II. Use of English.

A mouse 1____ a very difficult time. He was so afraid of a cat that life 2____ lost

all its sparkle and he spent his days in fear and trembling. 3 _____ magician came upon the

terrified mouse. The mouse 4 _____ him about the constant state of fear and distress. The

magician waved his hand and with a magic spell turned the mouse 5____ a cat. Some

time later the cat came back. «Life would not be such a torture if I could live without

the constant fear of being caught by a dog», said the cat. The magician 6 ____ a spell,

waved his hand over the cat, and the cat became a dog. The dog trotted off but after

some days he was back and 7 ____ problem was still the same — fear. The dog was terrified

of tigers. Again, with his magic words and a wave of his hand, the magician 8 _____

the dog into a magnificent tiger.

Now, when the tiger returned to ask for help because he was full of fear and terrified

of being killed by hunters, the magician gave up. «Nothing will be of any help»,

he said, «for you have the heart of a mouse». He decided to change the tiger back into

a mouse.

	A	B	C	D
1.	was having	is having	are having	having
2.	has	had	is having	was having
3.	an	the	a	-
4.	told	to tell	have told	is telling
5.	to	across	onto	into
6.	say	said	have said	has said
7.	a	an	-	the
8.	transformed	had transformed	to transform	are transforming

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.

III. Writing.

You have lost the book that your friend lent you. Write an email (35–45 words) to

your friend. Include this information:

• apologize;

• explain how it happened;

• offer to replace it.

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