Pre-reading activities:
I.	Look at the two photos and answer the questions.
1. What words come to your mind related to these photos?
2. What do you think the cane and the dog are used for?
3. Are the men alike in their differences?

II.	Compare the photos. Include the following points:
-symbols of blind people;
-feeling of sadness but tenderness for these people;
-other feelings.

While reading activities:
III.	Read the text and make translation of some sentences.
IV.	 Guess the meaning of the following nouns from the text: tap, assurance, message, glimpse, purpose, behavior.

A STORY
    “As I was walking down the street I heard behind me the distinctive tap of a blind person’s cane. Tap…tap…tap… I waited for the man to pass, then I continued on my journey watching the man go. He touched the sidewalk with his cane to his right and to his left, while walking confidently behind it. The rhythm made by the tap of his cane was definite and steady. He moved with great skill and assurance. Tap…tap…tap… It was his cane that really captured my imagination—it was like an extension of his hand feeling for free space in which to move. He was constantly taking the direction according to the message he received.
	Suddenly I caught a glimpse of a dog’s legs moving towards the cane from the opposite direction. Instantly I understood that the dog and the cane were serving the same guiding purpose for different men, but the dog and the cane didn’t see each other! The men’s opposite shoulders collided with a terrific yet unexpected force, and both blind men were thrown off balance.
     They looked frightened, flushed in their faces. Then the man with the dog regained his composure quickly and walked steadily on, but the man with the cane became furious, he started shouting, “You, stupid jerk! You’ve run into a blind man! Can’t you see where you are going?”
     As I caught up with the blind man with the cane I whispered for only his ear to hear, “The other man is blind too.” That simple knowledge changed the man’s whole behavior. He quieted, he smiled, he relaxed. He reached out to me with his words, “Oh, is he? I didn’t hear his cane. I want to talk to him. I DIDN’T HEAR HIS CANE!”

Post-reading activities:
V. Read the text again and say if the statements true or false or there’s no information.
1.	A blind man touched the sidewalk with his cane to his left and around.
2.	A blind man moved with great skill and assurance taking the direction according to the message he received.
3.	The dog and the cane were serving different purpose for different man.
4.	The blind men were moving in the same direction.
5.	The dog and the cane didn’t see each other.
6.	The man with the cane was thrown off balance.
7.	The man with the cane became furious and started shouting.
8.	The man with the dog walked steadily on.
9.	“I want to talk to him”, said the man with the dog.
10.	The men met for talking and sharing experiences of their alike way of life.
KEY: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F, 7T, 8T, 9T, 10 NI.

VI.	Fill the table below with actions done by the two men.

The man with the cane	The man with the dog	
-touched the sidewalk
-walked confidently
-made rhythm by the cane
-moved with great skill
-felt free space in which to move
-took direction according to the message he received
 -collided one’s shoulder
-was thrown off balance
-looked frightened
- flushed
-became furious
-started shouting
-changed his behavior
-quieted
-smiled
-relaxed
	-followed the dog
-moved from the opposite direction    -collided one’s shoulder
-was thrown off balance
-looked frightened
-flushed
-regained his composure
-walked steadily	
                     
VII. Retell the text.

УКРАЇНОЗНАВСТВО

Тестові завдання 

1.How many square kilometers does an area of  Ukraine occupy?
A 603.700
B 607.300
C 730.000
2. How many kilometers does Ukraine extend from north to south?
A 1000
B 1500
C 890
3. How many kilometers does Ukraine extend from west to east?
A 1300 
B 1560
C 1474
4. What is the total length of the frontiers of Ukraine?
A 6840
B 2860
C3450
5. How many per cents of the Ukrainian territory are mountainous?
A 5%
B 10%
C 15%
6. When did Ukraine appear on the world political map?
A 1991
B 1992
C 1994
7. What is the population of Ukraine?
A 48
B 49 
C 50
8. What is the density of population per 1 square kilometer?
A 87 persons
B 89 persons
C 90 persons
9. What are the main world reserves in Ukraine?
A manganese ore
B iron ore
C coal
10 How many lakes has Ukraine got?
A 3000
B 3500
C 2500
11 Where does Ukraine lie?
A in the tropical belt
B in the temperate belt
C in the subtropical belt
12	 Where is the strongest Ukrainian Diaspora?
A in Canada
B in Argentina
C in Europe
13.  When was Ukraine accepted into the Council of Europe?
A 1995
B 1991 
C1993
14.  When was a new democratic Constitution adopted?
A 1996
B 1993
C 1995
15.  When has the average standard of living declined by 80% ?
A 1991
B 1992
C 1993
16.  When did the most inhabitants live in cities?
A in 1960s 
B in 1970s
C in 1980s
17. How many political parties were officially registered in the mid- 1990s?
A more than 40
B more than 140
C more than 54
18.  When did Ukraine become a member of the United Nations?
A 1945
B 1949
C 1946
19. When did the European Council legalize the membership of Ukraine?
A1995
B 1994
C1996
20. How many Chapters are there in the Constitution?
A 15
B 14
C12
21.When do we celebrate the Constitutional Day?
A on June 28th
B on July 28th
C on August 28th
22. When did the trident once again become the national emblem of Ukraine?
A 1992
B 1993
C 1996
23. When was the composition of national colours decreed by a law of the Independent Ukrainian National Republic on March22?
A 1918
B 1919
C 1917
24. How many newspapers had Ukraine in 1996?
A forty four
B forty five
C fifty six
25. How many commercial banks were there in Ukraine by the end of 1996?
A eighty
B hundred
C seventy eight
26. When did Prince Volodymyr introduce Christianity as the official state religion?
A 988
B 989
C 900
27. Who was Hryshevsky?
A publicist
B journalist
C writer
28What century does Kyiv University date back?
A17th
B 18th
C15th
29. Was Panas Myrnyi the major representative of Ukrainian
A realism
B romanticism
C impressionism
30. How many professional theatres are there in Ukraine?
A sixty
B thirty
C fifty