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Название: Английский язык для школьников и поступающих в ВУЗы — Письменный экзамен — Тесты.

Автор: Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И.А., Мыльцева Н.А.

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    Данное пособие в первую очередь предназначено тем, кто пожелал профессионально связать свою жизнь с английским языком и решил поступать в гуманитарные ВУЗы. В нем представлены варианты письменных тестов, предлагаемых ведущими университетами, языковыми ВУЗами и колледжами страны. Пособие может быть также использовано на занятиях по английскому языку в старших классах общеобразовательных и специализированных школ.
Уважаемые абитуриенты!
Пособие, которое вы держите в руках, в первую очередь предназначено тем, кому предстоит сдавать вступительные экзамены по английскому языку. Как известно, в большинстве гуманитарных университетов и колледжей России проводятся два экзамена по английскому языку: письменный и устный. В данном пособии представлены варианты письменных тестов.

    В данном пособии представлены варианты письменных тестов. Все задания четко
сформулированы, мы же хотели бы дать вам несколько рекомендаций по работе с тес-
тами:
• Выполните задания карандашом.
• Сверьте свои варианты с ответами.
• Подчеркните ошибки.
• Найдите в пособии по грамматике нужный раздел и выясните, в чем заключается
ваша ошибка.
• Можете вписать правильные варианты ручкой.
• Незнакомые слова из текстов следует выписать из словаря и выучить; это увели-
чит ваш словарный запас.
Наиболее типичными для педагогических университетов и колледжей являются тес-
ты 1—15. Они состоят из четырех заданий. Первое задание напоминает традиционное
упражнение на раскрытие скобок, в котором нужно в правильной форме употребить гла-
голы. Во втором задании вы должны поставить пять вопросов к тексту (не забудьте, что
существует четыре типа вопросов). В третьем задании вам нужно выбрать единственно
правильный ответ из четырех предложенных. И последнее, четвертое задание, заключается
в переводе предложений с русского языка на английский. Иногда вместо перевода пред-
ложений абитуриенту предлагается написать короткое сочинение.
Нельзя забывать про то, что на выполнение тестов вам будет дано определенное вре-
мя, зависящее от количества заданий.

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Название: Английский язык для школьников и поступающих в ВУЗы — Письменный экзамен — Тесты.

Автор: Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И. А., Мыльцева Н. А.

Данное пособие в первую очередь предназначено тем, кто пожелал профессионально связать свою жизнь с английским языком и решил поступать в гуманитарные ВУЗы. В нем представлены варианты письменных тестов, предлагаемых ведущими университетами, языковыми ВУЗами и колледжами страны. Пособие может быть также использовано на занятиях по английскому языку в старших классах общеобразовательных и специализированных школ.
Уважаемые абитуриенты!
Пособие, которое вы держите в руках, в первую очередь предназначено тем, кому предстоит сдавать вступительные экзамены по английскому языку. Как известно, в большинстве гуманитарных университетов и колледжей России проводятся два экзамена по английскому языку: письменный и устный. В данном пособии представлены варианты письменных тестов.

В данном пособии представлены варианты письменных тестов. Все задания четко
Сформулированы, мы же хотели бы дать вам несколько рекомендаций по работе с тес —
Тами:
• Выполните задания карандашом.
• Сверьте свои варианты с ответами.
• Подчеркните ошибки.
• Найдите в пособии по грамматике нужный раздел и выясните, в чем заключается
Ваша ошибка.
• Можете вписать правильные варианты ручкой.
• Незнакомые слова из текстов следует выписать из словаря и выучить; это увели —
Чит ваш словарный запас.
Наиболее типичными для педагогических университетов и колледжей являются тес —
Ты 1—15. Они состоят из четырех заданий. Первое задание напоминает традиционное
Упражнение на раскрытие скобок, в котором нужно в правильной форме употребить гла —
Голы. Во втором задании вы должны поставить пять вопросов к тексту (не забудьте, что
Существует четыре типа вопросов). В третьем задании вам нужно выбрать единственно
Правильный ответ из четырех предложенных. И последнее, четвертое задание, заключается
В переводе предложений с русского языка на английский. Иногда вместо перевода пред —
Ложений абитуриенту предлагается написать короткое сочинение.
Нельзя забывать про то, что на выполнение тестов вам будет дано определенное вре —
Мя, зависящее от количества заданий.

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Автор: Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И. А., Мыльцева Н. А.

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Английский язык для школьников

и
поступающих в ВУЗы

УСТНЫЙ
ЭКЗАМЕН

Топики

Тексты
для чтения

Экзаменационные
вопросы

Цветкова
И. В.

Клепальченко
И. А.

Мыльцева
Н. А.

ГЛОССА-ПРЕСС

2004

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ
ЯЗЫК

для
школьников и

ПОСТУПАЮЩИХ
В ВУЗЫ

УСТНЫЙ
ЭКЗАМЕН

ИЗДАНИЕ
ПЯТОЕ

Авторы
и составители:

Цветкова
И. В., Клепальчецко И.А., Мыльцева Н.А.

МОСКВА

ГЛОССА-ПРЕСС

2004

ББК
43.6

Ж66

Рецензенты:

доктор
филологических наук, профессор МГУ В.П.
Конецкая;

доктор
филологических наук, профессор МПУ С.В.
Гринев;

доктор
филологических наук, профессор ИПК и
ПРНО МО В.В. Ощепкова

Цветкова
Ирина Всеволодовна, доцент, кандидат
филологических наук

Клепальченко
Игорь Алексеевич, доцент, кандидат
филологических наук

Мыльцева
Нина Александровна, доцент, кандидат
филологических наук

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ
ЯЗЫК ДЛЯ ШКОЛЬНИКОВ И ПОСТУПАЮЩИХ В
ВУЗЫ

Устный
экзамен

Издание
пятое

Данное
пособие адресовано абитуриентам,
поступающим на гуманитарные факультеты
высших

учебных
заведений. В пособии представлены
материалы, необходимые для сдачи устного
экзамена по

английскому
языку: тексты для чтения, перевода и
пересказа; тексты-темы (топики) и тексты

страноведческого
характера для дополнительного чтения.
Пособие может быть также использовано

учащимися
старших классов при подготовке к
выпускным экзаменам.

Редактор
Л. Кудрявцева

Компьютерная
верстка М. Королева, О. Дорина

™
4602010000-001
, . Ж 179030-95 Безобъявл.

ISBN
5-7651-0096-1 © ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ГЛОССА-ПРЕСС

МОСКВА,
2003

Уважаемые
читатели!

Пособие,
которое вы держите в руках, в первую
очередь адресовано тем, кто решил
поступать на факультет иностранных
языков и готовится к предстоящим
экзаменам. Впрочем, и тем, кто поступает
в неязыковые вузы, но должен будет
сдавать экзамен по английскому языку,
оно, как мы надеемся, тоже пригодится.
Это пособие может оказаться полезным
и для учащихся школ, гимназий и лицеев,
для студентов колледжей и университетов
при подготовке к сессии, зачетам или к
устным беседам и выступлениям.

Устный
экзамен по английскому языку состоит,
как правило, из следующих заданий:

1.
Прочитать вслух отрывок из текста (по
выбору экзаменатора) и перевести его
на русский язык.

2.
Пересказать текст и/или ответить на
вопросы экзаменатора по его содержанию.

3.
Побеседовать с экзаменатором на одну
из предложенных им тем.

В
данном пособии вы найдете образцы
экзаменационных текстов, тексты-темы
(топики), которые помогут вам вести
беседу с экзаменатором, тексты
страноведческого характера для
дополнительного чтения, вопросы, которые
вам могут задать на экзамене.

В
пособие
включены
как
традиционные
темы
(«My Family», «My School», «My Working Day»,
«My Summer Holidays», «Great Britain», «London»,
«Moscow» и
т.д.),
так
и
темы,
которые
стали
появляться
в
экзаменационных
билетах
относительно
недавно
(«Mass Media», «Life in the 21st Century», «Will
We Live in Space?», «Can We Live Longer?», «Computer
Revolution», «Our Planet Earth» и
др.).

Возможно,
какие-то топики подойдут вам полностью,
какие-то частично, но любой из них может
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TEXTS:

THE
HARD WAY

They
were about to start Christmas lunch. The family were all sitting
expectantly round the table: Dad, Mum, Ron and Jennie — and Jan.

Everybody
was talking at once. Dad was waiting, a bit impatiently, to say what
he said every year as he cut the first slice of turkey.

Jan
didn’t feel like talking. She was thinking of Davey, and didn’t
really pay any attention to the other people at the table.

When
she saw the table — the huge brown turkey in front of her father,
the dishes of potatoes and vegetables — she thought of Davey’s
words the night before. «We’re killing ourselves with too much
food and three quarters of the world are starving to death…»

«A
bit of turkey, Jan?»

Jan
hesitated, then took a deep breath and said, «No turkey for me,
thank you.»

Silence.
The other members of the family stared at her.

«It’s
horrible,» said Jan, trembling a little.» — We’re eating
like pigs and they’re starving —»

«Who’s
starving?» Dad asked, looking puzzled.

«Oh,
everybody — the rest of the world —you know, you see enough of it
on TV!»

Mr
Morris stood still in front of the turkey. He was trying to keep
control of himself. «So you think we’re all a lot of pigs, do
you? And where did you get that idea from?»

«Davey
said —»

«Oh,
Davey said, did he? That longhaired layabout? Well, shall I tell you
what you can do?»

«Jim!»
Jan’s mother put her hand on his arm, but he shook her off. He was in
a terrible rage.

«Shall
I tell you what you can do?» he went on.

«You
can get out of here and spend the rest of your Christmas with your
Davey.»

Jan
knew her father didn’t like Davey, but she hadn’t expected this rage.

«You’re
wrong, Dad,» she said. «Davey doesn’t deserve that sort of
criticism.»

«Get
out!»

The
rest of the family didn’t say a word as Jan left the room, crying.

There
was nobody else around in the streets at three o’clock that after
noon. It was Christmas Day, after all. Most people were inside
watching TV, or eating.

She
was walking towards Davey’s house. Her father had told her to go and
spend the rest of Christmas with him, and that was what she was going
to do.

She
was lucky: Davey was in.

«Hi,
Jan! Fancy seeing you here! I thought you were spending Christmas in
the heart of the family, eating Christmas pudding and all that
stuff.»

«Well,
I was, but … can I come in, Davey?»

There
was a slight pause before he said. «Sure. I’ve got a few people
here, but one more won’t make any difference.»

It
was pretty dark in the room. There was one candle, burning in a
saucer on a shelf in one corner of the room. Jan couldn’t see how
many people there were, but she guessed about seven or eight; they
were all sitting, or lying on the floor. Indian music was coming from
somewhere.

There
was a smell, too: of damp, and old cooking, and something Jan didn’t
recognize — incense perhaps?

Jan
sat down. She was feeling tired and, she had to admit, hungry. She
wondered if Davey had, after all, any food.

Nobody
was talking. The music droned on. The air got thicker and thicker,
and the strange smell got stronger and stronger.

«Want
one, Jan?»

Davey
was standing over her. The candle had got so low she could hardly see
what he was offering her.

«What
is it?»

«This.»

It
was like a long cigarette. Everybody else seemed to be holding one.

«What
is it?»

«Come
on, Jan, you know.»

Yes,
she knew. So that was the smell: pot. She felt sick. The room spun in
front of her eyes. She felt herself sweating.

The
candle seemed to grow six feet tall. She struggled to her feet.

«Hey,
kid. What’s up?»

Davey
grabbed her arm, and looked accusingly at her.

«Where
are you going?»

Jan
pulled her arm away from him. «I don’t know — I — I need
some air, that’s all. Let me go, Davey.»

He
was smiling but it was a hard smile. «OK,» he said. «Suit
yourself. You must be nuts, or something. We were just about to have
some food, too.»

But
Jan didn’t hear him. She was already at the door, leaving a Christmas
gathering for the second time that day.

(After
M. Rodgers)

1
to starve to death умирать
от
голода

2
layabout [leiabaut] бездельник

3
incense [‘inserts] ладан,
фимиам

4
pot [pot] разг.
марихуана

5
nuts [nAts] слэнг
псих,
чокнутый

STEPMOTHER

Iwas
born at Number Nineteen, Tummill Street, London. My mother died when
I was five years old. She died fifteen minutes after my sister Polly
was born.

As
my father worked from morning till night, he had no time to look
after Polly and me, so he married again soon.

He
married Mrs Burke, who was much younger and more good-looking than my
mother.

But
I did not like my stepmother and she did not like me. So we began to
hate each other; but she did not show her hatred when my father was
at home.

She
beat me very often and she made me work very hard. From morning till
night she found work for me to do. I looked after the baby. When she
was awake, I took her for a walk, carrying her in my arms, and she
was very heavy. I cleaned the rooms, went shopping, etc. There was
always work for me to do.

One
day a woman came to see my stepmother and they drank a lot of gin.
All the money that my father had left for our dinner was spent. When
the woman went home, my stepmother said to me in tears, «Oh,
what shall I do, Jimmy, dear, what shall I do? Your father will come
home soon, and mere’s no dinner for him. He will beat me cruelly!

What
shall I do, what shall I do?»

I
was sorry for her, she had tears in her eyes, and she called me
«Jimmy, dear» for the first time. I asked her if I could
help her and she said at once, «Oh, yes, you can help me! When
your father comes home in the evening,

Jimmy,
dear, tell him that you lost the money he left for our dinner.»

«How
could I lose it?» I asked in surprise.

«You
can tell him that I sent you to buy some food.

Suddenly
a big boy ran against you and the money fell out of your hand and you
could not find it. That will be very easy to say, Jimmy, dear,
please, say it to у
our father!»

«But
he’ll give me a good beating1 for it!» «Oh, no, he won’t! I
shall not let him beat you, you may be sure! Here is a penny for you,
go and buy some sweets with it!»

So
I went off and spent my penny on sweets.

When
I came back and opened the door, my father was at home waiting for me
with his waist-belt in his hand. I wanted to run out of the room, but
he caught me by the ear.

«Stop
a minute, young man!» he said.

«What
have you done with the money?»

«I
lost it, Father,» said I in fear and looked at my stepmother.

«Oh,
you lost it! Where did you lose it?»

«In
the street, Father. Ask Mrs Burke, she knows!»

I
told him what my stepmother had asked me to tell him. I was not much
surprised that he did not believe my story.

But
my stepmother’s words surprised me very much.

«Yes,
he told me the same thing,» she said, «but he is a liar! He
has spent your money on sweets. I can’t beat him, he is your child,
but you can give him a good beating!»

And
she stood by while my father beat me with his belt till the blood
showed. I hated my stepmother so much now that I wanted to see her
dead.

(After
J. Greenwood)

1
to give a good beating выпороть,
устроить
хорошую
взбучку

A
NOTE ABOUT WITCHES

In
fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks,
and they ride on broomsticks.

But
this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES.

The
most important thing you should know about REAL WITCHES is this.

Listen
very carefully. Never forget what is coming next.

REAL
WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary
women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ORDINARY JOBS.

That
is why they are so hard to catch.

Luckily,
there are not a great number of REAL WITCHES in the world today. But
there are still quite enough to make you nervous. In England, there
are probably about one hundred of them altogether.

Some
countries have more, others have not quite so many. No country in the
world is completely free from WITCHES.

A
witch is always a woman.

I
do not wish to speak badly about women. Most women are lovely. But
the fact remains that all witches are women. There is no such thing
as a male witch.

As
far as children are concerned, a REAL WITCH is the most dangerous of
all the living creatures on the earth. What makes her doubly
dangerous is the fact that she doesn’t look dangerous.

Even
when you know all the secrets (you will hear about those in a
minute), you can still never be quite sure whether it is a witch you
are looking at or just a kind lady.

For
all you know, a witch might be living next door to you right now.

Or
she might be the woman with the bright eyes who sat opposite you on
the bus this morning.

She
might be the lady with the dazzling smile who offered you a sweet
from a white paper bag in the street before lunch.

She
might even — and this will make you jump — she might even be your
lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very
moment.

Look
carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of
such a suggestion. Don’t let that put you off. It could be part of
her cleverness.

I
am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher
actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is
most unlikely. But — and here comes the big «but» — it
is not impossible.

Oh,
if only there were a way of telling for sure whether a woman was a
witch or not, we could round them all upand put them in the
meat-grinder.

Unhappily,
there is no such way. But there are a number of little signals you
can look out for, little quirky habits that all witches have in
common, and if you know about these, if you remember them always,
then you might just possibly manage to escape danger.

(After
R. Dahl)

1
they are so hard to catch их
так
трудно
поймать

2
the fact remains факт
остается
фактом

3
As far as children are concerned [ken’S3:nd] Что
касается
детей

4
For all you know, a witch might be living next door to you Как
знать,
возможно,
ведьма
живет
с

вами
по соседству

5
Don’t let that put you off Это не должно сбить вас
с толку

6
Oh, if only there were a way… Ax,
если бы существовал способ…

7
to round [raund] up согнать в одно место, произвести
облаву

8
meat-grinder [‘mi:t,grainda] мясорубка

9
that all witches have in common зд.
свойственные
всем
ведьмам

THE
SCHOOL-TEACHER

Three
months passed. Little by little Andrew got used to this strange town,
surrounded by the mountains, and to the people most of whom worked in
the mines. The town was full of mines, factories, churches and small
dirty old houses. There was no theatre, not even a cinema the workers
could go to after work. But Andrew liked the people. They spoke
little and worked much. They liked football, and what was more
interesting, they were fond of music, good classical music. He often
heard the sound of a piano, coming from this or that house.

It
was clear to Andrew now, that Doctor Page would never see a patient
again. Manson did all the work, and Mrs Page received all the money.
She paid out to Manson less than one sixth of that — twenty pounds
and sixteen shillings a month. Almost all of it Andrew sent to the
University to pay his debt.

But
at that time the question of money was not important to him. He had a
few shillings in his pocket to buy cigarettes and he had his work,
and that was more than enough for him.

He
had to work hard and to think much for he saw now that the professors
at his University had given him very little to know about practical
medicine.

He
thought about all that walking in the direction of Riskin Street.
There in Number 3 he found a small boy of nine years of age ill with
measles. «I am sorry, Mrs Howells,» Andrew said to the
boy’s mother. «But you must keep Idris home from school.»
(Idris was Mrs Howells’ other son.)

«But
Miss Barlow says he may come to school.»

«Oh?
Who is Miss Barlow?»

«She
is the teacher.»

«Miss
Barlow has no right to let him come to school when his brother has
measles,» Andrew said angrily.

Five
minutes later he entered a classroom of the school. A very young
woman of about twenty or twenty-two was writing something on the
blackboard.

She
turned to him.

«Are
you Miss Barlow?»

«Yes.»
Her large brown eyes were looking at him friendly.

«Are
you Doctor Page’s new assistant?»

Andrew
reddened suddenly.

«Yes,»
he said, «I’m Doctor Manson. You know Idris’ brother has measles
and so Idris must not be here.»

«Yes,
I know, but the family is so poor and Mrs Howells is so busy. If
Idris stays at home, he won’t get his cup of milk.

And,
Doctor Manson, most of the children here have had measles already.»

«And
what about the others? You must send that boy home at once.»

«Well,
Doctor,» she interrupted him suddenly. «Don’t you
understand that I’m the teacher of this class and here it’s my word
that counts?»

«You
can’t have him here, Miss Barlow. If you don’t send him home at once,
I’ll have to report you.»

«Then
report me, or have me arrested if you like.» She quickly turned
to the class. «Stand up, children, and say: ‘Good-bye, Doctor
Manson. Thank you for coming.’ »

Before
Andrew could say a word the door closed quietly in his face.

(After
A. Cronin)

1
mine шахта

2
ill with measles [‘mi:zlz] больной
корью

3
Howells [‘haualz]

4
Idris [‘aidris]

5
keep from school не
пускать
в
школу

6
Barlow [‘ba:leu]

7
here it’s my word that counts зд.
здесь
я
хозяйка

8
I’ll have to report you. Мне
придется заявить на вас в полицию.

9
have me arrested пусть
меня
арестуют

10
in his face зд. у него перед носом

AN
EXPLOSION AT NIGHT

All
that month Andrew worked from early morning till late at night. He
loved his work. His patients were already almost well. The results of
his work were even better than those of Denny’s. The epidemic was
coming to an end.

On
the tenth of November Denny suddenly rang him up.

«Manson!
I’d like to see you. Can you come to my place at three o’clock? It’s
important.»

«Very
well. I’ll be there!»

On
the way to Denny’s house he saw Doctor Bramwell.

«Ah,
Manson, my boy! I’m so glad to see you.»

Andrew
smiled. Doctor Bramwell, unlike Lewis, had been friendly towards
Manson all that month. «Of course, we have all heard of your
work with the typhoid cases, and we are proud of you, my dear boy.
You must come to see us one evening.»

Andrew
promised to come.

When
Andrew entered Denny’s room, he saw immediately that something was
wrong with Denny. He was very sad.

After
a moment he looked up.

«One
of my patients, a boy, died this morning,» he said coldly. «And
besides, I have two new typhoid cases. What shall we do?»

Andrew
stood at the door, hardly knowing what to say.

«We
have to do something about it,» he began. «We must write to
the Ministry of Health.»

«We
could write a dozen letters but it won’t help much, I tell you. No!
There’s only one way to make them build a new sewer.»

«How?»

«Blow
up the old one. And let’s do it tonight!»

«But
there will be a lot of trouble if it becomes known.»

Denny
looked up angrily.

«You
needn’t take part in it if you don’t want to.»

«I’ll
go with you,» Andrew answered.

He
understood it was a crime, a dangerous game with the police. They
might even strike him off at the very beginning of his beautiful
career. Yet, he himself did not know why he could not refuse.

At
eleven o’clock that night Denny and he started in the direction of
Glydar Street. It was very dark. There was nobody in the street. The
town was sleeping.

The
two men moved quietly. In the pocket of his coat Denny had six small
boxes of dynamite; each box had a hole in it, and a fuse.» There
was an electric torch in Andrew’s hand.

Soon
they reached the first manhole of the sewer in Glydar Street.
Andrew’s heart was beating fast. It was very difficult for them to
open the cover, but after a short struggle it was done. Andrew took
the electric torch out of his pocket. They saw a dirty stream running
on the broken stone floor.

«Nice,
isn’t it?» Denny whispered.

«Take
a look at the terrible holes in the floor. Take a last look, Manson.
People are dying because of this, but the Council doesn’t want to do
anything.»

No
more was said. Andrew’s hands trembled, but he worked quickly. They
set fire to the fuses, then threw the boxes into the dirty stream,
put the manhole cover back in its place and ran into the darkness.

They
heard an explosion, two, three, four, five and the last.

«By
God!» Andrew shouted. «We have done it, Denny.»

He
felt it was the best moment in his life. He almost loved the other
man now.

They
saw people running out of their houses and started walking home by
the back ways.

(After
A. Cronin)

1
explosion [iks’plau3n] взрыв

2
epidemic [,epi’demik] эпидемия

3
unlike Lewis [1u:is] не в пример Льюису

4
typhoid ftaifoid] брюшной тиф

5
Ministry of Health Министерство здравоохранения

6
sewer [‘sju:a] канализационная
труба

7
Blow up the old one. Взорвать
старую.

8
strike him off лишить
звания
врача

9
Glydar Street [‘glaida stn:t]

10
dynamite fdamamait] динамит

11
fuse [fju:z] бикфордов
шнур,
фитиль

12
manhole [‘maenhaul] люк

13
Council [‘kaunsl] муниципальный
совет

14
set fire to поджечь

15
by the back ways окольными
путями

ADVENTURE

It
was a fine night when Hubert climbed the steps of a bus. He was
returning from the Tumbersomes, pleasant but dull people who were
friends of his family. They had given him a fairly good dinner but
they had left him dissatisfied.

From
the top of his bus which carried him along brilliantly-lighted but
now deserted streets, Hubert sighed for adventure.

There
is something theatrical about these streets when the hour is
approaching midnight.

They
suggest that at any moment the most unusual drama might begin.
Hubert, a reader of fiction, a playgoer, a lover of film shows,
always hoped that something mysterious, romantic would happen to him.
But somehow it never did.

In
a few minutes, he would leave the bus, walk down one street and
arrive at the little flat in which he lived with his friend, John
Langton. They would make some tea, talk for about half-hour, and then
go to bed. The evening would be over, finished, and the next morning
he would go to the office.

Meanwhile
time was flying. Hubert was twentythree, and it seemed to him that he
was nearly middle-aged.

He
looked around at the other passengers on the bus. It was difficult to
see their faces, but they were dull, as usual.

No
men with scars stared at him, no beautiful girls with tears in their
eyes asked for help. Then he saw a golden light which came from the
coffee-stall at the corner.

From
fiction Herbert knew that there was something romantic about
coffee-stalls. He decided to leave the bus at the corner.

He
went to the coffee-stall and ordered a cup of coffee and a piece of
cake.

There
were only two or three men there. Hubert tried the coffee and found
that it was hotter and more tasteless than ever. What a life!

But
at that moment a taxi came and stopped at the stall. The door opened
and a man almost fell out of it. He came zigzagging over the stall
and passing Hubert he pushed him so that his coffee and cake went
flying.

«Sorry,
old man,» said the newcomer. «Very, very sorry. What was
it?»

«It
doesn’t matter,»

Hubert
told him. «I really didn’t want that coffee.»

The
man looked at him, laughing, «Then why order it, why pay for it,
if you don’t want it?»

Hubert
smiled and said, «Oh, I just stopped here — on my way home,
you know —just for something to do.»

«Too
early to go home, eh?»

«Well,
you know how you feel sometimes,» said Hubert. The man patted
Hubert on the shoulder.

«I
do. I feel like it all the time. Now I’ll tell you what. You come
with me, old man. I am just going to a little club. You come with me.
I’ll show you something.»

Hubert
hesitated. The man was obviously drunk, and a visit to some night
club in his company was not very attractive.

«Well,
I don’t know…» he began.

«The
only thing is,» said the man seriously, coming nearer, «can
you keep a secret? That’s important. If not, I can’t invite you.»

This
decided Hubert. There was a real adventure! So.he thanked the man,
and agreed to accompany him.

They
got into the waiting taxi. In another minute they were moving along
some dark and deserted street.

(AfterJ.
B.Priestley)

1
Hubert [‘hju:bat]

2
Tumbersome [ЧлтЬэзэт]

3
But somehow it never did. Но
это как-то никогда не случалось.

4
meanwhile f’mi:nwail] между
тем

5
coffee-stall [‘kofisto:!] кафе

6
went flying полетели
(на
поп)

7
I’ll tell you what знаете
что;
послушайте
меня

8
This decided Hubert. Это заставило Хьюберта
решиться.

UNDER
THE DECK AWNINGS

Part
I

«Can
a man — I mean, a gentleman — call a woman a pig?»

The
little man spoke to the whole group. Nobody answered.

The
little man looked at each of the men in turn and spoke to one of
them.

«I
ask you, Mr Treloar, can any man call any woman a pig?»

Treloar,
who was sitting next to him, did not answer at once.

«I
think,» he began slowly, «that it — it depends on the
lady.»

The
little man looked angrily at him: «You mean …»

«Yes,
I mean that I have met a woman who was worse than a pig. If you wish,
I shall tell you the story and then ask you what you think of her.

«Miss
Caruthers shall » call her (though that is not her real name). It
was on a boat sailing the Southern seas and it happened a few years
ago. Her father was a high official whose name you all know very
well, and that is the reason why I don’t mention it.

«Miss
Caruthers was charming. No, that is not the word. She was wonderful.

She
was a beautiful young woman, and a lady.

She
was with her mother and two maids at that time. They were going East
to join her father there.

«She
— excuse me for repeating it — was wonderful. There was nothing
she could not do better than any woman and — most of the men. She
could sing, play, dance, swim! Nobody could compete with her.

«But
her swimming! She was very beautiful, as I have told you, small and
thin. But she also had strength. She could stay under water for two
minutes. No man on board, except Dennitson, could get as many coins
with one dive. On the deck there was a big tank filled with six-feet
sea water. We used to throw small coins into it. She would dive from
the bridge — this was not an easy thing to do — and fetch up not
less than forty-seven coins from the bottom of the tank.

«She
was a sea-woman, really. But she was a landwoman too. She could ride,
she could play tennis, she could do anything. She was a wonder. And
she was clever, witty, charming.

All
the men were in love with her. I myself was in love with her. She was
always surrounded by men, young and old, who were ready to do
everything she wished.

«She
ran the ship, she ran the voyage, she ran everything, and she ran
Dennitson. He was in love with her like all of us. But she liked him
better than the others, and that feeling was growing.

What
would have happened we shall never know, because we came to Colombo»
and something else happened.

«You
k’now Colombo, and how the native boys’ dive for coins in the bay
full of sharks. Of course they risk to do it only with the smaller
and less dangerous sharks. It is really surprising how they know
sharks and can feel the presence of a real killer — a tiger shark,
for instance.

Whenever
such a shark appears, all the boys get hurriedly out of the water.

«It
was after lunch, and Miss Caruthers was as usual surrounded by her
admirers. Old Captain Bentley had just been whistled up » and
had given her permission (he had never allowed this before … nor
since14 for the boys to come up on deck. You see, Miss Caruthers was
a swimmer, and she was interested. She took all our small coins and
herself threw them into the water. She gave extra rewards to the best
swimmers, in short, she ran the whole show.

(After
J. London)

1
Under the Deck Awnings [‘o:niijz] «Под
палубным
тентом»

2
Treloar [tri’laua]

3
Caruthers [кэ’глЭэг]

4
on a boat sailing the Southern [‘злЭэп]
seas на
пароходе,
который
плыл
по
южным
морям

5
that is the reason why I don’t mention it поэтому-то
я
и
не
называю
его
имени

6
a
big
tank
filled
with
six-feet
sea
water
большой бассейн глубиной в шесть футов,
наполненный морской водой

7
used [ju:st] to throw имели обыкновение бросать

8
would dive обычно ныряла

9
She ran the ship, she ran the voyage Она управляла
кораблем, она командовала путешествием

10
What would have happened Чем бы все это кончилось

11
Colombo [ka’l/vmbou] Коломбо

12
native boys мальчики-туземцы

13
had just been whistled up его только что подозвали
(свисткам — намек на то, что Мисс Карутерс
стоило только свистнуть, чтобы он явился)

14
he had never allowed this before… nor since он никогда
этого не разрешал ни до… ни после этого
случая

UNDER
THE DECK AWNINGS

Part
II

That
was a pretty sight. Among the boys there was a little fellow who
could dive wonderfully, much better than the other boys. He could
make the swallow-dive more beautifully than I had ever seen it. He
dived again and again. We all watched him with delight, especially
Miss Caruthers. He was not older than twelve or thirteen, but he was
certainly the cleverest among the boys. He was their favourite and
leader, though some of them were older than he. He was a beautiful
boy, active and brave. He was so healthy, fresh and young, so full of
life, that it was a pleasure to look at him.

«This
was the boy. And it was he who gave alarm in the middle of the sport.

All
the boys hurried to get out of the water. They were all frightened
and swam towards the ship as quickly as they could.

They
hurriedly climbed onto the deck. Now all of them were standing near
the rail and looking down into the water.

«What’s
the matter?» asked Miss Caruthers.

«A
shark, I think,» Captain Bentley answered.

«Are
they afraid of sharks?» she asked.

«Aren’t
you?» he asked back.

She
shuddered, looked down into the water.

«Not
for the world would I risk to dive if there was a shark nearby,»
she said and shuddered again. «They are terrible! Terrible!»

«Captain
Bentley made a sign to the boys to go away. But Miss Caruthers
stopped him.

«One
moment, please, Captain.»

«And
then she turned to us and asked: «Who will lend me a half-crown
and a sovereign?»

«Immediately
all of us were holding out the coins to her.

«She
held up the halfcrown so that the boys could see it. But none of them
moved. She offered the coin to each of the boys, and each of them
shook his head and smiled. Then she threw the coin into the sea. With
sad faces they watched its silver flight through the air, but not one
moved to follow it.

«Don’t
do it with the sovereign,» Dennitson said to her in a low voice.

«But
she held up the gold coin before the eyes of the boy who had made the
swallow-dive.

«Don’t
do it,» Dennitson said. If s a fortune to him. He may risk his
life to get it.»

«Wouldn’t
you?» she asked.

«Dennitson
shook his head.

«She
was silent for a moment. She had forgotten the boy, and was thinking
of Dennitson.

«For
me?» she said in a low voice.

«To
save your life — yes. But not to get the coin.»

«She
turned back to the boy. Again she held the coin before his eyes.

«It
is difficult to say why she did it. It was unexpected for all of us.
Suddenly the gold coin flashed in the sunshine. Before a hand could
stop him, the boy was over the rail and making a beautiful
swallowdive after the coin.

«In
the clear water from the high deck, we saw everything. The shark was
very big and in an instant it cut the boy in half.

«There
was a murmur among us and then there was silence. Miss Caruthers was
the first to speak. Her face was very white.

«I
… never thought,» she said, and laughed a short, hysterical
laugh.

«She
turned to Dennitson, and then from one to another of us. Her lips
were trembling. But nobody moved. «Mr Dennitson,» she said,
«please take me to my cabin.»

«He
did not even change the direction of his look. His face was dark.
Captain Bentley made a strange sound in his throat. That was all,
that and the silence.

«She
turned away and began to walk slowly down the deck.»

Treloar
had finished his story. He turned his head, looked at the little man
and asked coldly.

«Well,
what can you say to that?»

The
little man opened his mouth and then closed it.

«I
have nothing to say,» he said.

«Absolutely
nothing.»

(After
J. London)

1
a pretty sight красивое
зрелище

2
could make the swallow-dive мог
нырять
«ласточкой»

3
it was he who gave alarm in the middle of the sport и
именно
он
дал
сигнал
тревоги
в
самом

разгаре
игры

4
he asked back ответил он вопросом на вопрос

5
Not for the world would I risk to dive, if there was a shark nearby
Ни
за
что
на
свете
я
бы
не

рискнула
нырнуть, если бы поблизости была акула

6
Who will lend me a half-crown and a sovereign fsovrin]? Кто
мне одолжит полкроны и соверен?

(полкроны
— серебряная монета достоинствам в 2,5
шиллинга; соверен — золотая монета

достоинством
в 1 фунт стерлингов; обе монеты вышли из
употребления)

7
shook his head отрицательно покачал головой

8
watched its silver flight следили за полетом
серебряной монеты

9
in a low voice тихо

10
It’s a fortune [‘fo:tjan] to him. Для
него это целое состояние.

11
Wouldn’t you? … А вы бы рискнули? …

12
cut the boy in half перекусила
мальчика
пополам

13
was the first to speak заговорила
первой

HOW
WE KEPT MOTHER’S DAY

We
decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day. We thought it
a fine idea. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for
years, and all the efforts and sacrifices that she had made for our
sake.

So
we decided that we’d make it a great day, a holiday for all the
family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father
decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in
celebrating the day, and my sister Ann and I stayed home from college
classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.

It
was our plan to make it a day just like Christmas or any big holiday,
and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked Mother
to do it, because she always does it.

The
two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our best for
such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats. Father had bought
silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get

Mother
a new hat too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better
than a new one.

After
breakfast we decided that we would hire a motor car and take Mother
for a beautiful drive away into the country.

But
on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit. We
all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose. It turned
out that Father had just got a new rod the day before, and he said
that Mother could use it if she wanted to: in fact, he said it was
practically for her, only Mother said she would rather watch him fish
than fish herself.

So
we got everything arranged for the trip. Mother cut up some
sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.

When
the car came to the door, it turned out that we couldn’t all get in.

Father
said that he could stay at home and work in the garden. The girls
said that Mother had only to say the word and they’d gladly stay at
home and work.

In
the end it was decided that Mother would stay at home and have a
lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother
didn’t care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold and
fresh out-of-doors, though it was lovely and sunny, and Father was
afraid that Mother might take cold if she came.

We
had the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished, the girls met
quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.

It
was quite late when we got back. We sat down to dinner. It was grand.
When it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and
wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather
do it. When we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had
been the most wonderful day in her life and I think there were tears
in her eyes.

(After
S. Leacock)

1
to
keep
Mother’s
Day
отмечать (праздновать) День Матери

2
for our sake ради
нас

3
it turned out… оказалось,
что

4
we got everything arranged for the trip мы
все
подготовили
к
поездке

LOOKING
BACK ON EIGHTY YEARS

In
my long life I have seen many changes in our habits and customs.

The
world I entered when at the age of eighteen I became a medical
student was a,world that knew nothing of planes, motor-cars, movies,
radio or telephone.

When
I was still at school a lecturer showed us boys a new machine which
reproduced the human voice. It was the first gramophone. The world I
entered was a world that warmed itself with coal fires, lit itself by
gas and looked upon a bathroom as a luxury out of the reach.

It
was a very cheap world. When I entered St Thomas’s Hospital I took a
couple of furnished rooms for which I paid 18s a week. My landlady
provided me with a solid breakfast before I went to the hospital and
high tea when I came back at half-past six, and the two meals cost me
about 12s a week. I was able to live very comfortably, pay my fees,
buy my necessary instruments, and clothe myself.

I
had enough money to go to the theatre at least once a week. The pit,
to which I went, was not the orderly thing it’s now.

There
were no queues. The crowd collected at the doors, and when they were
opened there was a struggle, with a lot of pushing and elbowing and
shouting to get a good place. But that was part of the fun.

Travelling
was cheap, too, in those days. When I was twenty I went to Italy by
myself for the six weeks of the Easter vacation.

I
spent five years at St Thomas’s Hospital. I was an unsatisfactory
medical student, for my heart was not in it. I wanted, I had always
wanted, to be a writer, and in the evening, after my tea, I wrote and
read.

I
wrote a novel, called Liza of Lambeth sent it to a publisher, and it
was accepted. It appeared during my last year at the hospital and had
something of a success. It was of course an accident, but naturally I
did not know that. I felt I could afford to chuck medicine and make
writing my profession; so three days after passing the final
examinations which gave me my medical qualifications, I set out for
Spain to learn Spanish and write another book. Looking back now,
after these years, and knowing as I do the terrible difficulties of
making a living by writing, I realise that I was taking a fearful
risk. It never occurred to me. I abandoned the medical profession
with relief, but I do not regret the five years I spent at the
hospital, far from it .

They
taught me pretty well all I know about human nature, for in a
hospital you see it in the raw. People in pain, people in fear of
death, do not try to hide anything from their doctor, and if they do
he can generally guess what they are hiding.

(After
S. Maugham)

1
a luxury [‘lAkJari] out of the reach недосягаемая
роскошь

2
18$ a week 18 шиллингов в неделю

3
high tea «большой чай», ранний ужин с
чаем

4
pay fees зд. платить за обучение

3
by myself сам, один

6
Liza of Lambeth «Лиза из Ламберта» (одно
из ранних произведений Моэма)

7
to chuck разг. бросить, оставить

8
to make a living by writing зарабатывать на жизнь
писательским трудом

9
far from it зд. наоборот

10
in the raw [ro:] без прикрас, в чистом виде, как
есть

THE
COP AND THE ANTHEM

On
his bench in Madison Square, Soapy moved uneasily. Winter was coming
and it was the time for him to look for shelter. Soapy’s desires were
not great. Three months in prison was what he wanted. There he was
sure of a little food and a bed, safe from the winter wind and the
cold.

For
years prison had been his shelter during the winter. Now the time had
come again. And that is why he moved uneasily on his bench.

Having
decided to go to prison, Soapy at once set about fulfilling his
desire.

There
were many easy ways of doing this. The most pleasant was to dine well
at some expensive restaurant, and then, after saying that he could
not pay, be quietly arrested by a policeman and sent to prison by the
judge.

Soapy
got up and walked out of the square and across the level sea of
asphalt, where Broadway and Fifth Avenue flow together. He stopped at
the window of a brightly lit cafe. Soapy was shaven, and his coat and
tie were decent. But his boots and trousers were shabby. If he could
reach a table in the restaurant and nobody saw him, he thought,
success would be his. The upper part of him that would show above the
table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted duck, two
bottles of wine, a cup of coffee, and a cigar would make him happy
for the journey to his winter quarters.

But
just as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eyes
fell upon his shabby trousers and boots. Strong hands turned him
round and pushed him to the sidewalk.

Soapy
turned off Broadway.

He
had to think of another way of getting to prison. At a corner of
Sixth Avenue he saw a brightly lit shop window. Soapy took a stone
and threw it at the glass and broke it. People came running around
the corner, a policeman at their head. Soapy stood still, with his
hands in his pockets, and smiled when he saw the policeman’s blue
coat.

«Where
is the man that has done it?» shouted the policeman.

«Do
you think I have done it?» said Soapy in a friendly way.

The
policeman did not understand Soapy’s hint.

Men
who break windows do not usually remain to speak to policemen. They
run away. Just then the policeman saw a man who was hurrying to catch
a car. Club in hand, he rushed after that man. Soapy had failed
again.

On
the opposite side of the street was a small and cheap restaurant.
Soapy came in, sat down at a table, and ate a beefsteak and an
enormous apple-pie. «Now call a policeman. I cannot pay. I have
no money,» said Soapy. «And don’t keep a gentleman
waiting.»

«No
cop for you,» said the waiter, and seizing Soapy by the collar
threw him out of the restaurant. Soapy got up and beat the dust from
his clothes. He was in despair.

His
last hope was to be caught for «disorderly conduct». Soapy
began to yell at the top of his voice. He danced and cried like a
madman. A policeman who was standing nearby turned his back to Soapy,
and remarked to a passer-by: «It’s one of those University lads.
They are celebrating their traditional holiday. They are noisy; but
they mean no harm». Soapy stopped in despair. He buttoned his
thin coat against the cold wind and the rain, and walked on.

At
last he reached a street where there was little traffic and few
pedestrians. At a quiet corner he suddenly stopped. There was an old
church in front of him.

Through
one window a soft light shone, and he heard the sweet music of the
organ which made him come closer. The moon was above, cold and
beautiful, and the music made Soapy suddenly remember those days when
his life was full of such things as mothers and roses, and ambitions
and friends, and pure thoughts, and clean collars.

The
organ music set up a revolution in him. There was time yet. He was
still young. He would get out of the mire. He would be somebody in
the world. He would — Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked
quickly around into the broad face of a policeman.

«What
are you doing here?» he asked.

«Nothing,»
said Soapy.

«Then
come along,» said the policeman.

«Three
months’ imprisonment,» said the judge in the Police Court next
morning.

(After
O. Henry)

1
The Cop and the Anthem [‘аепЭэт]
«Полицейский
и
хорал»

2
Having decided to go to prison… Решив
попасть в тюрьму…

3
set about fulfilling his desire приступил к осуществлению
своего плана (желания)

4
to flow together сливаться

5
would raise no doubt [daut] in the waiter’s mind не
вызовет
никаких
сомнений
у
официанта

6
quarters [‘kwo:t8z] зд. квартира, убежище

7
sidewalk
[‘saidwoik] амер. тротуар

8
Club in hand С дубинкой в руке

9
to keep waiting заставлять
ждать

10
beat the dust from his clothes стряхнул
пыль
с
одежды

11
disorderly conduct [dis,o:dali ‘kondekt] нарушение
общественного порядка, хулиганство

12
to yell at the top of his voice вопить
во
все
горло

13
they mean no harm они
безобидны

14
mire[‘maia] трясина,
болото

15
Police Court [pa’li:s ,ko:t] полицейский
суд
(по
мелким
делам)

THE
PROBLEM OF THOR BRIDGE

It
was a cold morning in October. I went down to breakfast and found
that Sherlock Holmes’ had already finished his meal.

«I
am going to have a visitor,» my friend said. «It’s Neil
Gibson, the Gold King. He wants to speak to me about the tragic end
of his wife. You have probably read about it in the papers. The man
is an American, but he bought a large estate in Hampshire some years
ago. Here is a letter I received from him in the morning.»

I
took the letter and read the following:

«Dear
Mr Sherlock Holmes, I can’t see the best woman I have ever met go to
her death.I must try to save her. I can’t explain what has happened.
But I know Miss Dunbar is innocent. She has a kind heart, she has
never killed a fly. I’ll come at eleven tomorrow. I’ll give you all
the money I have if only you can save her.

Yours
truly, J. Neil Gibson»

«Now,
Watson,» said Sherlock Holmes after I finished reading the
letter, «a few words about the story. This man is a great
financier and a man of violent temper. He had a wife, a middle-aged
woman, who died tragically some weeks ago.

There
was also a young and very attractive governess in the house who
looked after the two small children. These are the three people who
are connected with the tragedy. And the place where the woman met her
death is an old English estate. The wife was found in the garden,
nearly half a mile from the house, late at night, with a revolver
bullet through her brain. No revolver was found near her. No revolver
near her, Watson — remember that.»

«But
why suspect the governess?» I asked.

«A
revolver was found on the floor of her wardrobe with one bullet
missing.» He paused and repeated slowly,
«On-thefloor-of-her-wardrobe.»

Then
he was silent for some time. «Yes, Watson, it was found. What do
you say to that? Then the dead woman had a note asking her to come»
to that place in the garden near the bridge. The note was signed by
the governess.

Do
you like that? And, at last, there’s the motive.

Gibson
is a millionaire. If his wife dies … she will have everything —
love, money, power. Remember, Watson, she is young and beautiful.»

«Anything
else against her?»

«She
could not prove an alibi. She herself said she had been near Thor
Bridge, the place where the woman was killed. Some passing villager
had seen her there too, at about eleven o’clock. And here is our
client, I think.»

But
it was not the client. The man who entered the room was a Mr Bates.
We had never heard of him before. He was a thin, nervous man with
frightened eyes.

He
told us that he was the manager of Mr Gibson’s estate, that Mr Gibson
was a villain and a hard man; that he had treated his wife cruelly,
and she had been very unhappy; that she had been a Brazilian, a
creature of the Tropics, and she had loved him as such women could
love.

«We
all liked her and were sorry for her,» he said, «and we
hated him. He didn’t love her. And one thing more. He is a liar.

Don’t
believe his words. That’s all I have to say. Now I must go. I don’t
want to meet him here.»

With
a frightened look our strange visitor ran to the door and
disappeared.

At
eleven o’clock we heard heavy steps upon the stairs and the famous
millionaire entered the room. As I looked at him I understood the
fear and dislike of his manager. He was very tall, his face was hard
and cruel, with deep lines upon it. Cold grey eyes looked at us each
in turn.

«Let
me tell you, Mr Holmes,» he began, «that money is nothing
to me in this case. This woman is innocent and this woman must be
cleared. You must do it. Name the sum.»

«I
am not interested in money,» my friend answered coldly.

«Well,
if dollars are nothing to you, think of your reputation. Your name
will be in every paper in England and America.»

«Thank
you, Mr Gibson. We are wasting time. It will probably surprise you to
know that I prefer to work anonymously. Sit down, please, and give me
the facts.»

(After
A. Conan Doyle)

1
Sherlock Holmes [J3:lok ‘haumz]

2
Neil Gibson [,neil ‘gibsan]

3
Hampshire [‘haempjia] Гемпшир

4
I
can’t
see
the
best
woman
I
have
ever
met
go
to
her
death
Я не могу допустить, чтобы лучшей из
женщин, которых я когда-либо встречал,
грозила смерть.

5
Dunbar [‘dAnba:]

6
she has never killed a fly она
и
мухи
не
обидит

7
Yours truly Преданный Вам (обычная форма
вежливости в конце письма)

8
Watson [‘wotsan]

9
with a revolver bullet through her brain с
простреленной
головой

10
A revolver… with one bullet missing. Револьвер…,
в котором не хватало одной пули.

11
a note asking her to come записка, в которой ее
просили прийти

12
She could not prove an alibi [‘aelibai] Она не могла
доказать свое алиби (т.е. что ее не было
на месте преступления в момент совершения
убийства)

13
a Mr Bates некто
мистер
Бейтс

14
a Brazilian [bra’ziljan] бразилианка

15
the IVopics [‘tropiks] тропики

16
with deep lines upon it испещренное
глубокими
морщинами

17
this woman must be cleared с этой женщины надо снять
подозрение

18
I prefer to work anonymously [a’nonimasli] я предпочитаю
работать так, чтобы мое имя оставалось
неизвестным

A
SOUND OF THUNDER

The
sign on the wall read:

TIME
SAFARI.

SAFARIS
TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST.

YOU
NAME THE ANIMAL.

WE
TAKE YOU THERE.

YOU
SHOOT IT.

Eckels
put his hand into his pocket and slowly took out a check for ten
thousand dollars.

«Does
this safari guarantee I come back alive?» he asked the man
behind the desk.

«We
guarantee nothing,» said the official, «except the
dinosaurs.» He turned.

«This
is Mr Travis, your Safari Guide in the Past.

He’ll
tell you what and where to shoot. If he says no shooting, no
shooting.»

«Hell
and damn,» Eckels said, looking at the flickering Time Machine.

«A
real Time Machine! If the election had gone badly yesterday, I might
be here now running from the results. Thank God, Keith won. He’ll
make a fine President of the United States.»

«Yes,»
said the man behind the desk. «We’re lucky. If Deutscher had
won, we’d have the worst dictatorship. People came to us, you know,
joking but not joking.

Said
if Deutscher became President they wanted to go live in 1492. Of
course, our business is to organize Safaris, not Escapes. Anyway,
Keith’s President now.

All
you’ve got to worry about is — »

«Shooting
my dinosaur,» Eckels finished it for him.

«A
Tyrannosaurus rex. The Thunder Lizard, the most terrible monster in
history.

Sign
this paper. Anything happens to you, we’re not responsible.

Those
dinosaurs are hungry».

Eckels
flushed angrily.

«You’re
trying to scare me! »

«Frankly,
yes. We don’t want anyone here who’ll panic at the first shot. Six
Safari Guides were killed last year, and a dozen hunters. We’re here
to give you the biggest thrill a real hunter ever had. Travelling you
back sixty million years!»

First
a day and then a night and then a day and then a night, then it was
day-night-day-night-day.

A
week, a month, a year, a decade! AD 2055. AD 2019. 1999. 1957. Gone!

The
machine roared.

They
put on their oxygen helmets and tested the intercoms.

The
Machine slowed, then stopped.

They
were in an old time, a very old time indeed, three hunters and two
Safari Guides with their blue metal guns across their knees.

«Christ
isn’t born yet,» said Travis.

«Moses
has not gone to the mountain to talk with God. The Pyramids are still
in the earth. Remember that, Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler —
none of them exists.»

The
men nodded.

«That»
— Mr Travis pointed — «is the jungle of sixty million two
thousand and fifty-five years before President Keith.»

He
indicated a metal path running across the steaming swamp, among giant
ferns and palms.

«And
that,» he said, «is the Path laid by Time Safari for your
use. It is six inches above the earth. It’s made of an anti-gravity
metal. Its purpose is to keep you from touching» this world of
the past in any way. Stay on the Path. Don’t go off it. I repeat.
Don’t go off. For any reason! And don’t shoot any animal we don’t
okay.»

«Why?»
asked Eckels.

«We
don’t want to change the Future.

We
don’t belong here in the Past.»

«That’s
not clear,» said Eckels.

«All
right,» Travis continued, «say you step on a mouse here and
kill it. That means all the future families of this one mouse are
destroyed, right?»

«Right.»

«And
all the families of the families of that one mouse! You destroy one,
then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion possible mice!»

«So
they’re dead,» said Eckels. «So what?»

«So
what? Well, what about the foxes that’ll need those mice to survive?
For want often mice, a fox dies. For want of ten foxes, a lion
starves. For want of a lion, thousands of insects and billions of
other life forms are thrown into destruction».

Fifty-nine
million years later, a cave man, one of a dozen in the entire world,
goes hunting saber-tooth tigers for food. But you, friend, have
stepped on all the tigers in that region. By stepping on one single
mouse. So the cave man starves. And the cave man is an entire future
nation. Destroy this one man, and you destroy a race, a nation, an
entire history of life. Perhaps Rome never rises on its seven hills.
Perhaps Europe is forever a dark forest. Perhaps there’ll never be a
United States at all. So be careful. Stay on the Path. Never step
off!»

(After
R. Bradbury)

1
Hell and damn [daem] разг.
Черт
возьми

2
Deutscher f’doitja] нем. немец («говорящая»
фамилия кандидата является намеком на
Гитлера и немецкий фашизм)

3
Tyrannosaurus rex [tiraena,so:ras ‘reks] тираннозавр

4
Thunder Lizard [‘0лпс1э lizad] Громогласный Ящер

5
Travelling you back sixty million years! Отправляя
вас в путешествие на шестьдесят миллионов
лет назад!

6
AD [.ei’di:] сокр. от лат. Anno
Domini [‘aenau ‘dominai] нашей
эры

7
intercom [Intakom] переговорное
устройство

8
Moses [‘mauziz] Моисей

9
Alexander [,aelig’za:nda] Александр
Македонский

10
Caesar [‘si:za] Цезарь

11
to keep you from touching чтобы
вы
не
коснулись
(прошлого)

12
For any reason! Ни при каких обстоятельствах!

13
are thrown into destruction обречены
на
гибель

14
saber-tooth f’seibatu:©] tiger саблезубый
тигр

A
NAME ON THE WALL

Steve
Mason had lived in New York for three years. His address book was
filled with the phone numbers of girls he knew and had dated. Then
why, he wondered, was he sitting in a phone booth about to dial PL
1-2450 — the phone number of a girl he had never seen or even heard
about?

Because
he was curious.

He
had seen the name Pam Starr and the number PL 1-2450 twice in one
week.

The
first time had been on the wall of a phone booth on 42nd Street. Then
a minute ago he saw the name and number again — this time near a
phone in a drugstore.

The
name Pam Starr was the same. The handwriting was the same. And below
it the same person had written, «Quite a chick».

Steve
was so curious that he decided to call. He wanted to find out what
would happen. It could be an interesting adventure.

He
could hear himself telling the whole story to his friends and
laughing about it when it was over.

So
he took a deep breath and dialled PL 1-2450.

He
heard two rings; then a soft, pleasant, girl’s voice said, «Hello».

«May
I speak to Pam Starr?» Steve asked.

«This
is Pam,» she answered. «Who is this?»

«Steven
Wordsley,» he said using a phoney name. «You don’t know
me,» he added quickly. «I’ve just moved to New York from
Chicago. But before I left, a friend of a friend of mine gave me your
name… So how about a date?» He paused.

«Come
on. Gamble.I swear I don’t have two heads.»

She
laughed and said, «I’m sure you don’t. I’ve got an idea. I like
your voice, and I think I’ll like you. But I might not.

And
then again, you might not like me.

So
why don’t we go to a movie? You pick one out and call me back. Then
we’ll go out, and even if we don’t like each other at least we can
both enjoy the show.»

«Uh,
all right, sure,» Steve answered. He felt proud of himself.
There was no question in his mind that this chick knew her way around
with men.

Steve
found a movie that sounded good, but he didn’t call her back right
away. He waited two days so he wouldn’t seem too eager. Then he
called and made a date for the next Saturday evening.

At
seven-thirty Saturday night Steve went to her address. For a moment
he hesitated. But he was too curious to give up now.

She
opened the door, and Steve knew he was a loser. The girl had tried to
make herself look attractive, but she couldn’t hide her homeliness.
She wasn’t really ugly, but she was no gorgeous chick.

Steve
covered up his disappointment with a friendly smile. «Hello,
Pam. I’m Steve.»

She
laughed and said, «I know I’m not the most beautiful girl in the
world, but —»

«I
wasn’t looking for the most beautiful girl in the world,» Steve
lied. «Come on, let’s go see the movie.»

He
smiled as cheerfully as he could.

This
homely girl probably accepted a lot of blind dates just so she could
go out.

And
someone probably thought it was a good joke to write her name and
number on the walls of phone booths.

«Do
you go out often?» Steve asked.

«It’s
probably luck,» she said, «but I get enough phone calls to
keep me busy. I get a lot of calls from guys I don’t know. I’m not
sure where they get my name. Maybe from a friend, like you did. I
don’t know. Some are nice and some aren’t.»

«Well,
which am I?» Steve asked.

«Nice,»
she laughed.

On
their way back to her apartment, Steve lied again and told Pam that
his company was sending him back to Chicago the next week and that he
didn’t know when he would return to New York.

Steve
couldn’t decide if she believed his story, but he didn’t really care.
He had taken her out and shown her a good time.

That
was all she could expect with her looks.

When
they got to her apartment, they stood in the doorway and said
goodnight.

«Thanks
for the lovely evening,» she said. She seemed to know that she
wouldn’t be asked for another date.

Suddenly
Steve felt very sorry for her.

He
decided that it wouldn’t hurt him to fake an interest in her, and it
would probably mean a lot to her if she thought someone wanted to see
her again.

«I’m
sorry I have to leave town,» he said. «There’s just a
chance that I’ll get back to New York soon. For a day or so. Maybe we
can go out again. Could I call you?»

For
a minute she looked as if she didn’t believe what she had heard. Then
her smile got brighter. «Could you? I’d love that! Do you think
they’ll send you back soon?»

«Sure,
sure, you never know,» Steve said.

«You
won’t lose my number, will you? But if you’re here only for a day,
you could call me at my office. I’ll write down my office number for
you right now. Wait just a second.»

She
ran into her apartment to get a pencil and some paper. As she ripped
a sheet from a pad, she dropped the pencil on the floor. She got down
on her hands and knees and scrambled after the rolling pencil.
Finally she grabbed the pencil and then quickly wrote her name and
office phone number.

Steve
watched her sadly. Even before she handed him the piece of paper, he
knew that her handwriting would be the same as the handwriting on the
phone booth walls.

(After
R. Marmorstein)

1
drugstore [‘diwgsto:] амер.
аптека

2
quite a chick [tjik] зд.
классная
девчонка

3
Chicago [Ji’kaigau] Чикаго

4
Gamble [‘gaembl] зд.
Рискни

5
knew her way around with men умела
обращаться
с
мужчинами

6
blind date [.blaind ‘deit] свидание
вслепую
(с
человеком, которого раньше не видел)

THE
MODEL MILLIONAIRE

If
you are not wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.
Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the
unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to
have a permanent income than to be charming. These are the great
truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. Poor
Hughie! He was wonderfully good-looking, but poor.

To
make matters worse, he was in love. The girl he loved was Laura
Merton, the daughter of a retired colonel. Laura adored him, and he
was ready to kiss her shoestrings.

They
were the handsomest couple in London, and had not a penny between
them. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any
engagement.

«Come
to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and
we’ll see about it,» he used to say; and that made Hughie very
unhappy.

One
morning, as he was on his way to Holland Park, where the Mertons
lived, he dropped to see his friend Alan Trevor, a painter.

When
Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a
wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man. The beggar himself was
standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio. He was a
wizened old man, wit!) a wrinkled face, and a most piteous
expression.

«What
an amazing model!» whispered Hughie, as he shook hands with his
friend.

«An
amazing model?» cried Trevor. «I should think so! You don’t
meet such beggars every day. What an etching Rembrandt would have
made of him!»

«Poor
old man!» said Hughie, «how miserable he looks!»

«Certainly,»
replied Trevor, «you don’t want a beggar to look happy, do you?»

At
this moment the servant came in, and told Trevor that the framemaker
wanted to speak to him.

«Don’t
run away, Hughie,» he said, as he went out, «I’ll be back
in a moment.»

The
old beggar-man took advantage of Trevor’s absence to rest for a
moment on a wooden bench that was behind him. He looked so miserable
that Hughie could not help pitying him, and felt in his pockets to
see what money he had. All he could find was a sovereign and some
coppers. «Poor old fellow,» he thought to himself, «he
wants it more than I do», and he walked across the studio and
slipped the sovereign into the beggar’s hand.

The
old man got up, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. «Thank
you, sir,» he said, «thank you.»

Then
Trevor arrived, and Hughie took his leave, blushing a little at what
he had done.

The
next day he met Trevor again.

«Well,
Alan, is your picture finished?» he asked.

«Finished
and framed, my boy!» answered Trevor. «By the way, the old
model you saw is quite devoted to you. I had to tell him all about
you — who you are, where you live. What your income is, what
prospects you have — »

«My
dear Alan,» cried Hughie, «I’ll probably find him waiting
for me when I go home. But of course, you are only joking.

Poor
old man! I wish I could do something for him. I have heaps of old
clothes at home — do you think he would care for them? His rags
were falling to bits.»

«But
he looks splendid in them,» said Trevor. «I wouldn’t paint
him in a frock coat for anything. What you call rags I call romance.
However, I’ll tell him of your offer.»

«And
now tell me how Laura is,» said Trevor. «The old model was
quite interested in her.»

«You
don’t mean to say you talked to him about her?» said Hughie.

«Certainly
I did. He knows all about the retired colonel, the lovely Laura, and
the 10,000 pounds.»

«You
told that old beggar all my private affairs?» cried Hughie,
looking very red and angry.

«My
dear boy,» said Trevor, smiling, «That old beggar, as you
call him, is one of the richest men in Europe. He has a house in
every capital, dines off gold plate, and could buy all London
tomorrow if he wished.»

«What
on earth do you mean?» exclaimed Hughie.

«What
I say,» said Trevor. «The old man you saw in the studio is
Baron Housberg. He is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures,
and he paid me a month ago to paint him as a beggar.»

«Baron
Hausberg!» cried Hughie.

«Good
heavens! I gave him a sovereign!»

«Gave
him a sovereign!» cried Trevor, and he burst into laughter. «My
dear boy, you’ll never see it again.»

,
Hughie walked home, feeling very unhappy, and leaving Alan Trevor in
fits of laughter.

The
next morning, as he was at breakfast, the servant handed him an
envelope.

On
the outside was written, «A wedding present to Hughie Erskine
and Laura Merton, from an old beggar,» and inside was a cheque
for 10,000 pounds.

When
they were married Alan Trevor was the best man, and the Baron made a
speech at the wedding breakfast.

(After
O. Wilde)

1
Hughie Erskine [,hju:i siskin]

2
Laura Merton [,lo:ra ‘тз:1п]

3
Baron Housberg [,Ьзегэп
‘hausbaig]

4
best man шафер,
свидетель
на
свадьбе

TOPICS

The
English Language

ENGLISH
TODAY

The
modern world is becoming smaller all the time. Every day distances
between different countries seem less. For this reason it’s becoming
more and more important to know different languages, especially
English.

One
billion people speak English today. That’s about 20% of the world’s
population.

400
million people speak English as their first language. For the other
600 million people it’s either a second language or a foreign
language.

English
is the first language in the United Kingdom, the United States of
America, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of the official
languages in Canada, the Irish Republic and the Republic of South
Africa.

As
a second language English is spoken in more than 60 countries. It is
used by the government, businessmen and universities.

English
is the language of politics and diplomacy, science and technology,
business and trade, sport and pop music.

80%
of all information in the world’s computers is in English.

75%
of the world’s letters and faxes are in English.

60%
of all international telephone calls are made in English.

More
than 60% of all scientific journals are written in English.

To
know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated person,
for every good specialist. Learning a language is not an easy thing.
It’s a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience.
But it’s a must.

English
is taught throughout the world and a lot of people speak it quite
well. In our country English is very popular: it is studied at
schools (sometimes even at nursery schools), colleges and
universities.

Everyone
will speak English soon — I’m sure of it. We all need to understand
each other. To do that we need an international language, and that’s
English.

Names

the
United Kingdom [ju:,naitid ‘kirjdam] Соединен-
Canada [‘kaenada] Канада

ное
Королевство (Великобритании и Северной
the Irish [‘aiarij] Republic Ирландская Республика

Ирландии)
the Republic of South Africa Южно-Африканская

Australia
[os’treilia] Австралия
республика

New
Zealand [,nju: ‘zi:land] Новая
Зеландия

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115. . , . ( , ). . , , . . , , . , .

TEST11. , : A LETTER FROM LONDON

Dear Alice, Hi! I’m on holiday in London. I (stay) with my
friend, Jane. She (live) in the centre of London, near Hyde Park. I
(be) here since Saturday and I (already, do) _ lots of things. I
(visit) the Tower of London, the British Museum and Madam
Tussaud’s. I (go) to Madam Tussaud’s on Monday. It (be) terrible.
When I (enter) the Chamber of Horrors, I (scream) Yesterday Jane
and I (go) shopping. I (want) to buy some souvenirs. But while I
(pay) for a T-shirt, someone (steal) my bag. Luckily, I (spend,
already) nearly all my money. There (be) a lot of things I (not,
do) yet. I (not, be) on a boat trip down the Thames yet, I (not,
see) the Millennium Dome. If the weather (be) fine tomorrow, I (go)
on a boat trip. I hope Jane (can) keep me company. I (like) London
very much. I (never, see) such a beautiful city. You (must) visit
it some day. I (be) . back in a week, so I (call) you than. Love,
Ann. 2. 5 «A Letter from London «:

TEST13. (), (), (), (D) : 1. There’s no doubt that computers
have (A) done (B) got 2. The journalist asked me . (C) what my
favourite pastime was (D) what my favourite pastime is our lives
easier. (C) become (D) made

(A) what was my favourite pastime (B) what is my favourite
pastime 3. You’ll be here tomorrow, (A) isn’t it (B) won’t you 4.
There was (A) many (B) lot of5.

? (C) will you (D) will you be

to eat and drink after the party.(C) a lot (D) lots of

that strange man sitting over there? (A) Whose (B) Which (C)
Who’s (D)Who it can jump over a car.(C)as (D) that

6. A kangaroo has such strong legs(A) so (B) so as

7. Is there (A) somebody (B) something 8. The telephone was _
(A) discovered (B) invented 9. This programme (A) cost (B) costed
10. It happened(A) in (B)on

in the room? (C) anybody (D) anywhere _ by Alexander Graham
Bell. (C) explored (D) studied me a lot of money. (C) had costed
(D) was cost our way home.(C) for (D) about

TEST111. By the time we arrived at the station, the train (A)
left (B) has left 12. Mount Everest is (A) high (B) highest 13.
What do you want(A) me to do (B) that I’ll do (C) I do (D) for me
to do

(C) had left (D) was left mountain in the world. (C) the higher
(D) the highest

14. If he lived in the country he(A) was (B)is

happier. (C) will be (D) would be archaeological sites. (C)
old-fashioned (D) modem

15. Rome is famous for its (A) ancient (B) old

16.

operate a computer is not as difficult as many people think. (A)
To learn (B) To learning (C) Learning (D) Learning to Moscow?

17. When did he arrive(A) at (B)on’v

(C)in (D) forwhy people walk or talk in their sleep. (C) knew
(D) is knowing to breathe! (C) be able (D) will be able be like
tomorrow? (C) weather (D) the weathers

18. Nobody (A)know (B) knows

19. There is oxygen on this planet! We(A) can (B) will can

20. What will (A) the weather (B) a weather

8 21. Where (A) were you last night at the time of the burglary?
(C) did

TEST1

(B) was 22. John a new job.(A) have offered (B) has been offered
23. People use (A) both (B) either 24. You’d better there
alone.

(D) have you been(C) has offering (D) was been offered

words and gestures to express their feelings. (C) neither (D)
also

(A) not to go (B) don’t go

(C) not go (D) go not

25. John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the United
States and to be murdered. (A) four (B) the four (C) fourth (D) the
fourth

4. : 1. .

2. . .

3. . , .

TEST14. He ?

5. , .

6. .

7. ? .

8. ? . .

9. .

.

10. .

10

TEST 21. , : A FRIGHTFUL NIGHT

One dark night a young man (go) home from the railway station.
It (be) very late and there (be) very few people in the streets.
The young man (be) very nervous because he (return, never) home so
late. Suddenly he (feel) that somebody (follow) him. The young man
(think) _ that it (be) a robber and (decide) to walk as quickly as
he (can) _ . When he (look) back he (see) that the man (follow,
still) him. The young man (turn) _ into another street. The man
(turn) into that street too. Now the young man (be) quite sure that
the man (be) a robber. The young man (turn) round and (ask) : «What
(want, you) ? Why (follow, you) me?» «I (go) to see Mr Brown,»
(say) _ the man, «and the porter at the station (tell) me: ‘If you
(follow) this young man, you (find) his house easily, he (live)
next door to Mr Brown.'».

2. 5 «A Frightful Night»:

TEST 2

_

3. (), (), (), (D) : 1.1 Michael for ages. (A) didn’t see (B)
don’t see 2.1 get up very early now. (A) must to (B) have to 3. How
much (A) costs it (B) it costs 4. My brother Nick is very good (A)
for (B) at 5. When did you discover that your car to fly to New
York? (C) does cost (D) does it cost maths. (C) about (D) in ? (C)
should to (D) ought (C) haven’t seen (D) saw not

I

(A) was disappeared (C) had disappeared (B) had been disappeared
(D) disappearing . 6. If he hard, he’ll fail his final exams. (A)
doesn’t work (B) won’t work 7. Have you heard the (A) last (B)
previous 8. Which of you (A) wants (B) want 9. I’d like to know (A)
where is my diary (B) where it is my diary 10. I’m very busy at the
moment. I (A) am preparing (B) prepare (C) where my diary is (D) my
diary is where for my English exam. (C) have been preparing (D) am
going prepare news? (C) latest (D) latter to go on an excursion?
(C) does want (D) do want (C) hadn’t worked (D) wouldn’t work

12 11.

, you’ve given me! (A) What a good advice (B) What good advices
12. Ann said that she (A) had bought (B) bought 13. Christmas is
(A) most (B) the most 14. There is (A) so many (B) so much 15. Have
you read any books(A) (B) since

TEST 2

(C) What the good advice (D) What good advice a new dress. (C)
will buy (D)buy

popular and colourful holiday in Great Britain. (C) most of all
(D) very noise in Moscow. (C) such much (D) a lot Oscar Wilde? from
angry with me? (C) still (D) while-

(C) by (D) for

16. Are you (A) yet (B) else 17. This time tomorrow (A) I swim
(B) I’ll swim

in the Black Sea. (C) I’ll swimming (D) I’ll be swimming 1982.
(C) about (D) from foreign languages? (C) any (D) the

18.1 have known Dr Simon (A) since (B) for 19. Do you know (A)
some (B) some ofi ^

20. This book

_____ into 14 languages. (C) being translated (D) has been
translated

(A) translated (B) has translated

TEST 2 21. If the weather (A) is (B) will 22. I’d like you to
meet a very good friend of fine tomorrow, we’ll go to the park. (C)
will be (D) were , Robert White.

13

(A) us (B) we23. My friend and I (A) occasionally (B) ever 24.
You’d better (A) stop worrying (B) to stop worrying 25. You have
never been to Canada, (A) isn’t it (B) is it

(C) our (D) oursgo to the tennis court every Sunday. (C) usually
(D) often

i

(C) stop to worry (D) to stop worry ? (C) haven’t you (D) have
you

4. : 1. , .

2. . .

3. ! .

4. ?

14 5. .

^

TEST 2

6. ? , .

7. , ?

8. , ?

9. , .

10. , .

15

TEST31. , :. —

A TRAVELLER’S TALE It (happen) many years ago. I (be) in India.
I (hunt) there. Once I (spend) the whole day in the jungle. It
(get) completely dark when I (decide) to return to my camp. I
(walk) along a narrow path. Strange sounds (hear) everywhere. On my
right there (be) __ j a river and on my left there (be) a thick
tropical forest. Suddenly I (see) something terrible in the jungle
on my left. Two green eyes (look) at me. It (be) a man-eating
tiger, ready to spring at me. I (know) that if I (start) to run the
tiger (catch) ._ me easily. As I could swim well I (make up) my
mind to escape that way. I (look) at the river on my right. There
in the river, (be) a huge crocodile. It (wait) for me with open
jaws. I (faint) . A moment later I (jump) to my feet again. What do
you think I (see) ? The tiger (be) in the jaws of the crocodile.
Five years (pass) since that time but I (remember, still) every
moment of that terrible night. to faint .

2. 5 «A Traveller’s Tale»:

16

TEST3 3. (), (), (), (D) : 1.1 want to become a teacher (A) when
I will leave school (B) when I leave school 2. The Sahara is (A)
the hottest (B) hottest 3. John is not interested (A) about (B)in
4. I’m sure we*

(C) when I am leaving school (D) when I had left school

desert in the world. (C) the most hot (D) the hotter
politics.

(C) for (D) overbefore. (C) didn’t met (D) had met

(A) have never met (B) haven’t never met 5.1 don’t know (A)
where this museum (B) where is this museum 6. They were in Spain
last summer, (A) were they (B) isn’t it

(C) where this museum is (D) this museum is where

(C) didn’t they (D) weren’t they

7. When I came home late in the evening, my parents (A) had
already had dinner (B) have already had dinner 8. New Year’s Day is
(A) more less (B) more little 9. (C) have been having dinner (D)
had dinner popular in Britain than Christmas. (C) less (D)
little

Michelangelo began painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in
the Vatican.

(A) At the age of 33 (B) At 33 years

(C) At the age of 33 years (D) At the age of 33 year-old

TEST3 10. The cost of living in our country has (A) rose (B)
raised 11.1 want at the airport. (C) you to meet me (D) you meet me
again. (C) picked up (D) risen

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(A) you meeting me (B) that you meet me 12. What we are
having!

(A) the rainy weather (B) a rainy weather 13. Alex was sure that
he (A) will pass (B) would pass -,

(C) rainy weathers (D) rainy weather the exams successfully. (C)
passes (D) has passed. . . «

14. Who

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to go to the cinema with us? (C) wants (D) is wanting for the
lesson. (C) if was I ready (D) that I was ready . (C) neither I am
(D) neither am I’ ;

(A) want (B) does want 15. The teacher asked me (A) was I ready
(B) if I was ready 16. If you aren’t going to Liverpool, (A) I’m
not too (B) I am not also

17. Jane has been trying to write an essay for three hours, but
she hasn’t written (A) anything (B) nothing 18.1 think that John
Lennon is (A) greatest one of (B) the greatest 19.1 don’t like
coffee with (A) the milk (B) a milk (C) milk (D) milks . (C) anyone
(D) something musicians in the world. (C) one of greatest (D) one
of the greatest

1820. Mrs Johnson told us (A) to not wash up (B) to do not wash
up 21. I’ve lost my wallet. When (A) have you lost it (B) did you
lose it 22. It’s not very difficult (A) to learn how to drive (B)
to learn how drive 23.1 don’t want to go to the country, I’d rather
(A) staying (C)stay 24.1 usually go to school bus. . ? (C) had you
lost it (D) you lost it .

TEST3

(C) not to wash up (D) that we don’t wash up

(C) learn how to drive (D) to learn how driving at home. (B) to
stay . (D) will stay

(A) on (B)by25. It is ,(A) so (B) such

(C) in (D)ata boring book that I don’t dare to advise you to
read it. (C) very (D) too

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TEST 41. , :

AN INTERVIEW WITH A POP STAR P: Our special guest in the studio
today is Bob Bubble. Welcome to the show, Bob. B: Thanks. It’s
great (be) _ here. P: You are only 21, but you (already, sell) _ 10
million records. How old (you, be) when you (write) your first
song? B: I (be) 15. P: (You, take) vocal lessons when you (be) a
kid? B: No, I didn’t. My parents (hope) that I (become) a lawyer.
So I (sing) and (write) ___ my songs in secret late at night in my
room, when everyone (sleep) When my first album (appear) , my
parents (be shocked) . My father said that I (disappoint) him. P:
(He, be disappointed, still) _ in you? B: No. I (think) he (be
proud) of me. P: How many songs (you, write) _ ? B: About 150. P:
Bob, I know you (not, have) _ _ much free time, but what (you, do,
usually) _ when you’re not busy singing? B: Well, I (be fond) of
windsurfing. P: One last question, Bob. Are you married? B: Not
yet. I (get married) _ only when I (meet) the girl of my dream.2.
(), (), (), (D) : 1. Everyone man in the world. (A) have heard (B)
has heard of Bill Gates, the icon of American business and the
richest (C) is hearing (D) has been heard (C) very (D) so

2. It was cold that I put on my coat. (A) too (B) such

TEST 43. The Internet(A) is (B) has been

21as harmless as it may seem. (C) isn’t (D) isn’t being the
door? (C) if to close (D) my closing but play computer games all
day. (C) anything (D) something the airport with plenty of time to
check in.

4. Do you mind (A) I close (B) close 5. He does (A) everything
(B) nothing 6.1 arrived(A) for (B)to

(C)at (D)inovernight. (C) you staying with us (D) you to stay
with us

7. I’d like

(A) that you stayed with us (B) you stay with us 8. John’s been
to India, (A) isn’t he (B) hasn’t he 9. I’m going to my dentist (A)
one of these days (B) another day 10. In spite of Shakespeare’s
fame we know very (A) little (B) a little 11. Ann couldn’t go to
the theatre with us because (A) she had prepare for the exam (B)
she must prepare for the exam 12. Neither Helen nor Andrew (A) is
wanting (B) wants ?

(C) hasn’t John (D) doesn’t he

(C) another of these days (D) the other day about his life. (C)
few (D) less . (C) she had to prepare for the exam (D) she will
have to prepare for the exam

to go to the museum with us. (C) doesn’t want (D) don’t want

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TEST 4 13. The first film of this director is much more
interesting _ (A) then (C) that (B) than (D) as 14. By the time we
got home, Alice (A) prepared (B) has prepared 15. Nobody (A) likes
(B) doesn’t like 16.1 don’t know who (A) stealed (B) has stoled 17.
She being shouted at. (C) is like (D) like your bike. (C) did stole
(D) has stolen the second one.

a delicious dinner. (C) had prepared (D) has been preparing

at the bus-stop when a young man took her bag and ran away. (A)
was waiting (B) has been waiting (C) is waiting (D) had waited

18.1

an essay by six o’clock yesterday. (A) have written (B) had
written (C) wrote (D) was writing

19. Everybody (A) should (B) must 20. I’m late, (A) aren’t I (B)
am I21. She has got

to go to the dentist at least once a year. (C)ought (D) have

(C) isn’t it (D) amn’t I daughter. (C) a ten-year-old (D) a
ten-year-aged bus leaves at 6 p.m.? (C) late (D) last

(A) a ten-years (B) a ten-years-old 22. Are you sure that the
(A) latter (B) latest

TEST 4 23. This newspaper is not very popular (A) for (B) with
24. Michelangelo Buonarroti was (A) a very famous (B) one of the
most famous 25. Please wait for me if you (A) will come (B) come
young people. (C) about (D) over artists in history. (C) the most
famous (D) one of famousest earlier. (C) comes (D) came

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TESTS1. , :

THE SAILOR AND THE MONKEYS a sailor (come) to South America. He
(have) a lot of red woollen caps with him. He (be going) to sell
them there. On his way to the nearest town he (must) go through a
forest in which there (be) a lot of monkeys in the trees. At noon,
when the sun (shine) _ _ brightly in the sky, the sailor (lie) down
on the grass to rest under a large tree. He (take) one of the caps
out of his bag and (put) it on his head and almost immediately he
(fall) asleep. When he (wake up) he (find) _ that all the caps
(disappear) . Suddenly he (hear) some strange noise over his head.
He (look up) and (see) the trees full of monkeys and each monkey
(wear) a red woollen cap! They (steal) _ all his red caps! The
sailor (begin) to shout and throw stones at them but the monkeys
(be going, not) to give the red caps back. They (be) very pleased
with themselves. The sailor (get) very angry with the monkeys. He
(take off) the cap which he (put on) before going to sleep and
(throw) it angrily on the ground: «If you (keep) my caps and (want,
not) to give them back to me, you may take this one too!» At the
same moment all the monkeys (take off) . the red caps and (throw)
them on the ground. The sailor (take) the caps, (put) them into the
bag and (go) away. 2. 5 «The Sailor and the Monkeys «:

Once

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TESTS 3. . (), (), (), (D) : 1. Shakespeare is (A) difficult (B)
more difficult 2.1 took a shower, shaved and (A) wore (B) dressed
3. The weather forecast said that (A) it will rain in the afternoon
(B) it would rain in the afternoon 4. If you (A) go (B) will go 5.
Who (A) discovered (B) did discover 6. She’s got 3 children, and
her (A) oldest (B) eldest _ America? (C) did discovered (D)
discovers has just started school. (C) the oldest (D) the eldest
has (C) it rains in the afternoon (D) it will be raining in the
afternoon to understand than Agatha Christie. (C) most difficult
(D) the most difficult my best suit. (C) put on (D) took off. ‘

to Paris you’ll see the Eiffel Tower. (C) went (D) would go

7. The most striking feature of the giraffe is its long neck,
always been a source of curiosity. (A) who (B) whose 8. St Basil’s
Cathedral over Kazan. (A) built (B) was built 9.1 usually go to
school(A) in (B) with

(C) what (D) which in the mid-18th century in memory of the
victory (C) was builded (D) had been built foot.(C) on (D) by

TESTS

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10.

we had a lot of free time, we decided to go to the park. (A) For
(B) Thus

(C)So (D)AsEnglish since last December.

11.1

(A) will be learning (B) am learning 12. Tell me (A) that (B)so
13. A secretary is a person who _ (A) is typing (B)types 14. Our
planet is in grave danger (A) because (B) the reason why 15. My
parents have (A) always (B) usually

(C) have been learning (D) learn there is anything else you
would like to see in London. (C) which (D)if letters. (C)typed (D)
will type human activity.

(C) for (D) as a result oflived in London. (C) from time to time
(D) ever

16. It was

a boring film that I fell asleep in the middle of it.

(A) so (B)such17. We atecake. It was delicious.

(C) too (D) very

(A) the all (B) the whole18. If I were you, I (A) would give up
(B) gave up 19. When I deep in thought. (A) reached (B) entered
smoking.

(C) the every bit (D) each

(C) will give up (D) give up at Baker Street, Holmes was sitting
by the fire (C) arrived (D) came

2820. He (A) ought (B) must 21. James said that he (A) never
rode (B) has never ridden 22. Neither Alex nor Nick (A) know (B)
are knowing German. (C) don’t know (D) knows to go to the dentist
because he has toothache. (C) should (D) have a horse before. (C)
had never ridden (D) would never ride

TESTS

23.(A) Which (B) What 24.1 felt so

difficult work! (C) What a (D) How yesterday that I couldn’t
even get up. (C) well (D)good Ann since childhood. (A) is loving
(B) was loving (C) has been loving (D) has loved

(A) bad (B) badly25. Tom

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TESTS4. ? .

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TEST 61. , : A SLEEPLESS NIGHT

One night I (be) alone at home with my ten-year-old daughter.
She (wake) me up in the middle of the night: «Mum, mum! There (be)
a man outside the house. He (watch) me through the window!» I
(look) out of the window. I (can) see the shape of a man outside.
Who (he, be) ? What (he, do) there? «I (must, get) to the telephone
in the hall and telephone the police,» I (think) . I (go)
downstairs hardly daring to breathe, afraid that he (hear) my
movements. I (reach) for the telephone, (lift) , the receiver and
(dial) 999. The police (answer) and I (explain) what (happen) .
They (say) that they (come) at once. Soon a police car (stop) in
front of the house. I (hurry) downstairs and (open) the front door.
A police officer (come) in. «What (happen) ?» he (ask) . After
listening to my story he (go) out, and after a while (return) .
«It’s all right,» he (say) . «I (just, see) ‘ that man. He (walk)
his dog. By the way, he (live) _ in the house opposite.2. 5 «A
Sleepless Night»:

TEST 6

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3. (), (), (), (D) :

1. Have you seen Mary’s boyfriend (A) yet (B) still 2.1 wonder
what our children (A) do (B) will do 3.1 hate (A) a rairty weather
(B) rainy weather 4. Don’t be angry (A) at (B) about

? (C)just (D) else when we come back. (C) are doing (D) will be
doing

—

(C) the rainy weather (D) rainy weathers me, please. (C) with
(D) for .

5.1 was very much surprised when Ann said that she (A) can’t to
swim (B) can’t swim 6.1 want me.

(C) couldn’t swim (D) wasn’t able swim

(A) you to help (B) that you help 7. He has never been to (A)
some (B) any 8. a post-office near here? (A) Is (B) Is there 9. The
police (A) have caught (B) didn’t catch the criminal yet.

(C) that you’ll help (D) you helping foreign countries. (C)no
(D) anywhere

(C) Where there (D) There is

(C) didn’t caught (D) haven’t caught

32 10. Charles Dickens is still appeared, over 150 years ago.
(A) as (B) so 11. Tom Sawyer (A) has written (B) was wrote 12. As
far as I know he speaks neither Spanish(A) or (B) either

TEST 6 popular today as when his first work (C) such (D) much by
Mark Twain. (C) was written (D) is being written Italian.(C) not
(D) nor

13. He said that he (A) never had been (B) never was

to Egypt. (C) has never been (D) had never been .

14. When we arrived in Sochi, it was very hot and the sun (A)
was shining (B) shone 15. The teacher made me (A) to do (B) do 16.
You’ve made (A) too many (B) so much.

(C) shined (D) shining the exercise again. (C) doing (D) that
I’ll do mistakes in your dictation. (C) very little (D) a lot ? (C)
have you (D) is it (C) us (D)we

17. You’ve never heard this song, (A) isn’t it (B) haven’t you
18. Jane is a friend of (A) ours (B)our

19. She was the sort of woman who was always bothering about (A)
what other people would think (B) what would other people think (C)
what would think other people (D) what other people think

TEST 6

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20. It was

place I had ever seen. (C) the most beautiful (D) the
beautifulest to become a teacher. (C) head (D) decision I would
like to go and see his (C) about (D)if lies.

(A) more beautiful (B) most beautiful 21.1 have made up my (A)
brains (B) mind 22. Before we parted Wilson asked me house one day.
(A) that (B) which 23.1 am sure that Jim is (A) pronouncing (B)
telling 24. Would you like (A) other (B) another25.

(C) talking(D) saying piece of cake? (C) more (D) others

Volga is the longest river in Europe.

(A)(B) The26. Peter is a bad driver. He drives (A) careless (B)
careful 27. This car is , (A) cheap (B) expensive 28. I’ve never
heard (A) her to sing (B) her sing 29. My brother (A) is loving (B)
was loving2 . .

(QA (D)An

(C) carefully (D) carelessly . I can’t afford it.

(C) bad (D) good

(C) she sings (D) she is singing Ann Graves since childhood. (C)
has been loving (D) has loved

34 30. Jim’s (A) elder (B) older sister wants to become an
economist. (C) old (D) the oldest

TEST 6

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TEST 6 8. , .

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TEST?1. , : A CLEVER TRICK a cold and stormy night. A traveller
(ride) a horse. It cats and dogs and he (be) _, wet to the skin. He
(ride) for a few hours before he could find an inn. When he (enter)
the inn he (see) a lot of people there. They (sit) in front of the
fire and there (be, not) a seat left for him. A good idea (strike)
him. He (call) the waiter and (say) to him in a loud voice: «Boy,
take a plate of oysters to my horse.» Everybody (be surprised) .
The waiter (put) some oysters on the plate and (go out) .
Naturally, the other people (go out) to see if the horse (eat) the
oysters. A few minutes later the waiter (return) with the news that
the horse (refuse) to eat the oysters. When the other people
(return) they (saw) that the traveller (sit) comfortably in a
chair. He (warm) his feet beside the fire. And suddenly everybody
(realize) why the traveller (order) the waiter to take the oysters
to the horse. oyster 2. 5 «A Clever Trick»: It (be) (rain)

TEST?

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3. (), (), (), (D) :.

1. By the time we got to the theatre the first act (A) has
already begun (B) had already began 2. I’ll pick you up at seven
sharp if (A) you will be ready (B) you are ready 3. Do you know (A)
whose (B) which bag it is? (C) who (D) who’s (C) had already begun
(D) was already begun . (C) you is ready (D) you has been ready

.

4. Latin words began to be used in English place-names very long
(A) later on (B) before 5. classes. (A) One of most (B) One of the
most 6. James made everybody believe that (A) he has travelled all
over the world (B) he had travelled all over the world 7. Nobody
helped me, so I had to do it (A) self (B) oneself 8. (C) The most
one (D) The one of most . (C) previously (D) ago

.

striking features of English life is the self-discipline of
people of all

(C) he was travelled all over the world (D) he travels all over
the world . (C) meself (D) myself.

Memorial Day Americans honour the servicemen who gave their
lives in past wars.(A) At (B) In (C) On (D) Over

9. How many meals a day (A) have you (B) do you have

‘

? (C) you have (D) are you having

3810. What (A) the wonderful dress (B) wonderful dress you’re
wearing today!

TEST 7

(C) a wonderful dress (D) is a wonderful dress big continent

11. In the fifteenth century people knew nothing about as
America./

(A) so as (B)soa 12. As soon as I (A) looked (B) saw 13. The job
was (A) many (B) very 14. Tell me what (A) do you want me to buy
for you (B) you want me to buy for you 15. His mother it I called
the police.

(C) a such (D) such a

(C) watched (D) stared worse than she had expected. (C) much (D)
a few

(C) do you want me buy for you (D) you want me buy for you the
cassette player. (C) made him to switch off (D) made that he
switched off .

(A) made him switch off (B) made him switching off

16. The first view of the city of New York from the seals the
sight that (A) can never forget (B) cannot ever forgotten 17. You’d
better (A) to not go (B) not go 18. It’s (A) too dark (B) dark
enough 19. Yesterday we (A) had to stay (B) must stay

(C) cannot never be forgotten (D) can never be forgotten

to the country in such rainy weather. (C) don’t go (D) not to go
here to take pictures. (C) not enough dark (D) so dark at school
till 6 p.m. (C) might to stay (D) had stay

TEST 7 20. What (A) else (B) other 21.1 don’t have much time, I
can’t (A) say (B) speak European countries have you been to? (C)
another (D) others you now. (C) tell to (D) talk to city.

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22. Washington, DC is the capital of the US but New York is (A)
biggest (B) the biggest 23. Did you see John yesterday? Yes, I saw
(A) his being crossed (B) him to cross 24. Why don’t you make a cup
of coffee (A) till (B) until 25. The water of the Dead Sea is so
salty that (A) nothing can (B) nothing . (C) bigger (D) the most
biggest the street. (C) his crossing (D) him crossing I’m finishing
this? (C) during (D) while live in it. (C) nothing can’t (D)
anything can’t

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TEST?

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TESTS1. , :

A SAD STORYThree men (come) to New York. They (arrive) at a very
large hotel and (take) a room there. Their room (be) on the
forty-fifth floor. In the evening the three men (go) to the theatre
and (come) ‘ back to the hotel very late. «I (be) _ _ very sorry,»
(say) _ the clerk of the hotel, «but our lifts (work, not) tonight.
If you (want, not) to walk upstairs to your room we (make) beds for
you in the hall.» «No, no,» (say) _ one of the three men. «No,
thank you. We (want, not) to sleep in the hall. We (walk) up to our
room.» Then he (tell) _ _ his two friends, «It (be, not) easy to
walk up to the forty-fifth floor, but I (think) I (know) how to
make it easier. On our way to the room I (tell) you some jokes.
Andy (sing) us some songs. Then Peter (tell) us some interesting
stories.» So they (begin) to walk upstairs to their room. Tom
(tell) them many jokes, Andy (sing) some songs. At last they (come)
to the thirty-fourth floor. They (be) tired and (decide) to have a
rest. «Well,» (say) Tom, «now it (be) your turn, Peter.» «I (tell)
you a sad story,» (say) Peter. «We (leave) the key to our room in
the hall.»-

2. «A Sad Story»:

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TESTS 3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. The English are famous(A) of (B)
for

their tea and their weather.(C)in (D) about

2. I’d like (A) you join us (B) you to join us 3. Oxford and
Cambridge are (A) older (B) oldest 4. The weather was fine and we
(A) decided to go to the park (B) decided going to the park 5. John
is studying contemporary art, (C) have decided to go to the park
(D) decided that we go to the park (C) you joining us (D) your join
to us universities in Great Britain. (C) the oldest (D) the most
oldest

(A) doesn’t he(B) isn’t it 6. The Guinness Book of Records (A)
first published (B) has first been published7.

(C) is he (D) isn’t he in the 50s.

(C) was first published (D) were first published

is known of Julius Caesar’s education except that he studied
Greek and Latin literature with a tutor. (A) something (B) anything
(C) nothing (D)no . It was last Monday, I think. (C) other day (D)
the day before other

8. John came to see me (A) another day (B) the other day 9.
Chopin began to take piano lessons(A) in the age of six (B) at 6
ages old

(C) at 6 years old (D) at the age of 6

TEST 810. She’ s got a dark

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(A) hair (B) complexion 11. The Hermitage (A) contains (B) is
contained 12. It was a very difficult text. I dictionary. (A) must
(B) had to

(C) eyes (D) build a priceless collection of pictures. (C)
containing (D) is containing

,

look up a lot of words in the’

(C) was able (D) had other animal

13. People say that the Loch Ness Monster doesn’t look like
alive today. (A) some (C) any (B) no (D) anyone 14. When the
teacher came in, the children (A) danced (B) have been dancing
.

(C) had been dancing (D) were dancing

15. Though Christmas is celebrated on December 25, the actual
date of Christ’s birth (A) not known (C) is known not (B) is not
known (D) not to be known 16. What’s (A) matter (B) wrong 17. Is
there (A) many (B) much, 18. His first novel is much more
interesting

, Steve? (C) problem (D) happen snow in England in winter? (C)
few (D) large his second one. (C) as (D) before

(A) than (B) then

19. Napoleon didn’t succeed in conquering Russia and . (A)
Hitler didn’t too (C) neither did Hitler (B) Hitler did neither (D)
neither didn’t Hitler

4420. Romeo fell in love(A) for (B) about

TESTSJuliet at first sight.(C) on (D) with

21. Nobody (A) enjoy to go (B) enjoys go 22. «Who (A) did break
(B) broke 23. If I don’t know this or that word, I look it(A) at
(B) in

to the dentist. (C) enjoy going (D) enjoys going the window?»
the teacher asked angrily. (C) broken (D) breaked in the
dictionary.(C) up (D) for

24. Your behaviour makes your father (A) anger (B) angrily 25.
(A) If I were you (B) If I would be you 26. All Tom’s friends were
sorry (A) for (B) about 27. My sister and I (A) sometimes (B) often
28. Where are you going to stay when(A) you be (B) you will

. (C) angry (D) to be angry

I wouldn’t buy that coat. (C) On your place (D) If I was instead
of you him when he failed his entrance exams. (C) with (D) at visit
our grandparents every Saturday. (C) ever (D) usually in London?(C)
you are (D) you will be

29. Hurry up! The (A) last (B) latest

train leaves in half an hour. (C) least (D) latter

TESTS 30. I’ve never seen (A) her to dance (B) her dance (C) she
dances (D) she is dancing

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4. 10-15 : 1. Television, its advantages and disadvantages. 2.
The future of work. 3. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 4. My
hobby.

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TEST 91. , :

THEY OVERDID ITThe London police were looking for a criminal who
(rob) a bank. One day they (catch) him and (take) him to prison.
But while they (take) photographs of him from the front, from the
left, from the right, with a hat, without a hat he suddenly
(attack) one of the policemen and (run away) Then a week later the
telephone (ring) in the police station and somebody (say) : «You
(look for) _ _ Ben Jackson, aren’t you?» — — «Yes.» «Well, he (be)
at Victoria Station an hour ago. He (leave, probably) London by
now.» The city police immediately (send) four different photos of
the robber to the railway police. All the trains (search) . Less
than two hours later they (get) a telephone call from a small town
not far from London. «We (catch) three of the men,» they (say)
happily, «and we (hope) to catch the fourth very soon.»to rob

2. 5 «They Overdid It»:

TEST 9

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3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. Charlie Chaplin was fond (A) to imitate
(B) imitate 2. Moscow has (A) a lot (B) much 3. We’ll start our
tour from Trafalgar Square centre of London. (A) which (B) whose 4.
I’ve decided(A) go (B) going

his friends. (C) imitating (D) of imitating beautiful buildings
and monuments. (C) a great deal (D) many is the geographical (C)
where (D) there to university when I finish school.(C) to go (D)
that I go

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5. Jimmy couldn’t come to the lesson, (A) could he (B) couldn’t
he 6. Everybody (A) know (B) knows 7. If you help me, we (A) can to
(B) could 8. A hundred years (A) before (B) previously 9. How long
are you going to (A) leave (B) stay 10. When from Moscow
University? finish

? (C) did he (D) didn’t he

that smoking is dangerous. (C) is knowing (D) is known the job
much sooner. (C) will be able (D) will be able to life was very
different. (C) ago (D) later at the hotel? (C) put up (D)
occupy

(A) did you graduate (B) did you graduated

(C) have you graduated (D) were you graduating

48 11. It’s very cold today. Don’t forget to put

‘ your coat.

TEST 9

(A) off (C)on(B) of (D) out

12. When I arrived my boss (A) has already left (B) had already
left 13. I’m hungry. I haven’t had (A) some (B) a (D) any 14. Pete
is

. (C) already left (D) was leaving yet breakfast this morning.
(C) no

man I’ve ever met. (C) a most handsome (D) most the handsome

(A) the most handsome (B) most handsome 15. He a lot of time
reading poetry. (A) used to spending (B) used to spend 16. Nick
hasn’t found a job (A) too (C) neither (B)also (D) either 17. I’m
afraid I have _ (A) a (C) some (B) the (D) any 18. Do you know ? _
bad news for you. .

(C) used spending (D) used on spending

(A) when St Valentine’s Day is (B) when is St Valentine’s Day
19. The book (A) publishes (B) is published 20.1 have never seen
(A) so (C)very (B) such next year.

(C) St Valentine’s Day is when (D) St Valentine’s Day, when is
it

(C) will publish (D) will be published an interesting film.
(D)too

TEST 9 21. When are you planning to leave(A) for (B)to

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Australia?(C)in (D) through

22. What

when I rang you up yesterday?(C) did you do (D) did you

(A) you were doing (B) were you doing 23. Ann and Alice are
twins. They are very much (A) look like (B) like , 24. Susan is a
very old friend of(A) my (B) mine

. (C) alike (D) liking

.(C) me (D) her

25. Will you help me to (A) lay (B) lie 26. I’ll be in Paris.
(A) The day tomorrow (B) The day after tomorrow

the table? (C) lain (D) laid

‘

(C) After tomorrow (D) The day before yesterday many years. (C)
for (D) while

27.1 haven’t been to the Bolshoi theatre (A) since (B) after 28.
Mary has (A) such (B) such a 29. Washington was(A) find (B) finded
in 1790.

beautiful hair! (C) so (D) a

(C) found (D) founded it at once.(C)do (D) doing

30. You’d better(A) to do (B) not to do

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TEST 9 3. . (10-15 ):

«I am planning to visit your country next year. I would like to
see as much as possible. Unfortunately, I’ll be able to stay for
about 10 days. What advice would you give me? Where should I go?
What should I see? What time of year do you think I should
come?»

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TEST 101. , : CONVERSATION Ann: Do you like travelling? Bill:
Yes, I (like) travelling very much. It (be) my hobby. I always
(take) my camera with me and (take) pictures of everything that
(interest) me: the rains of ancient buildings, the sights of
cities, views of mountains, lakes, valleys, waterfalls and even
animals and birds. Ann: What countries (visit, you) ? Bill: Well, I
(be) to Italy, Greece, Russia and India. Some day I (go) to the
United States. My cousin (live) there. She (invite) me several
times already. When I (have) enough money, I (go) to the States.
Ann: I (be, never) to any of these countries. When (be, you) in
Russia? Bill: Two years ago. Ann: Did you go there alone? Bill: No,
I (go) there with my father. We (visit) Moscow and St Petersburg,
the most beautiful cities of Russia. Ann: I (want, always) to
travel to other countries, but I (have, not) the opportunity. I
(go) to Germany in my childhood, but I (be, not) ; anywhere since
them. 2. (), (), (), (D) : 1. In , there are a lot of car accidents
in the streets of big cities. (A) a rainy weather (B) rainy weather
(C) the rainy weather (D) rainy weathers long exercises

2. Our English lessons at school were very boring. We and learn
a lot of grammar rules by heart. (A) must to write (B) must write
3. Alice said that her parents (A) will come back (B) comes back
(C) had to write (D) to write in a week.

(C) would come back (D) had come back

,

52 4. Who (A) does want (B) do want 5. The policeman asked me if
I (A) have seen (B) saw 6. What (A) another (B) other 7. You had to
stay at home yesterday, (A) isn’t it (B) had you 8.1 haven’t seen
the film yet and (A) neither has my brother (B) my brother has
neither to take part in our concert? (C) want (D) wants the car
accident. (C) had seen (D) had been seen

TEST 10

places of interest in St Petersburg have you visited? (C) else
(D) others ?. (C) hadn’t you (D) didn’t you

(C) neither saw my brother (D) neither my brother.

9. Mary has been shopping since morning, but she hasn’t bought
(A) any (B) something 10. Isaac Newton is (A) one of the greatest
(B) one of greatest 11. For breakfast they usually have cornflakes
with (A) the milk and the sugar (B) a milk and a sugar 12. Mrs
Black told us (A) clear up the table (B) to clear up the table (C)
that we clear up the table (D) we must to clear up the table (C)
nothing (D) anything men in the history of science. (C) the
‘greatest one (D) the one greatest . (C) milks and sugars (D) milk
and sugar

13. There are a lot of legends about the English king William I,
who is known William the Conqueror. (A) for (B) as (C) like (D)
to

TEST 10 14. By the time he was 25 Alexander the Great East from
the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River. (A) was conquered (C)
conquered (B) had been conquered (D) had conqueredj

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t

15. Parents want their children (A) to be happy (B) be happy 16.
Many people go to Egypt (A) in order see pyramids (B) to see
pyramids 17. She wants to be a doctor (A) when she will leave
school (B) when she leaves school 18. Ann is interested _(A) for
(B) about

(C) happy (D) being happy . (C) so to see pyramids (D) seeing
pyramids . (C) when she is leaving school (D) when she left school
foreign languages.(C) in (D) on

19.1 know Nora Norman. I(A) met (B) have met

her at a party a couple of weeks ago.(C) had met (D) was met

20. The earliest known manuscript of Beowulf Museum. (A) keeps
(B) kept 21. The four great deserts of central Australia
kilometres. (A) covers (B) cover 22. (A) In his latest years (B) In
his last yearsi

_ in the British (C) is keeping (D) is kept 2,000,000 square (C)
covering (D) are covering

Beethoven was completely deaf. (C) In his lasting years (D) In
his lasted years (C) cousin (D) son-in-law

23. My daughter’s husband is my (A) brother-in-law (B)
nephew

54 24. You can put this shirt on. It’s (A) dirty (B) wet 25. I’m
very fond of music. What’s(A) on (B) in

TEST 10 . (C) dry (D) torn at the opera tonight?(C) run (D)
going

4. : 1. , ?

2. , ? . .

3. 16- 5 . 4 , , .

4. . .

5. , .

6. ? .

TEST 107. .

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8. , .

9. , .

10. .

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TEST 111. , :

THE CANTERVILLE GHOSTWhen Mr Hiram . Otis, the American
Minister, (decide) to buy Canterville Chase, everyone (tell) him
that it (be) .__ a foolish thing to do. There (be) no doubt that a
ghost (live) in the house. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself
(mention) _ the fact to Mr Otis when they (discuss) the sale. «We
(live, not) in the place ourselves,» (say) Lord Canterville, «since
the day when my grand-aunt (frighten) by the ghost. It (happen)
many years ago. My grand-aunt (dress) for dinner when she suddenly
(feel) two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders. The fright
(make) her very ill, and she never really recovered.» «I (believe,
not) in ghosts,» (say) Mr Otis. «I (must, tell) you, Mr Otis, that
the ghost (see) _ by several living members of our family, as well
as by the local priest.» «My Lord,» (say) Mr Otis, «I (want, buy)
this house. I (come) from a modem country where everything (have)
its value in money. If there (be) such a thing as a ghost in
Europe, an American (buy) it.» Lord Canterville (smile) : «There
really (be) a ghost. It (live) in the house for three centuries,
since 1584 in fact. It always (appear) before the death of any
member of our family.’ «Well, so does the family doctor, no doubt,
Lord Canterville.» A few weeks later Mr Otis and his family (move)
to Canterville Chase. ghost 2. 5 «The Canterville Ghost»:

TEST 11

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3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. Six public holidays (A) celebrate (B)
are celebrating 2. Have you telephoned your parents (A) still
(B)yet 3. Mrs Nickolas offered me (A) other (B) another 4. They
didn’t go to the country(A) as (B) because

in Great Britain. (C) are celebrated (D) are celebrate

(C) while (D) elsecup of tea.

(C) an other (D) the other the bad weather. (C) because of (D)
therefore your children. (C) about (D) after

5. Don’t worry. We’ll look(A) at (B) into

6.

has lived in this house for a long time. (C) Anybody (C)
Anything

(A) Some (B) Nobody 7. It’s the most exciting film _ (A) I’ve
ever seen (B) I’ve never seen 8. The success of our picnic
depends(A) of (B) for

(C) I’ve ever saw (D) I ever seen the weather.(C)on (D)to,

9.1 wondered (A) that (B) what10. We

she would say next. (C) which (D) whom

__ to a wonderful pop concert last Saturday. (A) have gone (B)
were going (C) had gone (D) went

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TEST 11 all summer, you’ll starve in the winter,» said the ant
to (C) singing and dancing (D) would sing and dance to Trafalgar
Square? (C) how to find (D) how get anything.,

(A) sing and dance (B) will sing and dance 12. Can you tell me
(A) the road (B) the way 13.1 usually read a lot, but just now (A)
I am reading (B) I’m not reading 14. You had to come back, (A)
didn’t you (B) hadn’t you ?

(C) I have read (D) I read

(C) weren’t you (D) had you the police.

15. At that moment Jack’s wife came in and said that she (A) is
going to call (B) called 16. I’m very tired. I (A) travel (B)
travelled 17. If what you say is true, there is (A) little (B) a
little 18. Our kitten washes (A) him (B) his 19. My doctor has told
me (A) to stop smoke (B) stop to smoke 20.1 intend to stay in bed
(A) for (B) during . every hour. (C) himself (D) itself

(C) had called (D) had been called for three days. (C) had
travelled (D) have been travelling we can do about it. (C) few (D)
a few

(C) to stop smoking (D) to stop to smoking 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning. (C) while (D) till

TEST 1121. When will the conference (A) take part (B) take place
22. Bad news (A) travel (B) travels 23.1 wonder to the party. (C)
if they will come (D) that they will come a decision. fast. (C)
have travelled (D) are travelling (C) take time (D) take off

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(A) will they come (B) they will come 24. It wasn’t easy for
Polly

(A) do (B) make

(C) to do (D) to make

25. Jack kissed his wife and said that he would return (A) as
early as it would be possible (B) at the earliest that it could be
possible (C) at the nearest early possibility (D) as soon as
possible

4. : 1. . ?

2. . .

3. 12- . .

604. , .

TEST 11

5. 8 ? .

6. , .

7. .

8. , ?

9. .

10. . .

61TEST 121. , :

THE WINCHESTER MYSTERYOne night Mrs Joyce Boweles (drive) her
car from Winchester to Chilcomb with a friend of the family, Mr Ted
Pratt. Suddenly they (see) an orange light in the sky. The car
(start) to shake and Mrs Bowels (can, not) control it. Some unknown
power (lift) it, then (push) to the left, then (stop) the engine
and (switch off) the lights. «It was then that we (see) a
cigar-shaped object about five yards long. There (be) three figures
inside,» said Mrs Bowles. The three figures (be) the crew of the
UFO. Mrs Bowles said that she (be, never) so frightened before. At
first, the alien crew (look) like ordinary people. They (wear)
silver clothes. Then an alien (come out) of the UFO. He (be) quite
tall and (seem) to be about forty-five years old. He (have) _ long
fair hair and a short beard. He (put) his arm on the roof of the
car and (look) _ _ at the two frightened people inside. He (have)
clear, white skin and pink eyes. Mrs Bowles (be afraid) that the
alien (kill) them, but he only (look) at the car’s instuments.
Suddenly the lights (switch on) and they (shine) four times
brighter than normal. Mrs Bowles (want, say) «Thank you» but before
she (open) her mouth the UFO and its crew (disappear, already) into
the night. crew UFO (unidentified flying object) alien . 2. 5 «The
Winchester Mystery»:

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TEST 12

3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. Television (A) invented (B) has invented
2. Yesterday he had (A) a three-pieces suit (B) three pieces of
suit 3. The train isn’t (A) as expensive as (B) so expensive like
4. Have you been to the Kremlin? Yes, I (A) have been (B)am 5.1
don’t know where your key is, I haven’t seen it (A) any place (B)
anywhere 6. They arrived(A) in (B)at on.

by John Logic Baird. (C) was being invented (D) was invented

(C) a three-piece suit (D) three piece suit the plane. They both
cost the same. (C) as expensive like (D) like expensive like there
last week. (C)was (D) had been . (C) nowhere (D) somewhere

New York late at night.(C)to (D) into

7. At the interview they asked Alan (A) could he drive? (B) did
he can drive?8. We had

(C) if he could drive. (D) if he can drive.

a good time at the party. (C) very (D) too you to play tennis?
(C)teach (D) taught

(A) so (B) quite9. Who

(A) did teach (B) have taught

TEST 12 10. Did you see the car (A) what (B) whom 11. What did
you have (A) for breakfast (B) for a breakfast 12. This is dress
I’ve ever seen. (C) the most expensive (D) most expensive the car
the following day. (C) wasn’t needing (D) wouldn’t need to the
cinema with him. (C) you to go (D) you go the window? he bought a
month ago? (C) which (D) that’s yesterday? (C) for the breakfast
(D) on breakfast

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(A) the expensivest (B) the more expensive 13. My brother said
that he (A) won’t need (B) doesn’t need 14.1 wouldn’t dare to
advise (A) that you to go (B) what you to go 15. Do you mind

(A) if I open(B) me to openi

(C) me open(D) that I open

16.1 (A) read

this book all day, but I haven’t finished it yet. (C) am
reading

(B) was reading17. Shall we go by train? I’d rather(A) to
(B)

(D) have been reading.(C) fly (D) will fly

fly flew his house?

18. How long

(A) has Mr Green had(B) does Mr Green have,

(C) did Mr Green have(D) has Mr Green been having the river
water unboiled. (C) don’t drink (D) to do not drink

19. The guide told us (A) to not drink (B) not to drink

64 20. Can I give you (A) an advice (B) some advices 21. Winston
Churchill was famous (A) for (B) with 22. Is Nile a beautiful
river? ? (C) a few advice (D) a piece of advice

TEST 12

his wonderful public speeches. (C) about (D) of

(A) (B) the23. before five, you’ll catch the train. (A) If you
will leave (B) If you are leaving 24. Another passenger came and
asked (A) if the seat was taken (B) was the seat taken 25. when you
got to the station? (A) Did Mr Black already arrive (B) Was Mr
Black already arrived

(C)a (D) an(C) If you leave (D) If you had left . (C) if was the
seat taken (D) did the seat was taken

(C) Has Mr Black already arrived (D) Had Mr Black already
arrived

4. : 1. , .

2. ? , .

3. , .

TEST 124. .

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5. ? .

6. . .

7. .

8. , .

9. , .

10. .

66TEST 131. , : MISS EVANS

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One night in April 1912, a new ocean liner was crossing the
Atlantic. It (set out) two days before and (go) to New York. It
(be) the largest and fastest ship in the world called Titanic. The
passengers (have) a good time when the ship suddenly (hit) an
iceberg. Everyone (tell) to come out of their rooms. Unfortunately
there (be, not) enough lifeboats for all the passengers. There (be,
not) very much time left. The iceberg (be) on one side of the ship.
It (look) like a high, white wall. A woman (come) to the side of
the ship. Her two children (be) in one of the lifeboats, and she
(be) very much afraid. «My children (be) in the lifeboat. I (must,
go) with them!» the woman (call) to the people in the lifeboat.
«There’s no more room,» someone (call out) . «If we (take) one
more, the lifeboat (sink) .» There (be) a young woman in the
lifeboat called Miss Evans. When she (hear) the woman calling, she
(stand up) in the lifeboat and (touch) one of the men on the arm.
«Let me (get back) to the ship,» she said. «This woman (must, be)
with her children.» «The ship (sink) . Very soon it (go down) under
the water,» said the man. «I (know) it,» said Miss Evans. People
(help) her to get back on the ship. Very soon after that there (be)
a great noise, and the Titanic (go down) under the water. 2. 5
«Miss Evans «:

TEST 13

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3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. The room (A) decorated (B) was decorated
2. At last Sally came in to tell him that dinner (A) is (B) has
been 3. Yes, I enjoyed the play very (A) much (B) many 4. He
wondered . (C) a lot (D) a great deal if he told her the truth. (C)
what would she say (D) she would say what his question. with
beautiful yellow roses. (C) has decorated (D) was decorating ready.
(C)was (D) is being

(A) what will she say (B) what she would say 5. He didn’t
answer

(A) on (B)to6. I’ve spoken to everyone except .

(C) at (D)-

(A) he (B)his7. Mr Adams is fond (A) to make (B) make 8.
Everybody (A) likes (B) like fine weather.

(C) him (D) himselfspeeches in public. (C) making (D) of
making

(C) is liking (D) dislike

9.1 histories of the Early Roman Empire, so there was nothing
very new to me in what he said. (A) read (B) have read (C) had read
(D) had been read

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TEST 13 10. How long (A) have you been (B) you had been 11. Do
you know how long (A) it takes (B) takes it 12. She said that her
husband was a bank manager, (A) wasn’t he (B) was he 13.1 for this
company since 1995. (A) work (B) am working 14. What was your
favourite subject (A) at school (B) at the school15. Who

here? Fifteen years. (G) are you (D) are you being to get to the
centre? (C) does take (D) does it take ? (C) didn’t he (D) didn’t
she

(C) worked (D) have been working

(C) in school (D) in the school

the flowers in that vase? (C) arrange (D) was arranged

(A) did arrange (B) arranged 16. They haven’t finished dinner(A)
yet (B) already

(C) still (D) else fantastic story! (C)such a (D) so a home. (C)
would come (D) came

17. I’ve never heard (A)such (B)so 18. I’ll ring you up as soon
as I (A) will come (B) come

19.1 don’t play hockey, but I like to watch others (A) to play
(B)play (C) the play (D) to playing

TEST 13 20.1 have never seen this film. (A) I haven’t too (B) So
have I 21. Margaret’s dress was made (A) with (B) of 22. Tom thinks
that he will find a job (A) easy (B) easily 23. Will you help me to
(A) lay (B) lie 24. The last student (A) examines (B) is examined
25. A hot lemon drink with honey is very good (A) to (B) from now.
(C) is being examined (D) had been examined a cold. (C) with (D)
for . (C) with easy (D) easiest the table, Mary? (C)lain (D) laid
(C) Never did I (D) Neither have I blue silk. (C) off (D) out
from

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2. -, -.

3. ? .

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TEST 13

4. , . !

5. ? , .

6. ? .

7. ? .

8. .

9. , ?

10. .

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TEST 14

1. , : AN INTERVIEW FOR A JOB On Wednesday I had an important
interview for a job. I (get up) at 7 o’clock in the morning and
(shave) carefully. I (put on) my best jacket and trousers. I (must,
travel) by train, so I (walk) to the station. On my way I (see) a
man who (paint) his fence with red paint. The man (notice, not) me:
he (look) ‘ at the fence. Then he (turn) suddenly and (splash) my
beautiful trousers! The man (apologise) to me, but the damage
(already, do) . «If I (go) home, I (be late) for the interview,» I
(think) . There (be) a department store not far from the station,
so I (decide) to buy a new pair. I (find) a nice pair of trousers
and since I (be) in a hurry, I (decide) to change on the train. The
shop (be) .full, so I (pay) hurriedly for my trousers, (take) my
shopping bag and (leave) . I (arrive) at the station just in time
to catch the train. Now I (be sure) l that I (be late, not) _ for
the interview. I (smile) happily at an elderly lady who (stare) at
my trousers and (go) to the toilet to change. I (throw) my stained
trousers out of the window. Then I (open) the bag to get my new
ones, but all I (find) was a pink woollen sweater! 2. 5 «An
Interview for a Job «:

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TEST 14

3. (), (), (), (D) : 1. Can you imagine (A) what life will be
like (B) what will be life 2. The Internent is in 2050? (C) what
will be life like (D) what life was like

inventions in history. (C) one most important (D) one of the
importantest . films ? (C) won’t we (D) shall we? a number 41
bus.(C) at (D)to

(A) one of the most important (B) one of most important 3. Many
of Agatha Christie’s novels (A) made into films (B) have made into
4. Let’s go to the disco, (A) don’t we (B) let us 5. Ann was
standing at the bus stop waiting(A) for (B)

(C) have been made into films (D) into filmsvwere made

6. There aren’t (A) some (B) no 7. He said that he (A) hasn’t
seen (B) didn’t see 8. Mother told me (A)not open (B) that I won’t
open 9. Doctors help (A) ill (B) sick 10.1

easy ways of learning a foreign language. (C) any (D) the
Spielberg’s new film yet. (C) hadn’t seen (D) wasn’t seen the door
to anyone. (C) not open (D) not to open people. (C) dead (D)
serious this car for a year.

(A) have (B) have had

(C) am having (D) have been having

TEST 14 11. When (A) have you arrived (B) did you arrive 12.1
enjoyed (A) myself (B) oneself 13. I’m sorry I’m late. It’s all my
(A) fault (B) guilt.

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in London? (C) you have arrived (D) you arrived very much at
Ann’s party. (C) self (D)me

(C) crime (D) shortcoming

14. It’s the restaurant(A) who (B) what

serves Chinese food. (C) that (D)is use some Scottish words when
they speak (C) still (D) else

15. Many Scottish people English.(A) yet (B) already

16. It’s time (A) that we have a break (B) to have a break 17.1
don’t want (A) that you go (B) you going 18. Hamlet (A) told (B)
talked 19. Our teacher (A) made us to read (B) make us read the
text again. (C) made us reading (D) made us read in common. there
alone.(C) you go (D) you to go

(C) we will have break (D) having a break

, «To be or not to be, that is the question.’ (C) said
(D)spoke

20.1 find it difficult to talk to Alan because we have so(A) few
(B) small

(C) little (D) less

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TEST 14 21. How long Spanish? (C) have you been studied (D) have
you been studying that they can communicate with people.(C)as (D)
because

(A) you study (B) have you studying 22. Dolphins are so
intelligent (A) that (B)than 23. My father gave up (A) to smoke (B)
smoke 24. Millions of people study English(A) for (B) like

three weeks ago. (C) smoking (D) smokes.

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a foreign language.(C)as (D) because

25. My father always gives me (A) good advices (B) the good
advice (C) a good advice (D) good advice

4. 10-15 : 1. The advantages and disadvantages of the Internet.
2. What does the future hold? 3. Our planet is our home. 4. We are
what we eat.

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TEST 151. , —

GOOD LUCK, CARL! Carl Osbourne lives in Glasgow. He (ought, be)
in The Guinness Book of Records because he (have) a terrible time
this year. The trouble (start) one fine morning at the beginning of
January when Carl (find) that his car (disappear) from his garage.
He (see, not) it since that time! In February he (buy) a new car,
but he (have, not) it for more than two weeks when he (crash) into
a lamp-post. Three days ago Carl (sit) on a seat that (paint) only
a few minutes before. He (wear) a brand-new suit that he (buy) only
the previous week. In the summer Carl (spend) his holiday at the
seaside. When he (arrive) home, he (discover) that his house (break
into) . His television and video-recorder (disappear) . Now poor
Carl (know, not) what he (do) to deserve this bad luck. He just
(hope) that his luck (change) soon. 2. : 1. She doesn’t like
English food. (What?)

2. Something fell on the floor. (What?)

3. We used to live in a small village. (Where?)

TEST 154. He’s been studying in London since November. (How
long?)

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5.1 have already seen Dracula. (When?)

6. I’ll have to borrow 10 pounds from Nick. (Who?)

7. There are a lot of words of French origin in English.
(Why?)

8.1 think he’s at home now. (Where?)

9. The British national flag is called Upion Jack. (What?)

10. The weather was nasty yesterday. (What?)

3. (), (), (), (D) :

A DOG ON THE KEYSWe were sitting in the tea-room and facing me
1_ _ a piano. A dog and his master were sitting at the table 2 .
Having finished his tea the dog went up to the piano and 3 . And
what a wonderful pianist he was. He started off with some Chopin,
my favourite composer, and next he switched over to Wagner and then
to some jazz music.

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TEST 16

the audience into a storm of applause. I was that I didn’t know
whether I was drinking tea or coffee. I stood up, went up to the
dog’s master and 7 8 voice: — My heartiest congratulations, sir!
You’ve got a very talented dog here! It’s the first time 9 10
performance! The dog’s master smiled 11 me mysteriously and
whispered: » I can let you into a little secret: 12 the only three
pieces he can play, but hush! Keep it dark!»1.

(A) it was (B) there has been

(C) there was (D) there (C) next me (D) next mine (C) began play
(D) start play (C) When he has finished (D) When he finishes (C)
burst out (D) was burst out (C) such amazed (D) so amazed (C) said
him (D) told to him (C) at a trembling (D) of a trembling (C) I had
seen (D) I have seen (C)such (D) so a

2.

(A) near to mine (B) next to mine (A) begin to play (B) began
playing (A) When he had finished (B) When he was finished (A) have
burst out (B) has burst out (A) such an amazed (B) amazed such (A)
told (B) said (A) in a trembling (B) with trembling

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

(A)I saw (B) I’m seeing(A) so (B)such a (A) to (B)at

10.

11.

(C)on (D)-

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(A) it is (B) there are

(C) these are (D)they

4. (), (), (), () , : 1. The book cost $3.65, and he had only
$2.40. (A) He had more than enough money to pay for the book. (B)
The book cost more than he had with him. (C) He had just enough
money to pay for the book. (D) He needed two more dollars to pay
for the book. 2. No one but Nick knew the answer to the question.
(A) The question could not be answered by anyone. (B) Everyone knew
how to answer the question. (C) Nick was the only one who couldn’t
answer the question. (D) Only Nick could answer the question. 3.
Could you give me a hand with this exercise? (A) Please give me
your hand. (B) Would you help me to do this exercise? (C) Please
let me do this exercise myself. (D) Please do this exercise for me.
4. Helen exchanged the jeans for a different pair. (A) Helen
returned the jeans and took a pair of shoes instead. (B) Helen took
the jeans back to the shop and got some different ones. (C) The
jeans didn’t fit properly so Helen returned them . (D) Helen didn’t
like the jeans at home so she returned them. ‘ 5. My father broke
his glasses so he couldn’t read the newspaper. (A) My father was
not able to read the newspaper because he had broken his glasses.
(B) My father could have read the newspaper if he hadn’t had to
wash the glasses. (C) My father won’t go to work tomorrow because
he must go to the optometrist. (D) My father cut himself on some
broken glass.

80 6.1 found it very difficult to learn that poem by heart. (A)
It was hard for me to learn the poem. (B) I learned that difficult
poem. (C) I found the poem after a difficult search. (D) It was
hard for me to find a good poem to learn by heart. 7.1 would rather
listen to Mozart than rock music. (A) I like listening to all kinds
of music. (B) I prefer music to studying rocks. (C) I prefer Mozart
to rock music. (D) I don’t like Mozart as much as I like rock
music. 8. Flats are very expensive and we can’t afford to buy one.
(A) The flats are too simple to cost so much. (B) It is easy to pay
for a nice flat. (C) We don’t have enough money for a new flat
because of the high price. (D) We can afford a new flat now, but
not next year.

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9. When the lesson began, there were a dozen students in the
classroom, but by the end of the lesson the number doubled. (A)
After the lesson had begun, some of the brazen students entered the
classroom. (B) There were three dozen students by the end of the
lesson. (C) There were 24 students in the classroom by the end of
the lesson. (D) The dozen people in the classroom were doubling as
students. 10. Mary could hardly find her mother in the overcrowded
shop. (A) Mary could easily find her mother in the overcrowded
shop. (B) Mary couldn’t find her mother in the overcrowded shop.
(C) Because the shop was overcrowded, Mary and her mother couldn’t
enter it. (D) Mary had some difficulty finding her mother.

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TEST 161. (), (), (), (D) :

‘ A. RUSSUA’S FIRST SURGEON1 the story 2 Alexander Kuprin «The
Wonderful Doctor»? Do you happen 3 it’s about Nikolai Pirogov, a
great researcher, excellent surgeon and clinician? He 4 an ordinary
man. Moscow University; at 22 he 7 At 18, he 5 a Doctor of Science;
at 26 he 8 a Professor at Derpt (now Tartu) University, in Europe
at that time; at 30 he 10 Russia’s first surgery clinic. To this
day Pirogov’s methods are 11 the basic methods in the study and 12
anatomy. ….. i 13 to proclaim disease prevention an extremely
Nikolai Pirogov was important task of medicine. He 14 : «The future
15_ preventive medicine.» Today 17 doubts it. If you 18 in
Pirogovskaya Street, stop and 19 the __ monument to this great man.
He 20 a scientist of genius even in his lifetime. 1.(A) Are you
reading (B) Did you read(A) by (B)about

(C) Do you read (D) Have you read(C) from (D)to

2.

3.

(A)know (B) knowing (A) isn’t (B) wasn’t (A) graduate (B)
graduated(A) (B)at

(C) to be known (D) to know(C) was no (D) hasn’t been

4.

5.

(C) was graduated (D) has graduated(C) from (D) for

6.

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(C) began (D) became’:

8.

(C) been (D) had been (C) one of the largest (D) largest one (C)
was headed (D) headed (C) beside (D) below (C) teaching (D)
teachers (C) a man of the world (D) world first man (C) was written
(D) writed (C) will be belonged (D) belongs (C) among (D)of (C)
nobody (D)anybody (C) happen be (D) be happen (C) have a look (D)
look at (C) was calling (D) is called

9.

(A) one of largest (B) one of larger (A) was head (B) was the
head (A) among (B) between (A) teach (B) teacher

10.

11.

12.

13.

(A) first man in the world (B) the first man in the world (A)
wrote (B) was writing (A) is belonging (B) belong(A) to (B) for

14.

15.

16.

17.

(A) some (B)no (A) happen being (B) happen to be(A) see at (B)
look

18.

19.

20.

(A) called (B) was called

TEST 16 . A VISIT TO A CONCERT

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A lady was late 1 the concert. When she 2 the concert r 3 . She
entered 4 the hall aiid 5 her seat. . [be orchestra 6 some music.
She had listened for a while before she 7 her neighbour: «What 8 ?»
» 9 symphony,» he answered. «Oh, dear! I 10 the first eight!»
exclaimed the lady.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(A) to (B) for

(C)at (D)in

(A) come (A) is already beginning (B) is already begun(A) in (B)
into

(C) came ij) come/ U A

(C) had begun yet (D) had already begun(C)to (D)-

(A) fmded (B) found (A) was playing (B) was played (A) had asked
(B) asked (A) do they play (B) they are playing (A) the nine (B)
ninth (A) have missed (B) had missed

(C) founded (D) was found (C) had played (D) has been playing
(C) would ask (D)ask (C) they have played (D) are they playing (C)
the ninth (D) a ninth (C) was missed (D) am missing

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2. : 1. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
(Who?)

842. He didn’t see the end of the film. (Why?)

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3. The weather was stormy yesterday. (What?)

4. A lot of hamburgers are eaten in the United States. (How
many?)

5.1 think he is still in the park. (Where?)

6. Ann has just come back from London. (When?)

7. He had to borrow some money. (Why?)

8. They have been quarrelling since morning. (How long?)

9. Stephen and Paul lead an adventurous life. (Who?)

10.1 saw a very interesting film yesterday. (What kind?)

TEST 163. (), (), (), (D) : 1. You have been in London three
times, haven’t you? (A) (B) (C) .(D) 2. My friends will meet me
when I will arrive at the airport. (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. Columbus Day
is celebrated on the twelve of October because on that day in (A) »
(B) (C) (D) 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the
Americas. 4. In ancient times and throughout the Middle Ages, many
people believed that (A) (B) the earth is motionless. (C) (D)

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5. This documentary, which was first shown on BBC 2 last year,
will be repeat on (A) (B) (C)» (D) BBC 1 next week. 6. The Amazon
valley is extremely important to the ecology of the earth, because
40 (A) per cent of the world’s oxygen produce there. (B) (C) (D) 7.
The water in the Great Salt Lake is at less four times saltier than
sea water. (A) (B) (C) (D) 8. My office is in the centre of Moscow,
so I am usually going to work by car. (A) (B) (C) (D) 9. I’m trying
to teach oneself to play the guitar but I’m not making much
progress. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. This town isn’t very well-known and
there isn’t many to see, so few tourists come here. (A) (B) (C)
(D)

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TEST 171. (), (), (), (D) : A. JACKJAMEISON,

There was once a small boy 1 Jack Jameison, who 2 in the village
of Jamesville, in the state of Georgia. Young Jameison 3 by 4 of
the villagers to be 5 foolish, but he was just 6 clever as any boy
of his 7 . One day Jack went 8 the village 9 to buy some groceries:
some jelly, oranges, jam, and finally, five cents worth of cheese.
The owner, however, objected to 10 so small a piece of cheese. He
said that he just 11 judge the size of a five-cent piece of cheese.
«Then 12 ten cents worth,» 13 Jack Jameison. The owner 14 15 a
ten-cent piece of cheese. » 16 satisfied now, 17 young man?» he
asked. Jack Jameison 18 five cents on the 19 and said: «Now just
cut that piece 20 half.» 1. (A) named (B) by name (A) left (B)
lived (A) judged (B) had judged (A) somebody (B) some (A) a little
(B) little(A) so (B) such

(C) whose name (D) was named (C) inhabited (D) resident (C) was
judged (D) was judging (C) any (D) anyone (C) a few (D) few(C) as
(D) very

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

TEST 177.

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(A) old (B) age (A) to (B)in

8.

(C) years old (D) ages (C) for (D) through (C) store (D) school
(C) sale (D) sales (C) couldn’t (D) couldn’t to (C) give (D) give
me (C) talked (D) said (C) there (D) that(C) had cut (D) was
cutting.

9.

(A) post-office (B) department (A) selling (B) sell (A) cannot
(B) could (A) to give me (B) give to me (A) told (B) spoke (A) than
(B) then(A) cut (B) cutted (A) Are you (B) You are (A) the (B)a

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

(C) Were you (D) Is you

17.

(C)an (D)(C) lay (D) lied

18.

(A) laid (B) lain (A) customer (B) counter(A) at (B) for

19.

(C) desk (D) floor

20.

(C)in (D)on

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TEST 17

1 the passengers of the ship 2 a very talkative lady who asked
the captain 3 questions. The captain was tired 4 the lady, but he
was a 5 man and 6 answer all her questions. One afternoon she
asked: «Captain, what will happen if our ship 7 an iceberg in the
ocean?» The captain 8 and answered: «Nothing special, madam. The
iceberg 9 as if 10 had happened.» 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(A) Between (B) Among (A) it was (B) she was (A) lots (B) lots of
(A) with (B) (A) well-bred (B) ill-bred (A) must (B) had to (A)
meets (B) will meet (A) smiles (B) smiled (A) goes (B) went (A)
some (B) something from (C) In front of (D) Beyond (C) there was
(D) there it was (C) a lot (D) a great number (C) of (D) because of
(C) absent-minded (D) left-handed (C) could (D) should (C) would
meet (D) had met (C) was smiling (D) had smiled (C) was going (D)
will go (C) anything (D) nothing

2. : 1. This house belongs to the Emersons. (Who?)

TEST 17 2. Our company has just moved into a new office.
(When?)

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3. We used to go to the theatre on Friday nights. (Where?)

4. Marion is from Spain. (Where?)

5. Linda has been watching TV since morning. (How long?)

6. Dick won’t be able to join us tomorrow. (Why?)

7. They usually work till 6 o’clock. (Who?)

8. Paul has got three cars. (How many?)

9. She speaks English very well. (How?)

10. The article will be translated tomorrow. (When?)

3. ( ): 1. It is known that Ivan the Terrible was very cruel.
(A) impatient (B) serious (C) brutal (D) reliable

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science fiction (C) historical work (B) poetry (D) writing 3.1 like
Mark Twain’s humorous stories. (A) funny (B) intelligent

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(C) artistic (D) interesting

4. This railway line connects Moscow and St Petersburg. (A)
separates (C) links (B) divides (D) servesi

5. Most students hate exams. (A) fear (B) strongly dislike/ 6.1
think he is an imitator, not a creator.

(C) fail (D) find pleasant

(A) a copier (B) an originator

(C) a burglar (D) a writer

7. In Britain the Queen is the formal head of state, but it is
the prime minister and the cabinet who govern. (A) rule (C) advise
(B) choose (D) watch 8. Sharks must swim all the time to avoid
sinking. (A) swiftly (C) accurately (B) often (D) constantly 9. The
number of unemployed people in our country is increasing. (A)
working (C) jobless (B) well-to do (D) educated 10. It is a school
for gifted children. (A) talented (B) ordinary

(C) blind (D) handicapped

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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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TEST 18

7. «A Story About Forks» .

A STORY ABOUT FORKS

In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited
Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing
he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting
than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, «When the Italians eat
meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as
they say, people do not always have clean hands.» Before leaving
for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks. At home Thomas gave
a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the
servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat
like they did in Italy. Everybody looked at him in surprise. When
he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good
look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians
were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.
Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice
to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.
Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr Coryate think that people in
England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers we had
enough for us? Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy
to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork
fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take
the fork away. Only fifty years later did people in England begin
to use forks. : ^ 1. Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to
England?’

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(A) He wanted to make his friends surprised. (B) He believed it
was not nice to eat meat with fingers. (C) Forks were beautiful.
(D) He wanted to make business selling forks.

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2. Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like
the Italians? (A) They believed that was bad manners. (B) Nobody
ate meat with hands in England. (C) Everybody thought it was an
amazing invention. (D) Nobody had seen a fork before. 3. Coryate’s
friends… (A) began to eat meat with forks at once. (B) became
ashamed of eating meat with their hands. (C) didn’t like the forks.
(D) didn’t pay any attention to the forks. 4. Why did the first
piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork?
(A) The fork was very inconvenient to use. (B) The fork was bad.
(C) Thomas was not used to eating with a fork. (D) The steak was
too tough. 5. When did people in England begin to use forks?

(A) In 1658. ( ) In 1568. B ( ) In 1856. C (D) In 1685.2. (),
(), (), (D) : 1. You are so intelligent! How many languages (A) are
you speaking (B) you speak ? (C) do you speak (D) speak you

2. During his second voyage to America Christopher Columbus some
islands of the West Indies. (A) found out (B) founded (C) invented
(D) discovered .

3. You’ll find your way to the village without difficulty (A) if
you will have a map (B) if you had a map

(C) if you have a map (D) if you’re having a map

TEST 18 4. Nobody likes talking to Bill because he is fond of
giving (A) a useless advice (B) useless advices .

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(C) useless advice (D) some useless advices

5. _ Hemingway lived mostly in Cuba where he wrote The Old Man
and the Sea. (A) In his later years (B) In his latter years (C) In
his lasted years (D) In his lasting years

6. Andrew promised to be here at six o’clock yesterday. Do you
know what time (A) did he come (B) does he come (C) he came (D) he
did come

7. 1 was very busy last week. I couldn’t even find the time to
watch the news on TV. _ (A) Nor I could. (B) Neither could I. (C)
So could I. (D) I neither.

8. Unfortunately I’ve never seen Mary _ . They say she took the
first place at the competition last year. (A) to dance (B) dance
(C) dances (D) is dancing

9. They want their _ to become a doctor. They don’t even think
that she can be against it. (A) fifteen years old girl (B)
fifteen-years girl (A) makes us to learn (B) makes that we learn
(A) near (B) nearly (C) fifteen-year-old girl (D) a
fifteen-year-aged girl (C) makes us learning (D) makes us learn (C)
near to (D) close

10. Our literature teacher _ . a lot of poems by heart.

1 1 . It doesn’t take me long to get to work because I live _
the office.

12. In Washington no building may be more than 40 metres tall _
the city’s many monuments from view. (A) so as to hide not (B) so
not to hide (C) for not hiding (D) in order not to hide

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mustn’t 14. A friend of mine would never let her children (A)
keeping (B) to keep (C) keep (D) kept

TEST 18 wear jeans in the office. (C) may not (D) don’t have to
a pet in the flat.

15. My sister phoned yesterday and she told me that she (A) has
bought (B) bought 16. Which of you (A) knows (B) know 17.1 don’t
know (A) something (B) anything about it. (C) nothing (D) none (C)
had bought (D) will buy how to spell this word? (C) does know (D)
do know

a house.

18. My sister used to spend hours talking to somebody (A)
through (B) on (C) with (D) at

the phone.

19. The first modern Olympic Games took place in Greece in 1896,
(A) did they (B) didn’t it 20. We travel everywhere(A) by (B)
on

?

(C) isn’t it (D) didn’t they train because my wife is afraid of
flying by air.(C) by the (D) in the

21. Mary was supposed to write an essay yesterday but she hasn’t
done it (A) since (B) already (C) still (D) yet

.

22.1 wanted to discuss a very important problem with John but he
couldn’t talk to me because he . (A) didn’t have a lot time (B) had
few time (C) didn’t have much time (D) had a little time

TEST 18 23. When Albert Einstein went to school, mental
abilities. (A) nor his parents nor his teachers (B) neither his
parents nor his teachers (C) neither his parents and his teachers
(D) neither his parents or his teachers 24. He is very experienced
because he has been working here/A (A) since (B) for /-/~i J (C)
during (D) by

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six years.

25.

, London is one of the oldest and most interesting cities in the
world. (A) In my opinion (B) In my mind (C) For my mind (D) By my
opinion

3. : 1. .

2. . ?

3. . .

4. . , .

5. . , ?

6. , 100?

967. ?

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8. , .

9. , .

10. .

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TEST 19/. «Health Tips For Travellers » .

HEALTH TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS Travel is fun. Travel is exciting.
But it’s not fun or exciting if you get ill. You may think, «Not
me. I won’t fall ill on my holiday!» But, for many people, that is
what happens. Of course you do not want to spend your holiday ill
in bed. If you have heart trouble, you don’t want to make it worse.
So what can you do to stay in good health? There are three things
you should remember when you travel: relax, sleep and eat well. A
holiday is supposed to be a time for relaxing. But to our regret
very often it is not. Think about what you do when you are a
tourist. There are so many places to visit: museums, shops, parks
and churches. You may spend most days walking around these places.
This can be very tiring. Your feet may hurt. You’ve got a terrible
headache after a few hours. If this is the way you feel, you should
take a rest. Do not ask your body to do too much. A tired body
means a weak body. And a weak body gets ill easily. So sit down for
a few hours in a nice spot. In good weather, look for a quiet park
bench. Or you can stop at a cafe. You can learn a lot by watching
people while you rest. You should not forget about sleep. If you
want to stay healthy you need to get a good night’s rest. You may
have trouble sleeping at night when you travel. Your hotel room may
be noisy or the bed may be uncomfortable. If this is true, don’t
hesitate to change rooms or hotels. Or, you may not get enough
sleep for another reason. In many cities the nightlife can be very
exciting. You may want to stay out late at night. In this case you
should plan to sleep for an hour during the day. That extra hour
can make a big difference. Finally, if you want to stay in good
shape, you must eat well. That means eating the right kinds of
food. Your body needs fresh fruit and vegetables, and some meat,
milk or cheese. No doubt when you are in a new country, you will
wish to try new food. But you need to be careful about how much you
eat. Try to avoid eating lots of rich food. So, remember this: if
you want to enjoy your holiday, take good care of yourself. Give
your body some rest. Get enough sleep and eat good, healthy food.4
. .

_98 : 1. This passage is about (A) what to eat when you travel.
(B) relaxing when you travel. (C) how exciting travel is. (D) how
to stay healthy when you travel. 2. A holiday is not fun if (A) (B)
(C) (D) you are reluctant to go. you are suddenly taken ill. you
spend most days doing the sights. have trouble sleeping at night. .
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3. Sightseeing is (A) (B) (C) (D) the best way to relax. never
any fun. very tiring. unhealthy.

4. It’s a good idea (A) (B) (C) (D) to spend holidays in other
countries. to get some rest every day. not to take very long
holidays. to keep your first-aid kit handy when you are on
holiday.

5. You can fall ill more easily if (A) (B) (C) (D) you are
tired. you stay out late at night. you are sleepy. you sleep an
extra hour during the day.

6. Your body needs sleep (A) (B) (C) (D) to enjoy the nightlife.
to keep fit. not to spoil your appetite. to be strong enough to go
sightseeing.

TEST 19 7. When you travel you should eat (A) (B) (C) (D)
something different. more frequently. fresh fruit and vegetables.
lots of rich food.

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8. For good health you need (A) (B) (C) (D) to travel much. to
lead an active life. to get enough sleep. to eat a lot of rich
food.

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2. (), (), (), (D) :

A. WILLIAM THACKERAY1 William Thackeray was born in 1811 in
Calcutta. his parents sent him to England where he 2 his early
training at the famous Charter House School. Then he went to
Cambridge, but _ _3 to take his degree. He 4 an artist. 5 he went
to the Continent and spent some time As he had some travelling. to
England he was compelled to turn his attention to When he 6 He
wrote many humorous tales and sketches and some literature as other
works of satirical character. He was also a clever writer of
magazine articles. Soon 8 , Vanity Fair, began to appear in a
monthly magazine. Then came another novel, and in 1851 he became a
public lecturer. For his lectures he chose The English Humorists of
the Eighteenth Century. These lectures were very popular in London.
9 Thackeray 10 these lectures in Scotland and America. Thackeray
wrote some other novels and became very popular and famous 11 .
This distinguished novelist died suddenly 12 1863.

1.2.

(A) At seven (B) At the age of seven(A) receives (B)
received

(C) When he had seven years (D) When he was seven years (C) had
received (D) was receiving

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TEST 19(A) did not wait to take (B) expected no taking (A) made
up one’s mind to become (B) made up his mind to become (A) destiny
(B) fate (A) returned (B) was returned (A) means of support (B) a
mean of support (A) the first he’s novel (B) his first novel (A)
After (B) After then (A) listened to (B) explained (A) at the world
(B) through world(A) at the end of (B) in the end of

3.

(C) did not wait taking (D) hadn’t expected to take (C) made up
his mind becoming (D) made up mind to become

4.

5.

(C) fortune (D) rich-

6.

(C) had returned (D) was returning (C) a means of a support (D)
a means of support (C) his the first novel (D) the first of his
novel (C) After that time (D) Afterwards (C) delivered (D) put down
(C) throughout the world (D) in world(C) on the end of (D) end
of

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

B. THE FOX AND THE GOAT One hot summer day a fox was very
thirsty. He was 1 some water to drink. At last he ran up to an old
well. The water was out of his reach. When he was trying to get the
water he 2 into the well. The water was not deep, and he began to
drink at once. When he had drunk enough, he tried to get 3 . But
the sides of the well were high, and he 4 not 5 the top. After the
fox .6 there for a long time he heard a noise. That was a goat who
came to the well. The goat saw the fox and asked, «What 7

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down there?» «Oh, I 8_ the water. It’s fresh. Come down here.»
The goat was 10_ _ to listen to the fox, and jumped down. After the
goat had got into the well, the fox climbed up the goat’s back and
got out of the well. Then he turned round and went away.

1.2.

(A) looking after (B) looking for (A) fell (B) had fallen(A)
from (B) out of

(C) looking at (D) looking into (C) failed (D) was falling
(C)off (D) out (C) should (D) ought (C) reach (D) come up(C)is (D)
had been (C) did you do (D) are you doing

3.

4.

(A) might (B) could(A) get (B) approach to

5.

6.7.

(A) was being (B) has been (A) you are doing (B) do you do (A)
drink (B) drank(A) so (B)enough

8.

(C) am drinking (D) am drunk (C) such (D) much (C) silly very
much (D) so silly

9. 10.

(A) silly enough (B) enough silly

3. : Write a short paragraph (10-12 sentences) about your
favourite singer or pop group.

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TEST 201. «Acid Rains » .

ACID RAINS

Every year more and more plants and animals disappear never to
be seen again. Strangely, it is the most intelligent but most
thoughtless animal that is causing most of the problems man. Nature
is very carefully balanced and if this balance is disturbed,
animals can disappear alarmingly fast. Every day, thousands of
species of animals draw closer to extinction. There are countless
number of species which may become extinct before they are even
discovered. In many lakes the fish are dying. Fishermen are worried
because every year there are fewer fish and some lakes have no fish
at all. Scientists are beginning to get worried too. What is
killing the fish? The problem is acid rain. Acid rain is a kind of
air pollution. It is caused by factories that burn coal or oil or
gas. These factories send smoke high into the air. The wind often
carries the smoke far from the factories. Some of the harmful
substances in the smoke may come down with the rain hun