Текст 4

Most British housewives love window shopping. This is a pastime when you just walk round the shops and look at all those beautiful things that are displayed in every shop window. Some women can spend the whole day looking at everything they meet on their way. But it would be a mistake to say that men are against this kind of shopping. You will certainly see a lot of unmarried couples, husbands and wives, or just friends wandering about different stores without any idea of buying something in the end.

Shop managers know about this feature of people's character and try to benefit from it. They usually place the most unusual, most beautiful or most attractive items in their shop windows to attract as many customers as possible. Sometimes you'll see something which has absolutely nothing to do with the things you can buy in the shop. For example, if you see a sheep dummy pretending that it peacefully eats grass, do not expect to buy a nice piece of mutton or, say, a toy sheep. Most probably this shop sells wool and woolen clothes. There is another point about shop windows. As managers make them look better to attract people, streets become more colorful and picturesque

Выберите подходящий конец предложения (a, b, с or d) в соответствии с текстом.

1. Window shopping

a) is not very popular in Europe;

b) is a nice pastime for some people;

c) is hated by men and older people;

d) is more difficult in the evening.

2. A manager must pay special attention to the shop windows because

a) they attract customers;

b) they are colorful and picturesque;

c) everyone likes window shopping;

d) everyone can throw a stone at the glass.

3. Things that are displayed in shop windows

a) sometimes frighten nervous customers;

b) sometimes have nothing to do with the goods;

c) sometimes look dirty;

d) sometimes pretend to be something else.

4. One of the reasons why window shopping is good is that

a) it keeps managers busy most of the time;

b) it is the best pastime for young people;

c) it protects the environment;

d) it helps to make streets look better.

Текст 5 Daily bread

Miss Martha was 40 years old but she was not married. She had her own shop, where she sold bread, both fresh and stale which was cheaper.

There was a customer who called at her shop two or three times a week. The man was not young but he was very pleasant. He wore cheap clothes but they always looked nice on him. He always bought stale bread and never fresh. Miss Martha decided that he was very poor. She always thought of him and was always sorry that she could not invite him to have dinner with her. She wanted to talk to him, to know more about him. She liked the man and began wearing her best dress. She wanted to help the poor man but she didn't know how.

Once when her customer called on her to buy stale bread, Miss Martha had an idea and a good one, as she thought, to help him. She put some butter in the stale bread.

The next day two men came into the shop. One of them was her customer and the other - a young man. The customer was very angry and couldn't speak to her. So the young man told Miss Martha everything: «We work together in the same office. We use stale bread to take away pencil lines. We have worked at a plan of new district for six month. We finished it this morning and began taking away pencil lines from it with your bread. You see, butter is not good for it, and we can't show this plan to anybody now».

When the men left Miss Martha went to her room upstairs, took off her best dress and put on her old brown one.

Согласитесь или не согласитесь.

1. Miss Martha was a young woman.

2. She had her own bakery.

3. Miss Martha was sure that the customer who called at her shop two or three times a week was well-off.

4. Once Miss Martha put some butter into the stale bread, and the customer appreciated her kindness very much.