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Вариант № _3_
1. Complete the following sentence: ...ago I was a young artist and came to France where I
was traveling from place to place making the sketches
a. several times
b. once time to
c. sometimes
d. in 1678
e. a long time
2. Complete the following sentence: "We .... and... the twisting coils of a huge carpet snake,
which had wound its body round and the bell- wire on top of the wall plate" (mind the text
"The Snake and the Bell" L. Becker)
a. watching / look
b. looked through / seen
c. look down /see
d. looked care/ seen
e. looked up/ saw'
3. Define the story: That morning "young" Jerry was alone in the cabin his father had gone to
San Francisco and was not to be back till next day.
a. "A scholarship"
b. "The boy next door"
c. "As you like it"
d. "The Snake and the bell"
e. "The Banks of the Sacramento"
4. Complete the sentence: A. Saxton wrote the story which is entitled...
a. "The boy next door"
b. "A day’s wait"
c. "Pledger's way home"
d. "A dog and three dollars"
e. "The scholarship"
5. The author of the story " Martin Eden" is
a. O. Henry
b. M. Twain
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c. S. Leacock
d. O. Wild
e. J. London
6. But she was neither charming, beautiful nor intelligent; on the contrary she was absurd and
foolish; yet the more you knew her, the more you liked her. The main character of the text
is... (mind the text ”A lion's skin")
a. Mrs. Forestier
b. Mrs. Milberry
c. Mrs. Frank
d. Mrs. Swain
e. Mr. Brown
7. Complete the following sentence: They looked at... (mind the text "The Escape" )
a. thousands of trees
b. the street
c. the crowd
d. hundred of houses
e. playing children
8. Complete the following sentence: The author of the text "Surprise" is ...
a. M. Twain
b. O. Henry
c. S. McClure
d. J. London
e. Galsworthy
9. Complete the following sentence: ... after that another safe was opened (mind the text
"Jimmy Valentine's reformation" O. Henry)
a. seven minutes
b. four years
c. five days
d. two weeks
e. three months
10. Complete the following sentence: I had no idea who... was (mind the text "Lautisse
paints again")
a. them
b. yours
c. its
d. he
e. here
11. Finish the following sentence: To complete his education he went... (mind the text "A
good start )
a. to Russia
b. to Italy
c. to America
d. to Spain
e. to France
12. She was beautiful in the grand, classic manner. She didn't look in the least like a film star
or a model but looking at her you forget everything. It was sheer beauty of her face that took
your breath away. The main character of the text is ... (mind the text "Fair of Face” C. Hare)
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a. Deborah
b. Aubrey
c. Lord Warbeck
d . Princess
e. Ada
13. Complete the following sentence: All along the …… were manuscripts of his novels
(mind
the text “Then in triumph” )
a. bag
b. wall
c. table
d. wardrobe
e. bookcase
14. Complete the following sentence: One of the truest friends of the former duke had been a
brave knight... (mind the text "As you like it" by W. Shakespeare)
a. called sir Rowland
b. name sir Oliver Twist
c. called sir Shelby
d. named sir Jack
e. called sir Rudolf
15. Complete the sentence: "...you remember that scenario that you wrote and... me about six
weeks ago?" (mind the text "Surprise" by J. Galsworthy)
a. does / gave
b. have/ given
c. I will / give
d. do / gave
e. haven't / given
16. Complete the following sentence: He was almost sixty when I met him, and he was the
owner of about .... . Mind the text «Surprise» by Galsworthy
a. ninety books
b. eighteen book
c. sixteen book
d. seventy books
e. fifteen books
17. One day, very soon, we're going to have an outbreak of an epidemic it's the main sewer
that’s to blame. This sentence is from the text...
a. “Surprise"
b. “The Explosion"
c. “The Banks of the Sacramento"
d. ‘The Happiest man of earth"
e. “Home"
18. Alec Barr looked briefly at the boy, "Somebody throws some water on him," he said
coldly to the seamen and he went up to his room to clean his cuts. These sentences are from
the text...
a. "The dinner party"
b. "Letter in the mail"
c. "The beard"
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d. A foul play"
e. The Bramble bush"
19. They had gathered in treasures of every sort from all over the country and arranged them
admirably. The jewel of the show was, of course, the great Titian. These sentences are from
the text...
a. The dinner party"
b. "Success story"
c. "Fair of face"
d. "Caged”
e. “A good start”
20. Finish the following sentence: First Bufkins thought it was his set in the... (mind the text
"The TV blackout" by Art Buchwald)
a. office
b. house
c. living room
d. street
e. building
21. Insert a suitable word in the following sentence: One morning... said he wanted to talk to
him (mind the text "The Verger")
a. the headmaster
b. the bank secretary
c. the clerk
d. the hank director
e. the bank manager
22. Complete the following sentence: He looked round the hall and I could see that he was
...(mind the text "A dog and three dollars" by M. Twain)
a. looking for her
b. looking for anybody
c. looking for him
d. looking for someone
e. looking for something
23. Complete the sentence: She is not very strong, you know, and when she was giving me
some tea, her hand shook and she spilled a lot of very hot water ...(mind the text «A Service
of Love » by O. Henry)
a. over my body
b. over my leg
c. over my head
d. over my hand
e. over my foot
24. Complete the following sentence: Soon he... the bank rising before him ... drum going
round and round (mind the text "the Banks of the Sacramento" by J. London)
a. had seen\ and the old familiars
b. saw /and the old familiar
c. saw\ and new man
d. seen \and the well- known
e. see\ and the unknown man
25. Complete the following sentence: the author of the text «Return» is...:
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a. M. Twain
b. S. McClure
c. Galsworthy
d. P. Abrahams
e. O. Henry
26. “At eleven o'clock that night Denny and he started out, in company with Hawkins,
Denny's dog, for the main manhole of the sewer”. These sentences are from the text...
a. "The reading public"
b. "Return"
c. "Surprise"
d. "Martin Eden"
e. "The Explosion"
27. Complete the following sentences: It was... ... with......as yesterday
a. as the ship, the same people
b. the large ship, the same mens
c. that boats, the same men
d. the same ship, the one people
e. the same boat, the same men
28. Complete the following sentence: I was out but Betsy told the reporters everything and...
(mind the text "Lautisse paints again" )
a. about the gallery too
b. about the board too
c. about the fence too
d. about the picture too
e. about the museum too
29. “Towards the end of a wonderful dinner, when dessert had been brought in and the
servants had left, my uncle leant forward to admire a magnificent diamond ring on the
princess's hand”. These sentences are from the text
a. "A good start"
b. "The Filipino and the drunkard"
c. "Caged"
d. "Success story"
e. "The dinner party"
30. Complete the following sentence: Mrs. Forestier was convinced to her dying day that her
husband had been a very... gentleman (mind the text "A lion's skin" )
a. rude
b. coward
c. terrible
d. bad
e. gallant
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