Test 3(pre-intermediate level)

I. Reading. Read the text and do the exercises.

Doctor Know –All

One day a farmer took some wood to the market. A doctor saw the farmer and asked him to bring the sledge with the wood into his yard. Soon the farmer was in the doctor's yard. The yard was large. In one corner there were horses, in another cows and a lot of hens ran around. «What a good thing it is to be a doctor! He is so rich! I want to be a doctor too!»

«Well», answered the doctor, «I can tell you what you must do. Get a book, a handbag for medical things, some nice new clothes for yourself and a new sledge. Then write on the door of your house :Doctor Know -All». The farmer did so. At that time somebody took a lot of money from a very rich man who lived not far from the farmer's house. And nobody knew where the money was. The rich man went to the fanner and asked him for help. «Well, I can come,» answered the farmer, «but my wife must come with me». The farmer and his wife came to the rich man just at dinner time. The rich man asked the farmer and his wife to have dinner with him. The farmer and his wife sat at the table. They were greatly pleased with everything that they saw around them. A man came in and brought the first dish. It was soup.

The farmer began to count the number of dishes. «That's the first!» said the farmer to his wife. The man went pale and quickly left the room, for he was one of the men who took the rich man's money. He thought that Doctor Know- All knew everything about him. Then another man came in with the meal and the farmer said to his wife, «And that's the second!»

And so he repeated the sentence every time when somebody brought in a new dish, After dinner the five men came up to the farmer . They were so much afraid of the Doctor Know- All that they told him where the money was. It was in the house under the floor. The farmer and his wife laughed happily. The rich man thanked the farmer and gave him a lot of money.

Exercise I. Fill in the gaps.

1) One day a farmer took some........to the market.

2) The doctor's yard was..........

3) Somebody took a lot of money from........

4) The rich man went to........and asked him for help.

5) The farmer and his wife came to the rich man just.........

6) Thieves thought that the Doctor All-Know knew...........about the money.

7) Thieves told the farmer him where.......

Exercise 2. Choose the correct word.

8) Winter has come and I have no.......(woods/ wood).

9) In the doctor's yard there........(was/were) a lot of animals.

10) The doctor suggested writing ( Doctor Know-All / Doctor Know -Nothing) on the door of the farmer's house.

11) At that time somebody took a lot of money from a very rich man and nobody knew where the money.........(were/ was).

12) The farmer and his wife came to the rich man......( already/just/yet) at dinner-time.

13) A man came in and brought the first dish. It was........( a/-) soup.

14) The thief thought that Doctor Know-All knew........( nothing/something).

15) The farmer and his wife lived.......( happy/happily) to the end of their days.