Номер 1, страница 203 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Лапицкая, Демченко

1a. Schools around the UK celebrate World Book Day1 with special events to encourage students to pick up a book and get reading. BBC invited school students to take part in the following questionnaire. Do the test to see what kind of reader you are.

1. What section of the library is your favourite?

a. I don't go to the library.

b. Non-fiction.

c. Books on school subjects.

d. Traditional fiction.

e. Modern fiction.

2. About how many minutes do you read a day?

a. 5

b. 10

c. 30

d. 60

e. more

3. What books do you buy for your home library?

a. Romance fiction.

b. Horror or thriller.

c. Detective fiction.

d. Adventure fiction.

e. Others.

4. When you hear about a new huge best-seller, what do you do?

a best-seller (also bestseller) – a book selling best at the moment

a. Decide that you'll never read that book.

b. You wait for the movie version.

c. When people are talking about it at a party you say you have already read it.

d. You look up the review (обзор, рецензия) to see if it's really any good or not.

e. You run out to your nearest bookshop to buy it.

5. How many books are you reading at the moment?

a. I read only one at a time.

b. I'm reading mostly newspapers and magazines right now, as I don't have time to get into a novel.

c. I'm reading a book for my school project.

d. I'm in the middle of a few non-fiction books and a novel.

e. I've lost track (сбился со счёта).

6. On a Saturday afternoon, you are most likely to be ...

a. on a hike.

b. out with your friends.

c. watching TV.

d. on the sofa with a romance or detective novel.

e. reading a best-seller.

7. What would you prefer?

a. To listen to your classmate's retelling of the book.

b. To read the short version of the book on the Internet.

c. To quickly skim the book.

d. To read an e-book.

e. To read a book.

1b. Listen and read the results of the test. Do you agree with them?

Non-reader (mostly answers a)

You always prefer to see the movie. Bookstores make you nervous and bored, so you avoid them. Your dominant idea is that books are boring, which isn't always true.

An Average Reader (mostly answers b)

You read to inform or entertain yourself, but you have other interests in your free time. Reading is also amusing, but you can easily be amused by lots of other things.

A Good Reader (mostly answers c)

You've read most classics (in school) and you have a favourite genre or two. You always try to find the time to get back to your book.

A Very Good Reader (mostly answers d)

Reading is not only amusing, fascinating and keeps you fascinated, interested and amused, it is also a huge source of information for you.

A Bookworm (mostly answers e)

All books are interesting for you. You feel interested whatever, whenever and wherever you read.

Grammar focus: Participle I (-ing)

and Participle II (-ed)

books are interesting – you feel interested

reading is fascinating – it keeps you fascinated

See "Grammar reference" on page 261.

Школы по всей Великобритании отмечают Всемирный день книги специальными мероприятиями, чтобы побудить учеников взять в руки книгу и начать читать. BBC пригласила школьников принять участие в следующем опросе. Пройдите тест, чтобы узнать, какой вы читатель.

Ответ:

1. d. Traditional fiction.

2. d. 60

3. c. Detective fiction.

4. d. You look up the review (обзор, рецензия) to see if it's really any good or not.

5. d. I'm in the middle of a few non-fiction books and a novel.

6. d. on the sofa with a romance or detective novel.

7. e. To read a book.

Перевод:

1. d. Традиционная художественная литература.

2. d. 60

3. c. Детективы.

4. d. Вы ищете обзор (рецензию), чтобы узнать, действительно ли она хороша.

5. d. Я сейчас читаю несколько научно-популярных книг и один роман.

6. d. на диване с любовным или детективным романом.

7. e. Читать книгу.