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Read the text below. I. Fill in the gaps (1-13) with the correct forms of the words in brackets:

Text 1

 

Profound mourning

 

 A man 1.___ (place) some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention 2.___ (divert) to another man 3.___ (kneel) at a grave. The day was rather nasty but he could easily observe. The man seemed 4.___ (pray) with profound intensity and kept 5.___ (repeat): “Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?”

 The first man 6.___ (approach) him and said: “Sir, I 7.___ (not wish) to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstration of pain is 8.___ (much) than I 9.___ (ever seen) before. For whom 10.___ (you mourn) so 11.___ (deep)? A child? A parent?” the mourner 12.___ (take) a moment to collect himself, then replied: “My 13.___ (wife) first husband.

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.The first man came to the cemetery because there was his mother’s grave.

2.He brought some bouquet with him.

3.The second man was shocked by his wife’s death.

4.The weather was chilly enough.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

1.grave a)a strong feeling of sadness because someone has died

2.grief b)a person who is responsible for discipline

3.wife  c)to speak to God or a saint

4.attention d)the place where a dead body is buried in a hole in the    ground

5.pray  e)a woman that a man is married to

  f)the interest or thought you give to something you are    listening to or watching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Text 2

 

Luxurious restaurant

 

 Once a 1. ___ (new) married couple came to a restaurant 2. ___ (to have) a delicious dinner.

 “What will you take, honey?” 3. ___ (to ask)the husband.

 “Oh, I 4. ___ (to like) to have fish just like last Sunday and you, darling?” 5. ___ (to say) the wife.

 “It’s just the same to me, let it 6. ___ (to be) fish,” answered the man.

 When they 7. ___(to begin) eating she 8. ___ (to say):

 “I don’t like it, it is not tasty.”

 “Here, waiter,” 9. ___ (to call) the husband. “It 10. ___ (to seem) to us that this fish is not as fresh today as the fish you served us two weeks ago.”

 The waiter 11. (to look) at them, then examined the cooked fish 12. ___(care) and at last gave them the answer:

 “I beg your pardon, sir, but this is the very same fish you 13. ___ (to eat) at our restaurant a fortnight ago.

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.A couple went to the restaurant as they were hungry.

2.They ordered different meals.

3.The husband was the first who didn’t like fish.

4.The waiter tried to cheat them.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

 1)a fortnight  a)talking to someone you love

 2)delicious  b)with a pleasant taste or smell

 3)darling  c)people who are married

 4)couple  d)a man who serves food in a restaurant

 5)waiter  e)two weeks

 

 

 

 

 

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Text 3

 

A witty Englishman

 

 Once a young Englishman 1. ___ (to invite) his girl-friend to a 2. ___ (France) restaurant. The menu 3. ___ (to write) in French but, of course, he 4. ___ (not to know) that language.

 As he 5. ___ (not want) to look 6. ____ (ignorance) before the girl he 7. ___ (to point) to some lines in the menu and 8. ___ (to say) to the waiter:

 “I think we 9. ___(to have) some of that.”

 The waiter 10.___ (to look) where the man 11. ___(to point) and then 12. ____ (to say):

 “I am sorry, sir, but that 13. ____ (to be) what the band is playing!”

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.The Englishman could speak French fluently.

2.He didn’t want to show that he didn’t know that language.

3.The menu was written in French.

4.The went to the English restaurant.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

 1)menu  a)building were meals and drinks are sold

 2)band  b)not knowing something

 3)ignorant  c)to ask someone to spend time together

 4)restaurant  d)a small group of musicians

 5)to invite  e)a list of the food that is available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     Text 4    

The unhappy man

 

 A London newspaper 1.___ (publish) a case of suicide, in which the 2.___ (reason) that moved the unhappy man to lay violent hands upon himself were 3.___ (find) in the shape of a letter in his left boot. In this letter he 4.___(write):

 “I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father visited us 5.___ (frequent), fell in love with my step-daughter, and 6.___ (marry) her. Thus my own father became my son-in-law, and my step-daughter, 7. ___ (be) the wife of my father, became my mother. After some time my wife 8.___ (present) me with a son,-of course, he was my father’s brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step-mother.

 My father’s wife, that is my step-daughter, 9.___ (have) also a son, -of course, he was my brother, but at the same time he was also my grandson, for he 10.___ (be) the son of my daughter. My wife was also my grandmother, 11.___ (be) the mother of my mother.

 I was the husband of my wife, but at the same time also her grandson, and since the husband of my grandmother is 12.___ (natural) also my grandfather, I am my own grandfather! … I should like to see the man who 13.___ (can) bear all this.”

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.The man didn’t want to live because of the terrible situation.

2.He married a woman whose husband had died.

3.Soon he became a step-father.

4.He was a son-in-law of his own wife.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

 1.suicide  a)involving the use of physical force

 2.husband  b)the action of deliberately killing yourself

 3.reason  c)a ceremony when 2 people become husband a 4.marry                            and wife

 5.violent  d)to kill somebody by mistake

    e)a fact that explains why something happened

    f)the man that a woman is married to

 

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     Text 5    

 

It had been a bee

 

One day, when Mr. Smith 1.___ (come) home from work, he found his wife very 2.___ (annoy) about something. Mr. Smith always thought that he was more sensible than his wife, so he started to 3.___ (give) her a lecture on the 4.___ (important) of always remaining calm.

Finally he said, “It’s a waste of your strength to get 5.___ (excite) about small things. Train yourself to be patient, like me. Now, look at the fly that just 6.___ (land) on my nose. Am I getting excited? Am I 7.___ (swear) or 8.___ (wave) my arms around? No, I’m not. I’m 9.___ (perfect) calm.”                                         

Just as he had said this, Mr. Smith started 10.___(shout). He jumped up and began to wave his arms 11.___ (wild) and swear 12.___ (terrible). He 13.___ (cannot) speak for some time, but at last he was able to tell his wife: the thing on his nose hadn’t been a fly, it had been a bee.

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.The husband persuaded his wife he was quite patient.

2.The man was rather sensible.

3.He decided to give a lesson to his wife.

4.At the end of the story the man found a wit answer on his reaction.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

 1.fly   a)the person who is fond of irritating others

 2.sensible  b)a flying insect that can sting you

 3.calm  c)a common small insect with wings

 4.wave  d)reasonable and practical

 5.bee   e)to move your hand to say hello or goodbye or                               as a signal

    f)a state in which you are not affected by strong                               emotions such as excitement, anger or fear

 

 

 

 

 

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     Text 6    

The letter-box key

 

Once an Englishman went to the seashore for his summer holidays. He asked his housekeeper to post him all letters that she 1.___ (will) receive during his 2.___ (absent). She 3.___ (promise) him to do that.

The Englishman rested very well. A month 4.___ (pass) but he received no letters. He thought it 5.___ (strange) and he 6.___ (ring up) his housekeeper:

“Why didn’t you post me my letters?”

“Because you 7.___ (don’t to leave) me the key of the letter-box,” 8.___ (be) the reply.

The Englishman 9.___ (apologize) and promised to send her the key. In some days he put the key into an envelope, 10.___(write) down his address on it and posted a letter.

Another month was passing but still he did not receive any letters.

When at the end of the month he 11.___ (return) home he spoke 12.___ (indignant) with his housekeeper.

“But what could I do?” asked the poor woman. “The key which you 13.___ (post) was in the locked letter-box too.

 

II. Choose the sentences which correspond to the text:

1.The man was rude to his housekeeper.

2.He decided to post the key.

3.The woman could open the box but she had no desire to do it.

4.The Englishman was smart enough.

 

III. Match the words with their descriptions. There is one variant you don’t need to use:

1.apologize  a)a small piece pf metal used for opening                   or locking

2.housekeeper b)to tell someone that you are sorry for smth 3.promise                            c)to say smth as an answer

4.key   d)to come in time

5.reply  e)to tell you will definitely do smth

   f)a person who cleans other people house