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General Comprehension

  1. Who said it and what did they mean by that? What do the words in bold refer to?

  1. “That's why it's better to be born lucky than rich”.

  2. "He's always riding like that! I wish he'd leave off!"

  3. "And then the house whispers, like people laughing at you behind your back. It's awful, that is!”

  4. “Let it alone, son! Don't you bother about it!”

  5. He's very good, he always keeps me company, when I'm there”

  6. “Malabar came in first all right, a clean win. I did as you told me.”

  1. Who did it and why?

1) Who tried this thing and the other but could not find anything successful?

2) Who gave up on Paul and could make nothing of him?

3) Who gave Paul a lucky ten-shilling note?

4) Who took Paul into Richmond Park for an afternoon?

5) hose idea was it to deposit 5 thousand pounds with the family lawyer so that he would send a thousand on the mother’s birthday for the next five years?

6)Who wanted to be first in something but never succeeded?

  1. Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements. Prove your answer using the text.

  1. Paul’s father used to be rich but then lost his wealth.

  2. Everybody thought that the mother loved her children dearly.

  3. It was the mother who spent too much money.

  4. No one noticed changes in Paul’s behaviour after his conversation with the mother about luck.

  5. It was Uncle Oscar who first took Paul to the horse-race.

  6. The five thousand pounds the mother got finally managed to silence the voices in the house for some time.

  7. The mother strongly disapproved of gambling.

  8. The boy lost money on horses more often than he won.

  1. Answer the questions:

  1. Why was there always no money in the house? Was the family really poor and starving?

  2. Whom did the mother blame for the lack of money? Why?

  3. Did she ever try to improve the situation?

  4. How did Paul learn about horse-races?

  5. Who was Bassett and how did he get the job in the house?

  6. Did the uncle believe Paul when the latter told him about the money he had won? Why?

  7. Did Paul always win when he bet on horses?

  8. What was Paul’s biggest secret?

  9. Did a thousand pounds the mother got for her birthday delight her? What did she do next?

  10. Why didn’t Paul want to go to the seaside?

  11. What made the mother anxious on the night of Paul’s illness?

Working with the vocabulary

1. Read the story, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.

  1. to find fault with smb/smth

  2. anxious

anxiety (n)

  1. to be superior to smb

  2. in style

  3. to haunt

  4. to compel smb’s attention

  5. to seek (for) smth

  6. to give smb up

  7. to flare

  8. honour bright!

  9. serene

  10. uncanny

  11. a knack of doing smth

  12. overwrought

2. Remember the contexts in which Word List items are used, say who or what they referred to.