Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences

Write questions to these answers.

Mark the statements below as True or False.

Read the text carefully.

READING COMPREHENSION

Margaret is a cleaner and she works night hours. She gets home about 6.30, gets the children ready for school, and then starts on her own housework. Some days she goes to bed for two or three hours, others she doesn’t go to bed at all. She then goes two or three days without any sleep. At first she found it hard, but that was because she had never done any cleaning before. She soon got used to it. She also got used to the reaction of other people when she told them what she did for the living. “They think just because you are a cleaner you don’t know how to read or write”, says Margaret. “But it’s about the only job I can do at the moment that suits me, what with the children and everything. I don’t dislike my work, but I can’t say I’m mad about it. If they opened a factory round here and the hours and pay were the same as I’m getting now, then I’d rather take a job there. I’ll give myself another year or eighteen months at the cleaning. The children will be much older then. Though what I’ll do I’m not sure.”

The fact that she is working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some buildings where there is very little lighting at night – and where a cleaner who had an accident could easily not be found for hours because no one else is working on her floor – the building where she works is fully lit all night, and the women work in groups of three. “I’m doing the job because I have to. But since I’ve got to be here night after night I try to enjoy myself. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags”.

Example: 1 -False

1. Margaret goes to bed for two or three hours every day.

2. Margaret has got used to her daily routine because she likes cleaning.

3. People think that all cleaners are uneducated.

4. Cleaning is the only job Margaret can do at the moment.

5. Margaret would like a job at a factory but there is no factory in the neighborhood.

6. In a year or so Margaret is going to look for another job.

7. Margaret doesn’t mind working at night.

8. The time passes quickly because Margaret works with three other cleaners.

1. She’s a cleaner. (What?...)

2. No, she goes to bed for two or three hours only. (Disjunctive)

3. Because she had never done any cleaning before. (Why?...)

4. Because it’s the only job that suits her at the moment. (Why? …)

5. For another year or eighteen months. (How long? …)

6. She is not sure what she’ll do then. (What? …)

7. It is fully lit all night. (Alternative)

8. No, the women work in groups of three. (General)

Example: 1 – b;

1. She often goes two or three days without any sleep.

a) Она часто обходится без сна в течение двух или трех дней.

b) Она часто ходит в течение двух или трех дней, не имея возможности поспать.

c) Она часто страдает от бессонницы в течение двух или трех дней.

2. But it’s about the only job that suits me, what with the children and everything.

a) Но это практически единственная работа, которая устраивает меня из-за детей и всех прочих дел.

b) Но это практически единственная работа, которая устраивает меня, детей и всех остальных.

c) Но только эта работа устраивает меня, что касается детей и всего.

3. I’d rather take a job there.

a) Я бы, возможно, работала там.

b) Я бы скорее взяла работу там.

c) Я бы предпочла работать там.

4. But since I’ve got to be here night after night …

a) Но хотя мне приходится бывать здесь каждую ночь …

b) Но поскольку мне приходится бывать здесь каждую ночь …

c) Но с тех пор, как я бываю здесь каждую ночь …

1^st Year 2^nd Term

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