Reading-Test 9 form
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was
born in London in 1660. He was a novelist, journalist and poet. His original
name was Daniel Foe, but in his middle 30s, Daniel started calling himself
“Defoe” because it sounded more gentlemanly. He received a good education and
he became a businessman. He liked his profession, although he was often
unsuccessful. In 1684, Defoe married Mary Tuffley. Their marriage lasted for 47
years, until Defoe’s death. They had eight children.
Defoe’s first
writings were about politics. In many of his works, he supported King William
III. From 1704 to 1713, he wrote and published a journal called the Review. In this journal, Defoe supported
the government. The articles were not only about politics, but also about
religion, business, morals, and so on. In 1713, he was put in prison for his
writings. However, he continued to produce the journal even in prison.
In 1719, Defoe wrote
his most famous book, Robinson Crusoe.
It is the story of an Englishman who leaves his home to go to sea. He survives
a shipwreck and lives on an island for 28 years, alone for most of the time. He
discovers that the island is sometimes visited by cannibals. They kill and eat
prisoners there. One of the prisoners escapes and Robinson helps him. He names
his new friend Friday, teaches him
English and makes him a Christian. At the end, the two men leave the island and
get to England.
When he published
Robinson Crusoe, Defoe was 59 years old. He wrote some other books after that,
for example Moll Flanders or Captain Singleton. The main characters
in these books are often criminals. In 1724, Defoe published his last important
work of fiction, Roxana.
Daniel Defoe died on
April 24, 1731. Because of Robinson
Crusoe, he has been called “the father of the English novel”.
1 Read the text and answer the following
questions.
1 Why did Daniel Foe start calling himself Daniel
Defoe? ___________________________________________
2 How many children did
Daniel Defoe have? ____________________________________________________
3 What were Defoe’s first writings about?
______________________________________________________
4 What happened to
Defoe in 1713? ___________________________________________________________
5 How long did Robinson
Crusoe live on an island? _______________________________________________
6 Who sometimes visited
Robinson’s island?
____________________________________________________
7 How old was Defoe
when he published Robinson Crusoe?
________________________________________
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Daniel Defoe didn’t get any education. _____
2 Daniel Defoe was
always good at his job. _____
3 Defoe’s journal was full of articles against the government. _____
4 Defoe stopped writing
his journal when he was put in prison. _____
5 Friday learned
English from Robinson Crusoe. _____
6 Robinson Crusoe left
Friday on the island and returned to England. _____
7 The main characters
of Defoe’s books are often bad people. _____
I. Circle the correct form of the
verb :
1.
2. Who ( protects / is protected ) animals ?
3. Albert Einstein ( awarded / was awarded )
the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
4. Catholic Church ( is considered / considered
) Galileo’s ideas as heresy.
II. Complete the sentences with the
appropriate modal verbs (must, can, mustn’t, should ) :
1. To protect our environment we _________
destroy forests, which produce oxygen.
2. The global warming _________ lead to
dramatic changes in climate.
3. We _________ use less electricity and water.
4. We _________ protect animals and plants.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into
correct forms to make the First Conditional :
1. If we ___________ (to travel) to
(to
visit) the
2. If she __________(to wait) a minute , I __________(to ask) my
parents.
3. If I __________(to study) hard, I __________(to pass) the exams.
4. If the sun __________( to shine) , we__________(not to walk ) into
town.
IV. Put the sentences into the passive
form :
1. Alex learned the poem. __________________________________
2. The girl writes poems.
___________________________________
3. They will open a new bank.
______________________________
V. Write what city of the
PastTenses: A Bad Decision
Complete the story using the past perfect,simple,perfect
continuous tenses:
Answer the following in full
sentences:
1. Where was Keith living? __________________________________________
2. Where had he returned to? __________________________________________
3. What did he buy? _______________________________________________
4. Where is the accommodation? _____________________________________
5. What did he complain about? ______________________________________
6. Was it summer time? ___________________________________________
7. How was the weather? __________________________________________
8. Could he get used to the weather? _________________________________
9. What did he do? ______________________________________________
PastTenses: A Bad Decision
Complete the story using the past perfect,simple,perfect
continuous tenses:
Answer the following in full
sentences:
1. Where was Keith living? __________________________________________
2. Where had he returned to? __________________________________________
3. What did he buy? _______________________________________________
4. Where is the accommodation? _____________________________________
5. What did he complain about? ______________________________________
6. Was it summer time? ___________________________________________
7. How was the weather? __________________________________________
8. Could he get used to the weather? _________________________________
9. What did he do? ______________________________________________
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