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Вариант 1

1. These sentences are from: Roy Williams had come home from abroad to visit his mother and sister and brothers who still remained in his native town. Hopkinsville. He come back very well dressed, but very thin. He wasn’t well.

1. “A Service of Love”

2. “The Happiest Man on Earth”

3. “The Explosion”

4. “Home”

5. “Return”

2. David Balfour, a sixteen-year-old boy, is on board in brig bound for America. The brigs meets with a violent storm off the coast of Scotland. These sentences are from the text…

1. “The reading Public”

2. “Return”

3. “The Shipwreck”

4. “The Explosion”

5. “Surprise”

3. “The I. if had sat down to think might have guessed the secret. But for the fishers. I might have left my bones there. These sentences are from the text…

1. “The Boy Next Door”

2. “No Story”

3. “Martin Eden”

4. “The Invisible Man”

5. “The Shipwreck”

4. While they were thus engaged Ben Price, the detective, walked into the bank and stood at the counter watching the scene. This sentence is from the text…

1. “A Foul Play” by R.Ruark

2. “Lost in the Post” by A.Philips

3. “The Dinner Party” by N.Monsarrat

4. “Letter in the Mail” by E.Cardwell

5. “Jimmy Valentine’s Reformation” by O.Henry

5. Towards the end of a wonderful dinner, when dessert had been brought in and the servants had left, my uncle leant forward to admire a magnificent diamond ring on the princess’s hand. These sentences are from the text…

1. “The Dinner Party”

2. “The Filipino and the Drunkard”

3. “A Good Start”

4. “Caged”

5. “Success Story”

6. Complete the following sentence: One morning the bank manager said that he had …

1. 10 000 dollars

2. 2 000 dollars

3. 15 000 dollars

4. 20 000 dollars

5. 30 000 dollars

7. Complete the following sentence: Forestier turned round and started to run to the ….

1. Room

2. Shop

3. Factory

4. Kitchen

5. House

8. Complete the following sentence: Once or twice he gave Tom considerable sums and on this Tom bought a …

1. A house and jewellery

2. A yacht and jewellery

3. A motor car and some jewellery

4. A bicycle and a lot of jewellery

5. A bas and jewellery

9. I happened to know all about it. Because I was the executer of the will of Barton’s aunt. This sentence from the text…

1. “The Lion’s Skin” by W.S.Maugham

2. “Wager with Destiny” by E.E.Gatti

3. “Success Story” by J.G.Cozzens

4. “The Happy Man” by W.S.Maugham

5. “The Verger” by W.S.Maugham

10. These sentences are from: David Balfour, a sixteen-year-old boy is on board, a brig bound for America. The brig meets with a violent storm off the coast of Scotland. During the ship wreck that follows David is coast overboard. He cannot swim and is being carried along by the waves and choked until fortunately, he manages to hold of a floating board. After a desperate struggle he is flung upon the shore.

1. “No Story”

2. “The Snake and The Bell”

3. “Surprise”

4. “The Happiest Man on Earth”

5. “The Shipwreck”

11. Complete the sentence: “I’d love a game – but I’ll have to go home and change …

1. My raincoat

2. My hat

3. My coat

4. My shoes

5. My clothes

12. She was beautiful in the grand, classic manner. She didn’t look in the least like a film star or a model. But looking at her you forget everything. It was sheer beauty of her face that took your breath away. The main character of the text is …

1. Lord War beck

2. Aubrey

3. Adela

4. A princess

5. Deborah

13. Complete the following sentence: He smiled kindly “My dear man, if you want them that badly, you can certainly have them…”

1. For four dollars

2. Four eight dollars

3. For five dollars

4. For seven dollars

5. For six dollars

14. Complete the following sentence: Many people were shocked when they read that Captain Forestier had met his death in a fire trying to save his wife’s …

1. Mouse

2. Parrot

3. Cat

4. Dog

5. Hedgehog

15. Complete the following sentence: Mind the text “The happy Man” by W.S.Maugham: I opened the door to …

1. His father

2. Total stranger

3. His wife

4. His friend

5. His brother

16. Complete the sentence: Mr.Larrabee and Mrs.Larrabee began their married life …

1. In a large building

2. In a room

3. In a little room

4. In a large room

5. In a house

17. Complete the following sentence: “Oh, yeas madam, this is Mr Slush latest book. I assure you. It’s having a wonderful sale.” As he spoke he pointed to a huge pile of books on the counter with the title in big letters…

1. “Six month in a wagon”

2. “Among the Cannibals of Corfu”

3. “Seven Weeks in the Sahara”

4. “Among the monkeys”

5. “Golden Dreams”

18. Complete the following sentence: he had no money for stamps, so the manuscripts lay on the floor under the table. Martin … then his watch

1. Eating his breakfast

2. Lost his things

3. Building his house

4. Finding his lists of words

5. Pawned his overcoat

19. Complete the following sentence. Mind the text “Martin Eden” by J.London. One morning the postman …

1. Gave him a short thick

2. Brought him a short or thin letter – take him a short thin

3. Brought a very beautiful

4. Bring him short and thin

5. Brought him a short thin

20. Complete the following sentence: Lany Swartz a young coloured man, was sent by his village folk to study…

1. In Glasgow

2. In Canada

3. In New York

4. In London

5. In Cape town

21. A sea-bred boy wouldn’t have stayed a day on the isle which is only a tidal isledt. And can be entered and left twice in every twenty-four hours. This sentence is from the text …

1. “The Shipwreck”

2. “Surprise”

3. “The Reading Public”

4. “The Explosion”

5. “Return”

22. Complete the following the sentence: She was too excited to tell him the story clearly and …

1. Bill couldn’t understand anything at first

2. He could understand everything

3. He waited her at the living-room

4. She began to cry

5. He could understand everything at first

23. These sentences are from: Jesse felt ready to weep. He was waiting for Tom. Tom was his brother-in-law. Jesse knew he looked terrible. True, they hadn’t seen each other for five years: but Tom looked five years older, that wall all,. He was still Tom.