of different places, which he wanted to see. The boy wrote stories of adventures on the sea and told those stories to his parents.

In summer when Robert was not ill, he travelled with his father over Scotland. He saw storms on the sea and described those storms in his stories. At school he began to write stories and poems and wanted to be a writer; but his father was an engineer and wanted his son to be an engineer too. He told Robert that writing poems and stories was only a hobby, not a profession.

Stevenson went to the Edinburgh University for some time, and then he travelled in different countries and wrote many stories. In 1883 R. L. Stevenson published his book “Treasure Island”. Readers liked the book very much. In 1886 another book “Kidnapped” appeared, and then other books of adventures came out. People in many countries read and still read Stevenson’s stories. The hobby of a small boy became his profession. But the writer was very ill and in 1894 he died.

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1 Scottish is R. L. Stevenson’s native language.

2 Read and choose True or False.

R. L. Stevenson

Robert Luis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The boy was often ill and during the cold winters stayed in the house. He had no brothers no sisters. Books were his only friends. Robert read a lot. He thought about other countries and drew maps of different places, which he wanted to see. The boy wrote stories of adventures on the sea and told those stories to his parents.

In summer when Robert was not ill, he travelled with his father over Scotland. He saw storms on the sea and described those storms in his stories. At school he began to write stories and poems and wanted to be a writer; but his father was an engineer and wanted his son to be an engineer too. He told Robert that writing poems and stories was only a hobby, not a profession.

Stevenson went to the Edinburgh University for some time, and then he travelled in different countries and wrote many stories. In 1883 R. L. Stevenson published his book “Treasure Island”. Readers liked the book very much. In 1886 another book “Kidnapped” appeared, and then other books of adventures came out. People in many countries read and still read Stevenson’s stories. The hobby of a small boy became his profession. But the writer was very ill and in 1894 he died.

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2 Robert was the only child in the family.

3 Read and choose a correct variant.

R. L. Stevenson

Robert Luis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The boy was often ill and during the cold winters stayed in the house. He had no brothers no sisters. Books were his only friends. Robert read a lot. He thought about other countries and drew maps of different places, which he wanted to see. The boy wrote stories of adventures on the sea and told those stories to his parents.

In summer when Robert was not ill, he travelled with his father over Scotland. He saw storms on the sea and described those storms in his stories. At school he began to write stories and poems and wanted to be a writer; but his father was an engineer and wanted his son to be an engineer too. He told Robert that writing poems and stories was only a hobby, not a profession.

Stevenson went to the Edinburgh University for some time, and then he travelled in different countries and wrote many stories. In 1883 R. L. Stevenson published his book “Treasure Island”. Readers liked the book very much. In 1886 another book “Kidnapped” appeared, and then other books of adventures came out. People in many countries read and still read Stevenson’s stories. The hobby of a small boy became his profession. But the writer was very ill and in 1894 he died.

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3 Robert was often ill and … .