Worrying about the Son

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Установите соответствие рубрик A-G отрывкам 1-6, взятым из различных книг. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз. В задании одна рубрика лишняя.

A ROMANTIC NOVEL

B SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

C BIOGRAPHY

D HISTORICAL NOVEL

E DETECTIVE STORY

F CHILDREN’S STORYBOOK

G RECIPE BOOK

1 Romford sighed as he picked up the piece of paper and tried hard to read the message on it. He was sure that this would be yet another clue which would lead him further away from the truth instead of closer to finding the murderer.

2 Born into a poor family, his life was hard from the start. His father was rarely home, and spent months at a time travelling to find work. His mother struggled to make enough money to feed her children by cleaning houses, often taking the young James with her to help scrub floors and polish furniture.

3 Bobby the bear couldn’t believe his luck – a whole jar of honey all for himself. “I should share this with the others”, he thought, but he decided to have just a little taste … and then another taste, and another. Soon, the jar was empty. “Oh, no” thought Bobby.

4 Clara mixed the eggs and sugar together in the bowl with slow circular movements. She really wanted this meal to be perfect so that Mike would be impressed. She imagined him gazing lovingly at her over the dessert. Suddenly, a terrible burning smell from the oven brought her back to reality.

5 Sir Horace walked through the great castle, turning over a long wooden table as he went. “Where are all my servants? He roared. He heard a noise and turned to see Lady Gertrude running down the stone steps from the tower. “Hurry!” she gasped. “Come quickly!”

6 “Get into the Galactron!” shouted Zoltor. “The whole planet is going to explode!” “We have to get back to Zetron 5!” They climbed aboard just in time and soon the tiny spacecraft was speeding off into deep space.

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GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Task I.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами A1-A9. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям A1-A9, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Выберите номер ответа, который вам кажется наиболее верным.

Worrying about the Son

The call from Mr Hill came when John was taking a shower. John’s wife Laura answered it. When John (A1) the room a minute later, she (A2). “The doctor says Tommy (A3) a good sleep last night,” Mr Hill said. “He (A4) worse today than he (A5) yesterday. But please (A6) too much. The doctor knowswhat he is doing”. “Yes,” said Laura, “good…” and then (A7) because John was tryingto tell her something.

“If you (A8) on a plane this morning, you (A9) there in the evening,”he said.

“Yes,” she replied. “Please thank your wife for helping Tommy. Good buy.” She put down the telephone and looked round the room.

A1 1) was entering 2) entered 3) had entered 4) has entered

A2 1) is still speaking 2) still spoke 3) was still speaking 4)still speaks

A3 1) does not have 2) did not have 3) had not had 4) has not had

A4 1) is 2) was 3) has been 4) had been

A5 1) had been 2) has been 3) was 4) were

A6 1) are not worrying 2) will not worry 3) does not worry 4) do not worry

A7 1) had stopped 2)stopped 3) has stopped 4) stops

A8 1) are getting 2) is getting 3) will get 4) get

A9 1) is arriving 2) arrive 3) will arrive 4) are arriving

Task II.

Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова в скобках после номеров B1 – B8, если необходимо, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы B1 – B8.

City Farms

As a person who has lived on the edge of a small city all my life, I find it difficult to believe that some children living in big cities grow up without ever B1 (see) … an animal larger than a pet dog. When I B2 (be) … a child we thought it was perfectly B3 (nature) … to play in fields with large cows for company, but apparently some city children do not even know what the animal that products B4 (they) … milk looks like.

To help city children to understand what it is like to live in the country, special farms have been made right in the center of some of our larger cities. One of the B5 (old) … of these is in London. It is run by volunteers and has herds

of sheep, goats, cows and other animals. There are B6 (educate) … programmes for visitors, and children can help feed and clean the animals. I have not been to one of these farms B7 (me) … but I think it is a B8 (marvel) … way to help children learn about the ways of the countryside, and I hope that we shall see more of these farms in our cities in the future.

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