Select the statement that best expresses the main idea of the text

a) Many years ago a gardener at the experimental botanical station in Sochi planted an orange tree.

b) The tree began to give oranges and lemons.

c) If you are in a tropical forest you will not die without food and water.

d) There are amazing trees on the Earth.

4. Is it true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1) In Sochi there is a fantastic tree, because about 30 different citrus species grow on it.

2) Many years ago a gardener at the experimental botanical station planted a cherry tree, and soon somebody inserted a lemon bud into it.

3) The tree began to give oranges and lemons.

4) A well-known Russian scientist Otto Schmidt inserted a plump bud into the tree.

5) The tree became the symbol of friendship of peoples of the world.

6) If you are in tropical forest you may die without food and water.

7) In tropical forests there are always trees which give you both food and water.

8) Everywhere in the tropics the oak is the man’s first friend.

Retell the text.

Read the following English proverbs and learn them by heart. Match the right Russian equivalents from the given below.

- A tree is known by its fruit.

- As the tree so the fruit.

- The highest tree has the greatest fall.

- One shakes like an aspen leaf.

- As a man sows, so shall he reap.

(Дрожит как осиновый лист. Что посеешь, то и пожнёшь. Дерево смотри в плодах, а человека в делах. С высокого дерева больнее падать. Каково дерево, таков и плод.)