X. Выберите соответствующую форму прилагательного в сравнительной или превосходной степени сравнения.

The Everest is … mountain on Earth.
high	the highest	higher
Eurasia is … continent.
bigger	biggest	the biggest
Summer is usually … than spring.
hotter	the hotter	the hottest
Chinese is … than English.
more difficult	difficult	the most difficult
February is … month.
short	the shorter	the shortest
She is … than me.
more intelligent	intelligent	the most intelligent
Your story is … than mine.
more exciting	the most exciting	exciting
You have a … life than I have.
busier	busy	the busiest

XI. Выберите правильный перевод.

I have got as many friends as you’ve got.
больше друзей	столько же друзей	много друзей
My car is not as fast as yours.
не такая быстрая как	такая же быстрая как	быстрее
The more you work, the more money you get.
чем больше, тем больше	все больше, и больше	много, много
The less we know, the less we forget.
чем меньше, тем меньше	все меньше, и меньше	мало, мало

XII. Прочитайте текст и укажите, верны (True) или нет (False) следующие за ним утверждения.

My perfect weekend

I am Elizabeth Haycox, a bookshop owner in Hay-on-Wye. There is also a café and a small cinema in my bookshop.

On any Friday afternoon you can find me in Richard Booth’s, the second-hand bookshop I run in Hay-on-Wye. Every Friday I frantically prepare for Saturday. I make sure the books are on the shelves, the napkins for the café are ironed, and we have enough popcorn and sweets in our 47-seat cinema. I don’t want any nasty surprises. As Hay Festival approaches (22 May - 1 June) I’m even busier. There is a lot of work to do: I paint my shop, I get in new stock, and I work out how to make the place as inspiring as possible.

I can’t say I’m the first in on Saturday but I am there for the whole day, as it’s the busiest day of the week. I am ready to do any job. I waitress in the café, I take tickets for the Saturday matinee, I change the loo rolls and I work the tills in the bookshop.

I like working on Saturdays. As a teenager I babysat, worked as a motel maid and in shops almost every Saturday. I like being independent and making my own money.

When I get home from the shop on Saturday, Paul (my husband) and I often find ourselves driving 45 minutes for dinner at someone’s house. It’s an English country tradition, isn’t it? Or we have people over to our house and Paul cooks.

I never work on Sundays; it’s a day when I relax. I lie in until about 7.30am and then take our dogs for a workout. Sunday lunch is my favourite meal; I cook a traditional roast or make a clam chowder. Then I take a nap.

After a refreshing cup of tea and a toasted cheese sandwich, I work my way through the papers for Festival inspiration and lie in bed with my ideas – not all of them good.

On Monday morning I am back in the shop. The good thing about retail is that every week starts afresh. There’ll be a new menu in the café, new films in the cinema and new books. And after working on Saturday, I’ll have a day off midweek for shopping in London.

1. Elizabeth owns a bookshop in London.

   true

   false

2. The book shop sells new books.

   true

   false

3. Sunday is the busiest day of the week.

   true

   false

4. Elizabeth is married to Paul.

   true

   false

5. Elizabeth always works on Sundays.

   true

   false

6. Elizabeth’s husband takes the dogs for a walk.

   true

   false

7. Elizabeth sleeps on Sunday afternoon.

   true

   false

8. Elizabeth’s ideas are always good.

   true

   false

9. Every week is the same for Elizabeth.

   true

   false

10. Every Sunday Elizabeth goes shopping in London.

true

false