Wednesday, the thirteenth of May
Reading Test
Read the text and write the missing words (from A to G) into your
copy book under the numbers (from 1 to 7).
Papillon
Henri Charriere lived in Paris in the 1920s. He was a
and he
robbed banks. People called him "Papillon because he had a tattoo of a
_ on his chest. In 1931, the police arrested Papillon for a murder. He
wasn't_ but they sent him to a prison for dangerous criminals in South
America
Papillon tried to escape nine times and he had many adventures. Once, he
escaped in a small boat and lived in an Indian village in the for a few
months before the police found him. Every time Papillon escaped, the police
caught him and brought him back
Finally the police sent him to the prison on Devil's Island. This was a
_place and prisoners never escaped from it. But this did not stop Papillon.
He wanted to get away and he started to plan another escape. One day he jumped
off a cliff into the sea. After thirteen years in prison he finally escaped!
Papillon got to Venezuela and there he got married. Soon he became a
businessman. Later he wrote a book about his life. The book was a
bestseller and Henri Charriere became rich and famous.
A jungle Bhorrible C butterfly Dadventure
E guilty = F thief G successful
adventure
II.
Answer the questions in a written form ( write the question and the
answer).
1) Where did Henri Charriere live?
2) What was he?
3) Why did people call him "Papillon ?
4) When did the police arrest him?
5) How many times did Papillon try to escape?
6) How lond did he live in the jungle?
7) What kind of the prison was on Devil's Island ?
8) Did he escape at last?
9) Where did he get after prison?
10) What did he become?​

Man and nature are closely related to each other. Nature creates all the conditions for human life, so it is important to live in harmony with it.Beautiful scenery of nature, fill the human soul delight, only this beauty is truly mesmerizing. Interest of man to nature is infinite, how many secrets and mysteries carry forest and sea. So much we do not know about nature.To enjoy the beauty of nature does not have to travel far enough to go to the park or forest. Especially beautiful nature in the autumn, when I want to sit on the bench and to absorb its beauty, enjoy it. That's when you feel like your heart is filled with new colors, as it is saturated with the beauty of the world. At these moments, you realize how closely connected people to nature.

Весна - spring
Наконец-то пришла весна. - Spring has come at last!
Погода чудесная! - The weather is wonderful!
Пойдем гулять! - Let's go for a walk!
Солнце светит. - The sun is shining.
На улице тепло. - It is warm outside.
Теплеет. - It's getting warmer.
Птички поют. - Birds are singing.
Птицы возвращаются из теплых краев. - Birds are coming back (returning) from warm lands.
Птицы вьют гнездышко. - Birds are making nests.
Птицы высиживают птенчиков. - Birds are incubating their baby birds.
скворцы - starlings
скворечник - bird house
проклевываться - to hatch (о птенцах); to come out (о травке/цветочках)
весной - in spring
весенняя пора - springtime
Чувствуешь, как пахнет весной? - Do you smell spring?
зеленый - green
зелень - greenery, green
зеленеть - to grow/turn green
цвет, цветение - blossom, bloom
расцветать - to flower/to bloom/to blossom
прорастать - to grow through
Смотри, травка зеленеет! - Look, the grass has turned green!
Деревья цветут. - Trees are blooming.
травка - grass
зеленые листики - green leaves
почки - buds
Скоро почки раскроются и превратятся в зеленые листики. - The buds will soon open and turn into green leaves.
первые цветочки - first flowers.
подснежники - snowdrops.
Подснежники выглядывают из-под талого снега - The snowdrops are peeping out from the melting snow.
Муравьи бегают по дорожкам. - Ants are running along the paths.
Природа просыпается. - Nature is waking up.
легкий теплый весенний ветерок - a light warm spring wind
Снег растаял. - Snow has melted.
Тебе не жарко/холодно? - Aren't you hot/cold?
Если тебе жарко, можешь снять шапку. - If you are hot, you may take your hat off.
Не промочил ножки? - You haven’t got your feet wet, have you?
Дни становятся длиннее. - Days are getting longer.
лучики - sun rays
Лучики щекочут твои щечки. - Sun rays are tickling your cheeks.
веснушки - freckles
У тебя на лице появились веснушки. - Freckles have appeared on your face.
Веснушки тебе подарило солнышко. - The sun has given you the freckles.
лужа - a puddle
грязь - mud
Не лезь в грязь. - Don't get into mud!
Обойди эту лужу! - Go around this puddle!
Где ты успел испачкаться? - Where did you manage to get dirty?
Смотри, дети пускают в луже кораблики! - Look, the children are sailing paper ships in a puddle!
Пойди и поиграй с другими детьми! - Go and play with other children!
Зайчик, быстро беги к маме! – My little hair, run quickly to Mommy!
Прохладно. - It's cool (chilly).
дождь - rain
Идет дождь - It's raining.
Моросит -It's drizzling.
весенний гром - a spring thunder
удар грома - a thunderclap
гроза - a thunder storm
Гром гремит - It is thundering
Не бойся грома! - Don't be afraid of thunder!
Держись за мою руку! - Hold on to my hand!