НМТ Англійська · Day 9 reading mock

Підсумковий тест на читання · 22 завдання · рівень B1+/B2 · ⏱ 45 хв (зворотний відлік)
Привіт! 👋
Це підсумковий тренажер на читання у форматі НМТ: три типи завдань на роботу з текстом. Тут немає окремих граматичних речень — усе перевіряється через розуміння написаного, як на реальному іспиті.

Як працювати:
1) Частина 1добір заголовків (matching headings): прочитай шість абзаців і підбери заголовок до кожного. Частина 2розуміння тексту: прочитай довгий текст і обери одну відповідь на кожне запитання. Частина 3текст із пропусками (cloze): обери слово у кожному випадному списку.
2) ⏱ Таймер іде на зменшення (45 хв), як на іспиті. За 5 хв до кінця він стане жовтим, за 1 хв — червоним. Коли час вийде — тест здасться автоматично. Вчися розподіляти час між частинами.
3) Застряг(-ла) — натисни 💡: підказка вчить стратегії читання крок за кроком (знайди ключові слова → перефразуй → відсій хибні варіанти → відповідь), а не одразу видає ключ. Після здачі біля кожного завдання буде «📖 детальне рішення».
Виконано: 0 / 22⏱ 45:00
⏰ Час вийшов — тест здано автоматично. Дивись результат нижче.

Частина 1. Добір заголовків (matching headings)

Прочитай шість абзаців про мову та спілкування. Добери до кожного абзацу (Q1–Q6) заголовок зі списку (А–Ж). Один заголовок — зайвий.

А — How children pick up language so quickly
Б — Words that exist in only one language
В — Why some languages are disappearing
Г — The surprising benefits of speaking two languages
Д — How writing systems were first invented
Е — Gestures that mean different things abroad
Ж — Why English borrows so many foreign words
  1. Researchers who study the brain have found that people who regularly use two languages tend to be better at switching between tasks and ignoring distractions. The constant effort of choosing the right language appears to train the mind, and some studies even suggest that it can delay the onset of memory problems in old age.
  2. A simple movement of the hand can carry opposite meanings in different countries. The "thumbs-up" sign that means "well done" to many Europeans can be deeply rude in parts of the Middle East. Travellers are often advised to learn which everyday gestures might accidentally offend the people they meet.
  3. Some terms are almost impossible to translate in a single word. Portuguese "saudade" describes a warm, sad longing for something that is gone, while Japanese "komorebi" names the light that filters through the leaves of trees. Such words remind us that every language sees the world in its own way.
  4. Around the world, a language dies roughly every two weeks, usually when its last elderly speakers pass away and younger people switch to a more dominant tongue for school and work. Linguists race to record these languages, because each one that vanishes takes with it unique stories, songs and knowledge of nature.
  5. Long before they can tie their shoes, most children master the basic grammar of their native tongue without any formal lessons. Simply by listening to the adults around them, toddlers work out complicated rules and begin producing sentences they have never heard before, a feat that still amazes scientists.
  6. Over the centuries, English speakers have happily adopted vocabulary from dozens of other languages: "ballet" from French, "piano" from Italian, "yoghurt" from Turkish. Because the language has so often welcomed these newcomers instead of inventing native equivalents, its dictionary is one of the largest in the world.

Частина 2. Розуміння тексту (вибір однієї відповіді)

Прочитай текст і обери правильну відповідь (A–D) на кожне з восьми запитань (Q7–Q14).

For most of his childhood, Daniel Ortega assumed he would become a doctor like both of his parents. He grew up in a small coastal town in Chile, and the family home was always full of medical journals and quiet talk of patients. Yet the thing that truly held his attention was not in any of those journals. It was the night sky, which in his town was astonishingly clear, far from the glow of big cities.

When Daniel was eleven, an uncle gave him a small, second-hand telescope that no longer focused properly. Rather than putting it aside, the boy spent an entire winter learning how to repair it, reading whatever he could find and ruining several lenses along the way. By spring the instrument worked again, and Daniel had discovered that he enjoyed fixing it almost as much as using it. That winter, he later said, taught him more about patience than any school subject ever had.

His parents were supportive but cautious. They worried that astronomy offered few stable jobs, and they gently steered him towards medicine whenever the subject came up. The turning point arrived when a visiting astronomer gave a talk at Daniel's school. Afterwards, instead of going home, Daniel stayed for two hours asking questions. The astronomer, impressed, invited him to spend a summer helping at a mountain observatory several hundred kilometres away.

That summer changed everything. The observatory was understaffed, and although Daniel was only sixteen, he was trusted with real responsibilities: cleaning the delicate mirrors, logging measurements through the night, and even noticing an error in a data file that two senior researchers had missed. The director told him, only half joking, that the place would struggle to manage without him. Daniel returned home certain of what he wanted to do, and equally certain that he would have to convince his parents.

Today, Daniel runs an education programme that brings portable telescopes to rural schools across the country, many of them as small and remote as his own had been. He says he is not trying to turn every child into an astronomer. He simply wants them to look up, the way he once did, and to discover that curiosity is a skill which can be practised. His parents, he adds with a smile, now proudly tell their patients about their son the scientist.

  1. main idea What is the text mainly about?
  2. detail Why did Daniel originally think he would become a doctor?
  3. detail What did Daniel do with the broken telescope his uncle gave him?
  4. detail How did Daniel react after the visiting astronomer's talk?
  5. inference What can we infer about Daniel's work at the observatory?
  6. vocab in context In paragraph 3, the phrase "steered him towards medicine" is closest in meaning to
  7. reference In the last paragraph, the words "as small and remote as his own had been" refer to
  8. inference What is Daniel's main goal with his education programme today?

Частина 3. Текст із пропусками (cloze)

Прочитай текст про публічну бібліотеку й обери у кожному випадному списку слово, що підходить за змістом і граматикою. (Q15–Q22)

The public library in our neighbourhood has changed a great (15) over the past ten years. It is no longer (16) a quiet room full of books. These days you (17) borrow tools, attend free workshops, or simply use the fast internet. As a result, far (18) people visit it than before. The staff are always happy to (19) you find what you are looking (20), and they organise reading clubs for both children and adults. Last month I (21) part in a photography course there, and it was completely free. Honestly, I cannot (22) our town without it.