Summative Assessment Work for the term 2 Reading. Read the text and complete it with the words:
Centuries ago people loved to tell each other stories of Robin Hood. Later he became a famous character in books and films.
People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years.
Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends, Robin was extremely intelligent and had a playful sense of . He loved playing tricks on people. The stories say that Robin Hood was a skilled - and he always carried a bow and arrow. ‘Ha-ha, too easy!’ He wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather. He lived in Sherwood Forest with a group of outlaws, or criminals ‘Merry Men’. The group included Friar Tuck, Little John, who was unusually tall, and Maid Marian. Sherwood Forest was a hunting forest near Nottingham in England. Most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go. People travelling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws. ‘Your money, please, my Lord!’ The stories say that Robin Hood only took money from rich people so that he could give it to people who needed it. So he became famous for ‘robbing from the rich and giving to the poor’. The Sheriff of Nottingham was Robin’s arch-enemy. The Sheriff of Nottingham tried to catch Robin Hood, but never succeeded.
Read the definitions and complete the text:
1. the tendency to provoke laugh
2. a person who shoots with a bow and arrow
3. something what belongs to a king or a queen
Answer the questions:
4. What kind of clothes did Robin Hood wear?
5. What is Robin Hood famous for?
6. What were his followers?
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Lionel Messi was born in June 1987 in the city of Rosario, in Argentina. He has two brothers and a sister. Two of his cousins are also footballers. His father's family comes from Italy, but the ancestors moved to Argentina in 1883.
Messi stared playing football when he was 5 years old. His father, a factory worker, was his first coach. Messi's grandmother wanted him to become a footballer and she herself brought Lionel to sport club trainings. Later on Lionel often devoted his first goals to her.
When the boy was 11 his family moved to Barselona. At 13 Lionel became a member of "Barselona" club team to which he belongs up to now.
Lionel Messi is married and has two sons.
Together with his team he won a lot of Europian and World Championships.
As the best player he was awarded 5 times the prize "The Gold Ball" and one prize "The Diamond Ball". The newspapers wrote: "...His legs are like Maradona's, his speed is like Crowford's and he passes like Ronaldinio"
Я хочу рассказать о Лионеле Месси, который является одним из лучших футболистов современности и одним из лучших игроков всех времен! Он был лучшим игроком в мире в 2009-2012 годах.Лионель Месси родился в июне 1987 года в городе Росарио, в Аргентине. У него есть два брата и сестра. Двое его кузенов также футболисты. Семья его отца родом из Италии, но предки переехали в Аргентину в 1883 году.Месси начал играть в футбол, когда ему было 5 лет. Его отец, рабочий фабрики, был его первым тренером. Бабушка Месси хотела, чтобы он стал футболистом, и она сама водила Лайонела на спортивные тренировки клуба. Позже Лионель часто посвящал ей свои первые голы.Когда мальчику было 11 лет, его семья переехала в Барселону. В 13 лет Лионель стал членом команды клуба "Барселона", которому он принадлежит до сих пор.Лионель Месси женат и имеет двух сыновей.Вместе со своей командой он выиграл много чемпионатов Европы и мира.Как лучший игрок он был награжден 5 раз премией "Золотой мяч" и призом "Бриллиантовый мяч". Газеты писали: "...его ноги, как у Марадоны, его скорость, как у Кроуфорда и его пассы как у Рональдинио"
Full name: Polina Gagarina
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 27 March,1987 (Saratov)
Family: She's married; Son: Andrew.
Hobbies: Singing and writing songs.
Polina Gagarina is a Russian pop singer, songwriter, actress and model.
In the year two thousand three Polina Gagarina took part in the television project "Star Factory 2". She won the contest. She starred in five films. She has eighteen of her own clips. Polina Gagarina speaks Greek.
In the contest "New Wave"- she won the 3rd place.
In the contest "Folk star"- she won the 2nd place.
In May 2015 she represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she won 2nd place.