The manual is designed to prepare for the most difficult positions of centralized testing - tasks with texts. Contains 50 texts on reading in English. Tasks in each of the tests are given taking into account the structure of English tests offered during centralized testing. The comprehension of the read tests is verified using three types of control tasks built on the principle of multiple choice. to work in self-study mode, at the end of the manual answers to questions and tasks are given. Addressed to applicants, it will be useful to schoolchildren and teachers.