LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 18 Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. Diana was a beautiful Moon-goddess.
Every day she liked to hunt on her white horse.
Her horse always ran after her.
Diana had seven girl-friends in beautiful white dresses.
Moon-goddess was a daughter of King Atlas.
A giant Orion wanted to catch all seven sisters.
The sisters were frightened and asked Diana to help them.
Moon-goddess changed sisters into stars.
The Greek people called them the Pleiades or the Beautiful sisters.
At night when there are no clouds we can see the Pleiades.
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. Many years ago there lived a beautiful . . .-goddess.
Diana; b) Moon; c) Sister;
Seven . . . always followed her.
horses; b) dogs; c) girl-friends;
A giant whose name was . . . hunted in the wood.
King Atlas; b) Pleiades; c) Orion;
Orion wanted to. . .one of the sisters.
follow; b) catch; c) frighten;
Seven sisters ran. . . and saw that the giant was very near.
through the mountains and over the wood;
through the sky and over the mountains;
through the wood and over the mountains;
The girl-friends called Diana and . . . .
asked her to help them; b) asked them to help her;
helped her to ask them;
Orion saw seven. . . which rose into the sky.
sisters; b) birds; c) stars;
They flew higher and became seven bright . . . in the sky.
birds; b) sisters; c) stars;
. . . called them the Pleiades or the Seven sisters.
Orion; b) Diana; c) Greek people;
The seven sisters are always . . . Orion.
flying away from;
