Jack was nervous. He had to wear his old trousers with the purple

Patch that could be seen by those who didn’t matter and those who

(1), like Ann Dale.

≪Are you going to the sports, Jack?≫ His friend came up to him.

≪There are prizes — 10 dollars and 12 dollars!≫

≪Perhaps if I get a prize, I could buy those trousers now≫, Jack

Thought.

Ten minutes later they were on their way to the sports.

There were many children there.

≪First race!≫ the man with the megaphone shouted.

Jack tried too (2) at the sprint. He wanted to win. And he

Was second.

≪Event Two! A Thread-the-Needle race!≫

When he heard the signal he ran like the wind. But the pair next

To them finished first. The last (3) was Jack’s last chance for

A big prize.

At that very moment Ann offered him to be his partner.

≪Ready! Off!≫

Jack forgot why he had come to the sports. He had only one

(4) — to get to the other end quickly: the sooner he was there

The less time Ann would have to notice the patch. Sharp grass hurt his

Hands; the blood ran to his head. But he was going on...

≪We (5), Jack!≫ he heard Ann’s words when they crossed the

Finishing line. And he saw that Ann’s face was full of admiration, not

Contempt, and he was very happy.

(After David Bateson)

A B C D

Do did done doing

Hard hardly heavy haste

Match tournament battle race

Direction aim meaning point

Successful first achieve have won

3 Comment on the following issues.

Explain what you think about school uniforms.

• Describe the uniform you have at your school.

• Suggest your own style of it.

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VARIANT 24

1 Read the text and mark () the following statements «True» or «False».

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave

Him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he

Must hammer a nail into the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the

Next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails

Hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier

To hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the

Day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father

About it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for

Each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father

That all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and

led him to the fence. He said, ≪You have done well, my son, but look

At the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you

say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.≫

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how

many times you say ≪I’m sorry≫, the wound is still there.

Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted

To say something you will regret later, because spoken words once out

Never come back.

True False

The main character in the story was kind and

Good-natured.

His father gave him a bag of nails in order to

Build a fence.

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