The progress check book

4. Read and choose the right words.

baker different leave air bread make

Samarkand bread

There is no tastier bread than Samarkand one. Real Samarkand bread can be soft for a long time. It is easy to (1) ___________. Everyone, who has ever visited Samarkand, does not (2) ____________ it without Samarkand bread. It is various: small or large but it is always delicious. That’s why people say legends about it.

Once Khan of Bukhara asked his advisers why the (3) ____________ is taken from Samarkand to Bukhara, if they could bake it in Bukhara. He was told that bread would be tasty if it was baked only in Samarkand. But the khan did not believe it and ordered to bring Samarkand’s best (4) ____________ to Bukhara and ordered him to bake bread in Bukhara. But the bread was (5) ____________ from what it was in Samarkand. Advisers decided that the reason was in the ingredients and brought from Samarkand a tandyr oven, flour, water, but even then the bread was different from Samarkand one. Then the baker said: “Probably, the reason is in the air.” But it was impossible to transport the (6) ____________, and soon the baker was allowed to return home. People began to carry bread from Samarkand as before.


5. Read the text and choose the best title.
1) Muslim scientists
2) Ancient library
3) Translations of ancient Greeks

The best title is ___

Number of correct answers: _________
Mark: _______ Teacher:_________________