Задание 1
1.
Improper upbringing
2. People
have much in common
3. There is
a time for everything
4. The best
way to congratulate anyone
5. Advertisement
6. The game
to improve your health
7. Noble
people
8.
Health problems
A. Are you stuck for ideas on how to entertain your
kids? Outdoor games
could be perfect, enabling your kids to have fun and exercise at the same time.
As you might expect, the games vary considerably in terms of size and price.
Don't worry though — the biggest, the most expensive toys and games don't
have to be purchased. Many children are easily satisfied with smaller games.
Starting at the smaller end of the spectrum, a kite can represent a great gift.
There's nothing quite like the thrill of watching a kite soar up into the sky
and
they are also relatively cheap to purchase.
B. We all do it at
least once, we say we're going to stay on budget this
Christmas and then we blow the budget and put everything on our credit cards.
This isn't unusual, people all over the country have done it and it's not only
our faults. Retailers make it much easier to get approved for credit cards. In
fact, how many of us have gone into a store and been offered a discount on a
purchase if we apply for a credit card.
C. It is a well-known fact that we tend to spoil
our pets. We want them
to have the best of everything but recent studies have shown that pampering
our pets might actually do as much harm as good. One recent study from an
undisclosed source claims that we are actually making our beloved pets stupid
by spoiling them. We are in such a hurry to make their lives easier that we
take
away their need to solve problems on their own. The less they have to loose
their brains the less they can do on their own.
D. A concern veterinarians have regarding spoiled
pets is weight. The more
we spoil the pet, the more obese it seems to become. The obesity can affect the
skeletal system until hip problems start to develop, it can cause respiratory
and
cardiac problems. The problem with older overweight pets is that every time
they are brought to the vet clinic they are exposed to more bacteria and
viruses
that can lead to still more endless trips to the vet.
E. Have you ever heard of exercises that can help
to improve your eyesight?
This question seems like a little bit absurd, but the answer is quite definite.
Scientific research has been carried out to prove that badminton is beneficial
in improving eyesight. You may like badminton in your leisure hours and
play joyfully with your friends. But before you know the extra function of
badminton, surely you are just treating it as a way of pastime. Of course, it
would be even greater if only you have learned that effect earlier.
F. As
it is known to all, fruits are rich in nutrients and bioactive substances
which are beneficial to our health. However, not all people know how we can
entirely absorb fruits' nutrients to the body without adverse effects when
eating
fruits. So you should learn to grasp the different time. In the morning, the
best fruits are apples, pears and grapes. Eating fruits in the morning can help
digestion, absorption and enabling constipation. Some fruits such as cherry,
tomatoes, orange, banana are not allowed to eat before meals. After meals
pineapple, papaya, kiwi, orange and hawthorn are the best fruits you should
choose to eat.
G.Nine
out of ten of us will need blood some time in our lives. In the United
States, more than 40,000 units of blood are used daily. A unit is a pint, about
500 milliliters. The average adult has between eight and twelve pints of blood.
Most adults can easily spare one. People can donate blood every 56 days. The
blood count returns to normal in three or four weeks. Only 5 percent of people
eligible to give blood do so. They fulfill a great need.
Задание
2
The secret of successful
small talk
1. Pay compliments
2. Start with the obvious things
3. Ask about their personal problems
4. Turn the attention to others
5. Avoid difficult themes
6. It's not so difficult
7. Pay attention
8. Use friendly body language
A. You're at a cocktail party. There are lots of people
there but there's
nobody that you know. What do you do? The good conversationalist would
choose to walk up to someone and introduce yourself. We all know people like
that — people who can talk to anyone about anything. How do they do it?
Well, the good news is that there is no great secret to small talk. There are
just
some simple techniques that anyone can use to start a conversation and keep
it going.
B. In the film Annie Hall Diane Keaton and
Woody Allen have just met
and they want to impress each other. While they are talking their inner thought
appear in sub-title on the screen. 'Listen to me-what a jerk. He probably
thinks I'm stupid.' Thoughts like these kill a conversation. So don't try to
impress other people. Just relax and be yourself. When you talk to someone
you show that you are interested in them. So you don't have to talk about
deeply important things. Just talk about simple things like the weather or a
television programme that you saw.
C. TV journalist Barbara Walters recalls that when she
was younger she
met the author, Truman Capote. She wanted to tell him that she liked his
book. However, she thought that he must be tired of hearing that, so she just
mumbled 'How do you do?' and turned away. She forgot that everybody likes
to receive a compliment and it's an easy way into a conversation, especially if
you follow it up with a question: 'I really liked your book. How long did it
take
you to write it?' or 'That's a nice jacket. Where did you buy it?'
D. Your face and your body can communicate much more
than your words.
If you stand with your arms folded or if you keep looking around the room, the
conversation will quickly end because you will look uninterested. Instead, you
should make eye contact; keep an open posture and smile. If you send out
friendly messages, you will get friendly messages back.
E. A Victorian lady once compared the two British
prime ministers,
Gladstone and Disraeli. 'When you speak to Mr Gladstone', she said, 'you
think he is the most interesting man in the world. But when you speak to Mr
Disraeli, you feel that you are the most interesting woman in the world.'
People
like to talk about themselves and they will think you are fascinating if you
ask
questions that allow them to do so.
F. But people often don't listen properly. They are too
busy thinking about
the next thing that they themselves want to say. Good conversationalists listen
carefully and they show that they are listening, too. They ask questions, nod
their head in agreement or say things like 'Oh, that sounds exciting'.
G. There are some topics that
you should avoid. Don't ask people about
personal problems, money or religion. It's also a good idea to avoid the kind
of statements that say 'I'm right. You're wrong'. It's all right to express
your
opinions but soften your comments with expressions such as 'I'm afraid I have
to disagree with you there'. So, there is no secret to successful small talk.
Just follow these simple rules and you'll soon find that you can hold a pleasant
conversation with anybody about anything.
Henry VII
1. Unlucky marriage
2. Mainly care
3. Closer to the
heart
4. Severe to everyone
5. Broken hopes
6. Disappointed
appearance
7. Bloody end
8. Brilliant
beginning
A.
Henry VIII was born in 1491 and became king of England and Wales in 1509. When
he came to the throne he seemed to have everything — he was tall, handsome,
good at hunting, and also religious and musical — he composed several songs
including the famous Greensleeves. He was also happily married to his
new wife Catherine of Aragon. But Henry wanted a son to be his heir, and was
prepared to do anything to get what he wanted . He broke with the Catholic
Church in order to divorce Catherine, and he married five more times, although
his marriages were mostly unsuccessful.
B. Henry's first
wife was Catherine of Aragon. She was the daughter of the
king and queen of Spain, so it was really a political marriage. They got
married
in 1509 when she was 24 and he was only 18.King Henry desperately needed
a son, a son who would keep his family in power for another generation. But
although Catherine got pregnant many times, the babies never survived. Years
passed and finally she had a baby daughter called Mary. But Henry wanted a
son, and by this time, Catherine was too old to have more children. Henry now
fell madly in love with Anne Boleyn, one of the Catherine's ladies-in-waiting,
and he wanted a divorce from Catherine, but the Pope wouldn't give him one.
Henry broke off relations with the Catholic Church and declared his marriage
to Catherine illegal.
C. Henry's second
wife was Anny Boleyn. She was a woman who men
found very attractive, and Henry was no exception. Ann was a very clever
woman, and an ambitious too. She made it clear to Henry that she wanted to
be his queen, not just his lover. In the end she got what she wanted in
1533.But
their marriage only lasted three years. A few months after the wedding Ann
gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, who would later become the queen of
England. Soon the relations between her and Henry began to deteriorate.
She was arrested, accused of adultery. On May 19th 1536 she was
beheaded
outside the Tower of London.
D. Jane Seymour was
Henry's third wife. They were married just two
weeks after Anne's execution. She was the woman that Henry loved most, and
during their short marriage he was a devoted husband. In 1537 she gave birth
to a son, Prince Edward. But Jane got ill after the birth, and just two weeks
later she died. Although they had only been married for two years, Henry left
instructions that when he died he was to be buried next to her.
E. Henry's fourth
wife was Anne of Cleves, she was a German princess.
He needed to remarry mostly for political reasons. Henry had seen only Anne's
portrait and he liked her. But unfortunately the painter had exaggerated Anne's
beauty, and when Henry met her in person, just before their wedding, he didn't
find her attractive at all, in fact he thought she looked like a horse. The
King
was furious, but it was too late to cancel the wedding. But Henry and Anne
never slept together, and Henry used this as a reason for their divorce after
less than six months of marriage.
F. Henry's last
wife was Katherine Parr. Henry was now 52, a lonely old
man, but still with a terrifying personality. When Henry met her, she was
in love with another man. But of course she could not say no to the king.
Katherine was a mature intelligent woman of 31, she must have been more
of a nurse than a wife as Henry was now in very bad health. The marriage
lasted four years.
Amazing
Aztecs
1. Peaceful life
2. Social inequity
3. Some social norms
and traditions
4. Some scientific
achievements
5. The terrible
figures
6. Advantageous
differences
7. The military style
of life
8. The double system
of chronology
A.
The
Aztecs were great fighters. In fact, they lived to fight. When they arrived to
the Valley of Mexico about 700 years ago, the best lands in the valley had
already been taken by other Indian tribes. But this didn't stop the Aztecs.
They began to conquer these tribes. By 1500 they had conquered most of Mexico.
Aztec boys were trained to be warriors. They were told, 'The house you were
born in is not your true home. Your true home is out there — on the
battlefield.' When they grew up, they stopped cutting their hair until they
killed someone in battle!
B. The Aztecs had
many gods and goddesses. They believed that they
had to give them gifts. They sacrificed about 50000 people a year (that's a
thousand a week, six an hour or one every ten minutes!). Some of the people
sacrificed were Aztecs. But most of the people they sacrificed were people
captured from other tribes. The Aztecs had many ways of sacrificing people.
C. Aztec life wasn't
all about sacrifice and wars. They also grew food,
made clothes, pots and jewellery. They built towns, bridges and canals. They
invented 'floating gardens', or chinampos. First, they built a series of rafts
and
tied them to the shore. Then they put earth on them. This was a very clever
way to grow vegetables. It's hard to imagine modern food without the plants
grown in the Valley of Mexico. Thanks to the Aztecs, we can enjoy corn, chilli
pepper, pumpkins, tomatoes, turkeys and chocolate (they grew cacao beans)!
D. Chocolate was a
special drink that only rich Aztecs drank. Emperor
Montezuma, for example, drank 50 cups of hot chocolate every day. It wasn't
sweet, however. It was bitter. Noble Aztecs wore very beautiful clothes
decorated with ornaments and feathers. They also carried fans made of
feathers. Common people were not allowed to carry fans and wear rich clothes.
The Aztecs did not use letters. They wrote in pictures. Aztec literature was
written down in books which folded like a fan.
E. By 1500
Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, was
probably the largest city in the world. When Spanish soldiers first arrived in
Tenochtitlan, they were amazed. The streets in the capital city weren't filled
with rubbish and rotting food like the streets of Europe at that time. They
were
cleaned by thousands of sweepers every day. The Aztecs were the only people
in the world at this time in history to have free schools for boys and girls.
In
Europe only rich people went to school but in the Aztec Empire every child
went to school.
F. The Aztecs had a code of behaviour for everything.
Here are just some
of their rules. Do not mock the old. Do not mock the sick. Do not set a bad
example. Do not interrupt the speech of another. Do not make wry faces.
Wherever you go, walk with a peaceful air. Do not complain. Aztec boys
could get married only after they reached the age of 20. Weddings were usually
arranged by matchmakers (usually old women), and nobody asked the girl if
she wanted to get married. The girl's family gave a party for three or four
days
before the wedding.
G.
The
Aztecs had a religious calendar and a solar calendar. The religious year had 20
days and 13 numbers (260 days). The solar year had 18 months each 20 days long
and 5 spare days (365 days). The most important Aztec god was Huitzilopochtli,
their god of sun (and also of war). They truly believed that if they couldn't
make Huitzilopochtli happy, he would refuse to bring up the sun, and the world
would end.
Задание 11
1.
Smart fabrics
2. Future
trends
3. Clothing
maintenance
4. Purposes
of clothing
5. Gender
differentiation
6.
First recorded use
7. Textile
design
8. Clothing
that provides optimal support
A. Clothing can serve as protection from weather, and can
enhance safety
during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects the wearer
from rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns
and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment.
Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions. Further, they can provide
ahygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body.
B. Knowledge of the origin of clothing remains
inferential, since clothing
materials deteriorate quickly compared to stone, bone, shell and metal
artifacts, but some information has been inferred by studying lice. The body
louse specifically lives in human clothing and when it diverged from head lice
it
can be inferred that clothing existed at that time. One study estimated that
this
happened between 83,000 to 170,000 years ago, another estimates between
65,000 and 149,000 years ago.
C. In the majority of societies, skirts, dresses
and high-heeled shoes
are usually seen as women's clothing, while neckties are usually seen as
men's clothing. Trousers were once seen as exclusively male clothing, but
are nowadays worn by both genders. Male clothes are often more practical as
they can function well under a wide variety of situations, but a wider range of
clothing styles are available for females. It is generally acceptable for a woman
to wear traditionally male clothing, while the converse is unusual.
D. The world of clothing is always changing, as new
cultural influences
meet technological innovations. Researchers in scientific labs have been
developing prototypes for fabrics that can serve functional purposes well
beyond their traditional roles, for example, clothes that can automatically
adjust their temperature. Besides, they are working on creating textiles with
designer bacteria that survive off of 'dead' skin and sweat reducing the need
to
wash cloths.
E. Humans have developed many specialized methods
for laundering,
ranging from early methods of pounding clothes against rocks in running
streams, to the latest in electronic washing machines and dry cleaning. Many
kinds of clothing are designed to be ironed before they are worn to remove
wrinkles. Most modern formal and semi-formal clothing is in this category
(for example, dress shirts and suits). Ironed clothes are believed to look
clean,
fresh and neat.
F. The
design and constructions of sportswear has changed dramatically
over time. Swimwear used in competitions has even become a controversial
issue because the expense and features of some of the suits can give athletes
a significant advantage. Advances in safety features have also been developed
including foams, synthetic and stretchable tapes, and lightweight materials
with performance characteristics specially designed for various athletics
pursuits have been developed.
G. An electronic textile is a type of fabric that
contains electronic elements.
In general, the development of electronic textiles supports the idea of
wearable
computing. Although the practical applications of this technology are very
new, some projects involving electronic textiles and intelligent garments do
exist now. Many of these are aimed at uses within the health care industry,
where wearable computing elements can be used to monitor vital signs and
otherwise track a person's health in real time.
Задание
12
1. A social structure
2. A puzzle
3. Lack of water
4. Negligence to
nature
5. Considerable
achievements
6. Struggle for power
7. The Mayan
astronomy
8. Hard-working
people
A. The
Mayan civilization of central America was one of the most
remarkable of the pre-Columbian cultures. The Maya built large cities
with wonderful stone palaces and temples. They observed the heavens and
accurately noted the movements of the planets. They made progress in
mathematics, they invented a writing system and they produced high quality
art.
B. About 3,000 years
ago the Maya were fanners. They lived mainly in
what is modern day Guatemala. Their period of highest development, however,
was from about AD 250 to the year 900. After that, their great cities were
abandoned and became ruins that were lost in the jungle. The reason why
such a great civilization should collapse so quickly is something that has
fascinated archaeologists and historians. Still today, there is no universally
accepted answer to the mystery.
C. The Maya had a
well-organized society. The Mayan civilization was
not a unified one. They lived in city states. Each city state was a kingdom.
The
king was a ruler. And he was also a priest. The Maya believed that the king had
supernatural powers. The king performed religious ceremonies and prayed to
the gods. In this way, the king hoped that the farmers could grow lots of food
and that the Maya could live well.
D. The Maya believed
that the stars and planets affected life of Earth. This
is why they observed the planets very carefully. The Maya became very good at
predicting the movements of the planets. They also calculated when eclipses
would happen. Their observations helped them make several calendars. The
oldest Maya calendar had a cycle of 260 days. They also had a calendar of 365
days.
E. The incredible
thing is that they built everything without the use of metal
tools. Transport was difficult because they didn't have suitable work animals
like horses or donkeys. And they didn't have the wheel either. Consequently,
the Maya had to transport everything themselves. They used a hard stone
called obsidian to cut and shape the stones that they used for building.
Clearly,
the Maya needed a lot of manpower to do any kind of work such as building or
farming.
F. There are different theories about why and how the
Maya civilization
collapsed. Jared Diamond, a geographer at the University of California believes
that the collapse of the Maya culture is partly a result of overexploitation of
the environment. For example, when the Maya cut down the forests on the
hillsides, the soil was eroded. Also, there was less rainfall, which affected
the farmers' ability to grow food.
G.
The
weather also changed. Archaeologists have now discovered that in the southern
highlands there were several years when there was very little rain, resulting
in drought. Farmers could not grow so much food. People didn't have enough food
to eat. They probably began to fight to try to get the best land to grow food
and to have fresh water. The society was no longer efficient and
well-organized. This is an important reason why the Mayan civilization
collapsed.
Freecycle
1. Exchange of
useless things
2. Increasing
popularity
3. Gifts for everyone
4. Shopping addiction
5. Site foundation
6. Simple choice
7. Easy solution
8. Satisfaction from
good deals
A. The temptation
to buy, buy, buy is hard to resist. A new outfit, a
gadget, an item of furniture — someone is buying one right now. Now, guilty
shoppers who are keen to get rid of a no-longer-needed purchase have a
radical new option — simply giving it away. Second-hand technology is
notoriously difficult to offload. So, on a conventional auction site, such as
eBay,
there would be no any takers.
B. Freecycle is one
of a number of websites that aim to reduce the amount
of rubbish sent to landfill sites by encouraging one of the most efficient
forms
of recycling — simply giving things to people who want them. As the name
suggests, everything advertised on Freecycle must be free — whether it's an
old sofa, unwanted CDs or even a few hours' help in the garden. Anyone who
is interested simply replies by e-mail: deal done.
C. The site is the
creation of Deron Beal, an environmentalist from the US
who started it in mid-2003 as an automated e-mail list. Today Freecycle has
1.2 million members and is a cross between an Internet auction house and a
global chain of charity shops. Mr Beal says his chief aim is to cut waste and
help the environment. They reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites
by encouraging one of the most efficient forms of recycling — simply giving
things to people who want them.
D. On the London site, interest in a
decrepit computer is led by Tung, who
wants to get his sixty-seven-year-old mum on the net. Then there's Kate,
whose son wants it for his schoolwork. There's also John, who wants it for
his daughter, a nurse on low wage. Money isn't involved but a kind of auction
is taking place to see whose situation most deserves a free PC.
E. The people giving
it away has to make a difficult choice between several
'bidders'. Some people may suggest that dishonest individuals could make
up heart-tugging stories in order to get freebies, or even to make a profit by
selling them on. Freecycle embodies some of that old charitable Internet spirit
by asking that before members accept a freebie, they put something up for
offer. And it's by no means all the junk, you don't need any more.
F. They may offer nearly new toys, furniture,
electrical goods, even bikes
and cars. That such high-quality goods are on offer does not surprise Friends
of the Earth campaigner Georgina Bloomfield. She says it reflects the fact that
people are buying more than ever, but don't want to simply throw things away
when they replace them. 'People want to feel a bit better about consuming,
and so they're happy to give things away', she says.
G. Freecycle has
grown rapidly around the world in countries as diverse
as Mexico, Nepal, France and Romania and it seems to be on the cusp of
breaking through into the mainstream. In the end it would be better if people
simply stopped buying so much. But realistically, until people change their
ways, green groups, guilty consumers and those with an eye for the ultimate
bargain seem more than happy to make the most of Freecycle.
Задание 7
Why men won't go
to the doctor.
At last there is
scientific proof to back up what women have suspected for
years
— that A_______ , men are big babies. Statistics revealed at the recent
Royal
Society of Medicine conference on men's health confirm that men are
only half as
likely to go to their GP as women and will put off В___________ . Even
when they do
bravely turn up at the surgery, 40% of their appointments have been made by
their wives or girlfriends.
Trevor Jellis, a
psychologist who treats stressed executives, С___________ . 'I'm
ashamed
to say that as men, many of us do share the childish fantasy of being
immortal', he says. 'I was certainly guilty of that. I hadn't been to the
doctor for four years when I had my first heart attack. I didn't go because I
hadn't needed to, and that's precisely where I and many men go wrong. You
should not wait until then, you should have an annual health check.'
Jane DeVille-Almond, a practice nurse in
the Midlands, recognizes the problem. 'Men think that being ill is not very
macho, it's a sign of weakness.
So
they'll create a big drama about being ill at home D_______________ .
But also
doctors'
surgeries are not male-friendly places. Just look around and you will see
female receptionists, female nurses and women's magazines on the tables.'
She recently
designed a project aimed at reaching the large numbers of
men
aged between 30 and 60 E_________ unless in an emergency. She decided
that
if the men wouldn't come to her, she would go to them, so she set up a clinic
in the lounge bar of the Moxley Arms, a working man's pub in Walsall.
The
men F_______ who need her help: men on low incomes who drink too much
and
eat an unhealthy diet. 'These are the men we really need to get through to. It
soon became obvious that they were far more comfortable talking about their
problems on home ground surrounded by their mates', she said.
1. but they won't go
public
2. who arrived were
exactly the sort of people
3. who likes helping
other people
4. when it comes to
their health
5.
admits
to not paying enough attention to his health
6. who hardly ever
visited her surgery
7. seeing a doctor
until their symptoms are severe
Задание 8
We arrived at
Gatwick at 11.15 and made our way to the check-in desk.
A______ we had some
free time, so everyone went to the arcade, ate at
Burger
King or looked around the shops. The flight was quiet and almost all of us
played games.
Not
many of us had been to Rome and so we saw a very different environment from the
one we live in. The houses were yellow, there were terracotta tiles on the
floor outside the cafes and the most common transport was the moped. We got to
our hotel, sorted out our rooms unpacked and went out to dinner. The pasta was
exquisite!
Lovely
sunshine and comfortable temperatures were the norm and very
nice
it all was too, В________ — but then we were warm and dry in the coach,
С______ . The
weather was important as most of our visits were to Roman
remains.
The
real Roman bit started with the trips round the Forum, Palatine Hill
and
the Colosseum D________ . On our way back to our hotel we were given a
guided
tour of the Church of San Clemente.
E_____ , took us
back to the level of Nero's Rome with its streets, alleys
and the best preserved temple to
Mithras in the world.
We
spent time in Ostia, the port of Rome. During the 3rd century
ВС,
the town was primarily used as a naval base and played an important part in
various wars. The remains of the town itself are in excellent condition, F___________
Everything
we had learned about or seen in pictures, suddenly came to life. We hadn't been
there before but we felt that we knew it.
1. reaching down 50
metres below the modern street
2. considering that
it was on at least one occasion partially destroyed by pirates
3. which would have
made the group gasp in awe
4. after we had
confirmed everything
5. where the cruel
world of Roman entertainment was mixed with the amazing technology below stage
6. so it didn't
matter
7. except for the
coach drive from Rome to Sorrento
Письмо 1
You have 20
minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English
pen-friend Rosa who writes:
I've
had an argument with my friend Miranda. I'm very upset about it. We haven't
been talking to each other for a week. Have you ever been in a similar
situation? What kind of things do you argue about? Do you think I should be the
first one to break the ice?
Write a letter to
Rosa. In your letter
— answer her
questions
— ask 3 questions
about her friend and the reason of their quarrel. Write 100- 140 words.
Remember the rules
of letter writing.
Задание 9 Chewing gum
The
habit of chewing gum was first popular with the Ancient Greeks. They
chewed mastic gum, A________ .
Modern chewing gum, however, originated
around the 1860s in America. A substance called chicle was found in the
sapodilla trees of Mexico and made a smoother, more elastic gum than
previously. William Wrigley, a flour factory
owner,
found a way to flavor it with mint and В____________ .
Nowadays 90% of
chewing
gum is manufactured by Wrigley, and the basic process has changed little since
manufacture began in 1892.
Sales
of chewing gum are at record levels; last year in the UK, £ 317 million was
spent on gum. This figure has risen nearly 40% in the last five years, with the
sugar-free brands now making up three-quarters of the total market. Consumer
analysts say it's no longer considered just a sweet. It's become more relevant
to today's consumer with people regarding it as a kind of two-in-one: a sweet
fix and a breath-fresher at the same time. Stress relief
is
another factor, С_________ . I've just heard the most incredible story
about
Britney
Spears' chewing gum! Apparently, she's always spitting her chewing
gum out onto the
pavement and one day, D_____________ and decided to sell it
online...
you know, on eBay. Basically they sold her piece of chewed chewing
gum by online auction! Nobody could guarantee it was real, of course, but lots
of people bid for it — and in the end, it was sold for about $ 100.1 can't
believe
anyone would want chewing gum E_________ — whoever that person is!
An incredible three and half billion
pieces of gum are disposed of the UK every year. Better enforcement of fines
has helped to reduce the problem slightly, but it is almost impossible to catch
people spitting out their gum.
Some
areas have installed special boards F__________ . Meanwhile, biodegradable
gum
is being developed which in the end may well be the ultimate answer to the
seemingly never-ending problem of chewing gum litter.
1. someone saw her
spit some out, picked up
2. although not so
many gum users admit to that one
3. a resin obtained
from the mastic tree
4. discarded chewing
gum on the pavement
5. that's been in
someone else's mouth
6. started making the
first mass-produced gum
7. which people are
invited to stick their used gum to
Письмо 2
You have 20
minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English
pen-friend Bob who writes:
Although
I don't do any rick sports myself, I admire people who do them. A lot of
teenagers in Britain go mountain climbing, bungee jumping and roofing. It's
clear they are becoming more and more popular. Have you got any ideas why
people do rick sports? Is it a way to escape from everyday routine? Why don't
they want to understand the extreme danger of such activities?
Write a letter to
Bob. In your letter
— answer his
questions
— ask 3 questions
about his favourite kind of sport
Write 100- 140
words.
Remember the rules
of letter writing.
Задание 10
Attics in the
capital are mostly rented out as commercial sites by different
firms
or shops, while in the United States and Europe A_______________ . But the
young
loft apartment market is on the march, particularly among well-off Moscovites.
Despite
the industrial facade loft apartments are in some of the trendiest
areas. Lofts are usually located in former factories and warehouses - and
developers tend to stick to an industrially minimalist design. Brick walls with
no plaster, wooden floors and very high ceilings are complemented with large
windows В_______ .
Classic
lofts are apartments converted from industrial premises like
factories, С_______ .
When lofts first
appeared in the US and Europe in the early 20</l century
they
were snapped up on the cheap by artists and sculptors D____________ .
The vast
space
allowed them to put everything they needed for creativity there and work in the
comfort of the apartment.
Now
they are used not only as apartments but also for creative space. In Moscow
there are plenty of contemporary art centres in attics. The most popular loft
location in the capital is the former chocolate factory, Krasny
Oktyabr.
In 2009 the factory stands on E_________ with showrooms, art galleries,
design
bureaus, nightclubs and restaurants. The area is now one of the trendiest
locations in town, and it is easy F_________ .
1. but the style of
the site is kept unchanged
2. allowing lots of
light to enter the apartment
3. what was converted
into a creative cluster
4. to spend a day
walking round all the features
5.
being
popular with innovative commercial firms
6. due to the low
cost of renovation and rental
7. they are often
used for offices and apartments
Письмо 3
You have 20
minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English
pen-friend Julia who writes:
I'm
writing to you because it's become a habit. I spend a lot of time chatting on
Internet where I can share my thoughts and ideas with unknown people but I have
a great problem in my real life. I'm too shy and it's very difficult for me to
start the conversation first or go dating with a boy. How can I overcome it?
What do you think it would be better to do if you were me? Maybe, should I go
to see a psychologist?
Write a letter to
Julia. In your letter
— answer her
questions
— ask 3 questions about her problem
Write 100- 140 words.
Remember the rules
of letter writing.
Задание 11 Flat-sharing
You've
got a problem. You're going to go to university in a different town and you
need somewhere to live. Or perhaps you just don't get on with your parents.
What can you do? Have you ever thought of sharing a flat?
I know all about
it because I've been sharing flats for the past four years,
A______ . I must
admit my first experience was a bit of a disaster. I saw
an advert in the
newspaper from a girl who had a flat and was looking for a flatmate. When I met
her, she seemed really nice, and noticed that she had lots of great CDs I
wanted to hear and a big TV. However, I changed my mind about her a few days
after I moved in. I came home from college one
day
and В_______ . My
flatmate looked at them, looked at me and shouted:
'I
hope you're not going to leave those there!' It was then I found out that
she was absolutely obsessive about being tidy. It was obvious that we were
incompatible, С________ . I moved
out after the first month.
Then I decided to try sharing a house with
several people. I rented a room in a big old house which I shared with four
other girls (two Brazilians, a
•
Russian, and an Italian). It was great because D_____________ and we had
lots of
parties.
However, there were three problems. Firstly, it was almost impossible to do any
work because the house was so noisy. Secondly, there was only one
bathroom,
and there was always someone in it, E_____________ . But the biggest
arguments
we had were always the day the phone bill arrived.
After a year the foreign girls went home,
and I decided to share with a friend, somebody I already knew well. We've been
living here now for nearly
a
year and we get on really well — except for F___________ . But it's
great having
someone
else to help pay rent, to share their dinner with you when you're too exhausted
to cook, and who, unlike your parents or your partner, doesn't mind what time
you get up or if you've left your bedroom in a mess. And best of all, when
you've had a bad day or you've broken up with your boyfriend you know there's
always someone to talk to.
1. as I'm definitely
not the world's tidiest person
2. her irritating habits
of eating my yoghurts and finishing the coffee
3. since I moved to
Edinburgh to get my education
4. the problems are
the same if you live with your family
5. especially first
thing in the morning when I was already late for class
6. threw my books and
jacket onto the living room sofa
7. the house was
always full of young people from all over the world
Письмо 4
You have 20
minutes to do this task.
You have received
a letter from your English pen-friend John who writes:
/
have just come back from an Eco Holiday. It was great! We lived in the tents.
Besides a lot of activities, we had to clean the bank of the river from the
rubbish. You can't imagine how many bottles, packets and other things we had
picked up only during a week. Have you got environmental problems in your
country? Is the rubbish recycled in your country? I've heard that you have a
tradition to organize 'subbotnic' in spring. Do you take part in it?
Write a letter to
John. In your letter
— answer his
questions
— ask 3 questions
about his holidays.
Write 100- 140
words.
Remember the rules
of letter writing.
Задание 12
'Tune
In, Turn On and Drop Out' was the motto of the hippie movement
that grew partially out of young America's disillusionment with the Vietnam
War. Hippies were mainly white teenagers and young adults A____________ .
The
immediate precursor to the hippies was the so-called Beat Generation of the
late 1950-s. But where the intellectual beats tended to stay out of politics,
the hippies were known as much for their political outspokenness
В______ . Their opposition to the Vietnam
War became one of the most
significant
aspects of the growing antiwar movement throughout the latter half of the
1960-s.
To
express their protests and to 'turn on' others, the hippies used art, street
theatre and particularly music. This culture reached its peak in the summer of
1967, when a concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park introduced the
music of the hippies to a wider audience. The concert inspired thousands of
young people around the country to head to San Francisco, С_____________ .
In
the 60's hippies sought to free themselves from societal restrictions,
choose their own way and find new meaning in life. This made hippies instantly
recognizable to one another and served D__________ .
Hippies
often chose brightly coloured clothing. Much of hippie clothing
was self-made, and hippies often purchased their clothes from flea markets and
second-hand shops. Natural and foreign accessories for both men and women
included Native American jewellery, headbands and long beaded necklaces.
Tie-dyeing was very fashionable E_________ .
Hippie
culture spread worldwide through a fusion of rock music, folk
and blues, it also found expression in literature, fashion and the visual arts,
F______ .
Eventually
the hippie movement extended far beyond the United States, the United Kingdom,
Europe and appeared in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil and many
other countries.
1. which were against
the war and the government
2. who shared
distrust towards traditional values and authority
3. some wearing
flowers in their hair
4. including film,
posters and album covers
5. as part of hippie
style and still is today
6. as a visual symbol
of their willingness to question authority
7. as for their long
hair and colourful clothing
Письмо 5
You have 20
minutes to do this task. You have received a letter from your English
pen-friend Andy who writes:
...
Lately I haven't done very well at school. My
parents are angry with me. I try my best at school but fail to get top marks.
It's making me unhappy. What can I do? Do you think I should talk to my parents
and explain how I feel? How are you doing at school?
Write a letter to
Andy. In your letter
— answer his
questions
— give some advice
on the situation
— ask 3 questions
about Andy's free time Write 100- 140 words.
Remember the rules
of letter writing.
Задание
4
(By E.L. Doctorow)
I
was born on Clinton Street in the Lower East Side. I was the next to youngest
of six children, two boys, four girls. The two boys, Harry and Willy, were the
oldest. My father was a musician, a violinist. He always made a good living. He
and my mother had met in Russia and they married there, and then emigrated. My
mother came from a family of musicians as well; that is how, in the course of
things, she and my father had met. Some of her cousins were very well known in
Russia; one, a cellist, had even played for the Tsar. My mother was a very
beautiful woman, petite, with long golden hair and the palest, blue eyes. My
father used to say to us, 'You think, you girls, you're beautiful? You should
have seen your mother when she and her sisters walked down the street in our village.
Every head turned, they were so slim, their bearing so elegant.' I suppose he
did not want us to get conceited.
I
was four when we moved up to the Bronx, a big apartment near Claremont Park. I
was a good student, I went to primary school on Washington Avenue; when I was
graduated from there I went to Morris High School. I completed all my courses
and graduated, and reenrolled to take the program of commercial courses there
and got enough credits to graduate all over again if I chose. I knew now how to
type, how to keep books, I knew shorthand. I was very ambitious. I had paid for
my own piano lessons by playing for silent movies. I watched the screen and
improvised. My brother Harry or my father used to sit right behind me to see
that nobody bothered me; movie houses were still primitive and they attracted a
bad element. After my courses, I found a job as private secretary to a
well-known businessman and philanthropist named Sigmund Unterberg. He had made
his money in the shirt business and now spent a good deal of his time doing
work for Jewish organizations, social welfare, that kind of thing.
I was a good
secretary, Mr Unterberg would dictate a letter to me and I could take it right
on the typewriter, without an error, and so when he was finished I was finished
and the letter was ready for him to sign. He thought I was wonderful. His wife
was a lovely woman and used to invite me to tea with them, to socialize with
them. I suppose I was by now nineteen or twenty. They introduced me to one or
two young men, but I never liked them.
I
by now was interested in my future husband. We had known each other since high
school. He was extremely handsome, dashing, he was a good athlete; in fact,
that's how I met him, on the tennis courts, there were clay courts on Morris
Avenue and \70th Street
and we were each playing there. You played tennis in long skirts in those days.
I was a good tennis player, I loved sports, and that's how we met. He walked me
home.
My
mother did not like Dave. She thought he was too wild. If I went out with
another boy he would ruin the date. He would hang around outside our house even
if we hadn't arranged to do anything together and when he saw another boy
coming to pick me up he'd do terrible things, he'd pick a fight, or stop us and
talk when I was with this other boy. He would warn the other boys to treat me
with respect or he would come after them.
I 1 1
The author had_____________ in her
family.
1) four
brothers and two sisters
2) four
brothers and a sister
3) two
brothers and three sisters
4) one
brother and four sisters
I 2 I
Her father was a musician and the
children____________________ .
1) lived
in poverty
2)
had all that was necessary for living
3)
seldom saw their father at home
4) dreamt
of musical career
I 3
I
When the author's father told the
daughters about the beauty of their
mother, he wanted them____________ .
1)
not to be very boastful of their
prettiness
2)
to be proud of their mother
3)
to pay more attention to their
appearance
4) to
be confused
4 I
After school the author earned money_______________ .
1) typing 2)
keeping books
3) doing shorthand 4)
playing for silent movies
5 Her
brother and father used to be near her in the movie house in order
1)
to protect her from bad guys
2) to
assist her
3) to
watch a new film
4)
to make sure she wouldn't be cheated
6~~|
Mr Unterberg's wife was____________ with the author.
1)
hostile 2) rude
3)
friendly 4)
arrogant
7~1
The author's mother did not like Dave
because________________
1) he
was silly
2) he was hot-tempered
3)
he
came from a poor family
4) he was rude
Задание 5
The
dinner party
by Nickolas Monsarrat
A
full thirty years ago, I myself was fifteen. That is not really important,
though it was important to me at the time, on the threshold of superb adult
world. More important to this story, my uncle Octavian was then a rich man.
He was a charming host whose villa on the
Riviera was an accepted meeting of the great. And he was a hospitable,
contented, and most amiable man — until January 3r(^, 1925.
There was nothing special about that day
in the life of my uncle Octavian, except that it was his fifty-fifth birthday.
As usual on such day, he was giving a dinner party, a party for twenty people.
All of them were old friends. I, myself, aged fifteen, was deeply privileged, I
was staying with my uncle at his exquisite villa, and as a special concession
on this happy day, I was allowed to come down to dinner. It was exciting to me
to be admitted to such company, which included a newspaper proprietor and his
fabulous American wife; a recent prime minister of France and a Habsburg prince
and princess of exceptional eloquence.
At
that age, on holiday from school, you will guess that I was staggered. Even
today, thirty years later, one may fairly admit that the company was
distinguished. But I should also stress that they were all old and intimate friends
of my uncle Octavian.
Towards
the end of a wonderful dinner when dessert had been brought in and the servants
had left, my uncle learnt forward to admire a magnificent diamond ring on the
princess' hand.
Across
the table the newspaper proprietor leant across and said: 'May I also have a
look, Therese?' She smiled and nodded. Then she took off the ring and held it
out to him. There exclamations of delight and admiration. The ring was passed
from hand to hand.
It
was some twenty minutes later when the princess stood up, giving the signal to
the ladies to withdraw. She looked round us with a pleasant smile. Then she
said: 'Before we leave you, may I have my ring back?'
I
remember my uncle Octavian murmuring: 'Ah, yes — that wonderful ring!' Then
there was a pause while each of us looked expectantly at his neighbor. Then
there was an aggravating silence. The princess was still smiling, though less
easily. She was unused to asking for things twice.
When
no one responded and the silence continued I still thought that it could only
be a practical joke and that one of us — probably the prince himself — would
produce the ring with a laugh, perhaps chiding her for her nonchalance. But
when nothing happened at all, I knew that the rest of the night would be wretched.
I
am sure that you can guess the sort of scene that followed. There was the
dismay, immediate and shattering, of the guests — all of them old and intimate
friends. There was the freezing politeness of the prince, the near-tears of the
princess. There were the demands to be searched, the overturning of chairs, the
minute scrutiny of the carpet, and then the whole room.
All
these things happened, but they didn't bring the princess' ring back again. It
had vanished. Uncle Octavian's face was pale and tremendously tense, as if he
had been dealt a mortal blow. No servants had entered the room. No one had left
it for a moment. The thief was one of us; one of my uncle Octavian's cherished
friends.
J__ I The author
tells us a story which happened___________ .
1) at his dinner
party 2) at his fifteenth birthday party
3) at his uncle's
birthday party 4) at his uncle's friends' villa
2 J This event
absolutely changed__________ .
1) the princess's
life 2) the uncle's life
3) the author's
life 4) the friends' lives
1 3 I That day the
author felt___________ .
1) a bit nervous 2)
very unconfident
3) a little
worried 4) enough mature
I 4 I The uncle's villa
was___________ .
1) in modern style 2)
tastefully made
3) in the suburb 4)
of huge size
I 5 I One of the guests
wanted____________ .
1) to thank the
uncle for dinner 2) to talk to the princess
3) to joke with
princess 4) to examine the princess' ring
I 6 I The princess went
on smiling because_____________ .
1) it was funny joke
2) she tried to show
good manners
3) she was afraid
4) she gave the
signal that way
I 7 I The ring vanished
because____________ .
1) one of the uncle's
friend stole it.
2) the servant stole
it
3) it was lost in the
room
4) the princess lost
it in the room
Задание 6
{from 'Taking the veil' by Katherine Mansfield)
It
seemed impossible that anyone should be unhappy on such a beautiful morning.
Nobody was, decided Edna, except herself. The windows were flung wide in the
houses. From within there came the sound of pianos, little hands chased after
each other and ran away from each other, practicing scales. The trees fluttered
in the sunny gardens, all bright with spring flowers. Street boys whistled, a
little dog barked; people passed by, walking so lightly, so swiftly, they
looked as though they wanted to break into a run. Now she actually saw in the
distance a parasol (=an umbrella which protects from the sun), peach-coloured,
the first parasol of the year.
Perhaps even Edna did not look quite as
unhappy as she felt. It is not easy to look tragic at eighteen, when you are
extremely pretty, with the cheeks and lips and shining eyes of perfect health.
Above all, when you are wearing a French blue frock and your new spring hat
trimmed with cornflowers. True, she carried under her arm a book bound in
horrid black leather. Perhaps the book provided a gloomy note, but only by
accident; it was the ordinary Library binding. For Edna had made going to the
Library an excuse for getting out of the house to think, to realize what had
happened, to decide somehow what was to be done.
An
awful thing had happened. Quite suddenly, at the theatre last night, when she
and Jimmy were seating side by side in the dress-circle, without a moment's
warning — in fact, she had just finished a chocolate almond and passed the box
to him again — she had fallen in love with an actor. But — fallen in — love...
The
feeling was unlike anything she had ever imagined before. It wasn't in the
least pleasant. It was hardly thrilling. It was — really, it was absolutely —
oh, the most — it was simply — in fact, from that moment Edna knew that life
could never be the same. She drew her hand away from Jimmy's leaned back, and
shut the chocolate box forever. This at last was love.
Edna
and Jimmy were engaged. She had had her hair up for a year and a half; they had
been publicly engaged for a year. But, they had known they were going to marry
each other ever since they walked in the Botanical Gardens with their nurses,
and sat on the grass with a wine biscuit and a piece of barley-sugar each for
their tea. It was so much an accepted thing that Edna had worn a wonderfully
good imitation of an engagement-ring out of a cracker all the time she was at
school. And up till now they had been devoted to each other.
But
now it was over. It was so completely over that Edna found it difficult to
believe that Jimmy did not realize it too. How much better to know it now than
to wait until after they were married! Now it was possible that Jimmy would get
over it. No, it was no use deceiving herself; he would never get over it! His
life was wrecked, was ruined; that was inevitable. But he was young...
1 It was
wonderful spring day_________ .
1) Edna felt very
exciting.
2) Edna thought
everyone was sad.
3) everyone was happy
besides Edna.
4) everybody was
happy.
I 2 1________ she was
very nice girl.
1) In spite of her
sadness
2) Because of her
up-to-date clothes
3) Thank for good
weather
4) Because of her age
Edna went out
because she_________ .
1) wanted to
understand herself.
2) was going to the
library.
3) borrowed a book
from the library.
4) had decided to do
it before.
The feeling of
love was_______ for Edna.
1) familiar 2)
absolutely new
3) unpleasant 4)
enjoyable
What was the
relationship between Edna and Jimmy?
1) Edna had known
Jimmy since childhood
2) Edna and Jimmy had
been married for a year
3)
Edna
and Jimmy had loved each other for year and a half
4) Edna had broken up
with Jimmy
6 Edna thought
1) Jimmy
understood everything 2) Jimmy suspected her
3) Jimmy couldn't believe her 4) Jimmy noticed nothing
7 I Edna worried that
her behavior _
1) would break the
engagement
2) would ruin him
3) could finish their
relationship
4) could be taken by
him easily
Задание 7
The
Pot of Gold
(an extract from The Pot of Gold by
H. Melville) Ralph worked
nights on a plan that promised him a well-paying job in Texas, but through no
fault of his own this promise was never realized. In the third year of his
marriage with Laura, a firm that was almost identical in size and character with
the firm Ralph worked for underwent a change of ownership, and Ralph was
approached and asked if he would be interested in joining the overhauled firm.
His own job promised only meager security after a series of slow promotions and
he was glad of the chance to escape. He met the new owners, and their
enthusiasm for him seemed intense. They were prepared to put him in charge of a
department and pay him twice what he was getting then. The arrangement was to
remain tacit for a month or two, until the new owners had secured their
position, but they shook hands warmly and had a drink on the deal, and that
night Ralph took Laura out to dinner at an expensive restaurant.
They
decided to look for a larger apartment, to have a child and to buy a secondhand
car. They faced their good fortune with perfect calm, for it was what they had
expected all along. The city seemed to them a generous place, where people were
rewarded either by a sudden and deserved development like this or by the
capricious bounty of lawsuits, eccentric and peripheral business ventures,
unexpected legacies and other windfalls.
He
was twenty-eight years old; poverty and youth were inseparable in his
experience, and one was ending with the other. The life they were about to
leave had not been hard, and he thought with sentiment of the soiled tablecloth
in the Italian restaurant where they usually went for their celebrations, and
the high spirits with which Laura on a wet night ran from the subway to the bus
stop. But they were drawing away from all this. Shirt sales in department —
store basements, lines at meat counters, weak drinks, the roses he brought her
up from the subway in the spring, when roses were cheap — these were all
unmistakably the souvenirs of the poor, and though they seemed to him good and
gentle, he was glad that they would soon be memories.
The
reorganization and Ralph's new position hung fire, but they talked about it
freely when with friends. 'All we need is patience,' Laura would say. There
were many delays and postponements, and they waited with the patience of people
expecting justice. He decided to telephone his potential employers. Their
secretary told him they were both out. This made him apprehensive. He called
several times from the telephone booth in the lobby of the building he worked
in and was told that they were busy, they were out, they were at conference
with lawyers, or they were talking long-distance. This variety of excuses
frightened him. He said nothing to Laura that evening and tried to call them
the next day. Late in the afternoon, after many tries, one of them came to the
phone. 'We gave the job to somebody else' he said. Like a saddened father, he
spoke to Ralph in a hoarse and gentle voice. 'Don't try to get us on the
telephone any more. We've got other things to do besides answer the telephone.
This other fellow seemed better suited. That's all I can tell you, and don't
try to get me on the telephone any more.'
I 1 I What type of firm
was Ralph offered a job in?
1) Same type as
the previous job. 2) Overhauled firm.
3) Identical in size. 4) Security
firm.
I 2 I Ralph decided to
accept the job offer because____________ .
1) he would have been
given a reward
2) he would have been
given a promotion
3) he wanted to
escape boredom
4) the owners were
very enthusiastic
3~| Ralph and Laura
looked forward to the new position________
1) with excitement
2) with dreams about
this challenging job
3) with indifference
4) with the feeling
that they deserved it
4~| Ralph bought
Laura roses because__________ .
1) they were her
favourite flowers
2) they were cheap
3) they were sold
nearby
4) he liked them
5~| According to the
author_________ .
1) Ralph didn't want
to leave the life he led
2) Ralph regretted
his departure
3) Their life was
full of pleasant things
4) Ralph was eager to
escape but was sentimental
6_J What was Laura reaction
at delays of the new position?
1) She telephoned the
employers.
2) She was patient.
3) She was worried.
4) She kept silent
about it.
7_J The new owners'
attitude to Ralph__________ .
1) remained as
enthusiastic as before
2) was sympathetic
3) changed with time
4) was rude
Задание 8
(By S. Maugham)
Susie felt it impossible to stay in the
deserted studio any longer, and accepted a friend's invitation to spend the
winter in Italy. Margaret had not written to her, and she could not make
herself write to her. In Rome Susie had news of Oliver Haddo and his wife. They
had spent some time there, and the little English circle was still talking of
their eccentricities. Oliver Haddo had excited attention by the extravagance of
his costume and manner; and Margaret by her beauty. She was seen in her box at
the opera every night, and her diamonds were the envy of all women. But
suddenly the pair had disappeared without saying a word to anybody. It was
reported that they were now in Monte Carlo.
Susie
had intended to pass the spring on the Riviera, but when she heard that the
Haddos were there, she hesitated. She did not want to run the risk of seeing
them, and yet she had a strong desire to find out exactly how things were
going. At last curiosity won and she went to Monte Carlo. After two or three
days she saw them at the tables, but they were so absorbed in their game that
they did not notice her. Margaret was playing, but Haddo stood behind her and
directed her movements. Susie was unable to recognize in her the girl who had
been her friend. What struck her most was that there was in Margaret's
expression an extraordinary likeness to Haddo's. In spite of her beauty, she
had Oliver's evil look which suggested that she saw with his eyes.
They
had won great sums that evening. Taking up the money, Haddo touched her on the
shoulder, and she followed him.
Susie
learned that the Haddos had rooms at the most expensive of the hotels. They
knew few English except those who had bad reputations, but seemed to prefer the
society of those foreigners whose wealth and eccentricities made them the
centre of that little world. Margaret moved among all those odd people with a
cold mysteriousness that excited everybody's curiosity. Oliver's eccentric
imagination invented whimsical festivities and orgies that were held in the
dark sitting-room of the hotel. He wanted to revive the mystical ceremonies of
old religions imitating those he had seen in Eastern places.
No
one understood his true relations with his wife, and it was said that he was
sometimes very cruel to her. Susie's heart sank when she heard this; but
several times when she saw Margaret, she seemed in the highest spirits. Then
the same thing that had happened in Rome happened here again; they suddenly
disappeared.
Susie
had not been to London for some time, and as the spring advanced she remembered
that her friends had invited her. Though she would not confess it to herself,
her desire to see Arthur was the strongest of her motives. She knew that he
would never care for her, but she was glad to be his friend.
In
London she wrote to Arthur, and he invited her to the opera. Susie was
terrified at the change that had taken place in him. He looked ten years older,
he had lost weight, and his hair was white. But what most struck her was the
change of his expression. The look of pain which she had seen on his face that
last evening in the studio has now become settled, so that it changed its
countenance. He was more silent than ever, and when he spoke, it was a strange
low voice that seemed to come from a long way off.
I 1 I Margaret's__________ was
(were) the envy of all women.
1) beautiful voice 2)
handsome husband
3) sense of humour 4)
wealth and beauty
I 2 I Susie learnt some
details about the Haddo's life_____________ .
1) from newspapers 2)
from common friends
3) from Margaret's
letters 4) from different people
I 3 I Thinking of
possibility to meet Margaret Susie_____________ .
1) was excited
2) had controversial
feelings
3) felt curiosity
4) was frightened
I 4 I Susie was struck
to see that Margaret_____________ .
1) had not changed at
all
2) had got many
features of her husband
3) looked unhappy
4) did not recognize
her
I 5 I When Susie heard
that Haddo was sometimes very cruel to Margaret
1) she got upset
2) she felt
satisfaction
3) she thought it was
a lie
4) she could not
believe it
6 I Susie went to
London because she__________ .
1) was eager to see
Arthur
2) was afraid of
meeting Arthur
3) knew Arthur needed
her help
4) wanted to tell
Arthur about the Haddos
7 I Seeing Arthur
Susie could understand easily that
1) he was satisfied
with his life
2) he was quite a happy
man
3) he had been
suffering much
4) he was not glad to
see Susie
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