Завдання до білету №21

Jane lived with her parents in 1) _______ Far North. But the little girl was ill. She could 2) _______ run nor play. She could not eat.

"There is just one thing that will help Jane," said the doctor, "but I haven't got this medicine. We 3) _______ try to get it as soon as we can. I know what I can do."

The doctor 4) _______ a telegram to a doctor in a far-away city. The doctor in the far-away city got the medicine and went 5) _______ the airport. He told the captain about the sick girl in the Far North, and the captain told his 6) _______ about her. 7) _______ weather was very bad, but one of the pilots said at once, "Give the medicine to me. I will take it to her." He took the medicine and got into his airplane.

The brave pilot flew on and on all day 8) _______ the snow and the wind but he flew on and on all the night. He did not see any houses, any lights. He saw only snow 9) _______.

Jane's father and many other people got up very early that day. They were all waiting for the airplane. Suddenly they saw it far away 10) _______ the sky. "There it comes!" cried Jane's father. Soon it landed on the snow. Jane's father ran up to it. The man gave him the medicine.

The brave pilot was cold and tired. But he was happy. He knew that now the girl was safe.

	A	B	C	D
1	a	the	–	an
2	nor	or	either	neither
3	must	may	can	might
4	send	will send	sent	sended
5	at	to	in	on
6	mans	mens	men	man
7	The	A	–	An
8	thought	think	though	through
9	everywhere	somewhere	anywhere	where
10	on	at	in	to

Завдання до білету №22

A poor farmer once had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple-trees, which he 1) _______. One day his friend gave the farmer 2) _______ young tree and told him to take it home and plant it.

The farmer 3) _______ pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not 4) _______ where to plant it. He was afraid that if he planted a tree near the road, strangers 5) _______ steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbours would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.

Finally, he planted the tree deep in the woods, where no one could see it. But naturally, without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon 6) _______. Later, the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in 7) _______ a poor place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbours would have come 8) _______ night and stolen the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit."

"Yes," said the friend. "But at least 9) _______ could have enjoyed the fruit. Now, by your foolish action, you have robbed everyone of the fruit and you have 10) _______ destroyed a good tree.

	A	B	C	D
1	grew	grow	grey	grown
2	an	–	a	the
3	were	was	be	been
4	know	now	no	knew
5	will	can	must	would
6	die	dyed	died	did
7	so	such	as	much
8	on	in	to	at
9	someone	anyone	everyone	no one
10	always	usually	also	sometimes