A) floating in the sea

B) travelling on the river.

C) unconscious.

2. Derek could see nothing because…

A) he was blind.

B) he had bandages over his eyes.

C) he was too weak to come to himself.

3. Mr Armstrong was…

A) a man with an accent.

B) Derek.

C) someone in a white coat.

4. When Derek managed to raise the corner of his eyelid he saw…

A) a picture.

B) person wearing a white coat.

C) two spacemen

5. Derek didn’t answer the questions because…

A) he became unconscious again.

B) he didn’t know the foreign language.

C) he had not understood the questions.

6. The narrator couldn’t…

A) move.

B) hear.

C) understand the meaning of words.

Variant 12

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.

Among was believed fighting activities

Women better tried thought neighborhoud

Jane Adams (1) born in 1860. In 1889 she decided to start

(2) the poverty she saw in Chicago. She wanted to live

(3) the poor people, so she found and rented Hull House.

The ≪house≫ became a social centre. She (4) the way to

Improvement was through education.

The people in the (5) needed a cultural and intellectual

Life. Some Hull House (6) included reading classes for young

Women, kindergarten classes, and a Boy’s Club. They wanted laws for

(7) housing, an eight-hour workday, and the right for

(8) to vote.

Jane Adams also (9) to help immigrants. She

(10) that the multi-cultural experiences brought to America

Would be the key to world peace.

3 Comment on the following issues.

Families are an important part of all cultures.

• Describe your family members and mention some main traits of their

Characters.

• Describe their appearance, activities and achievements.

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VARIANT 13

1 Read the text and choose the correct item.

In 1979 with publication of Overload, I announced my retirement.

I was tired. My life had been full. I was, and still am, grateful to those

Millions of readers worldwide who have enriched my life in many ways

Making retirement possible.

In whatever years remained I wanted to spend more time with my

Dear wife Sheila: go fishing, read more books, relax with music, do other

Things a working writer can’t.

What I did not know was that I was near death from six blockages

In the coronary arteries — a condition diagnosed soon afterward by my

Friend and physician, Dr Edward Robbins of San Francisco, who urged

Immediate surgery. This was done by Dr Denton Cooley and his associates

At Texas Heart Institute, to where my gratitude flows strong.

Sheila was supportive, as she has been through our long and loving

Marriage. It is more than coincidence in this novel that the names Celia

And Sheila come similarly off the tongue.

The aftermath of everything was my revived good health and an

Abundance of energy — so much of the latter that Sheila said one day,

≪I think you should write another book.≫ I took her advice. Strong Medicine

Is the result.

The author retired because he was...

A) seriously ill.

B) tired.

C) old.

2. The phrase making retirement possible means...

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