2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1. A young sailor missed…
a).a nice girl .
b) his family and friends .
c) a farmer .
2. One day the sailor wrote…
a ).the book .
b ) the article .
c ) the note .
3. He put the note into…
a) A bottle .
b) A bar .
c) A box .
4. The sailor threw the note into…
a) The box .
b) The sea .
c) the river .
5. The farmer gave the note to…
a) the young sailor .
b) his friends .
c) his daughter .
6. Soon the young sailor…
a) went fishing.
b) visited Italy .
c) stayed at home .
7. A farmer lived…
a) by the sea .
b) by the sailor .
c) by the nice girl .
8. The girl decided to…
a) write a letter to the sailor .
b) find the sailor .
c) send the bottle .
9. He met the nice girl and …
a) asked her about the note .
b) fell in love with her .
c) helped her .
10 __could believe in the happy end of that story .
a) Somebody
b) Nobody
c)Everybody
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 48
A Funny Letter Before 1840 there were no stamps. In those days people usually paid a lot of money for a letter when they received it. That is why people who were poor did not write to one another often. But when they sent or received a letter, it was a very important thing for them and many people knew about it. There is a story from that time about a letter to a poor woman. One day the postman came to her house to bring her a letter. He told the woman to pay a lot of money, which she did not have. She looked at the letter, and gave it back to the postman. “I cannot pay for it,” she said.
Just at that moment a man heard the conversation between the postman and the woman. He came up to the woman and said, “Let me pay for the letter. I have money and I want to help you.” Then he gave the postman the money he wanted to get from the woman. “I thank you very much,” said the woman, “but you must not pay for the letter. It is from my brother. He sends me one letter every three months. He does not write about himself and his family, he writes only my address on the letter. Then I know that he is well, and as I cannot pay for the letter, I gave it back to the postman.”
