Завдання до білету №5

Many years 1) _______ an elephant and a monkey had a quarrel. The elephant 2) _______ proud because he was strong. "Look how big and strong I am," he said. "I 3) _______ pull a tree down. Can you?"

Now the monkey was proud because he was so quick. "Look how quickly I can run and climb," he said. "Can you climb a tree?

4) _______ they decided to go and speak to the Old Bird. "We 5) _______ agree," they told the Bird, "tell us what you think about it. Which is better – to be strong or to be quick?" The Old Bird said to them: "6) _______ you see that great tree across the river? Go and get the fruit from it and bring it to me."

So they went 7) _______ the river, but the monkey was afraid of the water.

"Get on my back," said the elephant proudly. "I will carry you."

There on the 8) _______ stood the tree. It was so high that the fruit was above them. The elephant tried to pull the tree down, but it was too strong.

The monkey ran quickly 9) _______ the tree and threw the fruit to the ground. Then they crossed the river again and gave the fruit to the Old Bird.

"Can anybody tell which is better?" asked the Old Bird. "The elephant 10) _______ not get the fruit alone. The monkey could not get the fruit alone. But you could get it together.

	A	B	C	D
1	for	since	past	ago
2	are	was	is	were
3	could	may	can	should
4	At last	On last	At end	At next
5	can not	cannot	couldnot	could not
6	Does	Did	Done	Do
7	in	to	at	on
8	bank	shop	store	office
9	down	at	up	in
10	can	might	must	could

Завдання до білету №6

Once upon a time there lived a pauper and a banker. The first was as 1) _______ as the second was rich. So it was inevitable that 2) _______ rich man will be happier than the pauper. But 3) _______ natures were opposite, the poor man was happy whereas the banker was not.

One day the banker 4) _______ stand it no longer. He decided to find 5) _______ why the pauper was a happy man in spite of his poverty. So he summoned him to his house and asked him his yearly income because he believed that happiness could only be measured in terms of wealth. "I don't count too well, nor do I really care. I live each day as it comes and never worry about the next."

The banker liked the pauper. He 6) _______ to thank him for coming to his house, so he presented the poor man with a bag of 7) _______ gold coins. The pauper decided to hide the bag. So, when he returned to 8) _______ house, he dug a big hole in a secluded corner of the garden, threw the bag into it, and covered it with dirt. But from that day on, the poor man's life changed. He began to worry about the safety of his money.

9) _______, he could bear his unhappiness no longer. He went to the garden, dug up the coins and returned 10) _______ to the banker. The pauper had learned an important lesson, and so had the banker.

	A	B	C	D
1	poorly	the poorest	poor	poorer
2	the	a	–	an
3	theirs	their	our	your
4	can	may	could	must
5	on	at	through	out
6	wish	wished	wishes	wishing
7	hundred	hundreds	hungred	hungry
8	her	its	his	your
9	At end	At finish	Finishly	Finally
10	their	them	theirs	then