Задание 1.Прочитайте текст и отметьте верны ли утверждения или нет, данные после текста.
Holidays are good for us because they provide us with new interests, new outlets for our energies, a break from work, and, for some, a chance to rest.
For centuries in Britain a holi¬day was simply a Holy Day, usually dedicated to one of the saints, on which no work was done. If the weather was fine, everyone trooped out of town (usually in those days only a few minutes’ walk) to the fields for archery, wrestling or dancing. Villagers met on the village green.
In Britain the early travellers were usually lawyers and judges on their circuits, young men going to university or to seek their fortune in a city, officials of the King, or strolling players. Most ordinary people lived all their lives without going more than a mile or two from home.
1.Holidays give us new interests, new outlets, a break from work or a rest.
2.The early travellers were lawyers and bankers in Britain.
3.Ordinary people travelled the same way lawyers and judges did.
4.Not everyone could troop out of the town to the fields for archery, wrestling or dancing.
5.On a Holy Day no work was done.
6.Strolling players were the early travellers too.
1) True
2) False
3) False
4) True
5) True
6) True
Объяснение:
1) Holidays are good for us because they provide us with new interests, new outlets for our energies, a break from work, and, for some, a chance to rest.
2) In Britain the early travelers were usually lawyers and judges on their circuits.
3) Most ordinary people lived all their lives without going more than a mile or two from home.
4) If the weather was fine, everyone trooped out of town (usually in those days only a few minutes’ walk) to the fields for archery, wrestling or dancing.
5) For centuries in Britain a holi¬day was simply a Holy Day, usually dedicated to one of the saints, on which no work was done.
6) In Britain the early travellers were usually lawyers and judges on their circuits, young men going to university or to seek their fortune in a city, officials of the King, or strolling players.