V. Переведите на английский язык.

1. – Что ты читаешь? – Я читаю интересную статью в сегодняшней газете.

2. В нашей школе французский не преподают.

3. Я тебе звонил сегодня несколько раз.

4. В какой институт ты собираешься поступать?

5. Когда я была маленькой, я думала, что хлеб растет на деревьях.

VI. Выберите правильный ответ.

1. The Quakers are ....

a) a religious movement, b) a pop group, c) the title of a book, d) the title of a film.

2. What great historical event happened in 1066?

a) the Roman invasion, b) a bourgeois revolution,

c) the battle of Hastings, d) the Danish invasion.

3. The printing press was invented by ... .

a) Oliver Cromwell, b) William Caxton,

c) William the Conqueror, d) Alexander Bell.

4. Secondary education in Britain is ... .

a) compulsive, b) compulsory, c) optional, d) voluntary.

5. The size of the house in Britain is determined by the number of... .

a) sitting rooms, b) kitchens, c) bedrooms, d) floors.

Test 13

I. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.

Two men were boasting to each other about how rich their families were. One said, “My father’s farm is so big that when my mother goes off to milk the cows on Monday morning she gets back only on Saturday evening.” – “Really?” said the other. “Well, I think that’s a pretty big farm but it would look like a small garden if compared with my father’s farm.” – “How big is your father’s farm?” asked the first man. “Well, when my father sends a young married couple to milk the cows their grandchildren bring the milk back home.”

Вопросы:

1. How long does it take the first man’s mother to get the milk home?

2. Which of the two men was more boastful?

II. Поставьте вопрос к подчеркнутому члену предложения.

Two men were boasting to each other about how rich their families were.

III. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную глагольную форму.

It (1 – be) a hot day. When Marian and her father (2 – enter) the woods, it (3 – begin) to rain. But they not (4 – mind) that, because it (5 – feel) nice and cool. They (6 – run) down into the valley. At the bottom of the valley (7 – be) a small river and a bridge over it. This place (8 – call) ‘Robin Leap.’ They (9 – stop) for a while to admire the view.

Marian (10 – ask) her father why it (11 – call) “Robin Leap.” Her father (12 – say): “They (13 – say) Prince John on horseback (14 – come) after Robin Hood who (15 – be) on foot. When they (16 – come) to this place R. Hood (17 – think) he (18 – catch) because there (19 – be) no bridge in those days. But to the Prince’s surprise Robin Hood (20 – jump) over the river and (21 – get) away.”

Marian (22 – wonder) if her father (23 – believe) it (24 – be) true. Her father (25 – say) he (26 – be) not quite sure.

They (27 – run) deeper into the woods. Suddenly they (28 – begin) to hear thunder and (29 – see) lightning in the sky. It (30 – pour) down now, but Marian’s father (31 – say) it (32 – stop) in a minute.

Suddenly there (33 – be) a tremendous flash. Marian (34 – throw) into some bushes. She (35 – realize) she (36 – strike) by lightning. Slowly she (37 – sit) up, her legs (38 – bleed), but she not (39 – hurt) badly. Then she (40 – see) her father. He (41 – fall) under a tree and couldn’t move.