Выпуск No37 (38) от 2008-08-18 Подписчиков: 1175 чел.
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1. ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones’s flat was full of suitcases, trunks, and
packed-up furniture. The two of them ( 1. be) busy with pencils ,
checking their lists of luggage , when there was a ring at
the door. Mrs. Jones ( 2. go) to open it, and saw a well- dressed
middle –aged lady outside. The lady said that she ( 3. live)
in the flat next to theirs, and that she ( 4. come) to
welcome them for the state of the flat.
“ Oh, please, don’t stand on ceremony with
me,” she answered. “ Do you know, in some parts of
this town neighbours ( 5. be) not at all friendly. There are
some streets- and even some blocks of flats – where
people ( 6. not know) their neighbours – not even their
next-door ones. But in this block of flats, everybody is friends with
everybody else. We are one big happy family. I ( 7. be) sure that you (
8. be) very happy here.”
The well- dressed lady ( 9. get) a shock when she came to visit the
flat the next time, because she found a quite different man and woman
in it. Mr. and Mrs. Jones ( 10. not have) the courage to tell
her that they were not the new owners of the flat, who were
due to move in the next day, but the old owners, who ( 11. live) next
to her for two years without her ever visited them or even
noticed their existence.
ответы
1. were. 2. went. 3. lived. 4. had come.
5 are, 6 don’t know. 7 am/ 8 will be, 9 got, 10 had not had,
11, had lived
2. . Softly…Softly
Mr. Forrest was a journalist who ( 1. live) in a small flat on the top
floor of a large building. he (2. be) a rather noisy young man. Now in
the flat below his there lived an elderly lady who was a very bad
sleeper.
One day she accosted him as he ( 3. leave) the building to go to work.
“ Mr. Forrest,” she said, “ I know you
are young and cannot be expected to behave as if you ( 5. be) an old
man. But there is one thing I would ask you. Would you please not
throw your shoes down with such a bang when you 96. take)
them off at nights? I’m a bad sleeper. I lie awake
every night waiting for you to come home and cannot get any
rest until I (7. hear) you take your shoes off. I know I’m
silly, but I’m sure you wouldn’t wish to disturb an
old woman, as far as you can help.”
Mr. Forrest faithfully ( 8. promise) to be more careful and went off to
his work. By the time he got home that night,
however, he (9. forget) all about the lady downstairs. After he
(10.take) a hasty supper, he started to undress. Bang!
(11.go) his first shoe on the bedroom floor. The sound startled him but
it was too late. Idiot that he (12.be)! he took off the other
shoe as softly as he could, feeling very guilty. No sooner he
(13.creep) into bed than there was a tap at his door.
“Mr. Forrest” came the voice of the old lady,
“would you please throw down the other shoe so that I may go
to sleep?”
This was too much for the poor young man. The next week he (14.move) to
rooms over an empty shop where he ( 15. can) make as much noise as he
liked without disturbing anyone.
1. lived. 2. was, 3, was leaving, 4,
know. 5 were, 6, take, 7 have heard, 8 promised, 9 had forgotten. 10
had taken, 11 went, 12 was, 13 had he crept, 14 moved, 15 could.
3.CASE NOTES OF A NURSE.
WARD Sister Sarah Browne is responsible for the welfare of 28
patients on two wards at the London hospital where she (1.
work) for the last 6 years. She ( 2. direct) a staff of 12
working in three shifts. There are also as many as
15 student nurses who (3. assign) to the ward at any one time. It ( 4.
calculate) , she says, that 200 people – doctors,
nurses, visitors, students- (5. move) through her general and acute
medical ward in a day.
Sister Browne , who is 39 , ( 6, qualify) as a nurse 20 years
ago. She ( 7. work) as a clinical teacher and (8 do) research into
psychotherapy for former smokers. her working week ( 9. exceeded) the
37,5 hours she is supposed to work.
1. has been working, 2, directs, 3, are
assigned, 4, has been calculated, 5 are moving / move, 6. was
qualified, 7, works, 8 does, 9 exceeds
Use a, an, the, -.
PARENTS JOIN CHILDREN FOR LESSONS.
Parents are being invited into hundreds of 1 – State schools
all over 2 _ country to day to see and hear their children being
taught. For this is Home and School Day, 9.___ first of what is
expected to be 4.__ series of annual ‘ see how they learn
sessions. “ Unlike 5/_ normal open days, this will be quite
informal. 6._ Parents will be able to drop in, walk around, talk to
teachers or just sit at the back of 7._ classroom.
8._ day has been promoted by the Home and School Council , 9._
organization set up last year to simulate 10.__ co-operation between
parents and teachers.
Mr, Bob Finch, Council director who has his headquarters at
York University, said 11._ last night.: “ This is 12._ trial
run but we expect that, even if the number of schools taking part this
time is 13.__ minority, the idea will be snowball in 14._
future.”
1-. 2 the, 3 the, 4, a, 5-, 6.-. 7a. 8 the, 9 an, 10,-, 11-. 12a. 13a.
14 the
The Family That Never Was.
For several years I lived with 1.- family that never was. They existed
only in 2_ imagination of my small daughter Valerie, to whom they were
just as real as 3_____ human world around her. So
vivid were her descriptions and 4____
verbal pictures she painted of her invisible family
that I too almost felt they were real.
First there was her husband, “ Long”. She insisted
that he had no other name, 5__ rank or title , he was just
Long. Long was 6_______ gentleman of 7_____ varied
occupations but being wartime he was usually in the
services, sometimes 8___ Navy, sometimes 9___ Army and sometimes,
though rarely, 10__ Air Force.
He always spent his leaves with us and these seemed to be
almost permanent. As my husband’s leaves were very
infrequent I sometimes felt a little
envious. he was 11__ godsend to me as when he was
on leave Valerie would be happily and busily occupied with
Long for hours on 12__ end. Only once did he cause
me any trouble . Valerie and I were riding on 13__- top of a
crowded bus which passed 14__ column of marching soldiers. Whereupon
Valerie stood up , pointing and shouting , “ Look,
Mummy, there he is, that’s Long, 15_ tall
one with blue eyes”.
All 16___ other passengers turned round and stared .
“ SH-sh” , I said. And then from curiosity I
whispered, “ But I thought Long was in 17___Navy.“
“ No, of course he’s not , said Valerie
impatiently,” “ not to day,
he’s in 18__ Army. Look, there he is , down there.”
I felt most embarrassed.
1a, 2 the, 3 the, 4 the, 5-, 6a, 7-, 8 the, 9 the, 10 t the
11a. 12-, 13-, 14 a, 15 the, 16 the, 17 the, 18 the,
text6.
Regrets.
“ I live in 1____ squalid ( убогая) flat.
I’m out of work and on 2 ___ dole.( пособие)
I didn’t have 3__ good education, in fact I left school at 15
without any qualifications. I wrote about 4____
fifty job applications and didn’t get 5.__ single job. I
went for 6._ lot of interviews, but I don’t really
know how to behave at interviews, I can’t answer their
questions very well.
I sit about at 7.__ home very day, watching TV, and smoking.
I get through about forty cigarettes a day, so I
don’t have enough money to go to 8___ football
matches any more. 9.__ friend of mine from school has
got a job at 10._ travel agent’s . he
travels all over 11.___ world for his holidays, and
he’s always telling me about 12.__ wonderful trips
to 13.____ Spain and Greece. I’ve never been
abroad! I’m so depressed. I think 14.___ worst
thing is having nothing to look forward to. I’m
nineteen, and I have 16.__ lifetime of nothing in front of me.
1a, 2 the, 3 a, 4-, 5, a, 6a, 7-. 8-. 9a, 10a, 11 the, 12-, 13-, 14
the, 15a.
text7. Thanksgiving on the farm.
I remember our Thanksgiving on the farm. When I 1 ( grow) up, we lived
on the farm near the town. There were many other relatives
who ( 2 live) near us. Every year they would all come, from
other farms and from the town, to be with us.
on Thanksgiving morning the women ( 3. get) up early to begin
cooking. Mother would stuff the turkey with bread and onions,
and then she’d roast it. Aunt Helen ( 4. make) a dozen
pumpkin pies. Aunt Ann would pick autumn flowers from the
garden for the centre of the table. She’d also
bring in vegetables to eat with the turkey and the
pies.
The other children would help set the table while the twin
babies played in their high chair. But I ( 5. like) to play
with the cat , waiting for somebody to give me pieces of
food. All this time our old dog would lie under the warm stove ,
watching the activity.
1. was growing. 2. lived. 3. would get. 4
would make, 5 liked,
text8. When the wall fell in.
at six o’clock on April 21, 1976, the living room and front
part of this man’s house ( 1. fall) in. the man ( 2. have)
construction workers dig a hole under the front of the house to add on
another room . The workers ( 3. not be) there when the
accident ( 4. happen), so nobody was hurt. reporters asked the owner ,
“ What you ( 5. do) when the rooms fell
in?”
he answered , “ My wife and I ( 6. talk) to guests.
We were showing them the cracks in the front room
when we ( 7 hear) a loud sound. The cracks ( 8 grow) larger , so we
called the construction company . But it was too late . The
construction workers were still driving here when the rooms ( 9. fall)
in.”
1 fell. 2. was having. 3. weren’t . 4. happened, 5, were you
doing, 6 were talking, 7 heard, 8 were growing, 9 fell
use a, the, -.
text9. Nobody had believed it was possible.
In 1912, 1_ Titanic hit 2 __ iceberg on its first trip across 3 ___
Atlantic, and it sank four hours later. At that time , I __ Titanic was
4 __ largest ship that had ever traveled on 5__ sea. It was carrying
2207 people , but it had taken enough 6__ lifeboats for only
1178 people. When 7_ passengers tried to leave the sip, only
651 of them were able to get into lifeboats.
1_ Carpathia was 58 miles away when 1 ______Titanic called on its radio
for 8 _ help. it arrived two hours after 9 _ great
ship had gone down, and it saved 705 people . Some of 10 _ survivors
had been in 11__ icy water for hours when were
saved. Most of 12 _ passengers hadn’t lived that long , 1502
people had lost their lives.
Though 13._ whole tragedy, 1__ Californian was only ten miles away. Its
officers were close enough to see 1 _Titanic, but they didn’t
understand the situation. They never received 1_
Titanic’s call for 8_ help, and they
didn’t come to the rescue ( спасение)
until too late.
Why was there much 14__ great loss of life? Why were there so few
survivors? Why didn’t 1__ Californian come to help?
1 the, 2 an 3 the, 4, the, 5, the , 6-. 7 the, 8-, 9 the, 10 the, 11
the, 12 the, 13 the, 14a.
text 10. Husky had been very healthy.
last month Husky ( 1, catch) a cold. Husky’s parents asked
some friends to take them to the hospital. At the hospital , Husky ( 2.
try) to sleep. He put his head in his mother’s lap. From time
to time he ( 3. look) for the doctor, but he
didn’t really want to see him. Husky 5 (
be) very healthy , so he didn’t see many doctors. As he
waited , he ( 6. grow) more afraid. The family ( 7.wait) for
an hour when the doctor came.
The young doctor ( 8. find) the problem immediately. The cold ( 9 go)
to Husky’s ears, and he ‘d developed an
ear infection. Although it wasn’t a serious disease, it had
caused the pain and the fever. With stronger medicine , Husky
( 10.be) well soon.
1 had caught, 2, tried, 3, looked, 4 had always been. 5 had been, 6
grew, 7 had waited, 8 found, 9 had gone, 10 would be.
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