2. Fill the gaps with the right words. The Mistake

For centuries, people have said that the dog is man’s best friend. The following story is more than a thousand years old. A king had a strong, beautiful dog that he loved 1 . When the king went to war, the dog went with him. When the weather was warm and sunny, the dog joined the king on nice, 2 walks in the countryside. Whenever the king went to the public hall, where 3____ could talk to him, the dog lay at his feet. If the king felt sad, he talked to the dog. The dog always listened. After the king had his first son, he often let the dog watch the baby. He trusted the dog to take 4 of this precious child. One day, after being away for an hour or so, the king returned to the baby’s room. He saw something terrible. The baby was nowhere in 5 . His bed was turned over, and there was blood all over the dog’s mouth. Accusing the dog, the king shouted, «You killed my son!» He grabbed his knife and stabbed the dog in the heart. Then he heard a cry. Looking under the the baby’s bed, he found his baby son, safe and 6 . Then he saw a body of a big wolf. It was bloody and covered with deep 7 . At that moment the king understood that he had killed the dog that had saved his son’s life.

1	a) greatly	b) mentally	c) very	d) hard
2	a) smart	b) furious	c) pleasant	d) awful
3	a) whatever	b) every	c) anyone	d) all of them
4	a) care	b) nurse	c) keep	d) defend
5	a) environment	b) sight	c) nearness	d) neighbouring
6	a) visible	b) sound	c) heard	d) seen
7	a) tails	b) cures	c) shocks	d) bites

III. Choose the correct word and translate into Russian

1. When Jack came home, his sister told him that Peter had rung him up half an hour (ago, before). 2. “Did you work or were you still going to school two years (ago, before)?” the teacher asked one of the students. 3. Last week I asked my fried to translate this article, but he said he couldn’t do it (now, then) and said he would do it (in two days, two days later). 4. My friend spent his last week-end in the country. He says the weather was fine (today, that day). 5. I gave my friend a book last week and he said he would return it (tomorrow, next day), but he hasn’t done so yet. 6. “Are you going to have a talk (tomorrow, next day)?” my friend asked me. 7. He wanted to know when we were going (here, there) again.

IV. Write the following dates

9 мая 1945 г., 22 апреля 1979 г., 23 февраля 1971 г., 5. 9. 65 г., 31 января 2000 г., 01. 09. 97 г., 20 /VI – 49 г., в 1869 г., в сентябре 1941 г., к ноябрю 2011 г., в 1901 г., 9/1 – 1905 г., в мае 1989 г.