Questions (on your answer sheet choose the correct letter A, B, C or D)

The writer and his servant were most likely travelling somewhere....

A. in the wood

B. in the countryside

C. in the city

D. in the space

The servant seemed to dislike...

A. his master

B. work

C. cleaning shoes

D. bad weather

Swift seemed to...

A. be very angry

B. be quite indifferent

C. be pleased

D. be relaxed

The travel was to resume...

A. shortly

B. after breakfast

C. after the rain stopped

D. after the shoes had been polished

The servant was possibly very...

A. happy

B. quiet

C. hungry

D. cheerful

Swift was not going to _____.

A. have his shoes cleaned

B. keep the servant any longer

C. have any meal

D. leave the inn that day

Questions 7 through 17 refer to Text 2.

Text 2

A SAD STORY

Three men came to New York for a holiday. They came to a very large hotel and took a room there. Their room was on the forty-fifth floor.

In the evening the three men went to the theatre and came back to the hotel very late.

‘I am very sorry,’ said the hotel clerk, ‘but our lifts are not working. If you do not want to walk up to your room, you will have to sleep in the hall.’

‘No, no,’ said one of the three men, ‘no, thank you. We do not want to sleep in the hall. We shall walk up to our room.’

Then he turned to his two friends and said: ‘It is not easy to walk up to the forty-fifth floor, but I think I know how to make it easier. I shall tell you some jokes. Then you, Andy, will sing us some songs. Then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories. That will pass the time.’

So they began to walk up to their room. Tom told them many jokes. Andy sang some songs. At last they came to the thirty-fourth floor. They were very tired.

‘Well,’ said Tom, ‘now it is your turn, Peter. Tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending.’

‘I shall tell you a story’, said Peter. ‘It is not long, but it is sad enough: we left the key to our room in the hall.’

Questions (on your answer sheet choose the correct letter A, B, C or D)

Men came to New York.

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

Their room was on the __________ floor.

A. 54th

B. 45th

C. 55th

D. 15th

The three men enjoyed a _______ in the evening.

A. piece of artwork

B. performance

C. match

D. race

When they came back ____.

A. the hotel door was locked

B. the hotel door was broken

C. they found out they had left the key

D. they found out they had to walk for a long time

The man decided to____.

A. go back to the theatre

B. sleep in the hall

On the way to their room one of them __.

C. sleep in their room

D. give a hard time to the hotel clerk

A. told stories C. cried

B. fell down D. fell asleep

Another man ____.

A. danced C. sang

B. laughed D. played a ball

It was a(n) ____ walk up.

A. hard C. easy

B. simple D. effortless

Peter was asked to tell them a story with a _____ end.

A. cheerless C. cheery

B. positive D. joyful

16. The main idea of Peter’s story was:

A. ‘I don’t want to go with you’ C. ‘The lifts are not working’

C. ‘My story is not very long’ D. ‘We won’t be able to open our room’

Peter would tell a different story if ____.

A. the men were four B. the lifts were working that evening

C. the clerk had an extra key D. the men’s room was on the forty-fourth floor

Questions 18 through 22 refer to Text 3.

Text 3

When I was born, my parents were living in a house in a small village about 20 kilometres from the capital. I was three years old when my brother was born and my parents decided that we needed a larger home. We first moved into a rented flat for fifteen months while the new block of flats we were going to move to was being completed. I don’t think my parents liked the rented flat because it was smaller than our old house.

We finally moved into the capital at the beginning of 1988. Our flat wasn’t really large, only 68 square metres, but there was enough room for two adults and two small boys. There were two bedrooms, a cosy living-room with a balcony, a small bathroom and a kitchen, where we used to have the family meals, as well.

I started school the following September, and my brother went to kindergarten. I still remember my first day at school. I even remember that there were 38 students in my class – but of course I’ve long forgotten most of their names by now.

We lived in the same flat all the time I was at school. I only moved house again when I started university in 2003. I decided to study forestry so I had to move to a town near the border. Rents were quite expensive, so I decided to move into a shared flat. Five of us rented a large flat in the city centre, and shared all the housework. I had the time of my life! I’m still living in the same town, but I’m sharing with just one person now. It’s more comfortable but I often miss the big parties we used to have at the other place.

Questions (on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, - if it is false)

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